The Unlucky XI: A team of ODI stars born in the wrong era

#3 All-rounders

Sir Garry Sobers was the quintessential multi-dimensional cricketer

If one were to envisage a dream cricketer capable of dominating with both bat and ball across all formats, Sir Garry Sobers would be the closest candidate. The legendary Barbadian is widely considered as the game's greatest ever all-rounder in Tests. Be it thrashing the most menacing of bowlers, taking the new-ball, choking opposition batsmen or plucking mesmerizing catches, he would tick every box in the 50-over format. If only ODIs existed during his prime.

Having entered the 50-over rankings and secured a place in the 2020/22 ICC ODI League, the near future promises to comprise at least 24 ODIs for the Netherlands. All-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate, who will wade into his 40s by that time, should be wondering if he was born too early. Among all batsmen with at least 1000 runs in the history of the format, his average of 67 (acquired over 33 matches) is the best by some distance.