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General Cricket => World Cricket => Topic started by: Manormanic on February 09, 2015, 11:49:11 AM
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Okay, with The World Cup around the corner, we've all been picking our best XIs and the like. Here's a slightly different problem - pick your best One Day International XI with the stipulation that you can only select ONE player per country!
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Current players only?
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If current players only:
Warner
B Taylor
Williamson
Kohli
AB
Mathews
Shakib
Afridi
J Holder
Anderson
Hamid Hassan
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B Mccullum (NZ)
E Joyce (IRE)
Sangakkara (SL)
AB De villiers (SA)
Eoin Morgan (ENG)
Dhoni (IND)
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)
Starc/Johnson (AUS)
Ajmal (PAK)
Holder (WI)
Hamid Hassan (Afghanistan)
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Current players only?
NAturally. If it takes off we can do Test and All time teams.
Interesting concept this - makes you think about some tricky dilemmas...
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1 Pietersen FREE AGENT (bit cheeky, Joyce or TD if not)
2 Taylor ZIM
3 Williamson NZ
4 Sangakarra SL
5 De Villiers SA
6 Dhoni IND
7 Shakib BAN
8 Starc AUS
9 Roach WI
10 Anderson ENG
11 Zadran AFG
Squad players: Ten Doescate HOL, Joyce IRE, some bowler from somewhere.
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No one has morgan in his/her team :(? he is a match winner and very very good fielder .
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No one has morgan in his/her team :(? he is a match winner and very very good fielder .
Suspect most people are thinking about their four front line bowlers first up...
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Sangakarra(sri lanka)
Joyce(ireland)
williamson (new zealand)
Taylor (zim)
Bravo (dwayne)(windies)
Ten dascarte(hol)
Al hasan(ban)
Afridi (pak)
Woakes (eng)
Starc(aus)
steyn(sa)
To many allrounder. Light on actual batsmen
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Sangakarra(sri lanka)
Joyce(ireland)
williamson (new zealand)
Taylor (zim)
Bravo (dwayne)(windies)
Ten dascarte(hol)
Al hasan(ban)
Afridi (pak)
Woakes (eng)
Starc(aus)
steyn(sa)
To many allrounder. Light on actual batsmen
No Indians? Not even Kohli?
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Some interesting selections here.
Musing on the balance between bat and ball - do people go for AB or Steyn as their Yarpie of choice, for Mitch 1 or 2 or DAvey WArner of the Aussies and is it SAnga or Malinga to represent the Sirils?
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No Indians? Not even Kohli?
He's been in bad form for quite a while now
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He's been in bad form for quite a while now
Yeah but, lets be honest, even in terrible form he's still better than most associate batsmen. Thats from an England fan who despises him!
Or even could have had Rohit, or Rahane!
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No Indians? Not even Kohli?
I forgot about the Indians....... Whoops.
On that case I'd swap out taylor for rahane, and stick sanga behind the stumps.
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Some interesting selections here.
Musing on the balance between bat and ball - do people go for AB or Steyn as their Yarpie of choice, for Mitch 1 or 2 or DAvey WArner of the Aussies and is it SAnga or Malinga to represent the Sirils?
This is a tough call not least because Amla is also a quality performer - really good thread.
Gayle WI
Warner Aus
Williamson NZ
Kohli Ind
Ten Dascarte Hol
Taylor (wk) Zim
Shakib Al Hasan Bang
Afridi Pak
Malinga SL
Steyn SA
Anderson Eng local club side in Lancashire
next problem is who to captain... Afridi has done it once or twice, but may retire before the tournament. Gayle, no he will fall asleep during the team talk, Kholi? humm - I will go with Anderson because we need something unexpected. Batting looks a little soft, but I deliberately picked the bowlers first (with an eye on Warner opening the batting)
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Kane williamson
Rohit sharma
Ab devilliers
Ryan ten doshate
Morgan ( Ireland technically ) if not Joyce
Keiron pollard
Mitchell stark/Johnson
James Anderson
Malinga
Shakib al hassan
Afridi
Not In batting order
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Can Ryan Ten Doeschate really be picked in these teams considering the Netherlands haven't qualified for this World Cup?
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Can Ryan Ten Doeschate really be picked in these teams considering the Netherlands haven't qualified for this World Cup?
humm no - I am not sure he can, in my view, nor can Ajmal as he isn't in the Pak squad (at the moment)
This is a tough call not least because Amla is also a quality performer - really good thread.
Gayle WI
Warner Aus
Williamson NZ
Kohli Ind
Ten Dascarte Hol Joyce Ire
Taylor (wk) Zim
Shakib Al Hasan Bang
Afridi Pak
Malinga SL
Steyn SA
Anderson Eng local club side in Lancashire
next problem is who to captain... Afridi has done it once or twice, but may retire before the tournament. Gayle, no he will fall asleep during the team talk, Kholi? humm - I will go with Anderson because we need something unexpected. Batting looks a little soft, but I deliberately picked the bowlers first (with an eye on Warner opening the batting)
Actually if I picked Joyce instead of the Dustcart - I would probably have him as captain
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humm no - I am not sure he can, in my view, nor can Ajmal as he isn't in the Pak squad (at the moment)
Very good point, I have this odd feeling that someone in their squad may get 'Injured' and he'll come into the team at some point though.
I'll change Ajmal for Afridi in my team then.
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Warner (Aus)
Bell (eng)
Joyce (IRL)
AB (SA)
Williamson (NZ)
Afridi (pak)
Dhoni wk (ind)
Holder (WI)
Al Hasan (BAN)
Malinga (SL)
Zadran (AFG)
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i think i'd go with -
Sharma (IND)
Bell (ENG)
Williamson (NZ)
Sanga (SL)
AB (SA)
Joyce (IRE)
Afridi (PAK)
Al Hasan (BAN)
Johnson (AUS)
Holder (WI)
Hasan (AFG)
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Amazes me how many people seem to go for Jason Holder - anyone want to explain that to me?
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Amazes me how many people seem to go for Jason Holder - anyone want to explain that to me?
Someone in the IPL picked him up and he did pretty well i seem to remember. I picked him because he's a decent, tall, line and length man. I like that in a bowler.
Does bemuse me how he bowls so slowly though for someone of his size and physique.......
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Someone in the IPL picked him up and he did pretty well i seem to remember. I picked him because he's a decent, tall, line and length man. I like that in a bowler.
Does bemuse me how he bowls so slowly though for someone of his size and physique.......
Not dissing the lad - he looks a cricketer of some promise. Just struggling to see how he's the best West Indian bet - even if you exclude Bravo and Pollard for not being in the squad, I'd have thought one of the big names like Gayle, Roach, Samuels or Narine would get most people's nod.
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the thing with picking Holder is he is currently bowling well and also if you pick Gayle (who is out of nick), Narine (injured), Samuels or Roach you then you have to make scarifies elsewhere which i wasn't going to make eg. there are better batsman then Samuels from other countries.
this sort of dilemma is what makes picking this team so interesting.
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the thing with picking Holder is he is currently bowling well and also if you pick Gayle (who is out of nick), Narine (injured), Samuels or Roach you then you have to make scarifies elsewhere which i wasn't going to make eg. there are better batsman then Samuels from other countries.
this sort of dilemma is what makes picking this team so interesting.
Glad you like the puzzle! We'll have to agree to differ regarding Holder!