> ODI team of the year

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced its World ODI Team of the Year, as chosen by a specially appointed selection panel chaired by Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar.

The announcement was made at the ICC Awards celebration at the Taj Lands End Hotel in Mumbai. Presented by Hyundai in association with FICA, the ICC Awards recognise the best international players of the past 12 months.

The World ODI Team of the Year (in batting order) is :


Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicketkeeper)
MS Dhoni (Ind)
Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Mahela Jayawardene (SL, captain)
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
Michael Hussey (Aus)
Andrew Flintoff (Eng)
Irfan Pathan (Ind)
Brett Lee (Aus)
Shane Bond (NZ)
Muttiah Muralidaran (SL)
12th man: Andrew Symonds (Aus)

Five countries are represented in the 12-man line-up but only three players - Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Flintoff and Andrew Symonds - also appeared in the World ODI Team of the Year in 2005. Indeed, Gilchrist and Flintoff also appeared in the 2004 line-up.

Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene was named captain of the World ODI Team of the Year, replacing fellow countryman Marvan Atapattu, who was chosen for the role last year.

Chairman of the ICC Awards Selection Panel, Sunil Gavaskar, said his panel felt it had come up with a line-up that boasted considerable depth in both batting and bowling.

The World XI ODI Team of the Year was chosen by the ICC's selection panel made up of Sunil Gavaskar (chairman), Waqar Younis, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ian Healy and Allan Donald, using their knowledge, judgement and expert opinion.

Selection was based on performances between the voting period of 1 August 2005 to 8 August 2006. Statistics were available as a guide but were not necessarily a determining factor in the choices made.

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Nice disclaimer else you would have a war on hand

Nice to see Murali in there along with Dhoni - who enters purely on batting merit.

Dhoni, give me a break.. has he performed on any pitch that has bounce or pace?
Anyone can hit out on 350 wickets of jamshedpur. Go and prove yourself in SA, England or australia and then we will see.

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^Just click the link and u will know why exactly dhoni is in that List ! His strikerate in dat Year was above 100 .....plus he had an average of over 55.....just click the link there is a detailed statistics available for every player !

SN, was just waiting for you to go ballistic. Read the disclaimer

Btw, it would have been great to see you win that NDTV's 'Dinner With Dhoni' would have easily made into the footage of the century list

And lets keep our fingers crossed for SA Tour. Dhoni might just prove you wrong

against what teams and where..
strike rate of 100 and average is no meaning when majority of matches are against england, out of form Srilanka, Pakistan without Shoaib and all on dead pitches.

And imo
Peterson and stephen Fleming needed to be on that list. Fleming is the shrewdest captain in world cricket atm.

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Safin's Signature:

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw