Surprised Prior's numbers are that low, all I hear from commentators about him is that "he's always improving with the bat".442 @ 31 is hardly fantastic.
Prior has not been great in the last year or so but no-one has shone as WK. iirc Prior should have won it last year but didn't so bleh.Keepers between 04-08-11 to 06-08-12
Can't imagine how Prior (@31) was selected over Dhoni (@36.5) or Rahim (@37.8). If Quality of keeping is in question then PJ (@29) is not far behind.
Because half of his job is to keep. And in the time period given he has been flawless. Even without looking at the stats, I think its pretty much a given right now that he's the best keeper bat in the world.Keepers between 04-08-11 to 06-08-12
Can't imagine how Prior (@31) was selected over Dhoni (@36.5) or Rahim (@37.8). If Quality of keeping is in question then PJ (@29) is not far behind.
Mushfiqur Rahim has been electric behind the wicket too, and he scores more in a weak team too. Cannot see how Prior can be selected over him. And with gloves PJ was exceptional in last three or four series for SL. If the choice is a keeper-bat, it's PJ. If it's a batsman keeper, it's Rahim.Because half of his job is to keep. And in the time period given he has been flawless. Even without looking at the stats, I think its pretty much a given right now that he's the best keeper bat in the world.
Not sure why I'm arguing about the Team of the Year but whatever.
You would give a position to Rahim who only gave 5 Tests during the period?Mushfiqur Rahim has been electric behind the wicket too, and he scores more in a weak team too. Cannot see how Prior can be selected over him. And with gloves PJ was exceptional in last three or four series for SL. If the choice is a keeper-bat, it's PJ. If it's a batsman keeper, it's Rahim.
shocked at Ajmals' non-inclusion tbh
Ajmal should have been in the short list at least even if he didn't win. For sure Amla and Philander are top contenders. But what Ajmal did to England deserved more recognition.Surprise Ajmal wasn't nominated. But Amla should get Cricketer, Philander should get Test and Kohli should get ODI.
They had to have Amla opening because they couldn't find another decent opener. I remember a lot of poeple were saying Hafeez a couple of months ago and that says everything about the lack of quality openers in Test cricket atm. However they could have just picked Smith.