Wc world xi

[stephen]

Rohit very unlucky. Should be there but didn't want to split up the Australian openers.

 

[trundler]

Chahal or Tahir? I'd have Ferguson instead of Archer

 

[stephen]

Chahal or Tahir? I'd have Ferguson instead of Archer

Tahir has pretty respectable figures this world cup.

Archer had the second most wickets at time of writing. He's occasionally been puss but he still takes a lot of wickets. I haven't watched a lot of NZ but Ferguson has looked good whenever I've seen him so go with him if you like.

 

[Flem274*]

before the world cup i'd have had the best quicks in the world as starc, bumrash and boult but ferguson has definitely led the nz charge. boult has been in poor form. not terrible and still doing some good damage, but several levels below his best.

 

[stephen]

Pure pace has seemed the most effective weapon in this world cup, so it's not surprising that Boult has struggled compared to Ferguson.

 

[SteveNZ]

before the world cup i'd have had the best quicks in the world as starc, bumrash and boult but ferguson has definitely led the nz charge. boult has been in poor form. not terrible and still doing some good damage, but several levels below his best.

I'm still not prepared to put Lochie anywhere near the world class level. Bowls gun barrel straight and can be a bit two-lengthy (ie yorker, short). But on plus side he does have an excellent slower ball. Hoping he develops more and becomes the next echelon.

 

[Flem274*]

in general i agree but what he's good at, he's excelled at in the world cup and forced himself into the top group despite not really belonging there outside of this tourney. if someone teaches him a swinger he's shane bond 2.

 

[SteveNZ]

Oh yeah if he starts to swing it, we've got a champion on our hands.

He's performed against WI and SA, obviously it's the next step up to perform against Australia and England. I suspect both will come hard against him.

 

[vcs]

Boult is outstanding and was unlucky not to pick up 2-3 in his first spell yesterday. Class act.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I'm still not prepared to put Lochie anywhere near the world class level. Bowls gun barrel straight and can be a bit two-lengthy (ie yorker, short). But on plus side he does have an excellent slower ball. Hoping he develops more and becomes the next echelon.

Sounds a lot like young Brett Lee

 

[Gob]

Arun
Warner
Williamson
Root
Shakibull
Stokes
Butler
Starc
Aamir
Archer
Cooldeep

 

[Dan]

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Jason Roy
3. Kane Williamson (7)
4. Virat Kohli
5. Shakib al-Hasan (4)
6. Jos Buttler +
7. Glenn Maxwell (6)
8. Hardik Pandya (5)
9. Mitchell Starc (1)
10. Mohammad Amir (2)
11. Jasprit Bumrah (3)

12. Steve Smith

Bit of a weird structure but eh, whatever.

 

[Daemon]

Based on performances in this WC to date

Finch
Warner
KW
Root
Shakib
Stokes
Carey/Buttler +
Pandya
Starc
Amir
Chahal/Bumrah (depending on the need for a second spinner)

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Finch
Warner
KW
Root/Kohli
Shakib
Mushfiqur R (wk)
Neesham
Shadab Khan
Starc
Ferguson
Shami

 

[ankitj]

Shami's world cup record almost as ridiculously good as Starc's: World Cup Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com

 

[stephen]

Aus world cup bowling attack based on wickets taken:

McGrath
Lee
Starc
Hogg

 

[stephen]

Sri Lanka's:

Murali
Vaas
Malinga
Jayasuriya

India's:

Khan
Srinath
Kumble
Dev

Pakistan:

Wasim
Imran
Wahib
Akhtar

SA:

Tahir
Donald
Pollock
Morkel

West Indies:

Walsh
Roberts
Ambrose
Russell

NZ:

Oram
Vettori
Southee
Harris

 

[trundler]

Shami's world cup record almost as ridiculously good as Starc's: World Cup Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com

That's insane. Tahir's is very good too.

 

[trundler]

Passenger XI

Munro
Vince
Amla
Shankar
Sarfraz+
Stoinis
Malik
Phehlukwayo
Allen
Mortaza*
Thomas

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Passenger XI

Munro
Vince
Amla
Shankar
Sarfraz+
Stoinis
Malik
Phehlukwayo
Allen
Mortaza*
Thomas

Latham for Sarfraz