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International Twenty20
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Loony BoB
International Captain
Crikey. No Cairns. He's always the first guy who comes to mind when I think of Twenty20 cricket.Sudeep said:Here's the ideal World Twenty20 XI IMO:
Virendar Sehwag
Chris Gayle
Sachin Tendulkar
Scott Styris
Andrew Flintoff
Adam Gilchrist (w/k)
Lance Kulsener
Shaun Pollock (c)
Anil Kumble
Chaminda Vaas
Glenn McGrath
EDIT: I just realized something, everyone in that XI can bowl.
Just out of curiosity more than anything, who would your captain be?Langeveldt said:
Loony BoB
International Captain
V Sehwag
AC Gilchrist
S Afridi
ST Jayasuriya
RT Ponting
A Symonds
A Flintoff
CL Cairns
L Klusener
AR Adams
B Lee / Murali
Sehwag and Gilchrist for obvious reasons. Afridi for the same reason. Jayasuriya and Ponting to steady things in the middle (yet they still are very capable of providing bowlers with nightmares). Symonds, Flintoff, Cairns and Klusener for your up and coming slugathons. Adams for his strike rate in both bowling (32.6) and batting (104.96) when playing ODI's. I had Blignaut for a while, who is top-of-the-board for batting strike rate, but his bowling failed him.
Brett Lee or Murali would get in depending on the type of pitch. I would have someone besides Brett Lee but I feel he can slog that ball like the best of them. If Bond keeps form, though, then I might put him in instead.
Yes, it's batsmen heavy, but I feel that in Twenty20 cricket that with Lee/Bond/Murali as your pitch-dependant-option backed up by Cairns, Adams and Flintoff, you should be covered well. Lots of the other chaps can bowl, too, to make up the numbers.
AC Gilchrist
S Afridi
ST Jayasuriya
RT Ponting
A Symonds
A Flintoff
CL Cairns
L Klusener
AR Adams
B Lee / Murali
Sehwag and Gilchrist for obvious reasons. Afridi for the same reason. Jayasuriya and Ponting to steady things in the middle (yet they still are very capable of providing bowlers with nightmares). Symonds, Flintoff, Cairns and Klusener for your up and coming slugathons. Adams for his strike rate in both bowling (32.6) and batting (104.96) when playing ODI's. I had Blignaut for a while, who is top-of-the-board for batting strike rate, but his bowling failed him.
Brett Lee or Murali would get in depending on the type of pitch. I would have someone besides Brett Lee but I feel he can slog that ball like the best of them. If Bond keeps form, though, then I might put him in instead.
Yes, it's batsmen heavy, but I feel that in Twenty20 cricket that with Lee/Bond/Murali as your pitch-dependant-option backed up by Cairns, Adams and Flintoff, you should be covered well. Lots of the other chaps can bowl, too, to make up the numbers.
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Probably Sachin.. He has the most experience...Loony BoB said:
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Out of curiousity, what are Yuvraj Singh's Twenty20 stats like?Richard said:
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I agree. That's Dwayne Smith you're referring to right?Deja moo said:
Tom Halsey
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He was never any good on ICC, so I have to agree. 
Richard
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Well I really don't think he's much good in reality either.
And with Bicknell woefully out of touch this season, Tudor barely playing a game these last 2 seasons, Saqlain once this season and Salisbury not landing the ball properly since 2000, Ormond, Murtagh and him are all Surrey have got.
Something of a different proposition to the in-form Bicknell-Tudor-Saqlain-Salisbury line-up of 1999, 2000 and briefly 2002.
And with Bicknell woefully out of touch this season, Tudor barely playing a game these last 2 seasons, Saqlain once this season and Salisbury not landing the ball properly since 2000, Ormond, Murtagh and him are all Surrey have got.
Something of a different proposition to the in-form Bicknell-Tudor-Saqlain-Salisbury line-up of 1999, 2000 and briefly 2002.