All time Australian ODI XI- Bests of the bests

All time Australian ODI XI- Bests of the bests: Is the term Perfect Consistency enough to describe an International Cricket team with 5 World Cup trophies under its belt? Yup, indeed in the blink of an eye anyone would have predicted that we are talking about the Australian Cricket team.

Throughout the years, we have seen greatest of the greats in the Australian line up. To get a tinge of the team’s ecstasy, let us draw in some statistics. The Australian team has played 881 ODIs till date and won 545 of them. Now, to add to the crisp, we’ve decided to make this audacious attempt to summarize the best of the Australian XI in a nutshell.

In the process, here is the list of All time Australian ODI XI- Bests of the bests:

1. Adam Gilchrist (Wicket Keeper):

Well, this was quite much predictable for most. ‘Gilly’ changed the definition of a wicket keeper-batsman and his prolific destructive instinct with the bat gave Australia an edge over the opposition right from the start. Gilchrist scored 9619 runs at a career strike rate of around 97 with an average of over 35. Not only that, Gilchrist possessed the safest pair of hands behind the stumps for Australia for over a decade and has got 379 catches aided with 37 stumpings by his name. Undoubtedly, Adam Craig Gilchrist will open the batting for our all-time team.

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