Best CWC side that could not win the World Cup

[Burgey]

NZ also invented the "slow bouncers with a packed leg-side boundary to bore set batsmen out" in Test cricket. Before Wagner there was Craig McMillan in the 2001 series that we they must never always seem to speak about

yeah

 

[mr_mister]

I think they were every bit as good, factoring in the era. Two great quicks, a seam bowling allrounder, hard hitting keeper, the Chappell brothers and Walters. I know those guys aren’t as good as the modern greats like Iyer, Yadav, Gill and Siraj, but they won as much as India 2023.

There’s never been a more overhyped side than this Indian one. But at the first whiff of grape shot they disintegrated. Most hyped and most recent doesn’t equal best.

On paper, Windies batting line-up looks way stronger than ours, even with the Chappells and Walters

Fredericks
Greenidge
Kallicharan
Clive Lloyd
Kanhai
Viv


Goes a fair way to rectifying Lillee and Thommo vs Roberts and Boyce

 

[Burgey]

Greenidge wasn't all that around the time of that inaugural WC tbh. The middle order is pretty awesome for sure.

 

[listmaker]

Definitely 2023 wc India. They were unbeaten but couldn't win the one game they needed

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Definitely 2023 wc India. They were unbeaten but couldn't win the one game they needed

Could say exactly the same thing about 2015 NZ, but they had to play away for the final unlike India.

 

[TheJediBrah]

It's definitely not 2023 India lol

1983 WI or 1999 South Africa

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Perhaps Silver Silva was being humble when setting up the poll but the 2007 SL team was a pretty decent side too with a quality attack and plenty of batting. Should be included as an option.

Best spinner of all time, best death bowler of all time, one of the best ever attacking openers, very good left armer, very good keeper batsman and other batting, plus handy part-timers. Mentally tough too.

PS Hopefully Migara doesn't read this thread.

 

[TheJediBrah]

2007 Sri Lanka has an argument to be the best SL ODI team of all time. Man for man you'd have them over 1996 IMO, even though they didn't win

 

[DriveClub]

Wouldn't the 2011 Srilanka team mostly be the same as 2007?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Wouldn't the 2011 Srilanka team mostly be the same as 2007?

No they lost Chaminda Vaas and Jayasuriya, 2 of their greatest ever players

 

[Himannv]

Wouldn't the 2011 Srilanka team mostly be the same as 2007?

Slightly weaker I think. 2011 had Samaraweera, Kapugedara, and Randiv featuring in the final, which isn't quite as good as Arnold, Chamara Silva (I think) and Sanath (who obviously makes a difference). 2011 didn't have Vaas and Murali was a bit past his best but they had Malinga, TP, and Kulasekara so maybe the bowling balances out.

 

[Zinzan]

WI '83 by miles. In fact there's a decent argument they would have matched up against a rest of the world side at that time they were so well covered (except for spin, which they didn't really need at that time.)

 

[Sunil1z]

Slightly weaker I think. 2011 had Samaraweera, Kapugedara, and Randiv featuring in the final, which isn't quite as good as Arnold, Chamara Silva (I think) and Sanath (who obviously makes a difference). 2011 didn't have Vaas and Murali was a bit past his best but they had Malinga, TP, and Kulasekara so maybe the bowling balances out.

You are forgetting a peak Dilshan in 2011 .

 

[TheJediBrah]

Both those SL teams had some pretty glaring weaknesses, like 3 or 4 bad players, but the rest (2007 especially) all make the SL ATG ODI XI.

 

[Silver Silva]

You are forgetting a peak Dilshan in 2011 .

Also Tharanga was a decent foil to Dilshan in that WC he got 2 hundreds , best of which is when we chased down 229 vs England without losing a wicket .

 

[Sunil1z]

Also Tharanga was a decent foil to Dilshan in that WC he got 2 hundreds , best of which is when we chased down 229 vs England without losing a wicket .

If SL had won final , Dilshan would have been MoS instead of Yuvraj. It was between them for MoS

 

[trundler]

Also Tharanga was a decent foil to Dilshan in that WC he got 2 hundreds , best of which is when we chased down 229 vs England without losing a wicket .

Tharanga and Dilshan also had the highest partnership in the tournament iirc

 

[Andy19]

1983 West Indies

 

[Himannv]

Tharanga and Dilshan also had the highest partnership in the tournament iirc

Right after the tournament ended, Dilshan flew back to home for the alimony case against his ex-wife (who was now Tharanga's wife). I'm always impressed that Dilshan never tried to run this guy out or something every once in a while.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Right after the tournament ended, Dilshan flew back to home for the alimony case against his ex-wife (who was now Tharanga's wife). I'm always impressed that Dilshan never tried to run this guy out or something every once in a while.

Dilshan's a funny guy, he's playing around the traps in Melbourne subbies

mate of mine played against him last year and Dilshan switch-hit his first ball for 6 onto the pavilion roof (short boundary but still)

He also just rocks up to bat in T20s and drives home when he's done, doesn't field a lot of the time. And when he does field only bothers stopping balls that go straight to him