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**Official** 'My Current World XI' Thread
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DanielFullard
U19 Vice-Captain
In that case swap Lee for Patel and Ponting for GibbsSanz said:I am sorry, I forgot to include that this is a world XI which will play against the World Champs, so obviously you cant have any aussie played in the side.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
DanielFullard said:
Patel? WTF? You guys are insane. In 8 test playing nations, there are at least 8 better ODI bowlers than Patel.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Sorry? What on earth has he done against a swinging new ball to open in a World XI?DanielFullard said:
For me:
1. V Sehwag
2. CH Gayle
3. SR Tendulkar
4. R Dravid
5. BC Lara
6. KP Pietersen
*7.A Flintoff
+8.MV Boucher
9. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
10.M Muralitharan
11.SE Bond
Jungle Jumbo
International Vice-Captain
Do I sense you've only ever watched two series?DanielFullard said:
Barney Rubble
International Coach
Jungle Jumbo said:
adharcric
International Coach
Graeme Smith
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid (c)
Kevin Pietersen
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni+
Andrew Flintoff
Irfan Pathan
Shaun Pollock
Harbhajan Singh
Shane Bond
To start things off, two dominating batsmen at the top. Follow that with one of the most consistent one-day batsmen of the modern era, another dominator who takes the attack to the bowlers and a brilliant fielder who is in the form of his life with the bat. Then you've got the most valuable wicketkeeper-batsman in the world and the top three all-rounders in the world who all are economical and wicket-taking options. Follow that with a fiery off-spinner who has an ER of 3.7 against England in this series and a paceman who is more than capable of running through formidable battting lineups.
Pathan and Bond open the attack. Pollock first change. Flintoff second change. Harbhajan the specialist spinner with support from Tendulkar and Yuvraj if necessary.
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid (c)
Kevin Pietersen
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni+
Andrew Flintoff
Irfan Pathan
Shaun Pollock
Harbhajan Singh
Shane Bond
To start things off, two dominating batsmen at the top. Follow that with one of the most consistent one-day batsmen of the modern era, another dominator who takes the attack to the bowlers and a brilliant fielder who is in the form of his life with the bat. Then you've got the most valuable wicketkeeper-batsman in the world and the top three all-rounders in the world who all are economical and wicket-taking options. Follow that with a fiery off-spinner who has an ER of 3.7 against England in this series and a paceman who is more than capable of running through formidable battting lineups.
Pathan and Bond open the attack. Pollock first change. Flintoff second change. Harbhajan the specialist spinner with support from Tendulkar and Yuvraj if necessary.
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33/3from3.3
International Vice-Captain
impressiveSamuel_Vimes said:
Bond and Rana to open the bowling
for me i'd move Dravid to 3 and Tendulkar to 4
hmmmm i can see only one minor flaw
only 4 proper bowlers(ie.in ICC they would have a cricket ball next to there name)
Bond Murali Rana Flintoff
i suppose Gayle and Tendulkar maybe Pieterson could spread out the other ten overs
Thoughts???
adharcric
International Coach
I can't see how anyone can leave Pathan out. I'd say he's one of the top 3 opening one-day bowlers at the moment (outside of Australia), just look at how often he knocks out the opening batsmen in the first few overs. On top, he's a very decent bat. Pathan + Flintoff = Godly combination. Then you add in Pollock, who is far more economical than Rana, Ntini and co ... ER is what will matter because there are plenty of wicket-taking options here. Bond has to be there as well, he's the best fast bowler outside of Australia, not only does he have pace but he actually bowls far more wicket-taking deliveries than the likes of Akhtar and Ntini, who enjoy intimidating batsman more. For the spinner, Murali is usually the best but he hasn't been anything special lately. Someone had Vettori down, but Harbhajan is clearly a better one-day option (and tests for that matter), very economical (Vettori is as well) and has that doosra which will get plenty of stumpings.
Tendulkar's partner can't be Sehwag, he's been wretched of late. Strauss got owned by Pathan, so forget him. Trescothick ... maybe, but people seem to have a problem with him here for some reason. Smith is the best option for me. Dravid is a lock at 3, Pietersen is solid at 4, Yuvraj has jumped way up the ICC rankings to the top ten. Dhoni is far more dangerous than Akmal and a little more dangerous than Sangakarra and Gilchrist in ODIs. (If it was tests, it'd be the reverse order)
Tendulkar's partner can't be Sehwag, he's been wretched of late. Strauss got owned by Pathan, so forget him. Trescothick ... maybe, but people seem to have a problem with him here for some reason. Smith is the best option for me. Dravid is a lock at 3, Pietersen is solid at 4, Yuvraj has jumped way up the ICC rankings to the top ten. Dhoni is far more dangerous than Akmal and a little more dangerous than Sangakarra and Gilchrist in ODIs. (If it was tests, it'd be the reverse order)
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Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Yep, Gayle usually bowls pretty tight spin in ODIs. Sehwag is a useful trundler as well.33/3from3.3 said:
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
Gilchrist
Tendulkar
Ponting
Pietersen
Symonds
Hussey
Flintoff
Lee
Vettori
Bond
Muralitharan/McGrath - depending on conditions
Firstly with the openers even though Gilly and Tendulkar haven't been great in test of late their ODI form has still been very good and once in top form one cannot look beyond these blokes to open the batting.
In the middle order, Inzaman was unlucky to miss out since i think KP would make a much better option these days than him. The rest # 3, 5, 6, 7 are pretty clear i would think.
With the bowling obviously the great McGrath is a noticeable ommission along with Akhtar and Ntini. But Lee on form over the past 12 months is the best ODI bowler in the world and Bond strike rate is exceptional. While having 2 quality spinners in your team is always good to have in ODI cricket.
others worthy persons to miss out are Pathan, Yuvraj and Gibbs.
Tendulkar
Ponting
Pietersen
Symonds
Hussey
Flintoff
Lee
Vettori
Bond
Muralitharan/McGrath - depending on conditions
Firstly with the openers even though Gilly and Tendulkar haven't been great in test of late their ODI form has still been very good and once in top form one cannot look beyond these blokes to open the batting.
In the middle order, Inzaman was unlucky to miss out since i think KP would make a much better option these days than him. The rest # 3, 5, 6, 7 are pretty clear i would think.
With the bowling obviously the great McGrath is a noticeable ommission along with Akhtar and Ntini. But Lee on form over the past 12 months is the best ODI bowler in the world and Bond strike rate is exceptional. While having 2 quality spinners in your team is always good to have in ODI cricket.
others worthy persons to miss out are Pathan, Yuvraj and Gibbs.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Why no Makhaya Ntini or Andrew Flintoff also. It's just same the problematic of having eleven slots and Bond sadly did not fit the ambience of my team and until you mentioned his name I had completely forgotten him.Blaze said:
Granted Blaze he should be in there probably for Shoaib.