My next pick takes me in a different direction, away from picking established quantities but instead picking on future potential and success. He’s played 12 ODIs so far and has been decent and at the age of 21 the sky is the limit for this lad as he all the shots, technique and temperament to make it at the highest levels. And he can bowl some handy left arm orthodox if required so my pick is Jacob Bethell
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2. Kim Barnett (1)
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4. Rohan Kanhai (5-7)
5. Jacob Bethell (8-12)
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8. George Linde (2)
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10. Joel Garner (94+)
11. Jasprit Bumrah (54-93)
5,442 runs @ 48.15 (SR: 87.16, 3 centuries, best 109*) in 185 ODI matches
12,123 runs @ 44.08 (SR: 78.96, 12 centuries, best 123) in 381 List A matches
Michael Hussey was such a formative player for me growing up: the first player I ever saw hit a century, I followed his international career religiously from start to finish. The most remarkable thing about him as an obsessive fan was the way that he completely reinvented his game once he made the jump to international cricket - and did it so successfully; a career-long opener, he becomes arguably the best number seven batter ODI cricket has ever seen before being moved to a new role further up the order. For my team, he will bat at number four where he averaged 49 and made a 50+ score every 2.45 innings.
1. Barry Richards
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4. Michael Hussey
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7. Gary Gilmour
8. Keith Boyce
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10. Lance Gibbs
11. Dirk Nannes
a career-long opener, he becomes arguably the best number seven batter ODI cricket has ever seen before being moved to a new role further up the order.
I'll be taking another from the well of Fred Trueman. Aussie quick Graham McKenzie took 246 Test wickets and will be a great new ball partner for Trueman; it was purely a matter of fate that he failed to play in any ODI other than the first.
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