The ICC announced its official World ODI Team of the Year
Cricinfo staff11-Oct-2005
Marvan Atapattu – captain of the ICC World ODI Team of the Year © Getty Images
The ICC announced its official 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 Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney. The awards recognise the best international players of the past 12 months.The World ODI Team of the Year (in batting order) is:1. Marvan Atapattu (Captain, Sri Lanka)
2. Adam Gilchrist (Wicketkeeper, Australia)
3. Rahul Dravid (India)
4. Kevin Pietersen (England)
5. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
6. Andrew Flintoff (England)
7. Andrew Symonds (Australia)
8. Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
9. Brett Lee (Australia)
10. Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan)
11. Glenn McGrath (Australia)
12th man: Jacques Kallis (South Africa)Seven countries are represented in the 12-man line-up but only three players – Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Flintoff and Jacques Kallis – also appeared in the World ODI Team of the Year in 2004.Sri Lanka’s Marvan Atapattu was named captain of the World ODI Team of the Year, replacing Australia’s Ricky Ponting, who was chosen for the role last year.England batsman Kevin Pietersen capped off a memorable night, securing a place in the World ODI Team of the Year after earlier being named as ODI Player of the Year and Emerging Player of the Year.Chairman of the ICC Awards Selection Panel, Sunil Gavaskar, said his panel felt it had come up with a line-up that boasted enviable depth in both batting and bowling.The World XI ODI Team of the Year was chosen by the ICC’s specially appointed expert selection panel comprising Sunil Gavaskar (chairman), Sir Richard Hadlee, Courtney Walsh, Rodney Marsh and David Gower using their knowledge, judgement and expert opinion.Selection was based on performances between the voting period of August 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005. Statistics were available as a guide but were not necessarily a determining factor in the choices made.ODI statistics for the selected players during the voting period were: BATTING Matches Inns Not out Runs Av S/R HS 100s 50s Marvan Atapattu 12 11 1 552 55.2 72.25 111 1 4 Adam Gilchrist 26 26 3 894 38.86 104.07 121* 1 5 Rahul Dravid 20 19 3 797 49.81 74.62 104 1 9 Kevin Pietersen 21 15 6 786 87.33 99.49 116 3 4 Inzamam-ul-Haq 27 25 4 1036 49.33 85.97 76* – 12 Andrew Flintoff 16 13 1 464 38.66 92.98 104 1 2 Andrew Symonds 28 24 4 769 38.45 91.11 104* 1 5 Daniel Vettori 13 10 5 221 44.2 93.24 83 – 1 Brett Lee 28 12 7 164 32.79 89.13 38* – – Naved-ul-Hasan 27 19 7 162 13.5 71.68 29 – – Glenn McGrath 26 8 4 8 2 50 5* – – Jacques Kallis 19 19 2 697 41 70.76 101 1 6 BOWLING Matches Balls Runs Wickets Av S/R Econ. Best 4wi Andrew Flintoff 16 801 577 25 23.07 32.03 4.32 4-29 1 Andrew Symonds 28 1088 822 21 39.14 51.8 4.53 5-18 1 Daniel Vettori 13 713 414 19 21.78 37.52 3.48 3-8 – Brett Lee 28 1397 1089 49 22.22 28.51 4.67 5-41 1 Naved-ul-Hasan 27 1345 1148 49 23.42 27.44 5.12 6-27 2 Glenn McGrath 26 1275 782 39 20.05 32.69 3.68 5-27 1 Jacques Kallis 19 524 454 8 56.75 65.5 5.19 3-20 – Individuals selected for the Test and ODI Teams of the Year each receive a commemorative, hand-crafted cap which varies in style to reflect the different forms of the game.The caps were presented by Barry Richards, the former South Africa batsman and a member of the voting Academy.