IN PROGRESS All-Time Australia ODI XI

[Till Valhalla]

Shoutout to everyone else for forgetting that ODIs happened before 1995, because while my dream pick here was Michael Bevan, D. K. Lillee is a replacement I'm very happy with.

@Aislabie

That was my second pick.

 

[ahmedleo414]

Pat Cummins
@Till Valhalla

 

[Till Valhalla]

Mark Waugh
@mohsin7827 i think

 

[mohsin7827]

Nathan Bracken

STATS
174 wickets at 24.36 from 116 ODIs (econ rate 4.41); Best 5 for 47; 2 five-fors

A left arm fast bowler can moves the ball both ways in the air and off the seam, A knee injury ended his career but he was very good in short form of the game can't predict where he might have ended given IPL started at the same time.

01. Adam Gilchrist
10. Nathan Bracken

@Aravind.

 

[Aravind.]

Craig McDermott, 203 ODI Wickets at 24.71. One of the finest pacer from down under.

@Paranoid Kendroid

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

David Warner
Andrew Symonds
Mitchell Starc

@Viper.

 

[Viper.]

Famously known as Mr. Cricket, Michael Hussey will be the team’s third acquisition in this draft.

Averaging 48 in ODIs, he pairs up with Bevan in the middle order which now has a mean batting average of 50.

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The Lineup

1.
2.
3.
4. Michael Hussey
5.
6. Michael Bevan
7.
8.
9. Mitchell Johnson
10.
11,

 

[ddrap14]

There might be players with better careers, but nobody has the match winning ability with bat, ball and in the field of Glenn Maxwell. See exhibit A above.

@Aislabie

 

[Perfect Square]

24 hours have passed.

@ahmedleo414 You're next.

 

[ahmedleo414]

Jason Gillespie
@Till Valhalla

 

[Till Valhalla]

Ian Healy
@mohsin7827

 

[mohsin7827]

Steven Smith

STATS
5662 runs at 43.55 from 165 ODIs (strike rate 87.18); Best 164; 12 hundreds, 34 fifties

01. Adam Gilchrist
03. Steven Smith
10. Nathan Bracken

@Aravind.

 

[Aravind.]

Travis Head
2645 ODI runs at 46.08 with strike rate of 104.05, terrific fielder, also handy with ball with 24 ODI wickets so far.

@Perfect Square

 

[Aislabie]

@Aislabie

I thought it had been a while since my last pick - turns out that was my own fault!

1.
2.
3. Dean Jones
4. Darren Lehmann
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Brett Lee
10.
11.

Darren Lehmann is one of the most underrated batters of all time: to demonstrate that, he has an all-time great "running strike-rate" (a batter's strike rate off non-boundary balls) despite being one of the slowest players between the wickets in international history. Such was his skill that he could effortlessly manipulate the gaps in the field and leave ample time for leisurely, low-risk ones and twos. As if that wasn't enough, Lehmann was also an entirely capable boundary hitter and a left-arm spinner who averaged 27 with the ball in each of Tests and ODIs.

Lehmann's bowling VARP was +24.94% and his batting VARP (for positions 3 and 4) was +19.23% despite his "replacement" player being made up primarily of innings by Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, Damien Martyn and Jacques Kallis.

He's an absolute steal for a Round Three pick.

 

[Perfect Square]

Jeff Thomson is my pick.

Arguably the fastest pace bowler to ever play the game. Not the best of records in ODI format compare to some modern-era pacers but his sheer tenacity and raw pace is undeniable. It's enough to shake up any batter, in any moment, in any conditions.

1. Shane Watson
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. Brad Haddin
8.
9.
10. Jeff Thomson
11.

@Viper. Next