ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Icc just announced the Men's Test Team of the Decade

Alastair Cock
David Warner
Kane Williamson
Virat Kohli (c)
Steve Smith
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Ben Stokes
Ravi Ashwin
Dale Steyn
Stuart Broad
James Anderson

 

[King_Kohli]

They announced some joke T20 team.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Icc just announced the Men's Test Team of the Decade

Alastair Cock
David Warner
Kane Williamson
Virat Kohli (c)
Steve Smith
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Ben Stokes
Ravi Ashwin
Dale Steyn
Stuart Broad
James Anderson

Warner is a disgrace in this line up. Can only score in Australia. Rest are. consistent home and abroad.
Ashwin too a bit iffy.

 

[King_Kohli]

Icc just announced the Men's Test Team of the Decade

Alastair Cock
David Warner
Kane Williamson
Virat Kohli (c)
Steve Smith
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Ben Stokes
Ravi Ashwin
Dale Steyn
Stuart Broad
James Anderson

Joe Root missed from Fab 4.

 

[Saurav]

Warner is a disgrace in this line up. Can only score in Australia. Rest are. consistent home and abroad.
Ashwin too a bit iffy.

Who'd be your spinner?

 

[sindhiboy]

Lyon for ashwin

 

[Ab Fan]

Good solid team this.

For me, the bowling performance of the decade was Stuart Broad 8-15 vs Australia

 

[King_Kohli]

Good solid team this.

For me, the bowling performance of the decade was Stuart Broad 8-15 vs Australia

Top notch bowling attack.
Superb picks

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Warner is a disgrace in this line up. Can only score in Australia. Rest are. consistent home and abroad.
Ashwin too a bit iffy.

Warner is head and shoulders above any other opener of this decade not named Cook.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Cummins or Rabada ahead of Broad for me.

 

[Ab Fan]

No Joe Root. It means ICC also rates Kane Williamson a better batsman than Joe Root

 

[SamNJ]

Sangakkara didn't keep wickets in this decade, I don't think even for a single test he did so.
No wonder Cricket is a dying sport run by this joke of an organisation.

 

[Saurav]

Warner is head and shoulders above any other opener of this decade not named Cook.

Elgar?

 

[KoyoAli]

 

[Mesozoic]

Unfortunately that's the best team picked by the ICC.

We have to remember that most test cricketers today or in the last decade or so are home track bullies. So inclusion of Warner, Jimmy and Broad, Ashwin etc shouldn't surprise anyone. They have unreal stats in their respective home conditions.

 

[Mesozoic]

Virat Kohli is the captain. )

Didn't notice that. Should have been Cook or even Williamson.

 

[King_Kohli]

Virat Kohli is the captain. )

Didn't notice that. Should have been Cook or even Williamson.

Ohh..No!

Matches/Won/Lost:
Alastair Cook: 59/24/22
Williamson: 34/19/8
Virat Kohli: 56/33/13

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Who'd be your spinner?

Ashwin in Subcontinent and WI,
Lyon in Australia, SA and NZ.

 

[Space Cat]

Massive cop out having Sanga keeping. Should of picked somebody who actually kept wicket in the decade.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Warner is head and shoulders above any other opener of this decade not named Cook.

Only in Australia. Tell me anywhere else he has scored. Name a single century or match winning performance outside Australia. SA a couple.. but just name a match winning one.
Other names like Cook/Sangakkara/Kohli/Williamson have done it multiple times on different surfaces and conditions.
I repeat, to take Warner's name with these other legends of the game is disgraceful.

 

[Energy]

So much for MisYou then. Surprised Younis isn't there.

Some of the other key players who played a hand in our No1 test ranking and UAE wins thus decade include Hafeez, Asad, Taufeeq Umar, Sami Aslam, Abdur Rehman, Imran Khan, Rahat Ali. None of them have an iota of calibre at this level.

 

[Space Cat]

also didnt the decade end a year ago?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Way too biased towards England.

 

[King_Kohli]

Way too biased towards England.

Whom you want to remove from that list?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Whom you want to remove from that list?

Cook hasnt been great since 2012 . Anderson and Broad have taken wickets primarily at home with a big disparity in their home/away records. Stokes > Holder ? Very biased list. They have hone for quantity over quality.

 

[globalcitizen]

Very good team. The batting lineup is no surprises and absolutely blockbuster.
bowling attack seems a bit weak to my liking but should do the job.

I don’t mind sangakkara being as a wicket keeper, there was no way in hell he would have been a miss. Absolute goat he was too.

I think kohli being a captain of this team is higher honour than him being in team which was obvious.

 

[Hasan123]

Can't really argue against that team.

