Draft time: World Cup history - ALL FINISHED!!
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Gaurav_7
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I wish I could just kill you! 
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AB de Villiers
Arguably one of the best batsman turned keeper going around these days, AB has been a integral part of the South African batting lineup since the last world cup. His awesome fielding ability has landed him the permanent keeper position ahead of another keeping great Mark Boucher. He played just the one world cup (2007) but was the third highest run scorer for South Africa at 372 runs in 10 innings with 2 half centuries and one century, 1 of his half century was a 92 of 70 balls against Australia. He also ended up with a strike-rate of 100.81.
Although he opened the batting in the world cup, since he is a agressive batsman by nature he can also be suited at no.6 which is where he will bat for my team. I could also move him up to open and send Flower down to six where he batted towards the end of his career.
Although he opened the batting in the world cup, since he is a agressive batsman by nature he can also be suited at no.6 which is where he will bat for my team. I could also move him up to open and send Flower down to six where he batted towards the end of his career.
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Mushtaq Ahmed
I select Mushtaq Ahmed as my final pick to complete my World Cup XI. His record is impressive in WC matches with 26 wickets at an average of 21 odd with an economy rate of just 4. Will play a vital role in getting through the overs quickly and stopping the runs if at all the opposition batsmen survive the Bond-Akhtar horror.
User2010's World Cup XI
- Matthew Hayden
- Sourav Ganguly (c)
- Jacques Kallis
- Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
- Allan Lamb
- Clive Lloyd
- Heath Streak
- John Blain
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Shane Bond
- Mushtaq Ahmed
Pretty pleased with the team. I've 5 genuine batsmen, 1 genuine all rounder, 1 bowling all rounder who can be a finisher as well as bat to take out the team from trouble, 4 genuine bowlers out of whom 2 are express fast and one is a brilliant leg break bowler. John Blain has an impressive average and a strike rate. Can be vital. I have one of the best captains and a very good wicket keeper.
Opening pair is destructive, middle order is solid to the core, lower order can finish off things and bowling is one to look for. In initial overs, with ball doing something, batsmen will surely have a horrid time against the likes of Bond and Shoaib.
A very very nice team, certainly can lift the trophy!
Ah I've glad you picked ABDV rizzie, I was tossing up whether to pick him and play him out of position at #6, but instead I've gone with a specialist...
Jonty Rhodes
Jonty has a very average looking World Cup batting record - let's get it straight. He never scored a 50 and averaged just over 20 - not great numbers for a guy who doesn't bowl. But that doesn't mean he can't play a role in my team. Sure there are better SA batsmen out there I could have chosen, but I'm happy with my top 5 already, so Jonty is really a luxury pick. I've picked him as: a) a finisher, and b) the best fielder in World Cup history.
First the finishing... To average more than 20, but never score a 50 means that when you examine Jonty's batting record closely he made quite a few 30-40 type scores, striking at around 100 (or more) in the last 10 overs of an innings. He tended to fail when he was exposed too early ie. when the rest of his team failed too. The other times he failed was when he came in after some good batting and had to get on with it with some unselfish batting in the last few overs. He tended to be a very team oriented batsman - better in partnerships than individually by running hard for 2s and supporting a more senior or more explosive partner. But that doesn't mean he couldn't play, he was one of the first to regularly reverse sweep for example. I've got him at #7 to illustrate that he's going not going to be relied on for a big score, but for some high energy batting at the end of an innings.
But it's in the field where Jonty will make a huge difference to the team. Fielding at backward point in 4 different campaigns for South Africa he was dynamite. He took 7 catches and is credited with 6 run outs that I found going through the scoresheets. 6 at least, because sometimes the fielder's names weren't noted. His most famous run out was his air-borne kamakazi dive onto the stumps to remove a notoriously bad running Pakistani batsman in 1992. He created chaos for the batsmen because he was so quick to the ball and could cover huge amounts of ground. Jonty could stop singles by sheer reputation alone, with anything even close to him being considered a dot ball by the batsmen. So I believe that while his batting average may be lower than most specialists, he makes those runs back in the field.
