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Kinda bored at work, so thought of this, if you could pick a allround dream team of players from the 90ties up until now, who would you have picked

1.H.Amla (Vice Captain)
2.R.Dravid
3.S.Tendulkar
4.J.Kallis
5.R.Ponting (C)
6. K.Sangakkara (K)
7.S.Pollock
8.S.Wanre
9.W.Younis
10.W.Akram
11.M. Muralitharan

I might be jumping the gun with Amla, but honestly i think he is one of the greats, was a tough decision between him and Lara

So post your guys Dream teams,
 
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I can't tell what format your team is designed for, but my ODI team from the nineties until now would be:

1. Amla
2. Tendulkar
3. Ponting
4. Lara
5. AB de Villiers
6. Dhoni
7. Pollock
8. Warne
9. Akram
10. Ambrose
11. McGrath

Could change my mind in two minutes though. Gilchrist loses out to Amla because of the latter's insane current stats and because there is a keeper in Dhoni there.
 
Wovenhand said:
I can't tell what format your team is designed for, but my ODI team from the nineties until now would be:

1. Amla
2. Tendulkar
3. Ponting
4. Lara
5. AB de Villiers
6. Dhoni
7. Pollock
8. Warne
9. Akram
10. Ambrose
11. McGrath

Could change my mind in two minutes though. Gilchrist loses out to Amla because of the latter's insane current stats and because there is a keeper in Dhoni there.
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It’s a all-round team, both ODI and Test, if i had to go for a specific team for each format i would have looked a little different 

Ambrose was a great bowler, but personally i rate Younis just a tad beter, and don’t forget about the great Courtney Walsh....
I also won’t have selected Pollock and McGrath in the same team (well not in a dream team where the possibilities are endless :D ), but it might have worked, 2 highly accurate bowlers with 2 strike bowlers, with Warne....think they might have destroyed even the mentioned batting order....
 
I see Walsh’s best ODI bowling figures are 5/1
How in the hell do you take 5 wickets and only conserve 1 run ?
 
mine would this..

Gilcrest
Tendulkar
Dravid
Ponting
Lara
Kalis
Warne
Donald
Ambrose
McGath
Muralitharan

12th Jonty Rhodes
 
Justin_Credible said:
Don't you think it too soon to mention Amla amonst all time great?
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Did you read my entire post humm?

Lament said:
I might be jumping the gun with Amla, but honestly i think he is one of the greats, was a tough decision between him and Lara
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It might be early, but honestly i think is one of the best in the world


Edit, i see you selected Rhodes as your 12 man :erm:
 
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Amla has'nt got half Lara's talent, Lara often had to carry West Indies by himself in the era of great fast bowling. Stop being disrespectful
 
Jonty Rhodes changed fielding like Adam Gilchrist changed the wicketkeeper batman role
 
Justin_Credible said:
Amla has'nt got half Lara's talent, Lara often had to carry West Indies by himself in the era of great fast bowling. Stop being disrespectful
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ummm, please indicate to me where i was disrespectful ?

Saying Amla has half Lara’s talent, now i would rather say that’s a little disrespectful

Amla and Lara are very much on par looking at the Test Stats, Lara probably edging past Amla (but only just),but when we move towards ODI’s, then Amla is much much beter, he averages almost 16 more than Lara, which is HUGE, but please don’t just take my word for it, go and look for your self www.cricinfo.com :-)

So before making rerated statements, please do sufficient research on the player, obviously you have not watched Amla play.
 
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Lament said:
ummm, please indicate to me where i was disrespectful ?

Saying Amla has half Lara’s talent, now i would rather say that’s a little disrespectful

Amla and Lara are very much on par looking at the Test Stats, Lara probably edging past Amla (but only just),but when we move towards ODI’s, then Amla is much much beter, he averages almost 16 more than Lara, which is HUGE, but please don’t just take my word for it, go and look for your self www.cricinfo.com :-)

So before making rerated statements, please do sufficient research on the player, obviously you have not watched Amla play.
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You comparing a player playing for a team almost equal the Aussie team of the 90s with a player who played in a team equal today's Zimbabwe
 
Justin_Credible said:
You comparing a player playing for a team almost equal the Aussie team of the 90s with a player who played in a team equal today's Zimbabwe
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You’re point being?

Its much harder to shine in a team full of superstars than a team full of “no so great players”,
But honestly, i can hardly call a team with Lara, Walsh, Ambrose, Hooper and Jimmy Adams a modern-day Zimbabwe
 
1 Tendulkar
2 Hayden
3 Ponting
4 Kallis
5 Gilchrest
6 Klusener (why the hell not?)
7 Warne
8 Akram
9 Lee
10 Walsh
11 McGrath

Difficult to leave out so many great players. Harbejan Singh, Pollock, Ntini even... so many good players.
 
Guantanamo said:
1 Tendulkar
2 Hayden
3 Ponting
4 Kallis
5 Gilchrest
6 Klusener (why the hell not?)
7 Warne
8 Akram
9 Lee
10 Walsh
11 McGrath

Difficult to leave out so many great players. Harbejan Singh, Pollock, Ntini even... so many good players.
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I wil tell you why the hell not :P

You have a extremely long tail, Warne at nr. 7 :erm:, so you will need 6 very good batsman, even though Klusener was a good (not fantastic) ODI batsman, you will need someone a little more solid at 6, maybe if you could drop one of your bowlers and get another all-rounder it would give you a little more batting depth, maybe drop McGrath for Pollock,
Then your team should look like this and should be a little môre balanced

1.Tendulkar
2.Hayden
3.Ponting
4.Kallis
5.Gilchrest
6.Kluserner
7.Pollock
8.Warne
9Akram
10.Lee
11.Walsh


Maybe we should name a all-star ODI team and all-star Test team, the team will look a lot different

My ODI dream team

1.H.Amla
2.S.Tendulkar
3.C.Gayle
4. V.Kohli
5.J.Kallis
6. M.S.Dhoni
7.A.Flintoff
8.S.Pollock
9. W.Akram
10.W.Younis
11.M.Muralitharan

I might have swapped out Kallis for a more aggressive (big hitter) batsman, depending on the pitch and weather conditions, not one Australian in my ODI team :whistle:
 
Best keeper of all time was Gillchrist. He must be put down first then the rest
 
Test team

1. Amla
2. Hayden
3. Tendulkar
4. Ponting
5. Kallis
6. Watson
7. Gillchrist
8. Warne
9. Lee
10. Steyn
11. Marshall

So i have 6 bowlers and batting to nr 7
 
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