IN PROGRESS All-Time Australia ODI XI - Ready for the post-draft tourney..

[VC the slogger]

Who has won nearly half of all 50-over World Cups in existence? A World Cup in every continent not inhabited by penguins? Or can put out at least ten different all-time ODI XIs without diluting the player pool the slightest? Yeah, there's only one answer.

After having gone through the draft threads in this section, I'm surprised someone hasn't hit this up already. So here I am, presenting y'all with the All-Time Australia ODI draft.

Everyone who ever appeared in a single ODI for Australia is eligible for selection here. Given the sheer number of ODI legends this land has produced, I would love for 8 sign-ups at the very least so we can do a small knockout tourney towards the close kinda like this.


1. @Aravind. - Ricky Ponting
2. @mohsin7827 - Adam Gilchrist
3. @Till Valhalla - Glenn McGrath
4. @ahmedleo414 - Shane Warne
5. @Aislabie - Brett Lee
6. @ddrap14 - Matthew Hayden
7. @Viper. - Michael Bevan
8. @Paranoid Kendroid - Mitchell Starc
9. @Perfect Square - Shane Watson
10. @Perfect Square - Brad Haddin
11. @Paranoid Kendroid - Andrew Symonds
12. @Viper. - Mitchell Johnson
13. @ddrap14 - Dennis Lillee
14. @Aislabie - Dean Jones
15. @ahmedleo414 - Pat Cummins
16. @Till Valhalla - Mark Waugh
17. @mohsin7827 - Nathan Bracken
18. @Aravind. - Craig McDermott
19. @Paranoid Kendroid - David Warner
20. @Viper. - Michael Hussey
21. @ddrap14 - Glenn Maxwell
22. @Aislabie - Darren Lehmann
23. @ahmedleo414 - Jason Gillespie
24. @Till Valhalla - Ian Healy
25. @mohsin7827 - Steven Smith
26. @Aravind. - Travis Head
27. @Perfect Square - Jeff Thomson
28. @Viper. - Josh Hazlewood
29. @ddrap14 - Brad Hogg
30. @Aislabie - Greg Chappell
31. @ahmedleo414 - Damien Martyn
32. @Till Valhalla - Mitchell Marsh
33. @mohsin7827 - Steve Waugh
34. @Aravind. - Michael Clarke
35. @Perfect Square - Adam Zampa
36. @Paranoid Kendroid - James Faulkner
37. @ddrap14 - Aaron Finch
38. @Aislabie - Ryan Harris
39. @ahmedleo414 - Damien Fleming
40. @Till Valhalla - Shaun Tait
41. @mohsin7827 - Stuart MacGill
42. @Aravind. - Peter Taylor
43. @Perfect Square - Allan Border
44. @Paranoid Kendroid - Alex Carey
45. @Viper. - Geoff Marsh
46. @Aislabie - Rod Marsh
47. @ahmedleo414 - Justin Langer
48. @Till Valhalla - Cameron White
49. @mohsin7827 - Andy Bichel
50. @Aravind. - Luke Ronchi
51. @Perfect Square - Terry Alderman
52. @Paranoid Kendroid - Shaun Marsh
53. @Viper. - David Boon
54. @ddrap14 - Adam Voges
55. @ahmedleo414 - Phillip Hughes
56. @Till Valhalla - Merv Hughes
57. @mohsin7827 - Usman Khawaja
58. @Aravind. - Len Pascoe
59. @Perfect Square - Simon O'Donnell
60. @Paranoid Kendroid - Tom Hogan
61. @Viper. - Mark Taylor
62. @ddrap14 - Brad Hodge
63. @Aislabie - Gary Gilmour
64. @Till Valhalla - Doug Walters
65. @mohsin7827 - George Bailey
66. @Aravind. - Ian Chappell
67. @Perfect Square - Simon Katich
68. @Paranoid Kendroid - Marnus Labuschagne
69. @Viper. - Mike Kasprowicz
70. @ddrap14 - Carl Rackemann
71. @Aislabie - Callum Ferguson
72. @ahmedleo414 - Ian Harvey
73. @mohsin7827 - Doug Bollinger
74. @Aravind. - Clint McKay
75. @Perfect Square - David Hussey
76. @Paranoid Kendroid - Geoff Lawson
77. @Viper. - Nathan Hauritz
78. @ddrap14 - Graham Yallop
79. @Aislabie - Cameron Green
80. @ahmedleo414 - Tim David
81. @Till Valhalla - Bruce Yardley
82. @Aravind. - Marcus Stoinis
83. @Perfect Square - Ben McDermott
84. @Paranoid Kendroid - Steve B. Smith
85. @Viper. - Tom Moody
86. @ddrap14 - Garth McKenzie
87. @Aislabie - Phil Jaques
88. @ahmedleo414 - Daniel Christian
89. @Till Valhalla - Jake Fraser-McGurk
90. @mohsin7827 - Peter Handscomb
91. @Aravind. - Kepler Wessels
92. @mohsin7827 - Greg Blewett
93. @Till Valhalla - John Dyson
94. @ahmedleo414 - John Hastings
95. @Aislabie - Ashley Mallett
96. @ddrap14 - Matthew Wade
97. @Viper. - Tim Paine
98. @Paranoid Kendroid - Shane Lee
99. @Perfect Square - Mike Veletta
100. @Perfect Square - Chris Lynn
101. @Paranoid Kendroid - Fawad Ahmed
102. @Viper. - James Hopes
103. @ddrap14 - Trevor Chappell
104. @Aislabie - Cooper Connolly
105. @ahmedleo414 - Greg Matthews
106. @Till Valhalla - Xavier Bartlett
107. @mohsin7827 - Nathan Coulter-Nile
108. @Aravind. - Gary Cosier


