Slifer
International Captain
Lol no. Wi, even in their wildest dreams aren't beating Pakistan home or away atm. As bad as Pakistan are, WI is worse.
-
Welcome to the Cricket Web forums, one of the biggest forums in the world dedicated to cricket.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join the Cricket Web community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.
best team in world cricket right now
- Thread starter Shady Slim
- Start date
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Philips is sometimes a class 5th bowler though. Would honestly believe split over him and Bedingham.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
Markram / Conway
Latham
Williamson
Ravindra / Bedingham
Mitchell
Blundell
Jansen
Maharaj
Rabada
Nortje
Ngidi / Henry / Burger
Latham
Williamson
Ravindra / Bedingham
Mitchell
Blundell
Jansen
Maharaj
Rabada
Nortje
Ngidi / Henry / Burger
Silver Silva
International Regular
Markram ain't better than Conway ..Markram is a home track bully he averages 22 away from home and Ravindra probably has a higher ceiling than Bedingham whose 30 ..
Jansen at no.7 I think isn't feasible , you'd have to play an all rounder like Phillips .
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
The SA side is more suited / superior in SENA conditions while the NZ side is better equipped for Subcontinent.
Silver Silva
International Regular
Sri Lanka tours SA later this year and then Pakistan..It will tell us a lot about where Sa is in the pecking order.
Last edited:
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
I'd rather go with this so called home track bully on pitches where par score is 150-220. He averages 43.5 at home in the most hostile of conditions and that too as an opener. He's not even 30 yet. His Cape Town hundred this year was crazy. Teams were getting bundled for single digits in the shortest test match of all time, yet he scored a hundred and looked at ease.
Conway is possibly past his best now anyway, given his age and form. He was picked in his peak so his stats were inflated earlier. His career avg has fallen to 41 and sinking fast. He has played a total of 20 tests in his career and in the last 9 tests, his average is just 27. He hasn't done anything in the last 2 years. He couldn't score against that atrocious SA D side either. So he doesn't get in ahead of Markram anymore.
Last edited:
govinda indian fan
First Class Debutant
India
Australia
England
New Zealand
South africa
Sri lanka
Bangladesh
Pakistan
West Indies
Australia
England
New Zealand
South africa
Sri lanka
Bangladesh
Pakistan
West Indies
ashley bach
Cricketer Of The Year
NZ bowling attack is woeful.
Jamieson is Mr unreliable when it comes to getting on the park and Southee while being good for years is well past it now.
Will O'Rourke looks like he could be decent but is far from proven just yet.
Henry is good but really it's a lacklustre attack at best. We never know what spinner to play and often rely on Phillips to produce the goods.
I think(and hope) we can be competitive against Sri Lanka but certainly wouldn't count on it.
After we get eaten to death 3-0 by India it should be quite obvious to all that we certainly aren't the 3rd best nation atm
Jamieson is Mr unreliable when it comes to getting on the park and Southee while being good for years is well past it now.
Will O'Rourke looks like he could be decent but is far from proven just yet.
Henry is good but really it's a lacklustre attack at best. We never know what spinner to play and often rely on Phillips to produce the goods.
I think(and hope) we can be competitive against Sri Lanka but certainly wouldn't count on it.
After we get eaten to death 3-0 by India it should be quite obvious to all that we certainly aren't the 3rd best nation atm
ataraxia
International Coach
This has to be one of the strangest comments ever in a thread about which team is the best right now. The last time RSA won a series v NZ they had a grand total of three players who haven't yet retired.
TheJediBrah
Request Your Custom Title Now!
Such a good opener he averages 43 in the most hostile conditions . . . but averages half that in the easier conditions. Something not adding up here
Daemon
Request Your Custom Title Now!
Australia’s always threatened to be no.1 during this period just based on the names and how strong the team feels like it would perform in a game tomorrow, but their results are pretty weak. Drawing at home to WI was disgraceful and they didn’t look amazing against Pakistan either tbh. The two India losses are a number of years ago now but largely the same personnel too.
TheJediBrah
Request Your Custom Title Now!
Australia are morally no. 1
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Markram had an amazing series against Australia in the sandpaper series 6.5 years ago, but since then he's been terrible against decent attacks - only averages 11.6 v England, 18.25 v NZ, and 19.63 (despite that Cape Town 100) v India.
He's a worse test batsman than Henry Nicholls who can't even make the NZ squad now.
Silver Silva
International Regular
I think Markram is very overrated, billed as a generational 3 format cricketer for SA but falls far short of that ..
OverratedSanity
Request Your Custom Title Now!
Were very good at home, had some good results away like drawing in England, reached #1 in the rankings for a brief while.
Last edited:
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
We were*
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Coz they were ahead of other sides by a small yet clear margin in most regular CWers opinion at that time.