Team of the Year 2016

[Spark]

What about Barnes in the old days?

Yeah might be, but I'm certain I read somewhere that it was Murali in the early 00s.

 

[honestbharani]

There is a piece on the best 20 tests 5 fer streaks or whatever by Anantha Narayanan on crapinfo. Barnes had 19 5fers in a 20 test stretch. But not sure how many were in the same year. Obviously Murali has the edge given the number of tests being so many more in recent times.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Murali had 9 in a year once or twice I'm pretty sure. Barnes wouldn't have played enough tests in any one calendar year.

 

[vcs]

I'm guessing Waqar would also have had a lot early in his career.

 

[anil1405]

Murali and Marshall have 9 in a year. Ashwin joins Barnes for having picked 8 in a year.

Records | Test matches | Bowling records | Most wickets in a calendar year | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[vcs]

Strange that Ashwin picked up 3 5-ers and still averaged 30+ for the series.

 

[Shri]

Strange that Ashwin picked up 3 5-ers and still averaged 30+ for the series.

**** Parthiv.

 

[Furball]

Parthiv wasn't in the team when Ashwin got belted in the first Test.

 

[honestbharani]

Furball is full of lies AND salt.. it's gloriously funny.

 

[burr]

Murali and Marshall have 9 in a year. Ashwin joins Barnes for having picked 8 in a year.

Records | Test matches | Bowling records | Most wickets in a calendar year | ESPN Cricinfo

Malcolm Marshall. What a great.

 

[centurymaker]

Furball is full of lies AND salt.. it's gloriously funny.

Not his fault that he wasn't watching the glorious hiding i.e. the 5th Test

Ashwin was averaging 25-26 after 4 Tests. And even in the 5th Test, he happened to bowl better than Jadeja in most of his spells, even though the latter ended up picking a 10-fer.

 

[honestbharani]

He was the best spinner in Rajkot too. I posted it here right after that test. His salt is just off the charts. The thrashing's surely got to him.

 

[vcs]

He definitely was unlucky in Chennai. I think Parthiv dropped one, then a couple went to forward-short-leg, which was inexplicably vacant. He averaged 23 or so when the series was alive (first 4 Tests).

 

[centurymaker]

Yea, you are right! He averaged 23 point something -after 4 Tests.
That's incredible considering his figures in the first test..

Luck definitely plays a role in cricket, because sometimes despite bowling well, you get no wickets, whereas some other time when you barely bowl okay, you get a bunch of wickets..

I mean Jadeja was quite lucky to get a 7-fer in the last innings, but in contrast, at other times during the series he had bowled quite well but barely had wickets to show for it..

 

[centurymaker]

2016-

Warner
Azhar Ali
Pujara
Smith
Kohli
Bairstow
Stokes
Ashwin
Starc
Herath
Rabada

Wagner

 

[Daemon]

Ashwin didn't take wickets on the two flattest decks. Harbhajan was on to something

 

[centurymaker]

Ashwin didn't take wickets on the two flattest decks. Harbhajan was on to something

Mohali was more or less a road too

 

[Shri]

I regret using the word salt in hb's presence.

 

[stephen]

So why has hazlewood not come into considerations. Starc gets a lot of credit but haze gets the results.

 

[Furball]

Furball is full of lies AND salt.. it's gloriously funny.

Which part of my post did you feel was inaccurate?