2015 teams of the year announced

[AndyZaltzHair]

Wahab Riaz a good shout for ODIs ?

 

[Howe_zat]

lot of people mixing up 'vijay is not actually ****' with 'vijay is amazing' recently

 

[indiaholic]

lot of people mixing up 'vijay is not actually ****' with 'vijay is amazing' recently

More towards the amazing end on that spectrum.

 

[Cabinet96]

People always forget this isn't a calendar year thing. It's from mid September 2014 to mid September 2015. Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

Vijay should've got in ahead of Warner. But Warner did play twice as much.

 

[Cabinet96]

Bugger off Sarfraz. Do something away from the UAE and we'll talk about you being better than Watling.

He turned a test in SL tbf to him. Can only play on what you're given.

 

[OverratedSanity]

lot of people mixing up 'vijay is not actually ****' with 'vijay is amazing' recently

You're confusing 'Vijay was better than Cook in September 2014 to September 2015' with 'Vijay is amazing and better than Cook'

 

[Gob]

Nev should be killing this next year

 

[SteveNZ]

How did Kane Williamson not make that ODI team?

Doesn't make a lick of sense. Maybe like in the mid 90s when they gave the NBA MVP to Karl Malone because they were so sick of Michael Jordan being the man, even though he was clearly still better.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Bugger off Sarfraz. Do something away from the UAE and we'll talk about you being better than Watling.

In the specific period for consideration, Sarfraz averaged 33.62 runs more than his closest rival, scored 229 runs more and had the best SR among all the wicket keepers.

Averaging 83 with a strike rate in the 80s is Gilchrist like numbers.

 

[Spikey]

might be the only time they actually got the test team right

 

[Furball]

Nah Hazlewood over Anderson is stupid.

 

[Cabinet96]

Hardly. Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

And no, it's not discounted because Anderson bowled better than him in a couple of Ashes tests.

 

[Athlai]

So with Test batting Root and Smith are now 1st equal in the ICC batting rankings with AB/Kane/Warner/Mathews hot on their heels.

#wheresMathewsstring?
#wheresMathews?

 

[mr_mister]

Brendon should have made the ODI team.

couldnt perform when it mattered most eg the WC final :P

 

[mr_mister]

wait am I reading this right? Boult @ 7? The man who bats 11 in tests and his genuinely afraid of the ball? time to look up his ODI batting stats lol


edit - and they're as unimpressive as i expected. what a ridic tail. Maxwell in @ 7 does seem like a good idea

 

[NZTailender]

Brendon should have made the ODI team.

For his captaincy? Because averaging 30 doesn't cut it - especially when the leading runscorer in that time (Kane) doesn't even make the side.

 

[Cabinet96]

So with Test batting Root and Smith are now 1st equal in the ICC batting rankings with AB/Kane/Warner/Mathews hot on their heels.

#wheresMathewsstring?
#wheresMathews?

Had a good year, but you'll never get in averaging less than 50 unless you open.

 

[Prince EWS]

Had a good year, but you'll never get in averaging less than 50 unless you open.

He took 10w @ 25 as well; I'd have had him in the frame for that reason. I suppose Root did a fair bit of bowling in the timeframe as well though.

 

[Athlai]

I just wanted an excuse to try out my new meme.

 

[mr_mister]

you'd want all 5 of the current bowlers in there bowling 10 overs each, who cares about Matthew's bowling