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For sure it will be an interesting one. Let us stick the sample set to 100 odis. Here we go then:-

Marcus Trescothik
Alec Stewart(C/wkt)
Joe Root
Kevin Pietersen
Allan Lamb
Jos Buttler(either of Stewart/Buttler can keep)
Andrew Flintoff
Ian Botham
Graeme Swann
Darren Gough
James Anderson

Seems like a strong team. What's the pick here on PP?
 
Graham Gooch
Alec Stewart (Keeper)
David Gower
Eoin Morgan
Robin Smith
Kevin Pietersen
Paul Collingwood
Iam Botham
Darren Gough
Graeme Swann
James Anderson
 
I would be inclined to drop Botham for Graeme Hick, Anderson for DeFreitas and get Neil Fairbrother in.
 
Trescothick
Gooch ( Captain )
Pieterson
Robin Smith
Alec Stewart
Gatting ( Vice Captain )
Flintoff
Botham
Embury
swann
Gough


Almost all can bat.

Two fast bowlers plus two spinners and one bowling all rounder. Gooch and Pieterson can also bowl few overs.
 
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100 ODI sample size for England is pretty large. 50 should be fine, as evident by none of the English players have ever played 200 ODIs

Roy
Trescothick
Root
KP
Collingwood (C)
Buttler (wk)
Flintoff
Botham
Swann
Gough
Anderson

Morgan form in last 2 years has been a bit weird and inconsistent, plus have a soft corner for Collingwood, otherwise you can replace Colly with Morgan.
 
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The advantage of Collingwood is that you get arguably the world’s best fielder of his time.
 
Robert said:
The advantage of Collingwood is that you get arguably the world’s best fielder of his time.
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But you can have Stokes in place of him who has bigger ceiling ability wise in LO and is among the world's best fielder of his time.
 
1. Trescothick
2. Roy
3. Stewart
4. Pietersen
5. Collingwood
6. Flintoff
7. Buttler
8. Botham
9. Swann
10. Gough
11. Anderson

David Gower and Neil Fairbrother just miss out.
 
Justcrazy said:
Trescothick
Gooch ( Captain )
Pieterson
Robin Smith
Alec Stewart
Gatting ( Vice Captain )
Flintoff
Botham
Embury
swann
Gough


Almost all can bat.

Two fast bowlers plus two spinners and one bowling all rounder. Gooch and Pieterson can also bowl few overs.
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So many oldies. Feel Root and Buttler from modern era has to be there. Both have already played 115 odis and looks well on their way to become England two best ODI batter.
 
Trescothick was very good in a far more bowler friendly era - hit the ball to many parts well before the introduction of power hitting.
 
Kaka4pope said:
Trescothick was very good in a far more bowler friendly era - hit the ball to many parts well before the introduction of power hitting.
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Agree. Artistic player to watch. Pretty underrated player. My favorite among taller batsmen.Unfortunately depression killed his international career.
 
1. Alec Stewart (wk)
2. Robin Smith
3. Grahame Hick
4. Graham Thorpe
5. Neil Fairbrother
6. Paul Collingwood
7. Adam Hollioak (c)
8. Mark Elham
9. Daren Gough
10. Andy Caddick
11. Alan Mulally
 
I don't think Beefy and Freddie can both be in the team. Play one of them then an expert batsman or bowler instead of the other.
 
Ab Fan said:
So many oldies. Feel Root and Buttler from modern era has to be there. Both have already played 115 odis and looks well on their way to become England two best ODI batter.
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You have to consider the era of cricket they played. 250 was a big enough score that time.
 
My England all time XI, with some current players added more on potential rather than actual career.

1. Marcus Trescothick
2. Jhonny Bairstow
3. Joe Root
4. Kevin Pietersen
5. Ben Stokes
6. Joes Buttler
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Ian Botham
9. Graeme Swann
10. Daren Gough
11. James Anderson

This batting line up is so scary.
 
Mobashir said:
My England all time XI, with some current players added more on potential rather than actual career.

1. Marcus Trescothick
2. Jhonny Bairstow
3. Joe Root
4. Kevin Pietersen
5. Ben Stokes
6. Joes Buttler
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Ian Botham
9. Graeme Swann
10. Daren Gough
11. James Anderson

This batting line up is so scary.
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I pretty much had same except that I used this constraint of 100 ODIs and hence a couple of names didnt made it . I feel Stokes hasn't done much to be there. His impact quotient is much higher in tests but there is not much to talk about him in LOIs.
 
Wonder why everyone is sending Botham in below Flntoff?
 
Their current ODI line-up...

Just replace Moeen with Flintoff and you’re all good.
 
ManFan said:
Their current ODI line-up...

Just replace Moeen with Flintoff and you’re all good.
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What about bowling?? Swann, Gough, Botham and Anderson all are better bowlers than current ones.
 
Ab Fan said:
What about bowling?? Swann, Gough, Botham and Anderson all are better bowlers than current ones.
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The batting alone is enough to carry the sub-standard bowling.

Woakes and Flintoff are two damn good pacers who can bowl extremely well at the death.

Botham is overrated in ODI’s with his dibble-dobbers that will be obliterated to the fence.

Swann had tremendous control but was too mentally fragile as evident by his retirement. I don’t want someone like that near my team.

Anderson sucks.

Gough is the one exception as he was excellent and the only shining light of England’s bowling in that dark, dark, horrendous period. I’ll replace Plunkett with Gough.
 
