All-Time ODI XIs

[War]

Not sure if this has been done before on this site. But i just thought about & decided to make a thread. So this is my opinion on the best ODI XI for all the teams since the 1975 WC:

AUSTRALIA

Adam Gilchrist +
Shane Watson
Ricky Ponting *
Dean Jones
Michael Bevan
Mike Hussey
Andrew Symonds
Shane Warne
Brett Lee
Dennis Lillee
Glenn McGrath

Greg Chappell
Mark Waugh
Brad Hogg
Gillespie/McDermott


ENGLAND

Marcus Trescothick
Graham Gooch *
Nick Knight
Kevin Pietersen
Allan Lamb
Ian Botham
Andrew Flintoff
Alec Stewart +
Graeme Swann
Darren Gough
Bob Willis

Eoin Morgan
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Caddick
Derek Underwood


INDIA:

Sourav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Mohammad Azharuddin
Rahul Dravid
Yuvraj Singh
Mahendra Dhoni +
Ravi Shastri
Kapil Dev *
Anil Kumble
Zaheer Khan
Javagal Srinath

Virender Sehwag
Harbhajan Singh
Roger Binny
Manoj Prabhakar


NEW ZEALAND

Glen Turner
Stephen Fleming
Nathan Astle
Martin Crowe*
Roger Twose
Brendon McCullum+
Chris Cairns
Richard Hadlee
Daniel Vettori
Shane Bond
Geoff Allot

Ross Taylor
Scott Styris
Chris Harris
Dion Nash


PAKISTAN

Saeed Anwar
Aamir Sohail
Zaheer Abbas
Javed Miandad
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Imran Khan*
Shaid Afridi
Moin Khan+
Wasim Akram
Shoaib Akhtar
Waqar Younis

Mohammad Yousuf
Saqlain Mushtaq
Aquib Javed
Abdul Razzaq


SOUTH AFRICA

Barry Richards
Graeme Smith*
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
AB De Villiers+
Clive Rice
Mike Procter
Lance Klusener
Shaun Pollock
Allan Donald
Imran Tahir

Peter Kirsten
Brian McMillan
Mark Boucher
Dale Steyn


SRI LANKA

Sanath Jayasuriya
Marvan Atapattu
Kumar Sangakkara*+
Mahela Jayawardene
Aravinda De Silva
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Angelo Matthews
R Ratnayake
Chaminda Vaas
Lasith Malinga
M Muralitharan

Thilan Samaraweera
J Ratnayake
Somochandra De Silva/Rangana Herath
Nuwam Zoysa/A De Mel



WEST INDIES

Brian Lara
Desmond Haynes
Viv Richards
Gordon Greendige
Clive Lloyd *
Carl Hooper
Jeff Dujon +
Keith Boyce
Malcolm Marshall
Michael Holding
Joel Garner

Chris Gayle
Dwayne Bravo/Roger Harper
Curtly Ambrose
Shiv Chanderpaul

Feel free to post your own sides...

 

[Chewie]

For NZ the batting seems about right but I dunno if I'd have Harris in there are the fifth bowler. That's an extremely long batting lineup.

 

[Paki007]

in Sri Lanka i don't think Mathews has done that much yet that he should be in the All time XI unless they haven't produced A better All rounder than him i would Add arjuna Ranatunga somewhere in that list


In the presence of Imran and Wsim i would include Akhtar instead of Razzaq
All the players you mentioned 10 out of them Played in 99 WC and i think THAt pakistan team was the best unit of their History


In SAF well i won't include AB as WK you should look for specialists for organizing All time XI

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Already a thread on this, pretty sure.

 

[War]

For NZ the batting seems about right but I dunno if I'd have Harris in there are the fifth bowler. That's an extremely long batting lineup.

Oh ok. So you prefer an extra quick like Allot or Nash instead of Harris then?

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in Sri Lanka i don't think Mathews has done that much yet that he should be in the All time XI unless they haven't produced A better All rounder than him i would Add arjuna Ranatunga somewhere in that list.

