Depends how long Swann plays on for (wasn't aware of the "I'll play until I'm 40" quote), and whether Lyon gets shafted by the selectors again. Ashwin is a definite possibility though, yeah, just missed him.
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Team of the 2010s
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hendrix
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1. Cook
2. Warner
3. Pujara
4. Kohli
5. Clarke
6. Mathews
7. Watling
8. Philander
9. Broad/Siddle
10. Junaid
11. Boult
The bowlers picked I think are the ones that benefit from consistency of selection and fitness- there are plenty of fast bowlers who've done well over the last 3 years and whose success is likely to continue. Pattinson, Bird and Starc are probably as good as any bowler in that list, but it's unclear how often they'll play. I've also made it a point to pick no bowler over the age of 30, so Steyn and Anderson miss out.
Cook, Warner, Pujara and Kohli are very good batsmen. As long as Warner is consistently selected as an opener I think he could be very prolific over the next 7 years. Pujara, Kohli and Cook have already nailed their spots and scored big runs. I'm not sure how much longer Clarke has in him, and I'm not sure whether Mathews really has the goods to deliver. There are probably a few batsmen around that could vie for that spot.
Watling seems to be the only competent young keeper in world cricket right now - although I haven't seen much of the WI keeper.
2. Warner
3. Pujara
4. Kohli
5. Clarke
6. Mathews
7. Watling
8. Philander
9. Broad/Siddle
10. Junaid
11. Boult
The bowlers picked I think are the ones that benefit from consistency of selection and fitness- there are plenty of fast bowlers who've done well over the last 3 years and whose success is likely to continue. Pattinson, Bird and Starc are probably as good as any bowler in that list, but it's unclear how often they'll play. I've also made it a point to pick no bowler over the age of 30, so Steyn and Anderson miss out.
Cook, Warner, Pujara and Kohli are very good batsmen. As long as Warner is consistently selected as an opener I think he could be very prolific over the next 7 years. Pujara, Kohli and Cook have already nailed their spots and scored big runs. I'm not sure how much longer Clarke has in him, and I'm not sure whether Mathews really has the goods to deliver. There are probably a few batsmen around that could vie for that spot.
Watling seems to be the only competent young keeper in world cricket right now - although I haven't seen much of the WI keeper.
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Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
Nice team Hendrix, although Chandimal is a better pick for Watling IMO, also, unless you really rate Matthews' bowling, I don't quite see his value as a world 11 player, Asad Shafiq from Pakistan might be a better option.
Boult is a great pick as well, he seems to have the joint ability to swing and seam the ball whilst maintaining decent pace and excellent control
Boult is a great pick as well, he seems to have the joint ability to swing and seam the ball whilst maintaining decent pace and excellent control
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Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
Sanga no longer does,and for the last three tests they've played Chandimal has replaced Prassana Jayawardene with the gloves and the number seven spot, I honestly think this is really harsh on PJ, as he was playing well, but it looks like a fairly permanent move.
HeathDavisSpeed
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Unless another Prasanna comes along and then they revert Chandimal back to being a batsman. With some of the politics involved in SLC selection, nothing would surprise me.
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
More likely that they'd recall Sanath and give him the gloves
dermo
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durable to say the least
Prince EWS
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Ajmal's 35 and Swann's 34; honestly don't see either of them going on much past the halfway point of this decade which makes it very debatable that someone else could play the duration and take the crown based on greater influence. He might be; I certainly don't think he "has to be" though.
Had a big chuckle at Irfan too. He's a 31 year old injury-prone fast bowler who has had hit fitness and ability to last five days throroughly questioned. On top of that he's already missed over a third of the decade without doing a single thing of note in Test cricket. Even if he actually was a gun bowler and had a great impact in the matches he did play this decade - which honestly I hold great scepticism towards anyway - he's not going to play anywhere near enough cricket to get near this. If you want to plug a Pakistani quick then put forward Junaid; he's younger, fitter, achieved more already this decade and just straight up a better bowler anyway.
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smash84
The Tiger King
It is still 2013 and I don't see any spinner appearing in the next 2-3 years who will have more impact than Swann/Ajmal. And I just think that Ajmal is a better spinner than Swann. Unless Swann does something special and Ajmal goes downhill really fast over the next 2-3 years (which is a possibility but not a big one IMO). Hence has to be Ajmal for me.
If you watch the recent matches where Junaid and Irfan both have played Irfan has always seemed more threatening and if he can last another 5 years I am sure he can do wonders at least ahead of Junaid. But which is why with Irfan I have put 3 other names since he is not as highly probably for me as the other players
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
I don't think Irfan and Junaid have played a test together yet, Junaid is also more effective in the SC I would've thought, definitely a better pick IMO. In the near future a working throwing law will discredit Ajmal so Swann has to get the spinner role 
. But in all seriousness I'm fairly sure Swann wants to continue playing for quite a while yet, so I'd back him
. But in all seriousness I'm fairly sure Swann wants to continue playing for quite a while yet, so I'd back him
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
Yep, it's not like he was dropped for poor performance either, but Sri Lanka have only played Bangladesh since he got injured so he may yet get back into the team. It was almost comical comparing Wade and PJ this last summer
smash84
The Tiger King
there is no "workable" throwing law coming up. It will probably come up after Ajmal has retired and comfortably taken his place in the XI of the 2010sI don't think Irfan and Junaid have played a test together yet, Junaid is also more effective in the SC I would've thought, definitely a better pick IMO. In the near future a working throwing law will discredit Ajmal so Swann has to get the spinner role
Ajmal also wants to continue playing for a while. He came in the team when he was 30 unlike Swann. So I feel he has that hunger for more.
Junaid doesn't really seem to be improving too much everytime I see him and with Aamir probably returning in another 2 years time, Junaid's importance to the team will go down and you won't see him get as many opportunities as he does now. Kind of like Umar Gul
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
Just thinking, all three top tier spinners right now (Herath, Swann and Ajmal) are well and truly the number on spinners in their teams, and they have all blossomed late, I imagine they will probably all want to play on for another 3-4 years depending on fitness and whatnot. TBH I'm thinking if they all play on for a similar time then Herath would actually come into my team as IMO Herath>Swann>Ajmal (all very close though)
flibbertyjibber
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One thing that may count against Ajmal is the fact that if he and Swann play on for another 3-4 years is that Ajmal will play 20ish tests and Swann 40+ so that means Swann will get 50-100 wickets more than Ajmal. People may be swayed by number of wickets almost by default. Basically at the end of the decade Swann will probably have over 300 victims and Ajmal just over 200 at a very similar average so many will just go for Swann.
Same problem for Herath, plays less games so will get fewer wickets long term.
Same problem for Herath, plays less games so will get fewer wickets long term.
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