The Greatest Australian ODI XI

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:17 pm

The Australians are the most successful ODI country of all time and have produced arguably the best collection of ODI Cricketers than any other team, so picking their best ever ODI side shouldn't be easy.

Here's mine.

Gilchrist
M Waugh
Ponting
D Jones
Hussey
Bevan
Symonds
Warne
Lee
McGrath
Mcdermott

by Guest Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:24 pm

Shane Watson
Gilchrist (WK)
S.Waugh (C)
Dean Jones
Mark Waugh
Michael Bevan
Andrew Symonds
Brett lee
Shane Warne
Glenn Mcgrath
McDermott

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:25 pm

No Ponting?

by Guest Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:28 pm

i thought about him, but watson's record is very good, and he gives a genuine all round part to the team, then i wouldnt know what batsman to leave out

by **Fists of Fury** Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:31 pm

Agree with your team Stella. Ponting has to play, for me.

by Guest Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:34 pm

fists important PM.

and i did weight up the punter issue

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:34 pm

cricketfan90 wrote:i thought about him, but watson's record is very good, and he gives a genuine all round part to the team, then i wouldnt know what batsman to leave out

Well, for me, Ponting is the best Aussie ODI batsman there has been, so I would pick him over any other bat but each to their own and they have been blessed with some very fine players.

by Dorothy_Mantooth Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:37 pm

Hayden
Gilchrist (WK)
Ponting
M Waugh
M Hussey
Bevan
Symonds
Warne
Lee
McDermott
McGrath

by **Fists of Fury** Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:41 pm

Dorothy, excellent shout on Hayden, not sure how I forgot about him. I'd replace Jones with Hayden in my lineup.

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:46 pm

Fists of Fury wrote:Dorothy, excellent shout on Hayden, not sure how I forgot about him. I'd replace Jones with Hayden in my lineup.

It was Hayden or M Waugh for me but I always enjoyed watching Junior bat, so he got the nod.

by Mike Selig Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:35 pm

Gillchrist (obv)
M. Waugh (loved watching him bat, decent offie, brilliant fielder)
Ponting (Aus's best ever one-day bat I reckon)
D. Jones (the 2nd best)
Hussey
Bevan
Symonds (all 3 could interchange position really... Bevan the finisher, Hussey could play any role, Symonds could smash but also build his innings really well)
Warne (Hogg not far off, but Warnie's magic...)
Lee (terrific ODI record)
McDermott (miserly)
McGrath (obv)

Unlucky to miss out: Watson, S. Waugh (death bowling extraordinaire at start, then of course that knock in 99), Hayden. Guys like Bracken, Bichel, Gillespie had great periods but not so much longetivity. Someone like Clarke isn't quite that good IMO.

by Guest Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:38 pm

hogg would be very close to my side, but warnie has to be there.

by guildfordbat Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:52 pm

Folks - some fine names mentioned above but please be aware that ODIs started in the early seventies and not with the launch of Sky! The likes of Lillee and the Chappells need to be in the mix at least ....

by Hoggy_Bear Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:08 pm

I'd go with:

Watson
Gilchrist(wk)
Ponting
Jones
Hussey
Symonds
Bevan
Warne
Lee
Lillee
McGrath

by Gregers Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:41 pm

Gillchrist (wk)
M. Waugh
Ponting
S. Waugh
M. Hussey
Bevan
Watson
Warne
Lee
McGrath
Hogg

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:46 pm

Nathan Bracken was very close to my team.

A very good ODI bowler and a leftie.

by Hoggy_Bear Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:48 pm

Stella wrote:Nathan Bracken was very close to my team.

A very good ODI bowler and a leftie.

Bracken, Johnson, Fleming, Alderman and a couple of others would have strong cases for inclusion.

by Gregers Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:49 pm

I forgot about Bracken. And Stuart Clark

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:55 pm

Bichel?

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:57 pm

No mentions of Border or Lehman either.

by Hoggy_Bear Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:07 pm

Stella wrote:No mentions of Border or Lehman either.

As you say Stella, there's a hell of a lot of good players to choose from.
I mean a 2nd XI (based on my choice of first XI) of:

Hayden
Waugh M
Chappell G.
Clarke
Martyn
Lehmann
Haddin(wk)
Hogg
Johnson
McDermott
Alderman

would give any team a good game.

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:09 pm

And the Aussies use to have a 'B' team in the 90's.

Players like Ponting, Hayden, Mcgrath and Law were part of that set up.

by guildfordbat Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:12 pm

Hoggy - so Ian Chappell doesn't get in either your 1st or 2nd XIs. Good luck when you tell him! The Greatest Australian ODI XI 496889

by Hoggy_Bear Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:19 pm

guildfordbat wrote:Hoggy - so Ian Chappell doesn't get in either your 1st or 2nd XIs. Good luck when you tell him!

