Select your ODI XI to take on Australia

[royal]

How about looking at the XI that would take on Australia?

Tendulkar
Gibbs
Fleming (c)
Attapatu
Flower (wk)
Jayasuriya
Tikolo
Vaas
Bond
Murali
Srinath

Kaif (12th)

[Jumper]

I'd go,
Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Lara
Fleming (c)
Sehwag
Kallis
Flower (wk)
Vaas
Bond
Akhtar
Muralitharan

[davers11]

Tough One

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Gibbs
Lara
Chanderpaul(C)
Cairns
Boucher(WK)
Pollock
Flintoff/Blignaut (Can't Decide)
Saqlain
Bond

[Kenny_01]

Side A

Tendulkar
Gibbs
Lara
Fleming (c)
Flower (w/k)
Sarwan
Klusener
Pollock
Vass
Muralitharan
Bond

Side B

Jayasuria
Knight
Kallis
Vaughan
Dravid (w/k)
Youhana
Powell
Akram (c)
Saqlain
Nehra
Dillion

Side C

Attapatu
Gayle
Astle
Ganguly (c)
Yuvraj Singh
Boucher (w/k)
Flintoff
Oram
Harbajan Singh
Srinath
Ahktar

[CharlieG]

Jayasuriya (C)
Tendulkar
Vaughan
Lara
Gibbs
Ganguly
Dravid (w/k) (Flower is retired, why is everyone including him???)
Pollock
Bond
Vass
Muralidaran

[royal]

Originally posted by CharlieG
(Flower is retired, why is everyone including him???)
I suppose the idea was based on world cup performances.

[Unwritten_Law]

1) Jayasuriya
2) Tendulkar
3) Vaughan
4) Fleming (c)
5) Lara
6) Cairns
7) Boucher (w/k)
8) Harbajhan Singh
9) Vaas
10) Muralitharan
11) Bond

12) V.V.S. Laxman :o

Poor spelling aside thats the team I would go with. I've basically picked the players that wont be overawed by the aussies and have some ticker. Vaughan is untested at ODI but has the potential and I was seriously considering Stewart as the 'keeper :eek: The tales a bit long but if the top order don't fire there something terribly wrong.

[Dean3]

Here's a team that would give the winning 11 a run for their money:

Langer J
Waugh M
Maher J
Clarke M
Waugh S
Campbell R
Watson S
Warne S
Williams B
Gillespie J
Bracken N

:D

[ScouseCat]

Here's my World XI team to take on Australia:

1. Herschelle Gibbs
2. Sanath Jayasuriya (Vice-Captain)
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Stephen Fleming (Captain)
5. Jacques Kallis
6. Nathan Astle
7. Mark Boucher (Keeper)
8. Wasim Akram
9. Shaun Pollock
10. Muttiah Muralitharan
11. Shane Bond

12th Man: Harbhajan Singh

[Hoggy]

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Bradman
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[manmountain]

)Jayasuriya
Tendulkar
Gibbs
Fleming (c)
Lara
Kallis
Cairns
Boucher (wk)
Vaas
Muralitharan
Bond

12th: Brigitte Warne (has brought Australia undone in the past :D)

[Goldenblue]

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Lara (Vc)
Fleming (C)
Gibbs
Ganguly
Boucher (wk)
Pollock
Bond
Vass
Muralidaran

12th Kallis

[Zombie]

1. Jayasuriya
2. Gibbs
3. Lara
4. Tendulkar
5. Fleming
6. Klusener
7. Pollock
8. Akram
9. Boucher
10. Bond
11. Muralitharan

[Black Thunder]

My Team:

Sachin Tendulkar
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Youssuf Yohana
Rahul Dravid
Kumar Sangakarra
Shaun Pollock (c)
Shoaib Akhtar
Makhaya Ntini
Muttiah Murilitharan
Zaheer Khan (12)

Gibbs, Tendulkar, Pollock and Murali to seam to be regulars in everyones team. Kallis (3 times), Sarwan (1), Youhana (0), Dravid (1), Sangakarra (1), Akhtar (1), Ntini (0) don't seem to be appearing much, which is a bit unusual i would've thought, particularly Kallis and Akhtar.

If you look at the batting stats from the last 2 years, go to http://www.wisden.com/wizard/bat.asp?select=odibat&pagesize=25&qual01=mat&qualfrom01=10&orderby=ave&spanfrom01=01+Jan+2001&matchtype=2&whichpage=1

if i copied that link properly it will show the leading batting averages from 2001, 2002 and the first 3 months of 2003. (interesting to note Mark Waugh tops it).

Ramnaresh Sarwan is second, while Tendulkar is third. Fourth to Seventh is all taking by Aussies - Lehmann, Martyn, Bevan, Hayden.

Yousuf Youhana is in 9th.

That is why it was so suprising to see very few mentioins of Youhana and Sarwan.

If the link doesn't work, tell me and i'll post the top 20 or so.

[manmountain]

Originally posted by Hoggy
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Bradman
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Bradman
Bradman
Bradman
Bradman
Bradman
Bradman
Bradman
Bradman
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Weak bowling attack :p

[Kenny_01]

Sarwan has to be in there. I don't think many people have seen much of him. He is one of the top players around atm.

[lamby29]

Jayasuriya*
Gibbs
Lara
Tendulkar
Kallis
Klusener
Dravid+
Pollock
Akram
Bond
Muralideran

[The Rewboy]

M.Attapattu (SL)
J.Davison (CAN)
S.Tendulkar (IND)
S.Fleming (NZL)
B.Lara (WI)
M.Vaughan (ENG)
R.Jacobs (WI)
Harbhajan Singh (IND)
Wasim Akram (PAK)
M.Muralitharan (SL)
S.Bond (NZL)

12th: T.De Leede (HOL) Quality allrounder. Would play regular tests if he was from a test-playing nation.

[Foxtrot]

I'd definitely have the Turbinator in there. One of the few bowlers from the past few years that seemed to make the Aussie's top order look a bit shakey.

He was not terribly influential during the world cup but we could hardly put a bat on him during that last tour of India.

Using the same logic I'd drag VVS Laxman from wherever he currently is and put the pads on.

[ScouseCat]

Originally posted by manmountain
Weak bowling attack :p

You don't think a team of Bradmans could defend 500?? :D