Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

[stephen]

Sangakkara

 

[Gob]

Kp

 

[_00_deathscar]

Sanga

 

[Coronis]

Sanga

 

[ma1978]

Sachin

marginal, but was a better player particularly overseas than Sanga in the 00s

 

[a massive zebra]

Sangakkara

 

[morgieb]

Sanga.

Can make the case for a few, but Lara + Sachin were already in the 90's team and MoYo apart from 2006 was a big FTB (IIRC). And Sanga really should be in at least one side.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

So if this had just been a one off poll with one team for one decade how many people would have voted for Lara and Tendulkar in the middle order instead of the inferior beings that are being selected?

 

[Slifer]

Sanga

 

[ma1978]

The wisden team of the decade was

Sehwag
Smith
Dravid
Ponting
Kallis
Sanga
Gilchrist
Warne
Akhtar
Murali
Mcgrath

this would have been my team other than I think Sachin (or Lara) beats out Sanga. Santa’s stats are pretty gaudy but he didn’t bring it often enough outside of SL.

thoughtSehwag beats Hayden. Nothing against Hayden but Sehwag was doing things no one has done before or even after.

pollock is awesome but no way you exclude warne

steyn is in the team of the 2010s not the 2000s

 

[smash84]

sangers

 

[Coronis]

this would have been my team other than I think Sachin (or Lara) beats out Sanga. Santa’s stats are pretty gaudy but he didn’t bring it often enough outside of SL.

Yeah Sanga has an awful away record in the 00’s.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Sanga

 

[smash84]

The wisden team of the decade was

Sehwag
Smith
Dravid
Ponting
Kallis
Sanga
Gilchrist
Warne
Akhtar
Murali
Mcgrath

this would have been my team other than I think Sachin (or Lara) beats out Sanga. Santa’s stats are pretty gaudy but he didn’t bring it often enough outside of SL.

tbf traveling from the north pole ain't easy.

 

[mr_mister]

Sanga aint being chased down.

Hayden
Smith
Ponting
Dravid
Kallis
Sangakkarra
Gilchrist +
Pollock
Steyn
Murali
McGrath

now pick the captain and then onto the last team!

Choose the 2010 openers
choose the number 3
pick the opening bowlers

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Captain: Smith

Cook and Warner
Williamson
Steyn and Philander

 

[harsh.ag]

Dravid for captain

Cook and Williamson
Sangakkara
Steyn and Anderson

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Cook and Warner
Williamson
Steyn and Anderson

 

[honestbharani]

Cook
Williamson
Root
Cummins
Anderson

 

[Gob]

Ponting

Cook
Warner

Williamson

Steyn
Anderson