Best Test Teams Decade-wise

[Xix2565]

Don't seem like the consistent best options beyond home grounds and peaks, and some of them didn't play most of the decade involved.

 

[Coronis]

Don't seem like the consistent best options beyond home grounds and peaks, and some of them didn't play most of the decade involved.

This occurs a lot in all decade teams, due to players who may have only played a half decade having clearly superior records to others who played the whole decade. It depends what you think is more important, players who were playing the whole decade or the highest skill level of players who played in that decade.

 

[Xix2565]

I personally think skill matters a lot more than longevity at that stage. Especially when it's not like conditions and talent has been consistent throughout the decade. And I don't think that some of the picks here have that strong an argument for being here compared to their peers in roles.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

2011 – 2020

Aliaster Cook
David Warner
Steven Smith
Kumara Sangakkara
Joe Root
A.B devilliers
Ben Stokes
Ravi Ashwin
Mitchell Johnson
Stuart Broad
James Anderson

Considering England were probably only the 5th or 6th best team of the decade it seems excessive to have five of their players in the team.
5 from England!, 3 from Australia, and one each from India, SA, and SL. Yes to Cook and Anderson. No to the rest.

 

[subshakerz]

De Villiers keeping is cheating and that's not a team for the 00s.

ABD was a fine keeper and averaged 57 in that role I believe.

 

[Gob]

Considering England were probably only the 5th or 6th best team of the decade it seems excessive to have five of their players in the team.
5 from England!, 3 from Australia, and one each from India, SA, and SL. Yes to Cook and Anderson. No to the rest.

Stokes has a perfectly fine case

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Stokes has a perfectly fine case

Yes, but so do many others. We could play six soecialist batsmen as there many elite players who missed out, but Watling as 7 instead of Stokes.

We could also pick a 7-8-9 of Holder, Ashwin, Philander.

Re other allrounders

Shakib - better batter and better bowler than Stokes.
Jadeja - slightly worse batter, considerably better bowler than Stokes.
CDG - sadly didn't play more tests. Better batting and bowling averages. Much better bowler.
Holder - inferior batsman but considerably better bowler.
Hafeez - only Shakib was better at batting, interesting bowler.

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

1940s
Hutton
Morris
Bradman(C)
Compton
Harvey/Nourse
Weekes
Miller
Tallon+
Lindwall
Johnston
Bedser

1930s
Sutcliffe
Hutton
Bradman(C)
Hammond
Headley
Nourse
McCabe/Cowie
Ames+
Verity
Larwood
O’Reilly

1920s
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Hammond
McCarthy
Woolley
Hendren
Gregory
Tate
Oldfield+
Mcdonald
Grimmett

 

[trundler]

1940s
Hutton
Morris
Bradman(C)
Compton
Harvey/Nourse
Weekes
Miller
Tallon+
Lindwall
Johnston
Bedser

1930s
Sutcliffe
Hutton
Bradman(C)
Hammond
Headley
Nourse
McCabe/Cowie
Ames+
Verity
Larwood
O’Reilly

1920s
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Hammond
McCarthy
Woolley
Hendren
Gregory
Tate
Oldfield+
Mcdonald
Grimmett

Bruce Mitchell in the '30s.