Voting thread - ICC Best-Ever ODI Championship Rating Draft

[Zinzan]

Please vote to help us decide the gold, silver & bronze medalists in the "ICC Best-Ever ODI Championship Rating Draft" - See here.. http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/71072-icc-best-ever-odi-championship-rating-draft.html



MM XI

Mark Greatbatch
Grant Flower (8)
Steve Smith *
Michael Bevan (7)
Steve Tikolo (6)
Lance Klusener (4)
Chris Harris (5)
Shane Lee (3)
Wasim Bari +
Michael Holding (1)
Nathan Bracken (2)


Honest Hunks - The ODI Version

Sachin Tendulkar (8)
Andrew Strauss ©
Jacques Kallis (6)
Mominul Haque
Andy Flower (wk)
Mitchell Marsh (4)
JP Duminy (7)
Wahab Riaz (3)
Ryan Harris (2)
Curtly Ambrose (1)
Imran Tahir (5)



Packer endorsed XI

01 Romesh Kaluwitharana +
02 Simon Katich
03 Mohinder Amarnath
04 Stephen Waugh c
05 Jonty Rhodes
06 David Hookes
07 Shahid Afridi
08 Kapil Dev
09 Jason Holder
10 Roger Harper
11 Malcolm Marshall


Springbok & Kiwi Pâté XI

1. Herschelle Gibbs
2. Jesse Ryder (6)
3. Colin Ingram
4. Brian Lara
5. Jimmy Maher
6. Brendon McCullum +
7. Chris Cairns (4)
8. Nicky Boje (5)
9. Richard Hadlee (1)
10. Wasim Akram (2)
11. Dale Steyn (3)

Morg XI

1. Majid Khan (8)
2. Sanath Jayasuriya (6)
3. Dean Jones
4. Brendan Taylor
5. Adam Voges (7)
6. Glenn Maxwell (5)
7. Imran Khan * (1)
8. Ian Smith +
9. Ajantha Mendis (4)
10. Shoaib Akhtar (2)
11. Geoff Allott (3)

Aldo XI

01. Adam Gilchrist+
02. Marcus Trescothick
03. Ricky Ponting*
04. Darren Lehmann [7]
05. Roshan Mahanama
06. Abdul Razzaq [3]
07. Ian Harvey [6]
08. Andy Bichel [5]
09. Tim Southee [1]
10. Waqar Younis [2]
11. Paul Adams [4]



CricZo XI

1. Virender Sehwag / o - 8
2. Quinton de Kock + / -
3. Azhar Ali / -
4. Alviro Petersen / -
5. Yuvraj Singh / o - 7
6. Andrew Symonds / o - 5
7. Grant Elliott / o - 6
8. DJ Bravo o / - 3
9. Saqlain Mushtaq o - 4
10. Shane Bond o - 1
11. Morne Morkel o - 2


J_C XI

David Warner
Jason Roy
IVA Richards / 6
Clive Lloyd (c)
Brad Hodge
Jos Buttler +
Ian Botham / 3
James Faulkner / 5
Joel Garner / 1
Len Pascoe / 2
Derek Underwood / 4


AMD Radeon 7590XI

1. Hashim Amla
2. Matt Machan
3. Joe Root
4. Angelo Mathews (6)
5. MS Dhoni (c)
6. Corey Anderson (5)
7. Alan Knott (wk)
8. Shane Warne (4)
9. Mitchell Starc (1)
10. Hamid Hassan (2)
11. Muttiah Muralitharan (3)



OS XI

Mark Waugh (6)
Saeed Anwar
Damien Martyn
Doug Walters
AB de Villiers
Andrew Flintoff (3)
Tony Greig (4) (c)
Chris Read (wk)
Brad Hogg (5)
Lasith Malinga (2)
Glenn McGrath (1)

anil1405 XI

1. Tillakaratne Dilshan
2. Shane Watson
3. Virat Kohli (C)
4. Shakib Al Hasan
5. Michael Hussey
6. Paul Collingwood
7. Ben Stokes
8. Courtney Browne +
9. Mitchell Johnson
10. Kemar Roach
11. Allan Donald

 

[Zinzan]

Pffft...I suppose I really should vote as per my ratings as opposed to more strategically

So OS, KK & J_C it is

 

[AldoRaine18]

Same as yours, Z. Three really good teams given the restrictions.

 

[Zinzan]

Bump, pretty sure OS has this one in the bag, but last chance to vote.....

 

[Zinzan]

Congrats OS, thoroughly deserved victory that!

Turns out my ratings & ranking were pretty much spot-on with OS winning and J_C coming 2nd, except that I was wrong about KK getting his obligatory Silver or Bronze this time around....


Here's the winning side along with my review of it prior to the vote-off.....

1st place (with 7.75/10);

OS XI

Mark Waugh (6)
Saeed Anwar
Damien Martyn
Doug Walters
AB de Villiers
Andrew Flintoff (3)
Tony Greig (4) (c)
Chris Read (wk)
Brad Hogg (5)
Lasith Malinga (2)
Glenn McGrath (1)

Lots to love about OS's XI. At first glance he looks to have most bases covered. 3 bonafide ATGs in McGrath, Flintoff & AB, along with some greats of their own eras in Anwar & Waugh Jr.

Batting: Wonderful left right opening combo of Waugh & Anwar (one of the most underrated ODI players of all time), the classy Martyn at 3 and some real hitting strength in the middle with AB, Freddy & Tong Greig.

Overall batting 8/10

Bowling: Great opening attack of McGrath and Malinga, with Freddy (one of the best yorker exponents I've seen) at first change, the handy Brad Hogg & the difficult to hit Tong Greig.

Overall bowling 7.5/10

Overall rating: 7.75/10


Watson - Will I leave it to you to update the Draft Honours board?