Best Ever Limited Overs Team ?

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2002 8:01 pm

The Aussie best ever team just about picks itself. Comments ?

A Gilchrist
M Waugh
R Ponting or Boon (prob. Ponting on fielding ability)
D Jones
S Waugh - captain
A Border - vice capt.
S O'Donnell
S Warne
C McDermott
D Lillee
G McGrath

12th. G Chappell

So, what is your best ever International team ? Then name your next best fieldsman as 12th. man. Should be interesting.

Donny.

GO THE MIGHTY WOODSMEN !! ALL THE WAY IN 2003 AND BEYOND !!!!

Fradam · Joined: 21 Jun 1999 Location: Bendigo, Victoria

Lawry
Stackpole
Jones
O'Donnell
Yallop
Harvey
Warne
Flemming
Hughes
Reifell
Dodemade

12th Man is Ray Bright

Fradam Wrote This

JLC · Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 6:27 pm

I wouldnt have Border in the best ever one day team. I reckon i would have Bevan ahead of him. Although i think Bevan has peaked and maybe on a downward spiral. However when at his best he was fantastic.

jlc

Essendon 2000 premiers
2001 runners up
2002 fifth
2003 ????
The slide continues

couragous cloke · Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 6:52 pm

beven cares to much about his average! one of the best ODI players eva tho

footy ROX!

Donny · Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 7:51 pm

Yeah, JLC. Bevan could well be in there for Border but I gave AB the nod on his fielding, remembering players are selected at their best.

LOL, Fradam. I remember someone having a go at me for Victorian bias. Phanto would play for draws, wouldn't he?

Any thoughts about a best ever international team?

Maybe even more interesting would be a best ever rest of the world team to play the Oz best ever?

Donny.

GO THE MIGHTY WOODSMEN !! ALL THE WAY IN 2003 AND BEYOND !!!!

gobbles21 · Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2002 11:38 am

A Gilchrist
M Waugh
R Ponting
D Jones
M Bevan
S Waugh
S O'Donnell
S Warne
C McDermott
D Lillee
G McGrath

12th man -

"I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own." - Woody Allen

Donny · Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2002 4:09 pm

OK. I'll attempt a best ever rest of the world limited overs team.

Sachin Tendulkar
Desmond Haynes
Viv Richards
Javed Miandad
Clive Lloyd - captain
Andy Flower
Richard Hadlee
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Curtly Ambrose
Muttiah Muralitharan

12th. Roger Harper or Jonty Rhodes

It was hard to leave out players like Joel Garner, Mohammad Azharuddin, Kapil Dev, Brian Lara (soz Clokey), Imran Khan, Alan Donald, Arivinda DeSilva, Michael Holding, Jaques Kallis and others but there were only 11 spots.

Although three of the pace bowlers I selected are all-rounders, they were not included for this reason. Each one could hold his place on bowling ability alone.

I included Murali purely on his figures. He's not the only chucker going around, just the most blatant. As long he's allowed to play, I'll regard him as a bowler.

Donny.

GO THE MIGHTY WOODSMEN !! ALL THE WAY IN 2003 AND BEYOND !!!!

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Ian · Joined: 14 Jun 2001 Location: Nicks BB #104 Adelaide

I would put anyone of the West Indians in - (Holding (The whispering death),Joel Garner, even Andy Roberts).

Toolman · Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2002 5:56 am

1. M. WAUGH
2. GILCHRIST
3. JONES
4. PONTING
5. BORDER
6. S.WAUGH
7. HEALY
8. WARNE
9. O'DONNELL
10. MCDERMOTT
11. MCGRATH
12TH BEVAN

IN MY OPINION THIS IS THE BEST AUSSIE ONE DAY SIDE BETWEEN 1985- PRESENT.

GOOD OLD MIGHTY MAGPIES FOREVER. UNITED THEY WILL NEVER BE BEATEN. LONG LIVE THE MAGPIES

Donny · Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2002 10:39 am

Interesting, Toolman. Why two keepers? Probably more to the point - neither field or bowl very well so where are you going to hide the one without the gloves?

Donny.

GO THE MIGHTY WOODSMEN !! ALL THE WAY IN 2003 AND BEYOND !!!!

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