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Old 05-01-2007, 04:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Okay I thought I might dig this thread up at the end of 2007 and see who was closest, we will go by the ICCs rankings


Top four Test Nations
Aust (not by as much)
Pakistan
India
England

ODI
Aust
India
Sth Afr
NZ

WC Winners
India

Best Batsman Tests
Tendulkar (England)

Best Bowler Tests
Murali

Best Batsman ODI
Hussey

Best Bowler ODI
Blee
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Old 05-01-2007, 04:22 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Top four Test Nations
Aust
England
Pakistan
India

ODI
Aust
Sth Afr
NZ
Pakistan

WC Winners
Australia

Best Batsman Tests
Ponting

Best Bowler Tests
Murali

Best Batsman ODI
Hussey

Best Bowler ODI
Lee
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Old 05-01-2007, 04:33 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Top Four Test Nations
Australia
India
Pakistan
England

ODI
Australia
South Africa
India
New Zealand

WC Winners
Australia

Best Batsman Tests
Dravid

Best Bowler Tests
Muralitharan

Best Batsman ODIs
Hussey

Best Bowler ODIs
Lee
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Old 05-01-2007, 04:34 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Good idea Sean. Especially the title.
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Old 05-01-2007, 04:34 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Top four Test Nations
Aust
Pakistan
England
India

ODI
Aust
Sth Afr
NZ
SL

WC Winners
Australia

Best Batsman Tests
Ponting

Best Bowler Tests
Murali

Best Batsman ODI
Gayle

Best Bowler ODI
Pollock
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Old 05-01-2007, 04:36 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Surprised we all have the same choices for the final 3 selections, so far anyway. I wonder if anyone would have had India winning the 1983 WC instead of the great WIs side of the period
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Old 05-01-2007, 04:40 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Top four Test Nations
Australia
Pakistan
India
England

ODI
Aus
WI
Ind
NZ

WC Winners
India

Best Batsman Tests
Tendulkar

Best Bowler Tests
Murali

Best Batsman ODI
Tendulkar

Best Bowler ODI
Bond
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Old 05-01-2007, 04:58 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Top four Test nations:
Australia
Pakistan
England
India

Top four ODI nations:
Australia
South Africa
West Indies
India

World Cup winners:
Australia

Best batsman - Tests:
Ponting

Best bowler - Tests:
Muralitharan

Best batsman - ODIs:
Ponting

Best bowler - ODIs:
Mohammad Asif
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Old 05-01-2007, 05:42 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Top four Test nations:
Australia
England
India
Pakistan

Top four ODI nations:
Australia
India
New Zealand
Sri Lanka

World Cup winners:
Australia

Best batsman - Tests:
Ponting

Best bowler - Tests:
Harmison

Best batsman - ODIs:
Jayawardene

Best bowler - ODIs:
Bracken
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Old 05-01-2007, 06:13 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Best batsman - ODIs:
Jayawardene
Interesting. He could be the star of the World Cup.
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Old 05-01-2007, 06:27 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Top four Test nations:
Australia
India
England
Pakistan

Top four ODI nations:
Australia
South Africa
West Indies
India

World Cup winners:
Australia

Best batsman - Tests:
Ponting

Best bowler - Tests:
Muralitharan

Best batsman - ODIs:
Ponting

Best bowler - ODIs:
Pollock
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Old 05-01-2007, 06:56 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Top four Test Nations
Aust
England
Pakistan
South Africa

ODI
Aust
Pakistan
India
NZ

WC Winners
Australia

Best Batsman Tests
Pietersen

Best Bowler Tests
Muralitharan

Best Batsman ODI
Hussey

Best Bowler ODI
Ntini
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Old 05-01-2007, 09:43 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Test Team Rankings
1 - Australia
2 - England
3 - Pakistan
4 - South Africa

ODI Team Rankings
1 - Australia
2 - South Africa
3 - Pakistan
4 - West Indies

Test Batting Rankings
1 - Dravid
2 - Ponting
3 - Pietersen
4 - Hussey

Most Test Runs
Bell

Most ODI Runs
Gayle

Most Test Wickets
Panesar

Most ODI Wickets
Jerome Taylor

WC Winners
Not Australia

Test match of the year
England vs India 2nd Test

ODI of the year
World Cup semifinal 2

Biggest ODI winning streak
8 - not sure what team
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Old 05-01-2007, 09:52 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Awesome idea, time to have a crack.

Top four Test Nations
Australia
Pakistan
India
England

Top four ODI nations
Australia
Pakistan
South Africa
India

WC Winners
Australia

Best Batsman Tests
Rahul Dravid (Ponting plays very little test cricket next year, doesn't he?)

Best Bowler Tests
Murali

Best Batsman ODI
Mike Hussey

Best Bowler ODI
Mohammad Asif
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Test top four:

Australia
England
Pakistan
South Africa

ODI Top four:

Australia
South Africa
India
Pakistan

WC Winners

South Africa

Top Test Batsman: Kevin Pietersen
Top ODI Batsman: Mike Hussey
Top Test Bowler: Muttiah Muralitharan
Top ODI Bowler: Brett Lee
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