Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Mcgrath is useless anyway when u have Garner and Pollock.
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CricketWeb selects the ATG ODI XI
- Thread starter subshakerz
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TheGreatest
U19 Cricketer
Pollock unfortunately never fulfilled his potential as a batter because he always came down the order. Had he batted at 6 then he would have scored like Ian Botham.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Haha this is the best reply.
Burgey
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This entire exercise is useless when you have the 2003 or 2007 Aus sides tbh
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
79 final WI side vs 03 final Aus side will be interesting
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
He hit 3 6s in the final over against Kyle Mills in a brave effort against NZ, but couldn't win SA the game.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Combined side:
Gilchrist (wk)
Greenidge
Ponting
Richards
Symonds
Lloyd (c)
Bevan
Hogg
Holding
Garner
McGrath
6-5 Australia (although 7-4 if Lee picked instead of Holding).
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
I think you may be. Averaging 30 at no.7 ain't no joke. I also think we are hyping up the importance of this batting position. Dhoni at 6 is the more important one who is the finisher while Pollock is backup, you just need Pollock to stay around until the end and hit a few lofty blows with Akram.
I just think the McGrath, Garner, Akram, Murali, Pollock bowling attack sounds so miserly that I don't see many teams scoring 300 or even 280.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
#randomkiwi
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
I also find it cool that Australia didn't get very reflected. Thought one of Gilly, Ponting or Warne would also sneak in.
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Never fault a South African for not winning a game. They know how to lose in style. Gotta admire that.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Lee wasn't in 03 side tho.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Yes he was. He wasn't in the 07 side (Shaun Tait replaced him).
TheGreatest
U19 Cricketer
Hey..that's just not true!
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Why? It is true. Haven't you watched the world cups?
Migara
International Coach
Warne has no place in ODI ATG XI where there are two better spin options.
Dhoni's value is heavily underestimated here. He is one of the ATG ODI batters, a class above Gilchrist. Gilchrist, Jayasuriya, Shewag are comparable to each other, but not Dhoni.
Tendulkar
Jayasuriya / Watson
Richards
Kohli
ABDV
Dhoni*+
Klusener
Pollock / Garner
Akram
Murali
McGrath
would be my XI. Saying this XI cannot collapse is a misconception. A Second XI taking on this
Gilchrist
Dilshan
Ponting
Lara
Abbas
Bevan
Dev
Imran
Hadlee
Ambrose
Saqlain
with Imran, Hadlee, Ambrose and Saqlain bowling to them can very well be 5/17 in no time. So you need a versatile batsman who can pace the innings and hit big too. Dhoni is the ideal candidate.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Why not both Pollock and Garner? U can pick Dhoni or Gilchrist however u want but Garner and Pollock are locked in an ATG XI.
Also Sehwag is clearly a league below Gilchrist
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CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Not sure if Warne gets into the third XI too. In tests, sure he gets in. But in ODIs, I think Hogg should go in ahead of Warne.