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Beacuse Flintoff averages in 30s with 3 100s while Botham averages 20s in ODIs and doesn't have an ODI hundred .
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Flintoff had three ODI centuries? I had no idea.

Weird. Botham was the more skilled batsman. He had a good technique against spinners. One would think he would be better at working the spinners around in the middle overs, while Flintoff would just slog-sweep.
 
ManFan said:
Botham is overrated in ODI’s with his dibble-dobbers that will be obliterated to the fence.
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As I recall, when he slowed down in his later years he became a more effective ODI bowler. He tried too much variation when he was younger and quicker. The medium pace containing role in the middle overs suited him well.
 
Ab Fan said:
For sure it will be an interesting one. Let us stick the sample set to 100 odis. Here we go then:-

Marcus Trescothik
Alec Stewart(C/wkt)
Joe Root
Kevin Pietersen
Allan Lamb
Jos Buttler(either of Stewart/Buttler can keep)
Andrew Flintoff
Ian Botham
Graeme Swann
Darren Gough
James Anderson

Seems like a strong team. What's the pick here on PP?
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If the cut off is 100 games then I can't really argue with this team. Probably remove Lamb for Morgan and that would be my side.
 
Mobashir said:
My England all time XI, with some current players added more on potential rather than actual career.

1. Marcus Trescothick
2. Jhonny Bairstow
3. Joe Root
4. Kevin Pietersen
5. Ben Stokes
6. Joes Buttler
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Ian Botham
9. Graeme Swann
10. Daren Gough
11. James Anderson

This batting line up is so scary.
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+1

Would have exactly the same.
 
How can people forget Chris Broad?
The guy used to take to cleaners the likes of Akram at that time. Won many series for England. Has to be the opener alongside Trescothick
 
Mobashir said:
My England all time XI, with some current players added more on potential rather than actual career.

1. Marcus Trescothick
2. Jhonny Bairstow
3. Joe Root
4. Kevin Pietersen
5. Ben Stokes
6. Joes Buttler
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Ian Botham
9. Graeme Swann
10. Daren Gough
11. James Anderson

This batting line up is so scary.
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Why is Anderson in all time ODI squad when he is not considered for selection in the current ODI squad ?
 
stevewittry said:
Why is Anderson in all time ODI squad when he is not considered for selection in the current ODI squad ?
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Personnaly I think he should still be in the ODI squad, but that's another mater. The fact is that England didn't had outstanding ODI bowlers, so, I believe he can make it.
He is England's highest wicket taker, and he can always do a great job with the new ball.
 
Bairstow
Roy
Root
Pietersen
Buttler
Stokes
Flintoff
Rashid
Swann
Gough
Anderson/Sidebottom/Woakes/Broad

All old English ODI players were mostly bog average. Some exceptions like Lamb et al, but again not so outright brilliant as to stake claim in all time team

Was tossup between Roy and Tresco but Roy's fearless attitude is better and Tresco had a poor away record.

Collingwood was a good player with great contributions throughout career (CB series) but frankly not enough of an impact player and loses out to Stokes on bowling front.

Second new ball seamer was biggest headache. English ODI seamers historically have equally useless records as Indian Test seamers. No decent left arm options either (except Mullally :P). Finally picked Anderson as best out of worst.
 
might aswell pick the current xi, England in the 80's/90's and early 00's were the laughing stock of ODI's.

Having said that surprised Adam Hollioake hasn't been mentioned.
 
1. Trescothick
2. Roy/bairstow
3. root
4. Morgan (c) -
5. buttler wk
6. stokes
7. Flintoff
8. swan
9. Rashid
10. Gauge
11. Sidebottom

Anderson,broad,kp,collingwood,botham misses out by little margin for me.
 
barah_admi said:
Botham and Anderson are far superior to the two numpties you picked.
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Actually I picked three.

Hick was a much better ODI batter than Botham and could hold his own as a spinner. On a turning wicket I would prefer him.

DeFreitas was similar in bowling average to Anderson and could hit spectacularly in the late order - I well remember him hitting Wasim to all parts.
 
Robert said:
Flintoff had three ODI centuries? I had no idea.

Weird. Botham was the more skilled batsman. He had a good technique against spinners. One would think he would be better at working the spinners around in the middle overs, while Flintoff would just slog-sweep.
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Flintoff has a case to be considered as an ATG all-rounder.

He averages 32 with the bat and 24 with the bowl. Phenomenal really for an all-rounder, which is why Stokes misses out from my XI.
 
The_Odd_One said:
1. Alec Stewart (wk)
2. Robin Smith
3. Grahame Hick
4. Graham Thorpe
5. Neil Fairbrother
6. Paul Collingwood
7. Adam Hollioak (c)
8. Mark Elham
9. Daren Gough
10. Andy Caddick
11. Alan Mulally
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My serious pick:

1. Trescothik
2. Bairstow
3. Root
4. KP
5. Morgan (c)
6. Buttler
7. Flintoff
8. Swann
9. Rashid
10. Anderson
11. Gough
 
Trescothick
Bairstow
Root(c)
KP
Fairbrother
Botham
Buttler(wk)
Flintoff
Swann
Defreitas
Gough
 
The_Odd_One said:
Surprised none mentioned Nick Knight, one of the better LOs openers from the 90s.
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Aye, he formed a fine partnership with Tresco.

England messed him up by batting him at 6 in tests while making poor Ramprakash open!
 
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