Most of my side would be very similar to yours, acker. Although I wouldn't include Makhaya Ntini taking into account of the nature of the West Indian pitches. He doesn't swing the ball a great deal (of which is very limited for even the better swing bowlers on show) and with the pitches being very slow his back-of-a-length bowling might be his undoing if he gets it wrong. Of course if he gets to bowl on anything with a bit of life he'll be the perfect strike bowler but over the course of the tournament I can't see him doing too well. I would bring in Shane Bond for Ntini, he's not quite bowling as fast he was a year ago but he's certainly the most accurate of the genuinely quick bowlers in world cricket.

The only other player I don't agree with is Herschelle Gibbs; his form has been very patchy of late and I really cannot see him getting going in this world cup. I'd bring in Tendulkar purely for diversity, he's got the power in the early overs to dispatch any rubbish deliveries and he's got great touch in the middle overs to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

As a side note I think Paul Collingwood would certainly be in the mix to get in the side. But with such a strong batting, fielding and bowling line up I don't think his services would be needed to such a great extent. Although he certainly merits debate as a replacement for either Symonds or Oram.

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