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Team of the Year 2017

NZTailender

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1. D Elgar
2. K Brathwaite
3. C Pujara
4. S Smith
5. V Kohli
6. K Williamson
7. M Rahim+
8. N Wagner (3)
9. N Lyon (4)
10. K Rabada (2)
11. J Anderson (1)

Brathwaite gets the nod as there weren't many stand outs after Elgar, so did it on away performance, of which Brathwaite scored the most runs (605), averaging 46.

3-6 pretty self explanatory.

de Kock has worked wonders in making 419 @ 32 look better than 541 @ 67.62 in 6 more innings than the Bangladeshi.

Anderson and Rabada the standout opening bowlers, while Wagner was the only seamer bowling first change or more to take more than 30 wickets and did it at tick under 25 per wicket with an eye-popping 41 sr.

Lyon the most profitable spinner by some margin, away from home taking his wickets <20. The pretenders Ashjeda couldn't get close. Only Shah took more wickets away (2) albeit for 9 runs more per wicket.
 

oblongballs

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This is a tough one.

There have been some standouts and a lot of mediocre players. PLus a lot of players have had stats heightened by weak opposition in home conditions (Kohli, Jadeja).

I'd go for something like

1. Elgar (Scored big at home but also toughed it out a bit in England)
2. Amla/Rahul
3. Williamson
4. Pujara
5. Smith c
6. QDK wk
7. Ali
8. Starc
9. Hazlewood
10. Lyon
11. Rabada

Root, Kohli, Sarfraz, Jimmy, Herath and a few others could probably sneak in. Not bothered if some have it different. There have only been about 3 stand outs, Smith, Lyon and Rabada.
 

Daemon

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Rahul so underrated.

Also in terms of sheer importance and the match winning factor I'd get Tamim to be the second opener.
 

oblongballs

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Oh and let's do an ODI XI as that has been a big format this year with the CT.

1. Dhawan
2. Zaman
3. Sharma
4. Kohli
5. Shakib
6. Sarfraz wk/c
7. Stokes
8. Imad
9. Starc
10. Hasan
10. Hazlewood
 

Coronis

Cricketer Of The Year
Foxsports:

Elgar
Warner
Pujara
Smith
Kohli
Rahim
Jadeja
Lyon
Rabada
Morkel
Anderson

Sydney Morning Herald:

Elgar
Warner
Pujara
Smith
Kohli
Stokes
Bairstow
Hazelwood
Rabada
Lyon
Anderson
 

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
ICC Awards announced as well as teams of the year.

Test team of the year:
1 Dean Elgar
2 David Warner
3 Virat Kohli (capt)
4 Steven Smith
5 Cheteshwar Pujara
6 Ben Stokes
7 Quinton de Kock (wk)
8 R Ashwin
9 Mitchell Starc
10 Kagiso Rabada
11 James Anderson

ODI team of the year:
1 David Warner
2 Rohit Sharma
3 Virat Kohli (capt)
4 Babar Azam
5 AB de Villiers
6 Quinton de Kock (wk)
7 Ben Stokes
8 Trent Boult
9 Hasan Ali
10 Rashid Khan
11 Jasprit Bumrah

All the winners
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year - Virat Kohli (India)

Men's Test Cricketer of the Year - Steve Smith (Australia)

Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year - Virat Kohli (India)

Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year - Hasan Ali (Pakistan)

Men's Associate Cricketer of the Year - Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)

Men's T20I Performance of the Year - Yuzvendra Chahal (6-25 v England) (India)

David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year - Marais Erasmus

ICC Spirit of Cricket - Anya Shrubsole (England)


The period is from 21 Sept 2016 to end of 2017 (???) and I really don't get AB in the ODI side tbh. Starc in the Test side too.
 

Starfighter

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Kohli captain and Ashwin's presence quite questionable. Edit: maybe Ashwin did better in the stated time period.
 
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cnerd123

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Test team of the year:
1 Dean Elgar
2 David Warner
3 Virat Kohli (capt)
4 Steven Smith
5 Cheteshwar Pujara
6 Ben Stokes
7 Quinton de Kock (wk)
8 R Ashwin
9 Mitchell Starc
10 Kagiso Rabada
11 James Anderson
If Che and Kohli are both in the team why put Kohli at 3 and Che at 5?

Stokes in the ODI side a bit questionable too
 

Burgey

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Biggest surprise is the bcci not getting the spirit of cricket award for Kohli.
 

Spikey

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my favourite decision Kohli made as a captain in 2017 was when he left a straight one from SOK and got out
 

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