2.
Herschelle Gibbs
5.
Ross Edwards
6.
Andrew Symonds
7.
Chris Lewis
8.
Guy de Alwis
10.
Phil Edmonds
11.
Patrick Patterson
I absolutely buggered myself here by picking Ross Edwards in the first round. What I wanted to do was to pick Tom Moody (117 runs @ 117, SR 130 / 7 wickets @ 31.42, econ 4.31) for 1999 and any one of Andy Bichel, Andrew Symonds or Darren Lehmann for 2003. My second choice for 1999 was Alan Mullally, but then I realised I'd scuppered myself by picking Chris Lewis and Phil Edmonds.
So let's start with 2003 and work backwards. My pick is
Andrew Symonds, who averaged 163 at a strike rate of 90 batting at number six. His highlights included 143* off 125, up against Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib, Razzaq and Afridi, a composed 91* off 118 in the semi-final, and a talismanic two for seven in the final. No matter how much I want to sing the praises of less heralded players, I can't
not pick Roy.
For my 1999 pick, I'm going with
Herschelle Gibbs; his 1999 campaign is remembered for one horrible dropped catch, but it overlooks the fact that his contributions from the top of the order were a huge part of his team getting into that position in the first place. That deserves some recognition too.
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Round 1 (1975)
CerealKiller - Dennis Lillee
Ed Smith - Imran Khan
ahmedleo414 - Sunil Gavaskar
Aravind. - Glenn Turner
Aislabie - Ross Edwards
Umair7 - Majid Khan
mohsin7827 - Clive Lloyd
RUDI - Chris Old
Yash. - Keith Fletcher
Neo 7 - Bernard Julien
Na Maloom Afraad - Dennis Amiss
liveinasociety - Zaheer Abbas
Gaurav_7 - Gary Gilmour
Bevab - Andy Roberts
Fenil - John Snow
VC the slogger - Keith Boyce
Verified Enigma - Syed Abid Ali
Round 2 (1979)
CerealKiller - Desmond Haynes
Ed Smith - Mike Brearley
ahmedleo414 - Bob Willis
Aravind. - Joel Garner
Aislabie - Phil Edmonds
Umair7 - Brian McKechnie
mohsin7827 - Colin Croft
RUDI - Michael Holding
Yash. - Sikander Bakht
Neo 7 - Gordon Greenidge
Na Maloom Afraad - Viv Richards
liveinasociety - Lance Cairns
Gaurav_7 - Mike Hendrick
Bevab - Asif Iqbal
Fenil - Graham Gooch
VC the slogger - Collis King
Verified Enigma - Somachandra de Silva
Round 3 (1983)
CerealKiller - Ashantha de Mel
Ed Smith - Martin Crowe
ahmedleo414 - Larry Gomes
Aravind. - Graeme Fowler
Aislabie - Guy de Alwis
Umair7 - Jeremy Coney
mohsin7827 - Roger Binny
RUDI - Abdul Qadir
Yash. - Duncan Fletcher
Neo 7 - Mohinder Amarnath
Na Maloom Afraad - Kapil Dev
liveinasociety - Allan Lamb
Gaurav_7 - David Gower
Bevab - Madan Lal
Fenil - Malcolm Marshall
VC the slogger - Richard Hadlee
Verified Enigma - Graham Yallop
Round 4 (1987)
CerealKiller - Navjot Sidhu
Ed Smith - Eddie Hemmings
ahmedleo414 - Geoff Marsh
Aravind. - Mohammad Azharuddin
