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Would an all-time all-rounders world cup XI defeat an all-time specialists world cup XI?


Would an all-time all-rounders world cup XI defeat an all-time specialists world cup XI?  

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  1. 1. Would an all-time all-rounders world cup XI defeat an all-time specialists world cup XI?



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Posted (edited)

This is my dream all-time world cup xi comprising only of all-rounders.Would like to pit it against a specialist World Cup xi,comprising only of great batsmen and bowlers and specialist keeper.

All-rounder all-time World cup XI

Shahid Afridi
Adam Gilchrist(W)
Jacques Kallis
Michael Bevan
Steve Waugh
Kapil Dev
Imran Khan(C)
Lance Kluesner
Richard Hadlee
Ravichandra Ashwin
Wasim Akram

What a competitive team with the great all-round prowess of fast bowling all-rounders like Kapil,Imran,Hadlee , and batting all-rounders in Kallis,Bevan and the likes of Viv,Sachin,Lara and Ponting batting in team and Waugh in addition to Gilchrist as a wicket keeper all-rounder.By itself it would make the best world cup pace attack.Openers Afridi and Gilchrist could simply blast the opposition apart.

Specialists all-time World Cup xi

Sachin Tendulkar
Matthew Hayden
Viv Richards(C)
Brian Lara
Virat Kohli
Ricky Ponting
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Deryk Murray(W)
Joel Garner
Glen Mcgrath

Greatest batsmen and bowlers here .Imagine the likes of Viv,Lara,Ponting and Kohli batting in tandem and a bowing attack posessing the skill of Garner,Marshall and ,Mcgrath.Viv and Sachin would also bowl a few overs.

I would back the specialists World Cup XI to win by a slender margin of around 2 wickets or 15-20 runs.It has greater match-winners with the bat and almost on par skill with the all-rounders XI with the ball.

Edited by Harsh Thakor
Posted (edited)

Of the teams you have listed above, the Specialists will cream the Allrounders. 

 

Afridi opening against Marshall, Garner and McGrath will be a bloodbath. :hysterical:

Edited by AuxiliA
Posted
2 minutes ago, AuxiliA said:

Of the teams you have listed above, the Specialists will cream the Allrounders. 

 

Afridi opening against Marshall, Garner and McGrath will be a bloodbath. :hysterical:

 

"Openers Afridi and Gilchrist could simply blast the opposition apart."  :giggle:

 

Posted
3 hours ago, Harsh Thakor said:

This is my dream all-time world cup xi comprising only of all-rounders.Would like to pit it against a specialist World Cup xi,comprising only of great batsmen and bowlers and specialist keeper.

All-rounder all-time World cup XI

Shahid Afridi
Adam Gilchrist(W)
Jacques Kallis
Michael Bevan
Steve Waugh
Kapil Dev
Imran Khan(C)
Lance Kluesner
Richard Hadlee
Ravichandra Ashwin
Wasim Akram

What a competitive team with the great all-round prowess of fast bowling all-rounders like Kapil,Imran,Hadlee , and batting all-rounders in Kallis,Bevan and the likes of Viv,Sachin,Lara and Ponting batting in team and Waugh in addition to Gilchrist as a wicket keeper all-rounder.By itself it would make the best world cup pace attack.Openers Afridi and Gilchrist could simply blast the opposition apart.

Specialists all-time World Cup xi

Sachin Tendulkar
Matthew Hayden
Viv Richards(C)
Brian Lara
Virat Kohli
Ricky Ponting
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Deryk Murray(W)
Joel Garner
Glen Mcgrath

Greatest batsmen and bowlers here .Imagine the likes of Viv,Lara,Ponting and Kohli batting in tandem and a bowing attack posessing the skill of Garner,Marshall and ,Mcgrath.Viv and Sachin would also bowl a few overs.

I would back the specialists World Cup XI to win by a slender margin of around 2 wickets or 15-20 runs.It has greater match-winners with the bat and almost on par skill with the all-rounders XI with the ball.

Ashwin could not make to the national team and included in all time eleven , we need selectors like you. 

Posted

Seriously Afridi as an opener? Jayasuriya is a much better option as someone said. And Ashwin? What has he done in ODIs much less than WCs to be in an all time all-rounders playing XI? 

 

The specialist XI would destroy the all rounders XI that you've listed. 

Posted (edited)

All rounder XI...

 

Jayasuriya, Gilchrist, Richards, Kallis, Yuvraj, Symonds, Klusener, Kapil, Afridi, Pollock, Wasim

 

Viv RIchards with 118 wickets at 35, in 187 matches is very much a batting all rounder in ODIs, Bevan OTOH has only taken 36 wickets in 230 matches

Edited by Sooda
Posted
2 hours ago, Sooda said:

All rounder XI...

 

Jayasuriya, Gilchrist, Richards, Kallis, Yuvraj, Symonds, Klusener, Kapil, Afridi, Pollock, Wasim

 

Viv RIchards with 118 wickets at 35, in 187 matches is very much a batting all rounder in ODIs, Bevan OTOH has only taken 36 wickets in 230 matches

Much better XI. This one would actually have a chance against the specialists XI.

Posted
2 hours ago, Sooda said:

All rounder XI...

 

Jayasuriya, Gilchrist, Richards, Kallis, Yuvraj, Symonds, Klusener, Kapil, Afridi, Pollock, Wasim

 

Viv RIchards with 118 wickets at 35, in 187 matches is very much a batting all rounder in ODIs, Bevan OTOH has only taken 36 wickets in 230 matches

Viv Richards actually bowled very decent off breaks in ODI which in this case is often forgotten about 

Posted (edited)

Lehmann as well.

 

Also at current careers, shakib over ashwin as an allrounder in ODIs any day, not even close.

Edited by gazza
Posted
10 hours ago, Sooda said:

All rounder XI...

 

Jayasuriya, Gilchrist, Richards, Kallis, Yuvraj, Symonds, Klusener, Kapil, Afridi, Pollock, Wasim

 

Viv RIchards with 118 wickets at 35, in 187 matches is very much a batting all rounder in ODIs, Bevan OTOH has only taken 36 wickets in 230 matches

What about SRT then. He has quite a few wickets and Ganguly.

Posted (edited)

Greg Chappell is a must in any ODI all-rounder XI. Batting average of 40+ and a bowling average of 29+ with a very decent WPI ratio of more than 1 wicket per innings. As is Cronje (38+/34+).

 

Jayasuriya

Gilchrist

Viv

Chappell

Cronje

Symonds

Klusener

Kapil

Pollock

Hadlee

Akram

 

The only thing it lacks is a truly great spinner.

 

SRT 

Lara

Ponting

Kohli

ABDV

Bevan

Knott

Warne

Starc

Garner

McGrath

 

The 5th bowling options are obviously meh but I'd still back the specialists to have the edge ever so slightly.

 

 

Edited by Jimmy Cliff
Posted

Lol Shahid afridi is a buffoon.

He is a above average spin bowler and a batsman who plays an 50+ score knock 45 times in 369 innings...

 

Comparably, sanath 96 times in 433 innings.

 

I know there is agenda behind the op when he picks afridi over Sanath.

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