This Team was picked by Richie Benaud (Australia), Barry Richards(SA lives in Australia), Ian Botham (England), Michael Holding(West Indies) and Sunil Gavaskar (India). It was not selected by the panel who voted for the awards!!Mister Wright said:I think the ICC have shown how they will select their teams to face (whichever team is on top) in the super challenge next year. Instead of picking players how have performed well against the side, they will pick the best 'statistical XI'. Which I guess, is fair enough.
It is certainly not the best Statistical XI. Because Murali would have been the first pick on stats.
I don't think next year's world XI is likely to be picked by this same panel, since Richie and quite possibly Barry are unlikely to be put in such a panel.