2015 teams of the year announced

[Athlai]

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

...they listed a 12th man? There are 4 bowlers in the actual XI.

 

[mr_mister]

Trent Boult (NZ)
Mohammed Shami (Ind)
Mitchell Starc (Aus)
Mustafizur Rahman (Bang)
Imran Tahir (SA)
12th: Joe Root (Eng)


oh bless you adorable kiwis you try your best

 

[Daemon]

Reckon Maxwell should have gone in the ODI side. They've picked 4 opening bowlers from 7 down and 6 top four batsmen.

It's like a team picked by crisimmers.

Shami and Mustafizur aren't really opening bowlers. Shami probably got in because of his death bowling in the WC.

 

[mr_mister]

i still find it so weird Boult is batting @ 7


are the 4 bowlers under him that terrible at batting?

 

[NZTailender]

Trent Boult (NZ)
Mohammed Shami (Ind)
Mitchell Starc (Aus)
Mustafizur Rahman (Bang)
Imran Tahir (SA)
12th: Joe Root (Eng)


oh bless you adorable kiwis you try your best

Oh you're talking about ODIs. Cute.

 

[Athlai]

Trent Boult (NZ)
Mohammed Shami (Ind)
Mitchell Starc (Aus)
Mustafizur Rahman (Bang)
Imran Tahir (SA)
12th: Joe Root (Eng)


oh bless you adorable kiwis you try your best

Why would we be talking about ODIs? This is CW. Rule 1: we're talking about tests

 

[Spikey]

i still find it so weird Boult is batting @ 7


are the 4 bowlers under him that terrible at batting?

starc would probably bat 7 in an actual match

 

[Burgey]

Australia plainly lucky to win the WC with only two worthy players in the side. Is there some criteria that most, if not all countries have to get someone into these teams?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

In terms of the ODI side put Grant Elliot or Glenn Maxwell in at no 5 (averages in the mid 40s and s/rs over 100) and useful for a few overs and James Faulkner in at 7. Fixed.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Someone like Soumya Sarkar could be a decent addition too. That ODI batting lineup looks really unbalanced. Ross Taylor is not a no 6 - either pick him at 4 or don't pick him.

 

[Prince EWS]

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

We were talking about the Test side.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Someone like Soumya Sarkar could be a decent addition too. That ODI batting lineup looks really unbalanced. Ross Taylor is not a no 6 - either pick him at 4 or don't pick him.

Sarkar would be my ODI opener along with Dilshan/McCullum. If Sanga plays, then McCullum sits out.

 

[Zinzan]

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

I like Watling too, but there's a time and place.....

 

[Howe_zat]

If the time considered includes the Pakistan-Australia series in 2014 then Sarfraz is a well deserved inclusion

 

[NZTailender]

Probs a bit early since it's only just December but for the calendar year so far:

1. A Cook*
2. D Warner
3. K Williamson
4. Y Khan
5. S Smith
6. J Root
7. BJ Watling+
8. R Ashwin
9. M Starc
10. S Braod
11. J Anderson

12th: Yasir Shah

 

[Spikey]

Australia plainly lucky to win the WC with only two worthy players in the side. Is there some criteria that most, if not all countries have to get someone into these teams?

tpc and starceh are just that good

 

[OverratedSanity]

Reckon Kohli deserved a spot in the side for the period that was taken into consideration. That Australia tour he had...

 

[Daemon]

No big hundreds and tbf, there isn't much of an argument to drop any of the others

 

[OverratedSanity]

True enough. But only Smith has more hundreds in the period if I'm not wrong.

 

[Gob]

Yeah that tour of Aust from Virat was one of the best I've seen from a touring batsman