Draft tournament fixtures

Preliminary Round

ahmedleo414's XI v Perfect Square's XI at Perth - Perfect Square's XI won by 8 wickets (with 110 balls remaining)
mohsin7827's XI v Unpicked XI at Brisbane - mohsin7827's XI won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Quarter-finals

Aravind's XI v Perfect Square's XI at The SCG
Viper.'s XI v Till Valhalla's XI at Perth
Aislabie's XI v mohsin7827's XI at Adelaide
ddrap14's XI v Paranoid Kendroid's XI at the MCG

Semi-finals

Winner of Match 3 v Winner of Match 4 at The SCG
Winner of Match 5 v Winner of Match 6 at Adelaide

3rd place playoff

Loser of SF1 v Loser of SF2 at Perth

Final

Winner of SF1 v Winner of SF2 at The MCG


Pitches for venues

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia -
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia- :
WACA Ground, Perth, Western Australia, Australia/Optus Stadium, Burswood, Perth, Western Australia, Australia - /
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -
Melbourne Cricket Ground (The MCG), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia -

Spoiler: An explanation on pitch types

Damp/Sticky - Massively in favor of bowlers and an absolute nightmare to bat on, unless you're Victor Trumper.
Dusty - Plenty of turn on offer for spinners and a good place to bat for spin-savvy batsmen. Good pace bowlers are still likely to thrive.
Evenly balanced - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines.
Flat - A batsman-friendly pitch which provides little or no assistance to bowlers. Expect big totals.
Green - A lot of movement on offer early on, which makes it ideal for bowlers capable of swinging the ball. Batting expected to become easier as the match progresses.
Hard - Ideal conditions for batting. Good deal of bounce on offer for fast bowlers as well. Could go either way
Dry/Slow - Ideal for slow and spin bowlers as the name suggests. Sometimes quite difficult to bat on.
Poor - Uneven bounce and a huge amount of turn on offer for spinners. Expect a slow hard grind where most batsmen rarely score at above 2 an over.

Spoiler: The usual draft guidelines..

