10 ODI teams from hypothetical diversity draft - vote for your best team

[The Viper]

Below are the 10 ODI teams that our users have assembled in the recently concluded hypothetical draft. Which team do you think is the best and why? Each team had to include at least 8 nations in their team.

Teams:

[MENTION=132969]Da_Future_Knick[/MENTION]

David Warner
Jonny Bairstow
Sachin Tendulkar
Kane Williamson
Jacques Kallis
Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)
Imran Khan (c)
Andre Russel
Saeed Ajmal
Michael Holding
Shoaib Akthar

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]

Rohit Sharma
Tilakaratne Dilshan
Viv Richards (c)
Ross Taylor
KL Rahul(wkt)
David Miller
Andrew Flintoff
Darren Gough
Mitchell Starc
Jofra Archer
Saqlain Mushtaq

[MENTION=151679]Forward Defensive Push[/MENTION]

Sanath Jayasuriya
Matthew Hayden
Andy Flower (wk)
Kevin Pietersen
Yuvraj Singh
Michael Bevan
Wasim Akram (c)
Lockie Ferguson
Andy Roberts
Shane Bond
Imran Tahir

[MENTION=153959]DarkKnight123[/MENTION]

Stephen Fleming
Hashim Amla
Ricky Ponting (c)
Mohammad Yousuf
Rahul Dravid (wk)
Abdul Razzaq
James Faulkner
Shahid Afridi
Chaminda Vaas
Curtly Ambrose
Jimmy Anderson

[MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION]

Gordon Greenidge
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Virat Kohli
Martin Crowe
Ben Stokes
Angelo Mathews
Sir Ian Botham
Shane Warne (c)
Abdul Qadir
Dennis Lillee
Allan Donald

[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION]

Marcus Trescothick
Herschelle Gibbs
Zaheer Abbas
Aravinda De Silva
Andrew Symonds
MS Dhoni (wk)(c)
Kapil Dev
Richard Hadlee
Daniel Vettori
Nathan Bracken
Joel Garner

[MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION]

Adam Gilchrist (wk) (c)
Brendon Mccullum
Mahela Jayawardene
Brian Lara
Inzamam ul Haq
Glenn Maxwell
Hardik Pandya
Shaun Pollock
Malcolm Marshall
Jasprit Bumrah
Mujeeb ur Rahman

[MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION]

Virender Sehwag
Shane Watson
Babar Azam
Steve Smith
Dean Jones
Clive Lloyd (c)
Jos Buttler (wk)
Chris Cairns
Morne Morkel
Mohammad Shami
Muttiah Muralitharan

[MENTION=555]mumtaz[/MENTION]

Saeed Anwar
Sourav Ganguly
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Eoin Morgan (c)
Michael Hussey
Shakib Al Hasan
Lance Klusener
Brad Hogg
Mitchell Johnson
Glenn McGrath
Trent Boult

[MENTION=137148]Rayyman[/MENTION]

Chris Gayle
Martin Guptill
Joe Root
Javed Miandad
AB de Villiers
Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) (c)
Ravindra Jadeja
Rashid Khan
Brett Lee
Waqar Younis
Lasith Malinga

 

[ElRaja]

[MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] and [MENTION=132969]Da_Future_Knick[/MENTION] have gone with a similar philosophy to myself, with lots of versatile aggressive batsmen, and i think thats the right strategy for modern ODI cricket, but thunder he gets my vote with lara, inzi, maxi and pandya. i really wanted maxwell.

i still think i have assembled a really good team, but believe competition is better way of showing its merits than just talking, so if anyone wants to challenge my team let me know, ill simulate a knockout match in icc2020, first come first serve basis.

 

[Last Monetarist]

I'd go with [MENTION=151679]Forward Defensive Push[/MENTION]'s team. Brilliantly aggressive batsmen and four wonderful fast bowlers.

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] has a pretty strong team too, especially with Viv Richards and Rohit Sharma in the top order. Those bowlers look a handful.

The other team that's looking rather scary is [MENTION=137148]Rayyman[/MENTION]'s. If Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers get settled at the crease, no score is out of range. A marvellous mix of death bowlers in there, but my fear is they are a tad similar which might reduce the shock value.

My own team might not have any of the new-fangled T20 specialists, but contains world class cricketers who would hold their own against any of the others. If the pitch has the slightest hint of movement, god help any batsman against DK Lillee and Allan Donald.

Then there are the two wrist spinners who would perfectly complement modern day white ball tactics on the field.

Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes bring enough firepower on their own to put up good totals. I also have one of the most innovative thinkers that has ever played the game in the middle order, he'll find a way to adapt to any cricket match.

My trump card is obviously Lord Botham with his knack of picking wickets with long hops and half volleys. He'd be the most valuable T20 player if he was around in this era.

At the end of the day, Warne, Lillee, Botham, Kohli, and Stokes possess the right balance of arrogance and ability to win any cricket match.

 

[Watsupdoc]

All teams have great bowling attacks and batting as well. So the teams that are most valuable are those who have depth and for that reason I think these are the best teams:

1) The real AB
2) Da_Future_Knick
3) Thunderbolt14

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Wow this is tough. I feel every team is very evenly matched, and can all dominate on their day.

I’ve been thinking a lot, and I’ve narrowed down my favorites to Future Knick, Mumtaz, ElRaja and FDP — still finding it difficult to decide whom from between them. There’s a clever mix of reliable anchors and dynamic batsmen and some deathly bowling lineups.

