Time Capsule

[archie mac]

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

 

[silentstriker]

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

 

[adharcric]

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

 

[adharcric]

Good idea Sean. Especially the title.

 

[oz_fan]

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

 

[archie mac]

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

 

[Dravid]

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

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

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

 

[Johnners]

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

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Best batsman - ODIs:
Jayawardene

Interesting. He could be the star of the World Cup.

 

[Turbinator]

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

 

[Barney Rubble]

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

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

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

 

[Jono]

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

 

[GIMH]

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

 

[silentstriker]

Ponting plays little cricket but that might just mean its hard to overtake him in the rankings....he has a sizeable lead. This is assuming we are going by ICC rankings for batting too, or are we just talking about # of runs/average?

 

[Jono]

Well I've based the best bowler and batsman as most wickets and runs, not ICC rankings.

 

[PhoenixFire]

MoYo to overatake Ponting eventually.

 

[Jamee999]

Top four Test nations:
Australia
England
Pakistan
India

Top four ODI nations:
Australia
South Africa
West Indies
India

World Cup winners:
Australia

Best batsman - Tests:
Ponting

Best bowler - Tests:
Clark

Best batsman - ODIs:
Hussey

Best bowler - ODIs:
Pollock

 

[JASON]

Top 4 Test Nations
India
Australia
Pakistan
Sri Lanka

Top 4 ODI nations

India
Australia
South Africa
Sri Lanka

World Cup Winners

India

Leading Wicket Taker Tests

Murali or Stuart Clark

Leading Wicket taker ODIs

Bond or Lee

Leading Batsman Tests

Kumar Sangakkara

Leading Batsman ODIs

Mike Hussey