Draft guidelines

I will post the ordered draft once I get the sufficient amount of signups. The same rules apply as in other drafts i.e the next person may pick if it's been more than 24 hrs and the person before hasn't picked their player, the player picked is invalid, and that you have to tag the person coming after you. It would also be appreciated if you can post a sentence or two about why you're picking a certain player - it doesn't have to be as detailed as this; something like the example posted below would more than suffice:

For eg - " Ken McEwan - His entire first-class career between 1972/73 to 1991/92 coincided with South Africa's isolation from international cricket. In that time he racked up 26668 first-class runs at 41.73 with 74 hundreds, the second most by a non-Test player. Could also serve as a decent backup keeper when called upon."

 

[ahmedleo414]

In

 

[Aislabie]

Yes please

 

[Aravind.]

In

 

[Till Valhalla]

In

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

In

 

[mohsin7827]

In

 

[Viper.]

I will play

 

[ddrap14]

in!

 

[VC the slogger]

Alrighty, let's go..

1. @Aravind.
2. @mohsin7827
3. @Till Valhalla
4. @ahmedleo414
5. @Aislabie
6. @ddrap14
7. @Viper.
8. @Paranoid Kendroid
9. @Paranoid Kendroid
10. @Viper.
11. @ddrap14
12. @Aislabie
13. @ahmedleo414
14. @Till Valhalla
15. @mohsin7827
16. @Aravind.
17. @Viper.
18. @ddrap14
19. @Aislabie
20. @ahmedleo414
21. @Till Valhalla
22. @mohsin7827
23. @Aravind.
24. @Paranoid Kendroid
25. @ddrap14
26. @Aislabie
27. @ahmedleo414
28. @Till Valhalla
29. @mohsin7827
30. @Aravind.
31. @Paranoid Kendroid
32. @Viper.
33. @Aislabie
34. @ahmedleo414
35. @Till Valhalla
36. @mohsin7827
37. @Aravind.
38. @Paranoid Kendroid
39. @Viper.
40. @ddrap14
41. @ahmedleo414
42. @Till Valhalla
43. @mohsin7827
44. @Aravind.
45. @Paranoid Kendroid
46. @Viper.
47. @ddrap14
48. @Aislabie
49. @Till Valhalla
50. @mohsin7827
51. @Aravind.
52. @Paranoid Kendroid
53. @Viper.
54. @ddrap14
55. @Aislabie
56. @ahmedleo414
57. @mohsin7827
58. @Aravind.
59. @Paranoid Kendroid
60. @Viper.
61. @ddrap14
62. @Aislabie
63. @ahmedleo414
64. @Till Valhalla
65. @Aravind.
66. @Paranoid Kendroid
67. @Viper.
68. @ddrap14
69. @Aislabie
70. @ahmedleo414
71. @Till Valhalla
72. @mohsin7827
73. @Aravind.
74. @mohsin7827
75. @Till Valhalla
76. @ahmedleo414
77. @Aislabie
78. @ddrap14
79. @Viper.
80. @Paranoid Kendroid
81. @Viper.
82. @ddrap14
83. @Aislabie
84. @ahmedleo414
85. @Till Valhalla
86. @mohsin7827
87. @Aravind.
88. @Paranoid Kendroid
89. @Viper.
90. @ddrap14
91. @Aislabie
92. @ahmedleo414
93. @Till Valhalla
94. @mohsin7827
95. @Paranoid Kendroid
96. @Aravind.

So that's 11 picks per head plus one extra 12th man just for kicks. Also, please remember to tag the fella who's next to pick after you.

 

[Aravind.]

One of the greatest batsman and captain with two ODI World Cups, Ricky Ponting.

@mohsin7827

 

[mohsin7827]

Adam Gilchrist

STATS
9619 runs at 35.89 from 287 ODIs (strike rate 96.94); Best 172; 16 hundreds, 55 fifties
417 catches, 55 stumpings

An explosive opening batsman, among the finest with gloves and a man of finals, part of australia three world Cup winning squads from 1999-2007

01. Adam Gilchrist

@Till Valhalla

 

[Till Valhalla]

Glenn McGrath
@ahmedleo414

 

[ahmedleo414]

Shane Warne @Aislabie

 

[VC the slogger]

@Aislabie missed his deadline. @ddrap14 over to you