By all reports Jonty was a fantastic team man too. Very hard working and a great influence on those around him. He will lift my team in the field.
And here's THAT runout...
1 David Boon
2 Neil Johnson
3 Brian Lara
4 Aravinda de Silva
5 Mohammad Azharuddin (c)
6 Niall O'Brien (wk)
7 Jonty Rhodes
8 Sir Ian Botham
9 Abdul Qadir
10
11 Geoff Allott
Jonty Rhodes
Jonty has a very average looking World Cup batting record - let's get it straight. He never scored a 50 and averaged just over 20 - not great numbers for a guy who doesn't bowl. But that doesn't mean he can't play a role in my team. Sure there are better SA batsmen out there I could have chosen, but I'm happy with my top 5 already, so Jonty is really a luxury pick. I've picked him as: a) a finisher, and b) the best fielder in World Cup history.
First the finishing... To average more than 20, but never score a 50 means that when you examine Jonty's batting record closely he made quite a few 30-40 type scores, striking at around 100 (or more) in the last 10 overs of an innings. He tended to fail when he was exposed too early ie. when the rest of his team failed too. The other times he failed was when he came in after some good batting and had to get on with it with some unselfish batting in the last few overs. He tended to be a very team oriented batsman - better in partnerships than individually by running hard for 2s and supporting a more senior or more explosive partner. But that doesn't mean he couldn't play, he was one of the first to regularly reverse sweep for example. I've got him at #7 to illustrate that he's going not going to be relied on for a big score, but for some high energy batting at the end of an innings.
But it's in the field where Jonty will make a huge difference to the team. Fielding at backward point in 4 different campaigns for South Africa he was dynamite. He took 7 catches and is credited with 6 run outs that I found going through the scoresheets. 6 at least, because sometimes the fielder's names weren't noted. His most famous run out was his air-borne kamakazi dive onto the stumps to remove a notoriously bad running Pakistani batsman in 1992. He created chaos for the batsmen because he was so quick to the ball and could cover huge amounts of ground. Jonty could stop singles by sheer reputation alone, with anything even close to him being considered a dot ball by the batsmen. So I believe that while his batting average may be lower than most specialists, he makes those runs back in the field.
By all reports Jonty was a fantastic team man too. Very hard working and a great influence on those around him. He will lift my team in the field.
And here's THAT runout...
1 David Boon
2 Neil Johnson
3 Brian Lara
4 Aravinda de Silva
5 Mohammad Azharuddin (c)
6 Niall O'Brien (wk)
7 Jonty Rhodes
8 Sir Ian Botham
9 Abdul Qadir
10
11 Geoff Allott
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Gary Kirsten
The greatest South African opener and one of the finest batsmen in the world, an attacking cricketer. His contributions were really pivotal after SA's comeback to INT. cricket to maintain a superb victory record.
Kirsten made 806 runs at an average of close to 48 with 1 century and 5 fifties in 21 matches with a SR of over 75. He is the Ideal opener for my team.
And who can forget his 188* against UAE, though against a minnow, still it was a gem to watch. He also played some beautiful innings but failed to convert them into hundreds, just fell short.
Matches: 21
Runs: 806
Average: 47.41
100s/50s: 1/5
Strike Rate: 75.46
Catches: 9
Runs: 806
Average: 47.41
100s/50s: 1/5
Strike Rate: 75.46
Catches: 9
AkshayS
Chairman of Selectors
I picked H gibbs without earlier looking at the previous posts and front page.
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*Learns a lesson to quote the actual post*
AkshayS
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OK it's shravi's pick and after that only 5 to goWe ARE going to finish before the WC starts
Yeah, it's really great, when it started I thought that we won't be able to finish it before the WC but we are able to. Good work.
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