ODI : If you could pick just one - Sanath Jayasuriya vs Andrew Flintoff

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Greatest ODI players:

Viv Richards
Glen Mcgrath
Virat Kohli/Sachin Tendulkar
Wasim Akram
Joel Garner
Muralidharan
ABD
Shaun Pollock

 

[sayon basak]

Greatest ODI players:

Viv Richards
Glen Mcgrath
Virat Kohli/Sachin Tendulkar
Wasim Akram
Joel Garner
Muralidharan
ABD
Shaun Pollock

Add Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee in there.

 

[ankitj]

I'm not sure there's anyone I'd take over Flintoff in ODIs.

Viv Richards?

 

[ankitj]

I'd definitely take him ahead of Cairns and Symonds. The others are closer and more in his league.

His ODI bowling record for the era he played in is massively underrated, especially his economy rate.

Agree. In an all time ODI XI, Flintoff is a serious consideration (along with Imran) for all rounder's spot. Klusener, Watson, Jayasuriya will be fodder for a team of similar caliber.

 

[ankitj]

Greatest ODI players:

Viv Richards
Glen Mcgrath
Virat Kohli/Sachin Tendulkar
Wasim Akram
Joel Garner
Muralidharan
ABD
Shaun Pollock

Take out Pollock. Add Dhoni and Bevan. We have got the top 10.

 

[Prince EWS]

Agree. In an all time ODI XI, Flintoff is a serious consideration (along with Imran) for all rounder's spot. Klusener, Watson, Jayasuriya will be fodder for a team of similar caliber.

The only thing that stops me picking Flintoff in an ATG XI is that he actually took a little while to get set and I don't think he was very suited to #7 as a result.

In most actual real-life teams they'd have just batted him at 5 and had hitters after, but at that level above you're not gonna bat him above de Villiers or Dhoni for example.

 

[Johan]

Sharma/Sachin/Viv/Virat/AB/Dhoni/Flintoff/Wasim/Garner/McGrath/Murali sound scool

 

[sayon basak]

Sharma/Sachin/Viv/Virat/AB/Dhoni/Flintoff/Wasim/Garner/McGrath/Murali sound scool

Kapil/Pollock/Imran could easily replace Flintoff. Get Jayasuriya to open to get rid of Rohit.

 

[Migara]

Take out Pollock. Add Dhoni and Bevan. We have got the top 10.

Bevan is way overrated. He is not that one of a kind player anymore as in 90s. MS Dhoni and AB De Villiers are clearly better batsmen than him.

 

[ankitj]

Bevan is way overrated. He is not that one of a kind player anymore as in 90s. MS Dhoni and AB De Villiers are clearly better batsmen than him.

They can all be in top 10

 

[Migara]

They can all be in top 10

Let's see.

Richards, Pollock, Jayasuriya, MS Dhoni, McGrath, Murali, Wasim, ABdV, Tendulkar, Kohli

 

[sayon basak]

Let's see.

Richards, Pollock, Jayasuriya, MS Dhoni, McGrath, Murali, Wasim, ABdV, Tendulkar, Kohli

Drop Jayasuriya at 11 for Garner, would place Dev pretty high too.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Personally think Klusener>Imran, Kapil, Flintoff

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

For majority of his career(150ish games), averaged 43 with bat striking at 90, and under 29 with the ball

 

[ankitj]

Let's see.

Richards, Pollock, Jayasuriya, MS Dhoni, McGrath, Murali, Wasim, ABdV, Tendulkar, Kohli

Pollock and Jayasuriya make way for Bevan and Garner in my top 10.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

A 90mph+ bowler that can bat at a good level is extremely rare and Flintoff was one of those players , I'd pick him.

 

[Migara]

Drop Jayasuriya at 11 for Garner, would place Dev pretty high too.

Jayasuriya easily ousts Garner as a player. It is not even close.

 

[Migara]

Pollock and Jayasuriya make way for Bevan and Garner in my top 10.

When you have Pollock, you don't need Garner. Their adjusted ERs are almost the same. Then Pollock could really use the long handle, and is a better fielder too.

Whether you use Bevan over Jayasuriya is dependent on whether you pick Gilchrist over Dhoni. If you pick Dhoni, you don't need Bevan. Jayasuriya can open. If you pick Gilchrist, then Bevan can be in the middle and you don't need Dhoni.