Well Matthews selection was picked with hypothetical future outcomes in mind to be fair. He is already the most competent ODI all-rounder they have produced, so to me just another couple more years of such performances & he would be sure All-time XI pick. ATM he is half-way in.

In the presence of Imran and Wsim i would include Akhtar instead of Razzaq
All the players you mentioned 10 out of them Played in 99 WC and i think THAt pakistan team was the best unit of their History

Razzaq at his 100% peak of the late 90s-early 2000s i think is good enough to make the main XI IMO. Plus in ODIs most of the great teams usually solid batting down to # 8 (a bowling all-rounder) unlike in test where you are mainly focused with just batting up to # 7. Thus i think he is worth more value than an extra bowler.

Plus yea that 99 WC Pak side was pretty special.

In SAF well i won't include AB as WK you should look for specialists for organizing All time XI

Well in ODIs the need for an total specialist keeper isn't as important as in tests TBF. India got to 2003 world-cup final with Dravid as keeper, so it can work.

S Africa in this post 2011 world-cup era could potentially be using De Villiers alot in ODIs/T20 as their keeper & i like the potential balance he could give their All-time side. But then again i could understand if someone went for Boucher.

 

[Chewie]

I'd say that in an all-time XI, your batsman shouldn't have to rely on the bowlers to bat - it should be the five best batsmen and the five best bowlers. This would be especially so for NZ with all our good bowlers being quite handy with the bat so I wouldn't see why an all-time NZ XI wouldn't have 5 bowlers, instead of 4 + Harris who was more of a container iirc.

 

[Owzat]

ENGLAND
Marcus Trescothick
Graham Gooch *
Nick Knight
Kevin Pietersen
Allan Lamb
Ian Botham
Andrew Flintoff
Alec Stewart +
Graeme Swann
Darren Gough
Bob Willis

Eoin Morgan
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Caddick
Derek Underwood

You can't leave Neil Harvey Fairbrother out, excellent one day batsman and exceptional fielder. Not sure I'd leave Hick out either, excellent fielder and part-time spinner

ENGLAND

Marcus Trescothick : 4335 runs @ 37.37
Nick Knight : 3626 runs @ 40.29
Graeme Hick : 3846 runs @ 37.34 & 30 wkts @ 34.20
Allan Lamb (c) : 4010 runs @ 39.31
Neil Fairbrother : 2092 runs @ 39.47
Alec Stewart (wk) : 4677 runs @ 31.60
Andrew Flintoff : 3394 runs @ 32.02 & 169 wkts @ 24.38
Ian Botham : 2113 runs @ 23.22 & 145 wkts @ 28.54
Stuart Broad : 372 runs @ 12.40 & 130 wkts @ 25.68
Darren Gough : 609 runs @ 12.43 & 235 wkts @ 26.42
Derek Underwood : 53 runs @ 5.89 & 32 wkts @ 22.94

Kevin Pietersen : 3648 runs @ 48.29
Paul Collingwood : 5092 runs @ 35.36 & 111 wkts @ 38.68
Graeme Swann : 359 runs @ 12.82 & 72 wkts @ 24.82
Bob Willis : 83 runs @ 10.38 & 80 wkts @ 24.60

Toss up between Broad, Botham and Willis for the last spot in the team. Caddick is unlucky to miss out with 69 wickets at 28.48, as is DeFreitas who is another excellent fielder and useful lower order batsman (690 runs @ 16.05 & 115 wkts @ 32.83) - among others, Chris Old being another (338 runs @ 18.78 & 45 wkts @ 22.20)

I could have gone with Marks (285 runs @ 13.57 & 44 wkts @ 25.80) in my squad as a second spinner, he or Swann could have come in for one of the other bowlers, although Hick could perform decently on a track offering turn.

