The ultimate WI ODI team?

Oye, this is a 50 over thread !

Well Freddo was coming to the end of his career and Greenidge was becoming established.

Of course he did not play many ODIs but I am positive had he been given the chance he would have been devastating. I applied the same principle to King and Ramadhin.

However if the criteria is having played  a certain number of ODIs then some greats would be omitted.

Another would be Constantine as all accounts suggested he was an incredible allrounder and scintillating in the field and he also bowled.

His exploits at Nelson in the Lancashire League is legendary.

What is your team then?

yeah, ODI...T20 both!!!

In TD's defence , Freddo and Kanhai had limited ODI appearances to Judge

Mail's selection of Collis versus Sarwan is 150 games more Played 

When playing for Trinidad, or even in International T20 competitions where he captained Trinidad, Ramdin was/is awesome as a batsman.

This just, somehow, never translated to international WI games.

Different Levels of Bowling and Pitches.

Dung heap talent and slow 22 yards 


that is why Sarwan INTERNATIONAL tons and 50s  stand out !

Sorry, Maps. I only just saw this now, mate. After giving this some careful consideration and going back and forth on a number of players, my XI would be:

Greenidge
Fredericks
Richards
Lara
Kanhai (+)
Sobers
Marshall
Ambrose
Holding
Narine
Garner

I like Mail's suggestion for giving the gloves to Kanhai.

That is a stacked batting lineup. Can't even find room for Lloyd, Sarwan, Gayle or Kallicharran.

The bowling choices are just as difficult. Roberts, Croft and Julien were tough omissions. Wayne Daniel also on the periphery. One other name not mentioned, largely because he didn't play enough games, is Tony Gray. His performances in limited ODI and List A appearances were very impressive.

Finally, one from the modern era. From a pure numbers standpoint, DJ Bravo is at least worthy of consideration. Yes, the game has changed over the last 10 years, but 199 wickets at a strike-rate of 32.7 with six 4 wicket hauls are still hard to overlook.

LoL

You are also required on the Choke thread  !

and the Win Toss thread for tom Final ...

Like you too busy with the Referendum ???? 

bump ; Chin flooding the board with Crap news.