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Best test team of 2010s
Best Odi team
Top 3 batsmen of decade
Top 3 bowlers of decade
 
South Africa
Dont know
Virat Kohli, Steven Smith, AB de Villiers
Jimmy Anderson, Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander
 
South Africa: Best away record, full of match winners and the most consistent pace attack

India: Won the WC, the CT, made the CT final and a WC semi, it's honestly very self explanatory, Dhoni and Kohli have laid the platform and profited from what will be seen as a golden era

Smith, Kohli, Sanga/Amla: Smith is on track for "best since Bradman" territory and Kohli has produced memorable tours of SA and Australia as a subcontinent batsman with an absurd daddy hundred conversion ratio so those two are undisputed. Sanga averaged above 60 and scored a ton at better than a ton every three games in the 2010s, but profited from Bangladesh while Amla has a terrific away record in the same timeframe, so it's a coin toss between the two.

Anderson, Steyn, Philander: Can't stitch an argument for anyone else so I think the reasoning is pretty clear. An English great, a true ATG, and one of the most underrated and consistent bowlers in recent history.
 
Best test team of 2010s? South Africa followed by India.

Best ODI team? India - on account of their overall win-loss ratio as well as performances in ICC tournaments.

Best overall all-formats team? Perhaps India.

Australia haven't recovered from the retirement of their big gun even now. England consistently middle of the table team after Bothom's famous prophecy of world domination. Pakistan have continued being comatose save for showing signs of life intermittently.
 
South Africa
India
Kohli, Sangakkara, de Villiers
Steyn, Anderson, Starc

Surprised to see people picking Philander ahead of Starc.
 
Would be nice to see if India can get past Saffers as the best test team of this decade before the cut off date of 31 December 2019. Would be a commendable feat if they can given there are so many overseas tests lined up. Would be a serious achievement for India to have dominated all the formats for a full decade.
 
South Africa
India
Kohli, ABD, Smith
Steyn, Hazlewood, Rabada
 
Ted123 said:
Best test team of 2010s
Best Odi team
Top 3 batsmen of decade
Top 3 bowlers of decade
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Good question, so I'll go for:

Best test team has got to be South Africa from the start of 2010 (drawing the Oliviera series) till the retirements of Kallis and Smith from 2013 to 2014. Before losing to Australia, they had not lost a test series in almost half a decade. How they werent ranked number one for longer in that period is shocking.

Best ODI team is a tough one. India, England and at times Australia have all been worthy. India won the WC in 2011 and Aus in 2015 but neither team has been as dominant as England post 2015 wc and their change in strategy. I'm calling it a 3-way tie till whoever wins the 2019 cup.

Top 3 batsmen, across format, I'd go for - Amla, AB and Kohli. Root, Williamson, KP, Khan and a few others all had a shout but there were gaps in how they performed across tests, 50 overs and t20s. The top 3 have done exceptionally well in all types of cricket.

Top 3 bowlers, again I'll be looking at it across formats and I'd have to go for - Steyn, Anderson and Ajmal. Broad, Morkel, Herath, Starc and Johnson are somewhat unlucky to miss out.
 
1) Best Test team: South Africa.
2) Best ODI team: Australia/India.
3) Best Test batsmen: Amla, S. Smith and Sanga/Younis.
4) Best Test bowlers: Steyn, Anderson and Herath
5) Best ODI batsmen: ABD, Kohli and Amla.
6) Best ODI bowlers: Starc, Ajmal and Rabada.

Still two years to go so these rankings are tentative.
 
AMSS said:
Would be nice to see if India can get past Saffers as the best test team of this decade before the cut off date of 31 December 2019. Would be a commendable feat if they can given there are so many overseas tests lined up. Would be a serious achievement for India to have dominated all the formats for a full decade.
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They can't and won't. South Africa were invincible for the first five years of the decade and again have a pretty strong team. In ODIs, Australia and India have been on par but Pakistan can also get there if they win the WC next year.

Don't care much for T20s but Pakistan have been the best team in that format with some of the best T20 players playing for them as well.
 