Collingwood may be out of sorts, his inclusion is to bolster the fielding, offer bowling and he has been a good ODI player even if you wouldn't know it of late. Probably go with Lamb as captain. Could do with another part-time bowler in the top order, but I think the bowling is packed enough that six is enough options. Might seem like there isn't another opener to come in, but if Trescothick or Knight were out of form then Stewart could move up the order to open. Trescothick would be reserve keeper.

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In SAF well i won't include AB as WK you should look for specialists for organizing All time XI

I'd probably go with what I suggested for England, play a wicket-keeper and have Trescothick, or in this case De Villiers, as back up. And wouldn't you want Jonty Rhodes in the squad if not XI? And Peter over Gary Kirsten? Similar ODI averages granted, but Gary scored 5x the number of runs

Wouldn't people pick Parore over McCullum for kiwi keeper? Didn't he score 1000+ Test runs without conceding a bye once?

 

[sami ullah khan]

@War
Your Pakistan team is perfect. I would not have chosen it any different.

 

[War]

You can't leave Neil Harvey Fairbrother out, excellent one day batsman and exceptional fielder. Not sure I'd leave Hick out either, excellent fielder and part-time spinner

ENGLAND

Marcus Trescothick : 4335 runs @ 37.37
Nick Knight : 3626 runs @ 40.29
Graeme Hick : 3846 runs @ 37.34 & 30 wkts @ 34.20
Allan Lamb (c) : 4010 runs @ 39.31
Neil Fairbrother : 2092 runs @ 39.47
Alec Stewart (wk) : 4677 runs @ 31.60
Andrew Flintoff : 3394 runs @ 32.02 & 169 wkts @ 24.38
Ian Botham : 2113 runs @ 23.22 & 145 wkts @ 28.54
Stuart Broad : 372 runs @ 12.40 & 130 wkts @ 25.68
Darren Gough : 609 runs @ 12.43 & 235 wkts @ 26.42
Derek Underwood : 53 runs @ 5.89 & 32 wkts @ 22.94

Kevin Pietersen : 3648 runs @ 48.29
Paul Collingwood : 5092 runs @ 35.36 & 111 wkts @ 38.68
Graeme Swann : 359 runs @ 12.82 & 72 wkts @ 24.82
Bob Willis : 83 runs @ 10.38 & 80 wkts @ 24.60

Toss up between Broad, Botham and Willis for the last spot in the team. Caddick is unlucky to miss out with 69 wickets at 28.48, as is DeFreitas who is another excellent fielder and useful lower order batsman (690 runs @ 16.05 & 115 wkts @ 32.83) - among others, Chris Old being another (338 runs @ 18.78 & 45 wkts @ 22.20)

I could have gone with Marks (285 runs @ 13.57 & 44 wkts @ 25.80) in my squad as a second spinner, he or Swann could have come in for one of the other bowlers, although Hick could perform decently on a track offering turn.

Collingwood may be out of sorts, his inclusion is to bolster the fielding, offer bowling and he has been a good ODI player even if you wouldn't know it of late. Probably go with Lamb as captain. Could do with another part-time bowler in the top order, but I think the bowling is packed enough that six is enough options. Might seem like there isn't another opener to come in, but if Trescothick or Knight were out of form then Stewart could move up the order to open. Trescothick would be reserve keeper.

Thought long & hard about Fairbrother & given i saw most of his career in 90s, i personally think Morgan is already more dynamic & better. Both average similar 38/39, while Morgan already has 4 hundreds in 11 less games & is likely to continue to have a dominant ODI career for England.

Cant leave Pietersen out of the main XI either my friend. No way. He is easily the most dominant limited overs batsman England has had - he is a must pick & arguably should be one of 1st names on the list when picking an All-time England ODI XI.

Swann would also have the get the nod over Underwood already i would think if you are picking 1 spinner (although depending on the pitch conditions you could pick both of them). Sir Swann is well underway to taking 200+ ODI wickets & probably will be ENGs leading ODI wicket-taker as well.

