Draft: All-Time England ODI XI

[Gaurav_7]

In particular, 2004-spec Flintoff was the best white-ball player in the world, striking a purple patch in which he made three centuries and a 99 in the space of six innings

I think he was also adjudged the first ever ICC ODI player of the year?

 

[Alexei.]

No bowler so far, nor Pietersen

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

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Kevin Peter Pietersen
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A tall right hand batsman born in the Natal who later moved to England because of the problem he faced from the racial quota to get into the South African team. He started his County stint with Nottinghamshire and later moved on to Hampshire. He was regarded as very flamboyant and a dangerous batsman who could strike the ball really cleanly and could win the match for his team from any situation. An example of this is the innings mentioned below

He made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in 2004 and scored 104 runs at an average of 104.00 in his maiden series against the same team. He scored his maiden ODI hundred against his Country of Birth (South Africa) at Bloemfontein the very same year. He went on to score 454 runs in that series at an average of 97. Though he could not win the series for his team as England lost the series 4-1 but Pietersen received the man of the series award for his unbelievable scoring throughout the series.

From the start of his career he was regarded as a great batsman with lot of talent and potential to become the best ever player to have played for England.

Had it been not for the controversies throughout his career he would've been the highest run scorer for England. Because of poor relations and lack of trust from the selectors and the rest of the board he had to finally step down from all forms of the game for England. At a point he considered playing for South Africa but it was too little too late considering his age. He left English team as 3rd highest run getter in ODI for England (6th currently) and scored 3rd highest number of centuries for England (currently joint 3rd with Jos Buttler and Jason Roy).

Matches- 134
Runs- 4422
Average- 41.32
Highest score- 130 v/s Pakistan, Dubai 2012
50s/100s- 25/9

He truly deserves to be in the greatest ODI XI for England[DOUBLEPOST=1561646648][/DOUBLEPOST]

No bowler so far, nor Pietersen

You asked for it and I have it for you. What a coincidence !!!

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Adil Usman Rashid​

Adil Rashid also known as Dilly or Dil by his team-mates is a right arm leg-spinner and a handy right hand batsman down the order. He made his ODI debut back on 27th August 2008 at Belfast. Not like those classical leg-spinners who love to flight ball Rashid bowls quick and doesn't look to spin the ball much but when he does he becomes one of the most lethal spinners in the world. He has a lot of variations in his armoury. Leg-spin, googly, top-spin, carrom ball he bowls all of those. He generally likes to bowl short of good length. He is currently playing his 2nd WC (2019 WC) played his first in 2011. He is extremely talented and is regarded as one of the best spinner to have played for England. He was instrumental in winning 10 consecutive ODI series for England. He is very under-rated as a player in the current English side who are known for their batting exploits. Even his bowling average of 30 doesn't do justice with him. During 2018 India tour of England he received the praise from the Indian skipper Virat Kohli who is currently regarded as the best ODI batsman in the world for his bowling which helped England in winning that series. He is equally reliable as a batsman down the order to turn things on. His career best is 69 which he scored against NZ at Edgbaston in 2015 after England's poor WC campaign earlier that year. His stats are as follows:-

Matches- 95
Runs- 572
Batting average- 19.72
Batting strike rate- 101.77
Wickets- 139
Bowling average- 31.53
Bowling strike rate- 33.6
Economy rate- 5.62

Here are few of his best bowling performance in ODIs

[DOUBLEPOST=1561650139][/DOUBLEPOST]@blockerdave you are up now

 

[Alexei.]

You asked for it and I have it for you. What a coincidence !!!

Yay!

 

[blockerdave]

Ah... I was debating Botham or KP for my first pick I should have taken KP!!!

 

[Aislabie]

I think he was also adjudged the first ever ICC ODI player of the year?

Indeed he was, won it ahead of Murali, Ponting, Razzaq and Tendulkar. Kevin Pietersen also won it in 2005

 

[blockerdave]

OK, tough choice, but I'm going with Liam Plunkett.

Wickets are key to keeping the score down, and Plunkett has the lowest strike rate of England ODI bowlers to take over 100 wickets. For this reason, and his genuine pace (at his peak) allied to dangerous lower order hitting, Plunkett is my number 2 pick.

His overall stats are 128 wickets at 30.00 with an economy rate of 5.87 and a striker rate of 30.6 is impressive. With the bat he averages 20.66 at better than a run a ball and has both a test match and an ODI 50.

- all yours @Aislabie

 

[Aislabie]

Overall Pick #9: Dennis Amiss

Profile
It seems insane to be picking somebody who made his debut in the second-ever ODI way back in 1972, but Denis Amiss was not in any way an ordinary one-day player. Throughout his entire limited overs career for England (a five-year span, despite not playing all that many matches), the ICC rankings never put him any lower than third in the world, and he spends most of that time at number one despite playing through an era that contained Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, the Chappell brothers, Glenn Turner, Zaheer Abbas and others who are considered to be among the best of any generation - not only their own. In that time, Amiss scored four centuries. Again, that doesn't sound like many but bear in mind that the entire rest of the world managed only twelve, and no other player had more than one against Test playing nations. Amiss was the clear stand-out batsman in the early years of ODI cricket, and someone often overlooked due to the era in which he played.

Statistics

| | Right-handed batsman | Right-arm filth |
England ODIs|18 matches|859 runs @ 47.72, SR: 72.48 (4 centuries, best 137)| Did not bowl |2 catches
List A|404 matches|12,519 runs @ 35.06, SR: n/a (15 centuries, best 137)|2 wickets @ 62.50, econ: 5.81 (best 1/15)|105 catches

Finest Performances

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@CerealKiller

 

[Gaurav_7]

Interesting last 3 picks! That is the beauty of these drafts. I wouldn't have picked any of them at this stage with the kind of players still available. Amiss is a very brave pick as 18 matches are too less to judge someone. But you have explained it very nicely there. Looking forward to next picks.

 

[Bevab]

@Aislabie Amiss is an excellent pick. Was one of the early shining lights in ODIs.

A bit surprised that one legendary batsman has still not yet been picked so far...

 

[blockerdave]

Great pick on Amiss!

 

[Aislabie]

A bit surprised that one legendary batsman has still not yet been picked so far...

True true, but I'm sure Jim Troughton will be picked up soon

 

[CerealKiller]

True true, but I'm sure Jim Troughton will be picked up soon

Someone lazier might've just picked him right after seeing your post

Darren Gough.

CerealKiller's XI
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5. Jos Buttler
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10. Darren Gough
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[CerealKiller]

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