Did think about him, but he only played 16 matches.
He'd probably be in my 3rd XI though Very Happy

by Gregers Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:22 pm

How many XI's can you do Hoggy?

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:22 pm

Reckon you could get a pretty decent 3rd XI Hoggy_Bear Wink

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:25 pm

My 2nd XI

Hayden
Watson
G Chappell
Lehmann
Border
S Waugh
Haddin
Johnson
Hogg
Lillee
Bracken

by Guest Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:26 pm

Nathan Bracken only just missed out of my eleven

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:40 pm

Hoggy_Bear

We're waiting

Whistle

by Issac Watson Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:47 pm

1. gilchrist {w/k}
2. mark waugh
3. punter
4. jones
5. stephen waugh {c}
6. bevan
7. symonds
8. hogg
9. lee
10. mcderrot
11. mcgrath

four top class bowlers, plus bevan, symonds, tugga and junior all more than good enough to bowl. batting is unbelievably strong with hogg and lee at 8 and 9.

by Hoggy_Bear Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:47 pm

Stella wrote:Reckon you could get a pretty decent 3rd XI Hoggy_Bear

Struggling for openers a bit (Boon, Langer, Wessels?). But with the likes of Alan Border, Steve Waugh, Ian Chappell, Ian Healy, Simon O'Donnell, Nathan Bracken, Damien Fleming, Cameron White, David Hussey, Andy Bichel, Tom Moody, Jason Gillespie. Paul Reiffel, Peter Taylor etc to choose from, I reckon the 3rd team would still be pretty awesome!!!
I mean, who'd be in a English all-time ODI 3rd team? Chris Tavare and David Capel???? Very Happy

by Stella Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:49 pm

Geoff Marsh was a decent ODI opener.

by Guest Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:13 am

have already done my first eleven

my 2nd aussie odi XI would be

1.Matthew Hayden
2.Brad Haddin (WK)
3.Ricky Ponting
4.Michael Clarke
5.Darren Lehman
6.Allan Border (C)
7.Greg Chappell
8.Dennis Lillee
9.Brad Hogg
10.Mitchell Johnson
11.Jeff Thompson

by Stella Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:41 am

My 3rd Team.

Marsh
Boon
I Chappell
Clarke
Martyn
Moody
Healy
Bichel
Fleming
Gillespie
Alderman

by Guest Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:51 pm

bit harsh for clarke to be in a 3rd string side lol..

by guildfordbat Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:21 pm

Stella - don't sit back yet! Rod Marsh, hard hitting, catching and drinking wicket keeper batsman of the seventies, certainly deserves a game. You're going to have to come up with a 4th XI .... Very Happy

by Stella Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:29 pm

Slater
Langer
Hughes
Law
Katich
White
Marsh
O'Donnell
Reiffel
Clark
Lawson

by guildfordbat Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:45 pm

Fine effort, Stella! The Greatest Australian ODI XI 1710857839

by Stella Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:13 am

Thanks Guildford.

Even that fourth team have some pretty successful ODI players and I haven't even got to Hogg and Thomson.
Proof that no other team has produced as many good ODI players as the Australians have.

by Guest Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:36 am

australia do have a quality odi history, and so many great players have played for them..

stella, i personally put hogg in my 2nd side.

by Stella Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:40 am

He was in my 2nd XI as well.

by Guest Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:31 am

but u said in the other post, that you hadnt even got to hogg....and you made like 3 or 4 teams...

by eirebilly Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:39 am

Thanks for the walk down memory lane Stella. I loved to see that you put Dean Jones in your team. He was one of the most exciting ODI batsmen i have ever seen. I often watch old YouTube clips of him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLwzIzu4hw0

by Guest Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:50 am

it is good having these all time eleven threads IMO

by Stella Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:49 pm

cricketfan90 wrote:but u said in the other post, that you hadnt even got to hogg....and you made like 3 or 4 teams...

Rodney Hogg.

by Guest Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:00 pm

ah right ok, sorry my mistake.

by Stella Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:14 pm

eirebilly wrote:Thanks for the walk down memory lane Stella. I loved to see that you put Dean Jones in your team. He was one of the most exciting ODI batsmen i have ever seen. I often watch old YouTube clips of him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLwzIzu4hw0

My pleasure.

Jones was the first player I remember making two's into three's in ODI's. There were possibly others before him but not that I recall.

by Guest Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:59 pm

The aussies have defo been graced with a lot of quality players over the last few decades

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