Bilal7 said:
They can't and won't. South Africa were invincible for the first five years of the decade and again have a pretty strong team. In ODIs, Australia and India have been on par but Pakistan can also get there if they win the WC next year.

Don't care much for T20s but Pakistan have been the best team in that format with some of the best T20 players playing for them as well.
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Pakistan were the best T20 of the previous decade. After 2012 they have slipped down the rankings. I'd say WI is the best team of the decade on account of winning 2 T20 championships.

Following is the W/L ratio for the test nations (minus Ireland, Afghanistan and Zim) against each other

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...am=6;team=7;team=8;template=results;type=team
 
South Africa
India
AB, Kohli, Smith
Steyn, Vern, Anderson
 
Best test team of 2010s : SA
Best Odi team: India
Top 3 batsmen of decade: Sanga, AB, Smith
Top 3 bowlers of decade: Steyn, Anderson, Starc
 
Ted123 said:
Best test team of 2010s
Best Odi team
Top 3 batsmen of decade
Top 3 bowlers of decade
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1. SA
2. India or SA (India trumps most teams in tournaments and SA has won bilateral series in almost all countries)
3. AB, Virat, Sanga/Amla (all 3 formats matter, even if tests are given a higher weightage)
4. Steyn, Boult, Anderson
 
Bilal7 said:
They can't and won't. South Africa were invincible for the first five years of the decade and again have a pretty strong team. In ODIs, Australia and India have been on par but Pakistan can also get there if they win the WC next year.

Don't care much for T20s but Pakistan have been the best team in that format with some of the best T20 players playing for them as well.
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Great assessment. Pak and Eng are still in with a shout for ODI team of the decade.

SA are too far ahead in terms of tests for India to catch up, Aus/Eng are more likey to do so.

Imagine if Aus win in SA, then then UAE, then beat India at home and then beat Eng away. I think they'd be rated at least on par with SA.
 
Gonna do a tentative test and ODI XI thus far:

Tests
1. Warner/Cook
2. Amla
3. Williamson/Root
4. Y. Khan
5. Kohli
6. Smith c
7. Shakib
8. Prior wk
9. Philander/Broad
10. Anderson
11. Steyn/Starc

A very tentative XI but I'll think about it more later. An ODI XI seems to pick itself

1. Warner
2. Dilshan
3. Amla
4. Kohli
5. ABD
6. Dhoni wk/c
7. Shakib
8. Southee
9. Starc
10. Ajmal
11. Malinga

Obviously this is likely to change with the way the likes of QDK, Buttler, Stokes, Rashid, Hasan Ali and plenty of others are playing.
 
Best test team of 2010s - South Africa
Best Odi team - India
Top 3 batsmen of decade - Kohli, Smith, Amla
Top 3 bowlers of decade - Steyn, Anderson, Ashwin
 
South Africa ( Best win percentage)
India (Best Win Percentage also 2011 WC and 2013 CT)
Sangakkara, Kohli, ABD
Steyn, Anderson, Ashwin
 
barah_admi said:
Great assessment. Pak and Eng are still in with a shout for ODI team of the decade.

SA are too far ahead in terms of tests for India to catch up, Aus/Eng are more likey to do so.

Imagine if Aus win in SA, then then UAE, then beat India at home and then beat Eng away. I think they'd be rated at least on par with SA.
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Pakistan in Shout for ODI Team of tge decade R u real
 
Tests

1. Warner
2. Cook (c)
3. Amla
4. Sanga
5. Smith (vc)
6. Devilliers (wk)
7. Stokes
8. Ashwin
9. Johnson
10. Anderson
11. Steyn

ODIs

1. Dilshan
2. Sharma
3. Kohli
4. Sanga (vc)
5. Devilliers
6. Dhoni (wk, c)
7. Shakib
8. Starc
9. Boult
10. Morkel
11. Tahir
 
Nitya85 said:
Pakistan in Shout for ODI Team of the decade R u real
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Yes, if they win the world cup, they would have won 2 of the 5 ODI tournaments this year. Add in IF they have successful bilateral series' in that time and they have a shout.

I'd still rate Eng, Aus, India higher if they won the next world cup.
 
barah_admi said:
Yes, if they win the world cup, they would have won 2 of the 5 ODI tournaments this year. Add in IF they have successful bilateral series' in that time and they have a shout.

