Bext Young XI of 2005-2007

[mjramay]

Well i was thinking about best Young XI(TEST) of 2005-2007 and got these players how many ppl r agree with me?....post your young XI

1-Alastair Cook
2-Upul Tharanga
3-Kevin Pietersen(Young in sense of games played)
4-Chamara Silva
5-Michael Hussey(Young in sense of games played)
6-M.S.Dhoni
7-Shane Watson
8-Liam Plunkett
9-Monty Panesar
10-Stuart Clark
11-Muhammad Asif

 

[simmy]

Get Plunkett out of there!

Stuart Clark must be 30+ now...

Dhoni is better than Ramdin

The rest seems fine. Maybe slot Bell in there somewhere (thats sounds dirty).

 

[simmy]

Oh i see.... sorry mate.

Either way Plunkett should not be in the list. Any seamer is better than him tbh.

 

[cover drive man]

Simmy's right get Plunket out.

 

[mjramay]

Well i thought of Srisanth but.........i think Plunkitt is more accomplished bowler than srisanth...........wt guys u think????

 

[grecian]

Well i thought of Srisanth but.........i think Plunkitt is more accomplished bowler than srisanth...........wt guys u think????

I think I can safely say I'm not a fan of Plunkers. Sreesanth would be a better bet imho.

 

[Dasa]

Well i thought of Srisanth but.........i think Plunkitt is more accomplished bowler than srisanth...........wt guys u think????

Before this current WI vs England Test, they'd both played eight Tests...Plunkett has 22 wickets @ 37.09, Sreesanth has 37 wickets at 25.97. There's very little different in their ODI records, but Sreesanth has comfortably been the better bowler in Test matches.

 

[simmy]

Pretty pathetic that there isnt anyone better than Plunkett and Sreesanth!

 

[mjramay]

Well Simmy why dont u tell any seamer at this spot?.........well how abt Tait????

 

[cover drive man]

well how abt Tait????

BINGO! I've been trying my hardest to think of one yes Tait instead of Plunket.

 

[simmy]

Tait is a good choice.

 

[NZTailender]

Jimmy Franklin? I guess at 26, he's too old...

But I guess if Chamara Silva can get in, so should Jimmy.

 

[pasag]

12 posts and Malinga still not mentioned.

 

[cover drive man]

I never knew Malinga was counted as young. If so I would definately go for him.

 

[grecian]

Yes, Malinga escaped my miniscule mind. I'd actually consider putting him in an overall World XI.

 

[silentstriker]

Under 27, I can think of the following:

Alastair Cook
Pietersen
Karthik
Dhoni
Watson
Sreesanth
Malinga
Panesar
Tait

 

[pasag]

Anyways defining young as under 26:

Cook
de Villiers
Bell
Yuvraj
Dhoni
McCullum
Bravo
Sreesanth
Malinga
Panesar
Asif

Probably forgetting heaps but meh.

 

[pasag]

Under 27, I can think of the following:

Alastair Cook
Pietersen
Karthik
Dhoni
Watson
Sreesanth
Malinga
Panesar
Tait

Clarke, G Smith are under 27.

 

[silentstriker]

Clarke, G Smith are under 27.

Ah, yup, missed them both and both should be on there.

 

[Prince EWS]

To give myself a more specific criteria than "young" - I'll go with players who debuted after the start of 2005.

1. Alastair Cook
2. Phil Jaques
3. Brad Hodge
4. Michael Hussey
5. Kevin Pietersen
6. Shane Watson
7. Mahendra Dhoni
8. Sree Sreesanth
9. Stuart Clark
10. Monty Panesar
11. Mohammad Asif

And an under 25s team..

1. Alastair Cook
2. Upul Tharanga (reluctantly)
3. Abraham De Villiers
4. Rajin Saleh
5. Ross Taylor
6. Dwayne Bravo
7. Dinesh Karthik
8. Mashrafe Mortaza
9. Lasith Malinga
10. Shaun Tait
11. Mohammad Asif