Greatest South African ODI XI of all time

#1 12th man and Full squad

Lack of regular ODI appearances have consigned Dale Steyn to the 12th man's slot in this lineup

It might be surprising to see Dale Steyn featuring outside the playing eleven in any cross-generational South African team. Contrary to his iconic Test career, he has not played regularly in the 50-over format. Nevertheless, a tally of 180 wickets from 116 ODIs at an average of 26.62 and economy-rate of 4.94 does stand out in an era of flatter pitches and shrinking boundaries. Occupying the 12th man's spot in this lineup, the right-armer offers frightening back-up in the pace department.

Capable of negating early movement and building the platform for big totals, Gary Kirsten takes up the third opener's slot in the 16-man squad. If de Villiers is not too keen on donning the wicket-keeping gloves, then Quinton de Kock can enter the playing eleven.

Considering his expertise in the lower middle-order as well as astute captaincy, Hansie Cronje also gets into the all time squad. Before he tarnished his own legacy by involving himself in the infamous match-fixing scandal, the right-hander was a venerated figure in the international circuit. While Nicky Boje could have provided a reserve spin option, Morne Morkel's propensity to extract extra bounce of most types of pitches gets him the nod.

South Africa's All Time ODI XI

Hashim Amla, Graeme Smith (c), Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers (wk), Faf du Plessis, Jonty Rhodes, Lance Klusener, Shaun Pollock, Imran Tahir, Makhaya Ntini and Allan Donald

Also in the 16-man Squad

Dale Steyn (12th man), Gary Kirsten, Quinton de Kock, Hansie Cronje and Morne Morkel