I wouln't d have Broad in the main XI or squad just yet to be fair. I'll wait a couple more years to see if he can take his ODI bowling to another level. Since i think of the hypothetical scenario of him bowling to some of the immensely strong opposition ODI All-time batting line-ups & i get a bit worried. Some like Caddick gives me more confidence at this stage still.

Hick in the squad is a fair shout yea. Its between him & Collingwood as the other back-up in the squad for me.

Gooch is under-rated in this format. He was ahead of his time in his ability as a ODI opener in the 80s. He would be my skipper personally.

Another player who i wanted to pick was Robin Smith.

 

[Rehan_24]

Not sure if this has been done before on this site. But i just thought about & decided to make a thread. So this is my opinion on the best ODI XI for all the teams since the 1975 WC:

AUSTRALIA

Adam Gilchrist +
Shane Watson
Ricky Ponting *
Dean Jones
Michael Bevan
Mike Hussey
Andrew Symonds
Shane Warne
Brett Lee
Dennis Lillee
Glenn McGrath

Greg Chappell
Mark Waugh
Brad Hogg
Gillespie/McDermott


ENGLAND

Marcus Trescothick
Graham Gooch *
Nick Knight
Kevin Pietersen
Allan Lamb
Ian Botham
Andrew Flintoff
Alec Stewart +
Graeme Swann
Darren Gough
Bob Willis

Eoin Morgan
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Caddick
Derek Underwood


INDIA:

Sourav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Mohammad Azharuddin
Rahul Dravid
Yuvraj Singh
Mahendra Dhoni +
Ravi Shastri
Kapil Dev *
Anil Kumble
Zaheer Khan
Javagal Srinath

Virender Sehwag
Harbhajan Singh
Roger Binny
Manoj Prabhakar


NEW ZEALAND

Glen Turner
Stephen Fleming
Nathan Astle
Martin Crowe*
Roger Twose
Brendon McCullum+
Chris Cairns
Richard Hadlee
Daniel Vettori
Shane Bond
Geoff Allot

Ross Taylor
Scott Styris
Chris Harris
Dion Nash


PAKISTAN

Saeed Anwar
Aamir Sohail
Zaheer Abbas
Javed Miandad
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Imran Khan*
Moin Khan+
Abdur Razzaq
Wasim Akram
Saqlain Mushtaq
Waqar Younis

Mohammad Yousuf
Shaid Afridi
Shoaib Akhtar
Abdul Qadir


SOUTH AFRICA

Barry Richards
Graeme Smith*
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
AB De Villiers+
Clive Rice
Mike Procter
Lance Klusener
Shaun Pollock
Allan Donald
Imran Tahir

Peter Kirsten
Brian McMillan
Mark Boucher
Dale Steyn


SRI LANKA

Sanath Jayasuriya
Marvan Atapattu
Kumar Sangakkara*+
Mahela Jayawardene
Aravinda De Silva
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Angelo Matthews
R Ratnayake
Chaminda Vaas
Lasith Malinga
M Muralitharan

Thilan Samaraweera
J Ratnayake
Somochandra De Silva/Rangana Herath
Nuwam Zoysa/A De Mel



WEST INDIES

Brian Lara
Desmond Haynes
Viv Richards
Gordon Greendige
Clive Lloyd *
Carl Hooper
Jeff Dujon +
Keith Boyce
Malcolm Marshall
Michael Holding
Joel Garner

Chris Gayle
Dwayne Bravo/Roger Harper
Curtly Ambrose
Shiv Chanderpaul

Feel free to post your own sides...

Pretty Good Selection in all teams, I will just make two changes in Australia. I would like to put Hayden in place of Dean Jones. How could One forget Matthew Hayden?? Such a Powerhouse. Plus I will induct Martyn in place of Micheal Bevan. In my view, Martyn was a huge talent.

In Pakistan team, I will make two changes. Afridi in place of Razzaq and Akhtar in place of Saqlian. Imagine Akram, Waqar and Akhtar combination at their Peaks. LETHAL LETHAL!!!!!

