In the second instalment of a two-part series, SA Cricket magazine’s writers pick their best international ODI XI of the past 30 years.
Over the past few weeks, our writers have picked their best Proteas side of the post-isolation era. That process got us thinking – how many of those South African stars would crack the nod in a best international XI selected in the same era (1992 to 2020)?
Our World ODI XI: The bottom five
JON CARDINELLI’S WORLD ODI XI – 1 Sachin Tendulkar (India), 2 Chris Gayle (West Indies), 3 Hashim Amla (South Africa), 4 Virat Kohli (India), 5 Jacques Kallis (South Africa), 6 Ricky Ponting (c, Australia) 7 AB de Villiers (wk, South Africa), 8 Shane Warne (Australia), 9 Wasim Akram (Pakistan), 10 Glenn McGrath (Australia), 11 Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka).
WADE PRETORIUS’ WORLD ODI XI – 1 Sachin Tendulkar (India), 2 Adam Gilchrist (Australia), 3 Ricky Ponting (c, Australia), 4 Virat Kohli (India), 5 Kane Williamson (New Zealand), 6 Michael Bevan (Australia), 7 Ben Stokes (England), 8 Brett Lee (Australia), 9 Shane Warne (Australia), 10 Wasim Akram (Pakistan), 11 Mitchell Starc (Australia).
CRAIG LEWIS’ WORLD ODI XI – 1 Sachin Tendulkar (India), 2 Adam Gilchrist (Australia), 3 Virat Kohli (India), 4 AB de Villiers (South Africa), 5 Ricky Ponting (c, Australia), 6 Michael Bevan (Australia) 7 Ben Stokes (England), 8 Allan Donald (South Africa), 9 Glenn McGrath (Australia), 10 Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), 11 Imran Tahir (South Africa).
OUR WORLD TEST XI: The top six
OUR WORLD TEST XI: The bottom five
JONHENRY WILSON’S WORLD ODI XI – 1 Sachin Tendulkar (India), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), 3 Ricky Ponting (c, Australia), 4 Virat Kohli (India), 5 Jacques Kallis (South Africa), 6 Kumar Sangakkara (wk, Sri Lanka) 7 Shahid Afridi (Pakistan), 8 Shaun Pollock (South Africa), 9 Wasim Akram (Pakistan), 10 Waqar Younis (Pakistan) 11 Glenn McGrath (Australia).
ANDRE HUISAMEN’S WORLD ODI XI – 1 Adam Gilchrist (Australia), 2 Sachin Tendulkar (India), 3 Virat Kohli (India), 4 Kevin Pietersen (England), 5 AB de Villiers (South Africa), 6 Jacques Kallis (South Africa), 7 MS Dhoni (c & wk, India), 8 Wasim Akram (Pakistan), 9 Brett Lee (Australia), 10 Glenn McGrath (Australia), 11 Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka).
