Willis took 80 ODI wickets at 24.6 in 64 matches and his 3595 deliveries went for just 1968 runs: that's sensational. The strike rate is better than Malcolm Marshall's and Courtney Walsh's... and he went at just 3.28 / over - that's one of THE great ODI economy rates in the history of the game (actually 4th on the list, but marginally ahead of Hadlee, significantly ahead of Ambrose and Lillee and a full run an over better than even very tidy ODI bowlers like Gough and Flintoff).

I appreciate that Anderson, Gough and Harmison (amongst others) have a better career strike rate.. but if Ambrose (surely a candidate for an all-time World XI) is considered a great ODI bowler with a strike rate of 41.5... I think I can safely say that if I were to drop a bowler it would NOT be Willis for his 44.9!

ps. Strike rates are massively influenced by WHEN one conventionally bowls ina ODI: Caddick did awesomely well to muster 42.5 because he'd generally bowl at least 8 overs (and often all 10) straight off with the new ball at the world's best ODI batsmen. Gough's 35.9 was aided by always bowling at the death... when tail enders would routinely gift him wickets by giving themselves room to slog!