All time ODI XI discussion

[Silver Silva]

But a SL odi atg side can have only 2 pacers and 2 spinners with Jaya, Dilshan and Aravinda covering up 5th bowler. Will you take Kulasekara over Malinga or Vaas?

Murali +Hasaranga/Mendis + Vaas + Malinga would be the attacking options = 40 overs

Jayasuriya + Dilshan + Mathews + Aravinda + Ranatunga would be the defensive options depending on the pitch , if it's spins you have 3 more attacking options ..

This is how you look at the SL attack

 

[Fuller Pilch]

SA

Gibbs
De Kock wk
Amla
Kallis
AB DV
Miller
Klusener
Pollock
Fanie DV
Tahir
Donald

 

[capt_Luffy]

SA

Gibbs
De Kock wk
Amla
Kallis
AB DV
Miller
Klusener
Pollock
Fanie DV
Tahir
Donald

I would let Amla open, Kallis bat at 3 and play du Plessis in place of Gibbs.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I would let Amla open, Kallis bat at 3 and play du Plessis in place of Gibbs.

Tempting, but Gibbs was about Jonty level in the field which is vital in ODIs

 

[capt_Luffy]

Tempting, but Gibbs was about Jonty level in the field which is vital in ODIs

Du Plessis is no slouch in the field though

(Also didn't drop a WC....)

 

[Fuller Pilch]

(Also didn't drop a WC....)

Ran out AB in the 2011 qf though...

 

[capt_Luffy]

Ran out AB in the 2011 qf though...

Hmmmm....... Makes it closer, but Gibbs drop more iconic.

 

[Migara]

Wanindu Hasaranga easily gets in over Ajantha Mendis in this side, especially when you consider his batting as well.

You are messing up T20 and ODI cricket. Wanindu's white ball stats against difficult oppositions are not that stellar. Although he averages 26, his stats against test playing countries is 34.5 compared to Mendis' 23.

 

[ma1978]

Zimbabwe

1.Neil Johnson (5)
2.Grant Flower (6)
3.Brendan Taylor
4.Andy Flower (C)
5.Sikandar Raza (7)
6.Sean Williams (8)
7.Heath Streak (3)
8.Tatenda Taibu (WK)
9.Graeme Cremer (4)
10.Eddo Brandes (2)
11.Blessing Muzarabani (1)

david houghton has to be in there

 

[ma1978]

Sharma
Tendulkar
Ganguly
Kohli
Yuvraj
Dhoni
Dev
Shastri
Kumble
Srinath
Bumrah

For India

you need someone who can bat at 8 and Shastri just beats Jadeja and Ashwin for that role (he won an Audi once)

 

[Silver Silva]

david houghton has to be in there

No he doesn't , he only averages 26 at a SR of 70 in ODI cricket and played only 61 games.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

david houghton has to be in there

No he doesn't , he only averages 26 at a SR of 70 in ODI cricket and played only 61 games.

Agree re Houghton. He played in a tough era and was up probably Zimbabwe's 4th best ever ODI bat behind A Flower, Taylor, and Johnson.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Zimbabwe

Neil Johnson
Grant Flower
Brendan Taylor
Andy Flower
David Houghton (c & wk)
Sikandar Raza
Sean Williams
Heath Streak
Ray Price
Bryan Strang
Blessing Muzarabani

This is the team I think is best

 

[Migara]

Zimbabwe

1.Neil Johnson (5)
2.Grant Flower (6)
3.Brendan Taylor
4.Andy Flower (C)
5.Sikandar Raza (7)
6.Sean Williams (8)
7.Heath Streak (3)
8.Tatenda Taibu (WK)
9.Graeme Cremer (4)
10.Eddo Brandes (2)
11.Blessing Muzarabani (1)

Paul Strang every day of the week, twice on Sundays over any Zimbabwean spinner, unless you consider John Traicos Zimbabwean. Pace department I will have Andy Blignaut who will provide that wild pace and wild hitting power instead of Blessing.

Johnson, G Flower, A. Flower, Taylor, Raza, Williams, Taibu, Streak, P. Strang, Blignaut, Brandes would be my side.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Where do we fit in Guy Whittall?

 

[Majestic]

For SA,

Gibbs
Qdk(wkt)
Kallis
AB de Villiers
Hansie Cronje(c)
David Miller
Lance klusenar
Shaun Pollock
Morne Morkel/Dale Steyn
Imran Tahir
Allan Donald

 

[Majestic]

For India,

Rohit
Tendulkar
Ganguly
Kohli
Yuvi
MSD
Kapil
Kumble
Kuldeep/ zak
Shami
Bumrah

 

[Majestic]

I would let Amla open, Kallis bat at 3 and play du Plessis in place of Gibbs.

Why not have Gibbs open? He performed vs top teams in World Cup unlike Amla and played the greatest ODI knock of all-time.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Why not have Gibbs open? He performed vs top teams in World Cup unlike Amla and played the greatest ODI knock of all-time.

Amla is a better ODI bat than Gibbs, even adjusting for Era. And I don't think that knock is in top 5 All Time.

 

[Majestic]

Amla is a better ODI bat than Gibbs, even adjusting for Era. And I don't think that knock is in top 5 All Time.

Okay, surely a better fair weather batsman and a better accumulator.