Over the last week, SA Cricket magazine’s writers have picked their best Proteas ODI team since 1992, and here’s how the completed sections look.
Our Proteas ODI XI: The top six
JON CARDINELLI’S SA ODI XI – 1 Quinton de Kock, 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 Faf du Plessis, 7 Lance Klusener, 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Imran Tahir, 11 Allan Donald.
GARY LEMKE’S SA ODI XI – 1 Quinton de Kock, 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 Jacques Kallis, 6 David Miller, 7 Lance Klusener, 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Makhaya Ntini, 10 Imran Tahir, 11 Allan Donald.
WADE PRETORIUS’ SA ODI XI – 1 Quinton de Kock, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 Faf du Plessis, 6 Lance Klusener, 7 JP Duminy 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Makhaya Ntini, 10 Imran Tahir, 11 Allan Donald.
CRAIG LEWIS’ SA ODI XI – 1 Quinton de Kock, 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 Jonty Rhodes, 7 Lance Klusener, 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Makhaya Ntini, 10 Imran Tahir, 11 Allan Donald.
Our Proteas ODI XI: The bottom five
ANDRE HUISAMEN’S SA ODI XI – 1 Quinton de Kock, 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 Jonty Rhodes, 7 Lance Klusener, 8 Dale Steyn, 9 Makhaya Ntini, 10 Imran Tahir, 11 Allan Donald.
JONHENRY WILSON’S ODI XI – 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Herschelle Gibbs, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Lance Klusener, 8 Dale Steyn, 9 Makhaya Ntini, 10 Imran Tahir, 11 Allan Donald.