World ODI Team?

[Dare]

But at any time Sehwag is better as an opener than Watto.

Could be but Sehwag doesn't offer as much as Watto. Watto has played far less ODI cricket but he does average in the 40s and offers a good bowling option and is a really good fielder.
Nobody can compare with Sehwags strike rate to go along with that average but as a all round option during this past year Wattos has been better.

 

[Mike23]

I'd always pick a genuine batsman as an opener rather than having a makeshift one, but in the case of Sehwag and Watson i'd pick Watson due to the fact that he has been in great touch for over 1.5 years now in all forms. Scoring quickly isn't always the best option so a batsman should be able to score according to the situation and Watson would be better suited than Sehwag who goes all out slogging.

 

[AkshayS]

Could be but Sehwag doesn't offer as much as Watto. Watto has played far less ODI cricket but he does average in the 40s and offers a good bowling option and is a really good fielder.
Nobody can compare with Sehwags strike rate to go along with that average but as a all round option during this past year Wattos has been better.

yeah as an allrounder he is truely better and is more useful too, but the fear sehwag strikes among the bowlers and watching him playing made me to put him in that.

 

[pcfan123]

Vaas and Lee? ":laugh

 

[pcfan123]

Here is my 15 man squad.

Sachin Tendulkar
Shane Watson
Kevin Peitersen
AB Devilliers
Mike Hussey
MS Dhoni (WK)
Mitchell Marsh/Sakib Al Hasan/Luke Wright ( based on the pitch)
Mitchell Jhonson
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
Zaheer Khan

extras: Shaun Tait, Eon Morgon, Chriss Gayle, Daniel Vettori.

 

[Brook]

Strike Rates - Last 12 months

Broad's not exactly bad

 

[Chewie]

Strike Rates - Last 12 months

Broad's not exactly bad

But his economy rate is terrible.

 

[Brook]

Zaheer Khan

Yes but why criticise the selection of Broad, compared to Zak

Also his economy is inflated from playing Aus and SA a lot

 

[khalek]

Look at the strike rates of the Bangladeshi bowlers, they're way too defensive. No wonder why they lose so many matches.

Razzak is probably the best one but most of his wickets came against Zimbabwe and there was a time when he went wicketless for 5 matches

 

[cricket_icon]

did a world test team, and since alot has changed since the last post here I thought I'd do a wolrd ODI team too.

1. S Watson
2. M Hafeez (has had an excellent resurgence and has been a genuine offspinner)
3. Amla
4. Tendulkar
5. Y Singh
6. U Akmal
7. Dhoni WK/C
8. Swann
9. Gul
10. Z Khan
11. Malinga

 

[STLIndian]

did a world test team, and since alot has changed since the last post here I thought I'd do a wolrd ODI team too.

1. S Watson
2. M Hafeez (has had an excellent resurgence and has been a genuine offspinner)
3. Amla
4. Tendulkar
5. Y Singh
6. U Akmal
7. Dhoni WK/C
8. Swann
9. Gul
10. Z Khan
11. Malinga

No Steyn? Akmal and Hafeez over ABDV, Jayawardene, or Sanga? Dislike.

1. Watson
2. Tendulkar
3. Amla
4. AB de Villers
5. Jayawardene
6. Yuvraj
7. Dhoni
8. Swann
9. Lee
10. Steyn
11. Malinga

Rest of the squad: Sangakkara, Zaheer, Gul, Ross Taylor.

Trott was close, but there already a lot of top order batsmen.

 

[shravi]

Shane Watson
Hashim Amla
Jonathan Trott
AB De Villiers
Yuvraj Singh
+ MS Dhoni
Shahid Afridi
Graeme Swann
Zaheer Khan
Umar Gul
Lasith Malinga

12th man: Kumar Sangakkara

 

[mohit_dude10]

Quite surprised Kallis doesn't figure in any of the teams above.


Shane Watson
Sachin Tendulkar
Hashim Amla
Jacques Kallis/Jonathan Trott
Virat Kohli
AB De Villiers
MS Dhoni (c) (+)
Shahid Afridi/Graeme Swann
Lasith Malinga
Brett Lee
Dale Steyn

 

[War]

Watson
Tendulkar
Kallis
De Villiers
Yuvraj
Hussey
Dhoni
Vettori
Lee
Steyn
Malinga

12th man: Gul, Afridi, Morgan

 

[Num]

1. Dilshan
2. Tendulkar
3. Amla
4. Sangakkara (wk)
5. AB De Villiers
6. Watson
7. Vettori
8. Swann
9. Lee/Steyn
10. Khan
11. Malinga

Bar that knock in the World Cup final, I don't see what Dhoni's done in the past year to be picked over Sangakkara as wicketkeeper, who has been a far more consistent performer of recent. Yes, Watson at #6 is somewhat dated, but in his current form, I'm fairly confident he'd perform quite well anywhere in the top 6.