John Davison is one of my favourite cricketers and one who I personally feel close to. Why? It's because on my first playthrough of BLIC07, Davison was the main reason Canada managed to create an upset and lift the 07 WC
According to the in-game stats - he is Canada's captain, best batsman and best bowler. It's mainly because of this that when I first heard about the draft, he was one of the first names that popped to my mind.
What about reality, however? Like most (except for the people of Victoria), I hadn't even heard about him until the 03 WC. Who was the one scored the fastest century in WC history? Was it Jayasuryia or Gilchrist? Maybe even Boom Boom Afridi? Nope, it was Davison from Canada who smacked the WI bowlers all over the park - scoring an agressive 111 from just 67 deliveries!! (That record was broken in 07 - Hayden scored 101 from 66 against SA).
What did he follow this up with? He scored the third fastest 50 in WC history against the Kiwis (against an attack that was spear-headed by Bond) and ended up being Canada's leading wicket-taker and run-scorer for the tournament. As a right-arm offie - he took 10 wickets at an average of 18 and economy of 4.45. That's impressive, considering the number of 300+ scores the tournament boasted.
In the 07 WC, he again shined with both bat and ball - scoring a violent 50 of 37 against the Kiwis and picking up two wickets in the match.
For being the heart of Canada cricket for the last decade, John Davison makes my WC XI with final stats of:
2003 WC:
Matches: 6
Runs: 226
Batting Average: 37.66
Batting SR: 118.94
HS: 111
Wickets: 10
Bowling Average: 18.70
Bowling SR: 25.2
Econ: 4.45
Overall WC:
Matches: 9
Runs: 307
Batting Average: 34.11
Batting SR: 115.84
100/50: 1/2
Wickets: 12
Bowling Average: 26.41
Bowling SR: 35.5
Econ: 4.46
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Papa's WC XI:
1) A Gilchrist (+)
2) J Davison
3)
4) Z Abbas
5) A Ranatunga
6)
7)
8) P Strang
9)
10) D Patel
11)
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It's looking strong - Gilly and Davison to get me off to flyer, Abbas to anchor and Ranatunga to finish off chases. Strang can see through things to the end, as shown by his average.
Only thing missing is the bowling attack. Strang, Davison and Ranatunga between themselves can make up the fifth bowler, and Patel makes an excellent new-ball spinner. Only thing missing is some fast bowlers
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Average of 52 and 16 sounds impressive but then only 52 runs pulls me back.
I would rate Neil Johnson and Heath Streak over Paul Strang any day.
In WC's - I would rate them above Strang as well. But if you look at their overall careers - Strang is, arguably, Zimbabwe's best all-rounder and that is what I was referring to in my opening sentence.
Plus, with all said and done, he still had an average of 52 and 16
I had it all written up. Wrote a massive post on my next round pick. Elaborating his campaign in 92,96, and 99. When i reached 2003, i accidentally searched for data in the same window.
all gone... I dont have patience to write all that now. Will do that in night. 
