Kapil at 7, Hadlee at 8 and Akram at 9 means that if you find your side five down in the 32nd over, you're not going to get enough out of your tail. Because usually being that many down that early means that there's a bit in the pitch and batsman averaging around 20 aren't going to be able to rescue the side if the likes of Viv and Kohli haven't survived.Hadlee at 8 , Akram at 9 no reason to worry about batting depth
Jaya + Symonds Inferior in both batting and bowling compared to Lara + Kapil
Gilly + Beven above Lara + Dhoni ? No way.
Akram bats above Pollock ??
The third quick for a non-Australian XI is interesting. Some good choices, all of which have their pros and cons - Pollock, Hadlee, Donald, Ambrose and Waqar all spring to mind.Also, Pollock averages 31 in world cups so I wouldn't have him ahead of McGrath at all
Kapil averaged 24 , when many specialists averaged less than 30. Kapil was the highest ranked Indian batsman for most of the 80s , so he is definitely a 30 plus batsman in Symonds era. Hadlee may be 27-28.Kapil at 7, Hadlee at 8 and Akram at 9 means that if you find your side five down in the 32nd over, you're not going to get enough out of your tail. Because usually being that many down that early means that there's a bit in the pitch and batsman averaging around 20 aren't going to be able to rescue the side if the likes of Viv and Kohli haven't survived.
You dramatically overrate Kapil's batting. He has a batting average of 24 ffs. Jaya wasn't as good of a batsman as Lara, but Symonds was miles ahead of Kapil as a batsman.
Lara + Dhoni with the bat is pretty damn close to Gilly plus Bevan. Bevan averages more than Dhoni by as much as Lara averages more than Gilly. And Dhoni played in a much easier era for batting than any of the other three.
Yeah, swap Pollock and Akram unless they're coming in with 20 balls to go.
TBF, Dhoni is pretty much the same in big chases.Beven can be a burden when there is a big score to chase.
Not going to lose a heap but including Shakib I guess, although Murali is still the best ODI spinner in my eyes.Akram-Garner-McGrath-Murali is a woeful tail though. Who are the best bowling all rounders who bowl spin?
When and how? I mean, if you're going to say Kapil gets extra batting points to play in the current era. why doesn't Bevan?Kapil averaged 24 , when many specialists averaged less than 30. Kapil was the highest ranked Indian batsman for most of the 80s , so he is definitely a 30 plus batsman in Symonds era. Hadlee may be 27-28.
( Kapil averaged 30 at 100 for a decade iirc , almost the length of Symonds total career I guess )
And the difference in Average will be bigger between Lara and Jaya than it is between Kapil and Symonds.
Then , Kapil was one of the top bowlers of his era , Jaya / Symonds not. They are not even specialist category.
Beven can be a burden when there is a big score to chase.
And FYI
Lara AVG is 10 points higher than Gilly as an opener , that too without considering Lara opened in early 90s of low scoring era.
If you're going to adjust Kapil's batting up by 30% (minimum) then you should also adjust his bowling, which makes him about as good as Southie with an average around 35.Kapil averaged 24 , when many specialists averaged less than 30. Kapil was the highest ranked Indian batsman for most of the 80s , so he is definitely a 30 plus batsman in Symonds era. Hadlee may be 27-28.
( Kapil averaged 30 at 100 for a decade iirc , almost the length of Symonds total career I guess )
And the difference in Average will be bigger between Lara and Jaya than it is between Kapil and Symonds.
Then , Kapil was one of the top bowlers of his era , Jaya / Symonds not. They are not even specialist category.
Beven can be a burden when there is a big score to chase.
And FYI
Lara AVG is 10 points higher than Gilly as an opener , that too without considering Lara opened in early 90s of low scoring era.
Wasim Akram was bowling with a tennis ball at one point. If anything that innings has gotten overrated with time. It was an excellent innings in an exhibition game and that's about it. Bevan's played around 30 knocks better than that one.Yeah it's a travesty that game wasn't recognised and other world xi games have been (I think)
Wait what? Lol I didn't know that. I've seen a YouTube highlights clip and I thought it looked professional. Moreso than that tsunami relief game years later. If their was a tennis ball at any point it shouldn't even have list A statusWasim Akram was bowling with a tennis ball at one point. If anything that innings has gotten overrated with time. It was an excellent innings in an exhibition game and that's about it. Bevan's played around 30 knocks better than that one.
Shakib will be cannon fodder for an ATG batting line up.Not going to lose a heap but including Shakib I guess, although Murali is still the best ODI spinner in my eyes.
Tendulkar
Gilchrist
Richards
Kohli
Flintoff
AB DeVilliers
Symonds
Shakib
Wasim
Garner
McGrath
Actually quite like this combo. A lot. Batting order can be messed with considerably depending on the nature of the game.