Current Australian captain Ricky Ponting was named as Waugh's deputy of the ODI side which boasts a combined 2370 matches, 55,831 runs and 1532 wickets.

Australia's 163 ODI representatives since 1971 were invited to vote for their best team of 12, with eighty per cent of the group casting their votes.

The greatest Australian ODI team, as voted by Australia's ODI representatives, is (in batting order):

Player	Votes	Matches	Runs	HS	Average	Wickets	Average	BB
Adam Gilchrist	110	256	8561	172	35.67	-	-	376/37 (c/st)
Mark Waugh	101	244	8500	173	39.35	85	34.56	5-24
Ricky Ponting (v-cpt)	107	268	9741	154	42.17	3	34.66	1-12
Dean Jones	80	164	6068	145	44.61	3	27.00	2-34
Steve Waugh (c)	72	325	7569	120*	32.90	195	34.67	4-33
Michael Bevan	83	232	6912	108*	53.58	36	45.97	3-36
Andrews Symonds	74	161	4037	156	38.81	121	37.38	5-18
Shane Warne	109	194	1018	55	13.05	293	25.73	5-33
Brett Lee	57	150	739	57	18.02	267	22.65	5-22
Dennis Lillee	89	63	240	42*	9.23	103	20.82	5-34
Glenn McGrath	109	239	115	11	3.97	354	22.58	7-15
Greg Chappell (12th)	40	74	2331	138*	40.18	72	29.12	5-15