IN PROGRESS All-Time Australia ODI XI

Team needs an opener, so let me go for this guy, who produced two average cricketers for the country too, after his own contributions, but only one of those two sons inherited his facial features completely. Anyway -

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Well no that’s not Shaun in old clothes. Geoff Marsh averaging 39 in ODIs with over 4000 runs and 9 tons seems to be the best opener bat left. And yes, his younger son completely failed to inherit his face, while Shaun was a carbon copy

The Lineup

1. :aus: :bat: Geoff Marsh
2.
3.
4. :aus: :bat: Michael Hussey
5.
6. :aus: :bat: Michael Bevan
7.
8.
9. :aus: :bwl: Mitchell Johnson
10.
11. :aus: :bwl: Josh Hazlewood

@Aislabie
 
Allan Border is my pick.

A beast of a batter in Test format but also decent in ODIs too. He arrived in a difficult era and took the reigns of his team. Being a left hander he provides much needed change in my batting line up. A handy finger spinner as well.

Since he was the first captain to lead Australia to a World Cup title. He will have the honors to lead my team as well.


1. :aus: :ar: Shane Watson
2.
3.
4. :aus: :ar: Allan Border :c:
5.
6.
7. :aus: :wkb: Brad Haddin
8.
9.
10. :aus: :bwl: Jeff Thomson
11. :aus: :bwl: Adam Zampa

@Paranoid Kendroid you're next.
I nearly picked him, but went for Tait.
 
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:aus: :wk: Rod Marsh
A top quality gloveman (this might be the latest I've ever left it to pick a wicket-keeper) and a punchy left-hander who scored at a strike rate of 82 in the 1970s. It was proper hitting as well: he even famously hit the last over of an ODI for 26 runs against New Zealand, and he'll be well at home in my team.

1.
2.
3. :aus: :bat: Dean Jones
4. :aus: :ar: Greg Chappell
5. :aus: :ar: Darren Lehmann
6.
7. :aus: :wk: Rod Marsh
8.
9. :aus: :bwl: Brett Lee
10. :aus: :bwl: Ryan Harris
11.

@ahmedleo414
 
Didn't play many ODIs but played about 239 List A matches witch a 38.6 average Justin Langer

  1. :wkb: Justin Langer
  2. ?
  3. ?
  4. :bat: Damien Martyn
  5. ?
  6. ?
  7. :ar: Pat Cummins
  8. ?
  9. :bwl: Jason Gillespie
  10. :bwl: Damien Fleming
  11. :bwl: Shane Warne
@Till Valhalla
 
Andy Bichel

01. :wkb: Adam Gilchrist
03. :bat: Steven Smith
05. :ar: Steve Waugh
08. :ar: Andy Bichel
10. :bwl: Nathan Bracken
11. :bwl: Stuart MacGill

@Aravind.
 
Luke Ronchi a proper no 7 batter with strike rate of 114.50 in 85 ODI matches, most of us know him as Kiwi Keeper, but even for Australia he has smashed a 22 ball 50 in ODI. In world cups, he has played 2015 world cup final against his home.

Travis Head
2.
Ricky Ponting:c:
Michael Clarke:bwl:
5.
6.
7.Luke Ronchi:wk:
8.Peter Taylor:bwl:
9.Craig McDermott:bwl:
10.
11.

@Perfect Square
 
Terry Alderman is my pick.

Some of you might have watched or heard of his heroics on English tour of 81' and 89'. An exceptional right arm swing bowler with impeccable control. His 88 ODI wickets came at an average of 23.36 and an economy of 3.65. Making him a lethal bowler in combination with the pacy Jeff Thomson.

1. :aus: :ar: Shane Watson
2.
3.
4. :aus: :ar: Allan Border :c:
5.
6.
7. :aus: :wkb: Brad Haddin
8.
9. :aus: :bwl: Adam Zampa
10. :aus: :bwl: Jeff Thomson
11. :aus: :bwl: Terry Alderman


@Paranoid Kendroid next.
 
01. :aus: :bat: David Warner
03. :aus: :bat: Shaun Marsh
05. :aus: :ar::down: Andrew Symonds
06. :aus: :wk: Alex Carey
07. :aus: :ar::up: James Faulkner
09. :aus: :bwl::up: Mitchell Starc

The fourth Marsh to be picked in this draft.

@Viper.
 
There’s one player who’s yet to be picked whom I thought was already a while ago, perhaps everyone assumed the same

But it is perhaps a Boon that he isn’t

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David Boon is the highest run getter for Australia in ODIs who isn’t in the Top 10. An average of 37 and bats top order. And glorious stache on top of all. Handy selection at this stage of draft. For that stache alone.

The Lineup

01. :aus: :bat: Geoff Marsh
02.
03. :aus: :bat: David Boon
04. :aus: :bat: Michael Hussey
05.
06. :aus: :bat: Michael Bevan
07.
08.
09. :aus: :bwl: Mitchell Johnson
10.
11. :aus: :bwl: Josh Hazlewood

@ddrap14
 
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:bat: Adam Voges. A guy who was simply squeezed out due to a stack of batsmen around this time. He averaged 45 when he had time, and then also had a renaissance in Tests afterwards. @ahmedleo414
 

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