I'd still rate Eng, Aus, India higher if they won the next world cup.
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Yes. Pakistan have been very inconsistent this decade but still have series wins in India and South Africa, and won a CT. If they win the next WC, they are definitely in the running for team of the decade although the same can be said of England and South Africa.
 
SA
India
Kohli, De Villiers, Sangakkar
Steyn, Starc, Herath

ODI XI:
 
Test team of the decade (thus far):

1) Alastair Cook
2) Graeme Smith (c)
3) Hashim Amla
4) Kumar Sanga (wk)
5) Younis Khan
6) Steven Smith
7) Shakib Al Hasan
8) Rangana Herath
9) Mitchell Johnson
10) Dale Steyn
11) James Anderson

12) Vernon Philander/David Warner

ODI team of the decade (thus far):

1) Hashim Amla
2) David Warner
3) Virat Kohli
4) AB de Villiers
5) Eion Morgan
6) MS Dhoni (c) (wk)
7) Shakib Al Hasan
8) Mitchell Starc
9) Trent Boult
10) Morne Morkel
11) Saeed Ajmal

12) Yuvraj Singh

T20 team of the decade (thus far):

1) Chris Gayle
2) T Dilshan (wk)
3) Virat Kohli
4) Kevin Pietersen
5) Yuvraj Singh
6) Shahid Afridi
7) Kieron Pollard
8) Darren Sammy (c)
9) Mitchell Starc
10) Lasith Malinga
11) Saeed Ajmal

12) Sunil Narine
 
Test XI:

Cook
Warner
Sangakkara
Amla
Smith(C)
ABDV( wkt)
Stokes
Philander
Herath
Steyn
Anderson

ODI XI:

Rohit
Warner
Kohli
de Villiers
Morgan
Dhoni(C/wkt)
Stokes/Shakib
Starc
Boult
Morkel
Tahir
 
Bilal7 said:
Yes. Pakistan have been very inconsistent this decade but still have series wins in India and South Africa, and won a CT. If they win the next WC, they are definitely in the running for team of the decade although the same can be said of England and South Africa.
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I've left SA out of my analysis but outside of tournament play, they are often very, very good, although the last 6 months or so have been a torrid time for them (thrashed in England and now losing against India). However, if they win the wc, which is highly unlikely, then coupled with all their bilateral success, they are in for a shout too.
 
Test XI:

Cook
Warner
Amla
Kohli
Smith (c)
Shakib
Bairstow
Ashwin
Philander
Steyn
Anderson

ODI XI:

Amla
Sharma
Kohli
De Villiers
Morgan (c)
Dhoni
Shakib
Starc
Morkel
Malinga
Tahir
 
2010s:

Tests XI:

Cook
Warner
Amla
Smith(c)
Kohli
ABDV( wkt)
Stokes
Philander
Herath/Ashwin
Steyn
Anderson

Odis XI:

Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
ABDV
Morgan
Dhoni(wkt/c)
Mathews/ Shakib( Shakib more deserving but I am a little doubtful in having Dhoni and Shakib both at a position where you need out-and-out hitters)
Starc
Boult
Tahir
Morkel
 
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Best of 2010s cricketing list?
Best test team of 2010s: SA
Best Odi team: India
Top 3 batsmen of decade: Amla, AB, Smith.
Top 3 bowlers of decade: Steyn, Philander, Jimmy.
 
Best test team of 2010s - SA or England
Best Odi team - India
Top 3 batsmen of decade - AB, Smith and Amla
Top 3 bowlers of decade - Steyn, Jimmy, Ashwin/Herath
 
Test Team - SA

ODI Team - Australia/England/India (depends a lot on 2019 WC)

T20 Team - WI

Best Test Bats - Smith, Sanga, YK

Best ODI Bats - Amla, ABD, Kohli

Best T20 Bats - Samuels, Munro, Babar

Best Test Bowlers - Steyn, Anderson, Rabada

Best ODI Bowlers - Starc, Boult, Hasan

Best T20 Bowlers - Rashid, Malinga, Narine
 
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