All time world ODI XI game

[weldone]

Hadlee
Vaas

Sangakkara

 

[Teuton]

Hadlee
Holding
Sanga

 

[stephen]

Hadlee
Waqar
Sanga

That 2nd XI had so much bowling. Jaya and Symonds are wasted with Klusener there. With that lineup I'd expect the first XI to win more often. With Hussey instead of Klusener I'd have backed the 2nd XI instead.

Sanga is such a luxury to have as the keeper.

Hadlee and Waqar the obvious choices for opening bowler here.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Mitchell Starc
Chaminda Vaas

Sanga

 

[CricAddict]

Hadlee
Waqar
Sanga

That 2nd XI had so much bowling. Jaya and Symonds are wasted with Klusener there. With that lineup I'd expect the first XI to win more often. With Hussey instead of Klusener I'd have backed the 2nd XI instead.

Sanga is such a luxury to have as the keeper.

Hadlee and Waqar the obvious choices for opening bowler here.

Hadlee
Waqar
Sanga

I don't think Klusenar weakens the team. He gives the required firepower lower down the order and gives the versatility required. Klusenar can bowl if pitch aids pace while Jaya /Symonds can bowl if pitch aids spin. This team has greater depth in both batting and bowling compared to first team which is important in odis.

 

[morgieb]

Hadlee
Waqar
Sanga

That 2nd XI had so much bowling. Jaya and Symonds are wasted with Klusener there. With that lineup I'd expect the first XI to win more often. With Hussey instead of Klusener I'd have backed the 2nd XI instead.

Sanga is such a luxury to have as the keeper.

Hadlee and Waqar the obvious choices for opening bowler here.

Imran looks wasted as **** IMO. There are a lot of better specialist bowlers left over, there's at least 3 other bowling options there and his batting probably isn't dynamic enough for #8.

 

[srbhkshk]

Hadlee
Waqar
Sanga

BTW, I would disagree that the second XI would have been competitive with the first one in any circumstance just because they have a couple extra part time bowlers, ODIs unlike tests can be won single hadidly by batsman as well and the first XIs batting is man for man extremely dominant compared to the second XI along with having a superior 5th bowler.

 

[stephen]

Imran looks wasted as **** IMO. There are a lot of better specialist bowlers left over, there's at least 3 other bowling options there and his batting probably isn't dynamic enough for #8.

My issue with the second XI is that there are too many all rounders and not enough pure batting options. Imran was good enough as a bowler and as a number 7. I think people in these games seem to over rate the need for a fifth specialist bowler.

Hussey would have added a lot of batting firepower down the order and the team wouldn't have lost much in the bowling department imo.

The first XI is the specialist XI while the 2nd XI is the all rounder XI. And I have no idea how Kapil got anywhere near the first XI. He wasn't as good as Klusener or Imran or even Pollock.

Still, I'd pay good money to watch a series between these two teams.

 

[Himannv]

Brett Lee
Waqar Younis

Brendan McCullum

 

[stephen]

Also, how is Vaas even in the same discussion as Waqar? Or even Lee or Bracken?

 

[stephen]

And I think my head may explode if Donald is not picked as the first change bowler.

 

[Himannv]

Also, how is Vaas even in the same discussion as Waqar? Or even Lee or Bracken?

Vaas was an ordinary Test bowler but an exceptional ODI bowler IMO. He was hard to play with those inswingers when he had the new ball in hand and an exceptional death bowler, plus he was consistently fit for a very long time and able to change his style of play to suit the situation and the times. Plus he's useful with the bat and had a very long career. I wouldn't pick him ahead of Lee or Waqar personally, hence my votes, but it's fair that he's in the discussion for a 3rd XI.

Sanga has no business being in any discussion pertaining to ODIs though.

 

[stephen]

what's wrong with the third highest world cup run scorer in history?

 

[stephen]

There's at least a dozen bowlers I'd take ahead of Vaas. I even rate Malinga ahead of him in ODI cricket.

 

[kingkallis]

Richard Hadlee
Waqar Younis

Kumar Sangakkara

 

[ankitj]

Also, how is Vaas even in the same discussion as Waqar? Or even Lee or Bracken?

I had the same question but then I checked his record. Not as prolific a wicket taker as Waqar but the ER is great considering he played on for many years after Waqar's retirement (hence in an era of higher average batting strike rates).

 

[stephen]

I had the same question but then I checked his record. Not as prolific a wicket taker as Waqar but the ER is great considering he played on for many years after Waqar's retirement (hence in an era of higher average batting strike rates).

His average is quite high though (relatively). He is the Alistair Cook of bowling - impressive for his longevity more than anything else since he was a few notches below the best.

 

[CricAddict]

His average is quite high though (relatively). He is the Alistair Cook of bowling - impressive for his longevity more than anything else since he was a few notches below the best.

Also, I have not looked into stats and just going by memory, but I think Vaas took most of his wickets against the lower ranked nations and wasn't very successful against the top nations.

 

[ankitj]

Agree. That's why Vaas doesn't get my vote yet.

Waqar had 13 fivers. In ODIs. That's quite good when you just bowl 10 overs!

Records | One-Day Internationals | Bowling records | Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career | ESPNcricinfo

Records | One-Day Internationals | Bowling records | Most four-wickets-in-an-innings in a career | ESPNcricinfo

 

[Himannv]

what's wrong with the third highest world cup run scorer in history?

Having a 15 year career as an accumulator probably has something to do with the numbers there. His strike rate is not as good when considering the era he batted in and he almost never scores at over a run a ball. I don't think he's even in the top 5 ODI batsmen from Sri Lanka to warrant a place in a world third XI.