I would say [MENTION=555]mumtaz[/MENTION] takes it for me. Batting is stylish, aggressive, reliable, and most importantly, deep. I feel depth with the finishers is one area which is essential in ODIs now. Some extremely destructive bowling too - very narrowly edges out the other names.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

[MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] and [MENTION=132969]Da_Future_Knick[/MENTION] have gone with a similar philosophy to myself, with lots of versatile aggressive batsmen, and i think thats the right strategy for modern ODI cricket, but thunder he gets my vote with lara, inzi, maxi and pandya. i really wanted maxwell.

i still think i have assembled a really good team, but believe competition is better way of showing its merits than just talking, so if anyone wants to challenge my team let me know, ill simulate a knockout match in icc2020, first come first serve basis.

That would be fantastic. I volunteer!

 

[ElRaja]

That would be fantastic. I volunteer!

the team selected as the first team is given a penalty for simulating the game, which is a shame, my xi got battered in the end. :/




might swap the teams around so the penlaties are equal for another game later.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

the team selected as the first team is given a penalty for simulating the game, which is a shame, my xi got battered in the end. :/

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might swap the teams around so the penlaties are equal for another game later.

Babar Azam run out, that’s rough! I’ve never tried simming on ICC, does it do the graphics too or just the scorecard?

 

[DarkKnight123]

[MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] and [MENTION=132969]Da_Future_Knick[/MENTION] have gone with a similar philosophy to myself, with lots of versatile aggressive batsmen, and i think thats the right strategy for modern ODI cricket, but thunder he gets my vote with lara, inzi, maxi and pandya. i really wanted maxwell.

i still think i have assembled a really good team, but believe competition is better way of showing its merits than just talking, so if anyone wants to challenge my team let me know, ill simulate a knockout match in icc2020, first come first serve basis.

I would love to bro. Put my team against yours

 

[ElRaja]

Babar Azam run out, that’s rough! I’ve never tried simming on ICC, does it do the graphics too or just the scorecard?

ikr, buttler too, i think thats the way the game penalises the "player" for simming their games.

just the scorecard, and its a bit finnicky, u have to select 13 players, so two of em have to bit really bad so they they dont end up in the xi accidently.

the fairest way would be to alternate the xi and select the other as the player 1 team. ideally you could sim without penalty.

 

[ElRaja]

I would love to bro. Put my team against yours

got to grab dinner, will do one more game against ur xi before i go to sleep.

 

[Rayyman]

Thunderstorm XI is really poorly constructed. Would finish last in a tournament.

 

[therealAB]

[MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION] how do I simulate games, I would be willing to simulate a knockout tournament

 

[ElRaja]

[MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION] how do I simulate games, I would be willing to simulate a knockout tournament

you download the latest international cricket captain demo, u choose tournament, then all time great series, and the world xi A and world xi B teams.

then u have to choose format, so 1 day test or t20. in demo mode u can only do two games at a time, so i choose 1 game tour.

then u have to select a 13 members squad, the 11 the player chooses, plus 2 really bad wicket keepers so they never get selected in the xi automatically.

then u just sim the game, unfort the team u select first gets a penalty because u sim the result instead of playing the game.

 

[Rayyman]

Nobody voted

 

[mumtaz]

I think only the contestants should vote for their top 3 other than themselves and their scores should be tallied.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

I'd go with [MENTION=151679]Forward Defensive Push[/MENTION]'s team. Brilliantly aggressive batsmen and four wonderful fast bowlers.

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] has a pretty strong team too, especially with Viv Richards and Rohit Sharma in the top order. Those bowlers look a handful.

The other team that's looking rather scary is [MENTION=137148]Rayyman[/MENTION]'s. If Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers get settled at the crease, no score is out of range. A marvellous mix of death bowlers in there, but my fear is they are a tad similar which might reduce the shock value.

My own team might not have any of the new-fangled T20 specialists, but contains world class cricketers who would hold their own against any of the others. If the pitch has the slightest hint of movement, god help any batsman against DK Lillee and Allan Donald.

Then there are the two wrist spinners who would perfectly complement modern day white ball tactics on the field.

Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes bring enough firepower on their own to put up good totals. I also have one of the most innovative thinkers that has ever played the game in the middle order, he'll find a way to adapt to any cricket match.

My trump card is obviously Lord Botham with his knack of picking wickets with long hops and half volleys. He'd be the most valuable T20 player if he was around in this era.

At the end of the day, Warne, Lillee, Botham, Kohli, and Stokes possess the right balance of arrogance and ability to win any cricket match.

Thanks brother!

 

[Greenstorm]

No offence but didn't liked any of the teams .

Btw, [MENTION=555]mumtaz[/MENTION] has all lefties in his team except McGrath.

 

[Last Monetarist]

I think only the contestants should vote for their top 3 other than themselves and their scores should be tallied.

Agreed.

My ranking:

1. [MENTION=151679]Forward Defensive Push[/MENTION]
2. [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]
3. [MENTION=137148]Rayyman[/MENTION]

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

My top 3 -

1. [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION]
2. [MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION]
3. [MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION]

Some really good teams but I go with the above 3 apart from mine.

 

[Rayyman]

1. [MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION]
2. [MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION]
3. [MENTION=153959]DarkKnight123[/MENTION]