Draft: The All-Time One-Day Draft

[Aislabie]

Yeah, Davison is massively underrated, one of the most explosive openers of the 2000s era. The whole Canadian team was dependent on him. He also bowled a handy off-spin and maintained a better economy rate than the frontline bowlers.

If anything, his bowling was heavily overrated. He was definitely not a replacement level player in that role alone.

However, his explosive approach to opening the batting was rather ahead of its time, and that is borne out in the stats

 

[qpeedore]

@Akshay. can proceed, I'll pick in a few hours.

 

[Akshay.]

I'll have Jos Buttler
3872 runs @ 38.72 scoring at SR of 118.66
England's best white ball player (maybe?)

 

[Aislabie]

@Asham has the next pick; @qpeedore can jump in with his picks whenever he's ready

 

[Asham]

Let me go with my next pick with one of the best left-arm swing bowlers of all time and arguably the best Sri Lankan pacer, Chaminda Vaas. The guy was so good throughout his whole career, never saw him backing out from their squad, and also helped his team in crisis in batting too. This kind of players are almost impossible to replace and we know how the bowling standards have been down in Sri Lanka in recent times.

 

[Akshay.]

@ahmedleo414 you have next pick

 

[ahmedleo414]

Ian Botham

@Ed Smith's Basement

 

[qpeedore]

Sorry about that. Was more tired after work than I figured.

Is it me, or do I not see Kumar Sangakarra as a pick yet? And is Shahid Afridi likewise missing from the picks? Hmm. Add them both to my squad then.

 

[Ed Smith]

Lasith Malinga, because I don't like Brett Lee

@ddrap14

 

[ddrap14]

Lasith Malinga, because I don't like Brett Lee

@ddrap14

Brett Lee, because he was better than Malinga

@mohsin7827

 

[mohsin7827]

Mitchell Starc, highest wickets taker in last 2 world cups and 5th overall in WC history

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@Yash.

 

[ahmedleo414]

Tagging @Yash. Because merged posts might not work

 

[Yash.]

Ross Taylor becomes my next pick. A phenomenal legend who would have had much much better stats, if he had realized his eyesight problem earlier into his career

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@AsadRM

 

[qpeedore]

@AsadRM...doesn't seem like the merged posts do alerts.

Guys, pick your wicketkeepers early, else you'd end up with someone like an Akmal.

 

[AsadRM]

Brendon McCullum

McCullum is among the greats of New Zealand Cricket, a World Cup finalist captain, and an integral part of New Zealand's turnaround in international Cricket, during the last few years.

Apart from being a world-class aggressive batsman and a keeper, McCullum also provides me the luxury of a possibly tactically astute and fearless skipper.

Spoiler: Asad's All-time ODI XI:

1. Brendon McCullum
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8. Wasim Akram
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10. Waqar Younis
11. Ole Mortensen (1/2)

@CerealKiller