Aislabie - Patrick Patterson
Umair7 - Arjuna Ranatunga
mohsin7827 - Dave Houghton
RUDI - Steve Waugh
Yash. - Wasim Akram
Neo 7 - Dean Jones
Na Maloom Afraad - Courtney Walsh
liveinasociety - Craig McDermott
Gaurav_7 - Saleem Malik
Bevab - Mike Gatting
Fenil - David Boon
VC the slogger - Javed Miandad
Verified Enigma - Kris Srikkanth
Round 5 (1992)
CerealKiller - Brian Lara
Ed Smith - Eddo Brandes
ahmedleo414 - Mushtaq Ahmed
Aravind. - Manoj Prabhakar
Aislabie - Chris Lewis
Umair7 - Anderson Cummins
mohsin7827 - Brian McMillan
RUDI - Mark Waugh
Yash. - Chris Harris
Neo 7 - Ramiz Raja
Na Maloom Afraad - Ian Botham
liveinasociety - Sachin Tendulkar
Gaurav_7 - Andy Flower
Bevab - Mark Greatbatch
Fenil - Allan Donald
VC the slogger - Peter Kirsten
Verified Enigma - Alec Stewart
Round 6 (1996)
CerealKiller - Waqar Younis
Ed Smith -
ahmedleo414 - Inzamam-ul-haq
Aravind. - Rajab Ali
Aislabie -
Umair7 - Aravinda de Silva
mohsin7827 -
RUDI - Gary Kirsten
Yash. - Andrew Hudson
Neo 7 - Damien Fleming
Na Maloom Afraad - Anil Kumble
liveinasociety - Shane Warne
Gaurav_7 - Sanath Jayasuriya
Bevab - Curtly Ambrose
Fenil - Saeed Anwar
VC the slogger - Steve Tikolo
Verified Enigma - Daryll Cullinan
Round 7 (1999)
CerealKiller - Roger Twose
Ed Smith - Ricky Ponting
ahmedleo414 - Geoff Allott
Aravind. - Michael Bevan
Aislabie - Herschelle Gibbs
Umair7 - Neil Johnson
mohsin7827 - Glenn McGrath
RUDI - Shaun Pollock
Yash. - Darren Gough
Neo 7 - Jacques Kallis
Na Maloom Afraad - Lance Klusener
liveinasociety - Sourav Ganguly
Gaurav_7 - Saqlain Mushtaq
Bevab - Moin Khan
Fenil - Rahul Dravid
VC the slogger - Shoaib Akhtar
Verified Enigma - Chris Cairns
Round 8 (2003)
CerealKiller -
Ed Smith -
ahmedleo414 -
Aravind. -
Aislabie - Andrew Symonds
Umair7 -
mohsin7827 -
RUDI -
Yash. -
Neo 7 -
Na Maloom Afraad -
liveinasociety -
Gaurav_7 -
Bevab -
Fenil -
VC the slogger -
Verified Enigma -
Round 9 (2007)
CerealKiller -
Ed Smith -
ahmedleo414 -
Aravind. -
Aislabie -
Umair7 -
mohsin7827 -
RUDI -
Yash. -
Neo 7 -
Na Maloom Afraad -
liveinasociety -
Gaurav_7 -
Bevab -
Fenil -
VC the slogger -
Verified Enigma -
Round 10 (2011)
CerealKiller -
Ed Smith -
ahmedleo414 -
Aravind. -
Aislabie -
Umair7 -
mohsin7827 -
RUDI -
Yash. -
Neo 7 -
Na Maloom Afraad -
liveinasociety -
Gaurav_7 -
Bevab -
Fenil -
VC the slogger -
Verified Enigma -
Round 11 (2015)
CerealKiller -
Ed Smith -
ahmedleo414 -
Aravind. -
Aislabie -
Umair7 -
mohsin7827 -
RUDI -
Yash. -
Neo 7 -
Na Maloom Afraad -
liveinasociety -
Gaurav_7 -
Bevab -
Fenil -
VC the slogger -
Verified Enigma -
Round 12 (2019)
CerealKiller -
Ed Smith -
ahmedleo414 -
Aravind. -
Aislabie -
Umair7 -
mohsin7827 -
RUDI -
Yash. -
Neo 7 -
Na Maloom Afraad -
liveinasociety -
Gaurav_7 -
Bevab -
Fenil -
VC the slogger -
Verified Enigma -