 

[cricket_icon]

Australia:
1. Gilchrist wk
2. Hayden
3. Ponting c
4. S Watson
5. D Jones
6. M Hussey
7. Symonds
8. Warne
9. Lee
10. Lillee
11. McGrath

England:
1. Stewart wk/c
2. N Knight
3. Gooch
4. Thorpe
5. KP
6. Botham
7. Flintoff
8. Swann
9. Gough
10. Caddick
11. Willis

Pakistan
1. S Anwar
2. A Sohail
3. Z Abbas
4. M Yousuf
5. Inzy
6. I Khan c
7. M Khan wk
8. Afridi
9. Akram
10. S Akhtar
11. W Younis

India:
1. Sehwag
2. Tendulkar
3. Dravid
4. Ganguly c
5. MS Dhoni wk
6. K Dev
7. Y Singh
8. H Singh
9. Z Khan
10. A Kumble
11. J Srinath

West Indies:
1. Greenidge
2. Haynes
3. V Richards
4. Lara
5. C Lloyd c
6. Chanderpaul
7. Kalicharan wk
8. Marshall
9. Holding
10. Ambrose
11. Walsh

 

[War]

Pretty Good Selection in all teams, I will just make two changes in Australia. I would like to put Hayden in place of Dean Jones. How could One forget Matthew Hayden?? Such a Powerhouse. Plus I will induct Martyn in place of Micheal Bevan. In my view, Martyn was a huge talent.

Hayden was indeed a powerhouse no doubt - but mainly in tests during the 2000s era. In ODIs he only showed that consistently for about 1 year (early of 2007 - early 2008).

Guys like Watson & M Waugh where consistent as ODI opener for much longer than that.

On Martyn he was pretty close to selection for me as a back-up batsman. But i went for G Chappell.

In Pakistan team, I will make two changes. Afridi in place of Razzaq and Akhtar in place of Saqlian. Imagine Akram, Waqar and Akhtar combination at their Peaks. LETHAL LETHAL!!!!!

Hmm i actually thought about picking this side. But i found it hard to leave out Saqlain @ his peak.

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West Indies:
1. Greenidge
2. Haynes
3. V Richards
4. Lara
5. C Lloyd c
6. Chanderpaul
7. Kalicharan wk
8. Marshall
9. Holding
10. Ambrose
11. Walsh

Kallicharran as keeper?. Im pretty sure he never any experience doing that role @ ODI level. Bit of a risky selection that my friend.

 

[Rehan_24]

Hayden was indeed a powerhouse no doubt - but mainly in tests during the 2000s era. In ODIs he only showed that consistently for about 1 year (early of 2007 - early 2008).

Guys like Watson & M Waugh where consistent as ODI opener for much longer than that.

On Martyn he was pretty close to selection for me as a back-up batsman. But i went for G Chappell.

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Watson is great but still he plays some loose shots, quite often, his shot goes up in the air for catch. I still remember Hayden's smashing six to Akhtar at his peak. What a powerful shot that was. But you are right, They are close.

Saqlain was great at his peak but I guess his tenure was really short, besides I guess no alternative of reverse swing having a speed of 150 KMH

 

[War]

Saqlain was great at his peak but I guess his tenure was really short, besides I guess no alternative of reverse swing having a speed of 150 KMH

Haha you know im starting to like your idea about that 4-prong pace attack my friend. Plus also now that i think of it, under the influence of Imran, Afridi may actually perform consistently in this XI. I'm gonna edit now...

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@War
Your Pakistan team is perfect. I would not have chosen it any different.

I edited the PAK XI. Dont know if you will still agree ha..

 

[sami ullah khan]

You put in Afridi over Razzaq. I think I can live with that. Razzaq in 1999 and early 2000 was devastating with bat and ball. Too bad, he dropped all that pace and is a mediocre bowler who can win you a match with the bat once in a blue moon.