Team of the 2010s

[stephen]

On stats alone we should have an all South African pace attack but I still think there's some question marks over Philander's record.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Well stephen wasn't the only one to include Cummins. Doesn't make sense though. I wouldn't pick Steyn in the Team of the 2000's, for example and the seam bowling depth this decade is a fair bit higher.

Cummins was mentioned speculatively for the end of the decade

And yet you pick Harris who will struggle to play at all

Imbecile

Harris >>> Anderson.

When picking a "best of" team you pick guys even if they were injured a lot

 

[Hicheal Michael]

And yet you pick Harris who will struggle to play at all

Imbecile

I don't recall Paul Harris having injury trouble?

Not sure why Harris and Herath were picked though...

 

[Burgey]

This decade has actually seen the return of the rotund cricketer to some extent. Herath, Vern, Ashwin in his current iteration. All in the reckoning for this team.

Good on 'em.

 

[GIMH]

Cummins was mentioned speculatively for the end of the decade



Harris >>> Anderson.

When picking a "best of" team you pick guys even if they were injured a lot

Being able to play cricket is an important part of being a good cricketer

Any best of 2010s side that doesn’t contain Anderson is at best a troll and at worst mentally deficient. Pick whichever of those sides you want to be on and run with it.

Cheers

 

[stephen]

If we could guarantee more than 1/8 tests being played in England I'd pick Anderson. But he's not been anywhere near as good away as other bowlers this decade.

Weight of wickets is no substitute for quality. Otherwise we'd just pick the top 4 wicket takers and top 6 run scorers.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Being able to play cricket is an important part of being a good cricketer

So is being able to bowl without cloud cover

 

[stephen]

Would you pick McKenzie in a team of the 60s? Or would you pick Hall, Truman etc instead?

 

[GIMH]

So is being able to bowl without cloud cover

This is the ‘Team of the 2010s’ thread, not ‘Post your cricketing myths from 2009’ thread

 

[Starfighter]

Would you pick McKenzie in a team of the 60s? Or would you pick Hall, Truman etc instead?

I would

Actually, I just discovered: in the sixties, McKenzie 238 at 27.91, Hall 146 at 29.1. Two of Hall's best series average-wise were in the fifties. The more you know...

 

[GIMH]

If we could guarantee more than 1/8 tests being played in England I'd pick Anderson. But he's not been anywhere near as good away as other bowlers this decade.

Weight of wickets is no substitute for quality. Otherwise we'd just pick the top 4 wicket takers and top 6 run scorers.

Name me another seamer who has spearheaded away wins in Australia and India this decade

In the interest of balance I will allow you to replace either Australia or India with England for bowlers from those two countries

I’ll wait

 

[vcs]

Name me another seamer who has spearheaded away wins in Australia and India this decade

In the interest of balance I will allow you to replace either Australia or India with England for bowlers from those two countries

I’ll wait

Philander (Australia and England)

 

[TheJediBrah]

Would you pick McKenzie in a team of the 60s? Or would you pick Hall, Truman etc instead?

No more than you'd pick Anderson in a team of the 2010s. That would be the simple man's choice.

You have to focus more on lop-sided stats due to conditions, or having a couple of good away-series performances amongst a whole lot of crap ones.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I see Shakib averages 45 at no 5. He's hardly overrated

 

[TheJediBrah]

I see Shakib averages 45 at no 5. He's hardly overrated

Against who though.

 

[Bolo]

There is a lack of AB on a number of occasions. He's the best bat fairly comfortably

 

[GIMH]

Philander (Australia and England)

He clearly doesn’t meet the criteria

 

[Burgey]

Being able to play cricket is an important part of being a good cricketer

Any best of 2010s side that doesn’t contain Anderson is at best a troll and at worst mentally deficient. Pick whichever of those sides you want to be on and run with it.

Cheers

Snowflake

 

[TheJediBrah]

There is a lack of AB on a number of occasions. He's the best bat fairly comfortably

no, Smith is, but AB should definitely be in the team, even if you have to make him keep

 

[morgieb]

Against who though.

His best batting stats come against New Zealand and Pakistan. It's true he's struggled a bit against the best opposition, but his best record comes against the middle-tier sides, he's not a minmow basher with the bat.

His bowling OTOH does rely quite a bit on favourable conditions.

Still wouldn't pick him unless you desperately needed an all-rounder.