An all-time ODI XI

#11 Glenn McGrath

Bowl at the top of the off-stump and make the batsmen do a mistake. This was the mantra of the most successful fast bowler in International cricket till date, and ODI cricket was no different.

For a bowler who used to bowl in the first 15 overs and at the death, to finish with 381 ODI wickets in 250 matches, the most for Australia, at an economy of 3.88 (yes, you read it right) is quite remarkable.

He was the man of the tournament in the 2007 World cup, his last ODI assignment.

There has been no one like him and probably will never be.

#12th Man: Saqlain Mushtaq

Before you get surprised at his inclusion in this list, here is a piece of stat:

Saqlain Mushtaq is the fastest to 100,150,200 and 250 ODI wickets.

He was the inventor of "doosra", a famous delivery that has bamboozled a lot of right-handed batsmen.

He played his last ODI at the age of 26 (would you believe that !) and one can only wonder how many wickets he would have ended with if he would have played for another 8-10 years.

He still ended with 288 ODI wickets in just 169 games and will come into this playing XI if the pitch is more suited to spinners, probably at the expense of Brett Lee.

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Honorable Mentions:

Adam Gilchrist

Waqar Younis

Ricky Ponting

Kumar Sangakkara

Michael Bevan

Jacques Kallis

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