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    Best ODI XI - General Chat

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      Gunner last edited by

      ODI time.

      Categories are: opening batsmen, batsmen, keeper, allrounders & bowlers.

      Rules:

      They must have played ODI cricket.

      For the purposes of this exercise, we will consider an all rounder anyone who is regularly used to bowl during a game and can a also do a decent job with the bat. In this instance, Kane is not an allrounder, he is a batsmen who very occasionally rolls the arm over.

      Like the test and T20 teams, players can be nominated in more than one category. If a such player receives enough votes to fill more than one spot in the final team, they will take the spot they have received the highest number of votes in. Their other spot will go the person with the next highest number of votes in that category.

      Once nominations are in I'll figure out the best way to run the polls.

      Like the other two best XI's, I'll clear up/make up any other rules along the way as I see fit 😉

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        Gunner last edited by

        Polls are up

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        • No Quarter
          No Quarter last edited by

          After voting the team I ended up with is:

          McCullum (wk)
          Guptill
          Williamson
          Crowe
          Taylor
          C Cairns
          Oram
          Vettori
          Hadlee
          Bond
          Boult

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            Gunner last edited by

            Was tougher than I though trying to select this team and there are some very good ODI players that didn't get nominated, a couple being:

            Gavin Larsen, 3rd best economy rate.
            Kyle Mills, was once ranked as the best ODI bowler in the game.

            Anyway I went with

            Turner
            Guptill
            Williamson
            Taylor
            Astle
            McCullum
            Cairns
            Vettori
            Hadlee
            Bond
            Pringle

            The top 4 batsmen pick themselves with their outstanding records.
            Went with Astle over Crowe mainly for his 16 tonnes (which was at the time a record) and we can't have an all time ODI XI without a dibbly dobbly.

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            • MN5
              MN5 last edited by

              Well my team has one glaring omission cos Astle was in the all rounders list and not batsmen so I fucked up and he unfortunately missed out.....

              Turner
              Guptill
              KW
              Rossco
              Hogan
              BMac
              Cairns
              Vettori
              Paddles
              Bond
              Boult

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                Gunner @MN5 last edited by

                @MN5 said in Best ODI XI - General Chat:

                Well my team has one glaring omission cos Astle was in the all rounders list and not batsmen so I fucked up and he unfortunately missed out.....

                Turner
                Guptill
                KW
                Rossco
                Hogan
                BMac
                Cairns
                Vettori
                Paddles
                Bond
                Boult

                Who's place does Astle take in your team then?

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                • MN5
                  MN5 @Gunner last edited by

                  @Gunner said in Best ODI XI - General Chat:

                  @MN5 said in Best ODI XI - General Chat:

                  Well my team has one glaring omission cos Astle was in the all rounders list and not batsmen so I fucked up and he unfortunately missed out.....

                  Turner
                  Guptill
                  KW
                  Rossco
                  Hogan
                  BMac
                  Cairns
                  Vettori
                  Paddles
                  Bond
                  Boult

                  Who's place does Astle take in your team then?

                  Probably Turner. Much longer career and obviously an option as a bowler ( hence me missing him in the first place )

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                    Gunner last edited by Gunner

                    Well, even with the polls not due to close for another few days yet our ODI team is looking pretty clear-cut.

                    Guptill
                    Astle
                    Williamson
                    Crowe
                    Taylor
                    McCullum (wk)
                    C Cairns
                    Vettori
                    Hadlee
                    Bond
                    Boult

                    Astle with 6 votes is the one who's place is in most jeopardy, but not really because his nearest rival Chirs Harris is quite far behind on 3 votes, with Oram, Styris and Ferguson all with 2 a piece.

                    I'll be very surprised if there are any changes once the polls close.

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                    • Bovidae
                      Bovidae last edited by

                      I made my picks this morning and my only decision was Astle or Turner as the other opening batsmen.

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                      • MN5
                        MN5 last edited by

                        The fern is funny. I reckon Cairns is more worth of a test spot yet here is in the ODI team

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                          Gunner @MN5 last edited by

                          @MN5 if you’re in the minority, doesn’t mean that you’re the funny one, not the fern? 🤔

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                            MN5 @Gunner last edited by

                            @Gunner said in Best ODI XI - General Chat:

                            @MN5 if you’re in the minority, doesn’t mean that you’re the funny one, not the fern? 🤔

                            My humour is subjective

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