Three ATG Championships have been held over the last few years, Test, ODI and Decade. In a couple of weeks, a T20 ATG Championship will be held. To make this a bit more interesting, squads will be exclusively made from players who have never played a single T20I in their careers. Below is what I believe to be each nation's best T20 teams. Most players are simply the best ODI players available while a few others such as D Hookes or B Richards would have been close to T20 specialists had they played in today's era. I've done my best to make sure each nation has at least a couple of allrounders, spin options and specialist openers.
As usual, there are likely some obvious choices I missed or maybe there are some hidden gems that need a turn in the spotlight. Please suggest any changes you think should be made.
I skipped Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and other nations as I believe they would not have the depth to make up an XI from players who finished their careers almost 20 years ago. If you believe those teams should be represented (even as a mixed team) please make a couple of suggestions to help me out.
As usual, there are likely some obvious choices I missed or maybe there are some hidden gems that need a turn in the spotlight. Please suggest any changes you think should be made.
Australia | England | India | New Zealand | Pakistan | South Africa | Sri Lanka | West Indies | |
Opener 1 | M Slater | J Hobbs | S Ganguly | J Wright | S Anwar | K Wessels | M Warnapura | G Greenidge |
Opener 2 | M Waugh | WG Grace | A Jadeja | M Greatbatch | I Nazir | B Richards | T Paranavitana | R Sarwan |
Batsman | M Bevan | A Lamb | M Azharuddin | M Crowe (c) | J Miandad | J Rhodes | A de Silva | V Richards |
Batsman | S Waugh (c) | G Hick | V Kambli | B Congdon | Z Abbas | G Pollock | A Ranatunga (c) | B Lara |
Batsman | D Jones | D Gower (c) | A Malhotra | B Sutcliffe | I Ahmed | H Cronje (c) | S Jayantha | C Lloyd (c) |
Batting allrounder | S O'Donnell | F Woolley | S Patil | C Harris | W Raja | C Rice | T Samaraweera | G Sobers |
Keeper | D Tallon | A Stewart | V Yadav | I Smith | M Khan | D Richardson | R Kaluwitharana | C Walcott |
Bowling allrounder | R Benaud | I Botham | K Dev (c) | R Hadlee | I Khan (c) | L Klusener | U Chandana | C Hooper |
Bowler | D Lillee | B Willis | A Kumble | E Chatfield | W Akram | A Donald | P Wickramasinghe | J Garner |
Bowler | J Thomson | D Underwood | J Srinath | L Cairns | W Younis | P Pollock | S de Silva | A Roberts |
Bowler | S Warne | F Trueman | B Bedi | J Saunders | S Mushtaq | H Tayfield | N Zoysa | M Holding |
Batting Sub 1 | D Hookes | G Gooch | M Kaif | G Turner | A Sohail | C Bland | D Mendis | G Headley |
Batting Sub 2 | D Bradman | T Greig | R Singh | A Jones | S Elahi | A Faulkner | R Silva | B Julien |
Bowling Sub 1 | R Lindwall | S Jones | D Doshi | B Taylor | I Qasim | M Procter | K Dharmasena | C Ambrose |
Bowling Sub 2 | C McDermott | P DeFreitas | V Mankad | M Snedden | A Qadir | F de Villiers | R Ratnayeke | M Marshall |
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