 

[Ab Fan]

They could have played AB as keeper-batsmen as he has kept gloves in this decade and Sanga as no.3 if the criteria was to have a wicket keeper who has kept in this decade. But anyways, won't argue much against the team. Its a good one.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Where is younis.. best performer on every soil.

 

[Buffet]

Where is younis.. best performer on every soil.

With 5 away tons and avg of 40?

 

[Last Monetarist]

With 5 away tons and avg of 40?

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That table kinda exposes Kane Williamson quite badly to my surprise.

 

[Buffet]

That table kinda exposes Kane Williamson quite badly to my surprise.

Kane has been average/poor in Eng(avg 30), India ( avg 35), SA ( avg 21), & SL ( Avg 26) - Total is around 20 tests and entire decade. Disappointing output so far.

Kane 50+ avg is in BD, NZ, WI, Zim & BD -- You can see the trend.

He has not scored heavily against any top-class team in their den in the last decade. Not able to score heavily in 1-2 place is fine, but if you did not score heavily in any place out of India, SA, Aus & Eng in the last 10 years then it's a poor output for someone like Kane.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Kane has been average/poor in Eng(avg 30), India ( avg 35), SA ( avg 21), & SL ( Avg 26) - Total is around 20 tests and entire decade. Disappointing output so far.

Kane 50+ avg is in BD, NZ, WI, Zim & BD -- You can see the trend.

He has not scored heavily against any top-class team in their den in the last decade. Not able to score heavily in 1-2 place is fine, but if you did not score heavily in any place out of India, SA, Aus & Eng in the last 10 years then it's a poor output for someone like Kane.

Totally agree.

Joe Root gets a lot of flak for not scoring heavily on away tours, but it's actually Williamson that has not performed at a world class level outside New Zealand. Utterly at variance with the media and fan hype.

 

[Ab Fan]

There is a problem with Kane's stats. UAE is not neutral venue for SENA teams. So, that should be added for Kane and Root and Smith all of them.

 

[Last Monetarist]

There is a problem with Kane's stats. UAE is not neutral venue for SENA teams. So, that should be added for Kane and Root and Smith all of them.

That only adds weight to the argument that Williamson scores against weak opposition.

He also failed badly on the last Australian tour, which implies that his stats in Australia are skewed due to the flat pitches in Brisbane and Perth in 2015.

 

[Savak]

PCB and Pakistani Cricketers should be alarmed and in fact humiliated by this. The high performance centre needs to make note of this and re-evaluate the coaching staff in domestic cricket, club level and NCA and assess whether poor coaching at the grass roots is responsible for the lack of quality players being produced in the country today

 

[Ab Fan]

That only adds weight to the argument that Williamson scores against weak opposition.

He also failed badly on the last Australian tour, which implies that his stats in Australia are skewed due to the flat pitches in Brisbane and Perth in 2015.

Yeah agreed with that. But that knock in UAE in 2018 was high quality. He also had a 190 in 2014 against a stronger team. But again, these are just few of the away performances he has.

 

[King_Kohli]

They could have played AB as keeper-batsmen as he has kept gloves in this decade and Sanga as no.3 if the criteria was to have a wicket keeper who has kept in this decade. But anyways, won't argue much against the team. Its a good one.

They could have played ABD over Kane.

 

[soso_killer]

Kane has been average/poor in Eng(avg 30), India ( avg 35), SA ( avg 21), & SL ( Avg 26) - Total is around 20 tests and entire decade. Disappointing output so far.

Kane 50+ avg is in BD, NZ, WI, Zim & BD -- You can see the trend.

He has not scored heavily against any top-class team in their den in the last decade. Not able to score heavily in 1-2 place is fine, but if you did not score heavily in any place out of India, SA, Aus & Eng in the last 10 years then it's a poor output for someone like Kane.

Strange for Kane Williamson to be ahead of Amla in that decade (2010-2019).
Amla won a series in Australia, NZ twice. Won in Eng & Sri Lanka. Drew in the U.A.E & India (IIRC).
Averaged 43 in Aus vs KW's 42.
Eng: 67 vs 30
India: 76 vs 35
NZ: 38 vs 59
SA: 49 vs 21
Sri: 33 vs 26
U.A.E: 78 vs 64
WI. 20 vs 51

He has basically outperformed KW everywhere

 

[Mamoon]

Root over Williamson, in spite of his multi-year slump.

Williamson is the most overrated Test batsman of this decade. Very good batsman, but not worthy of the elite reputation that he enjoys.

He gets away with it because of his “gentleman” image and the neutral profile of New Zealand cricket.

 

[Aman]

Root over Williamson, in spite of his multi-year slump.

Williamson is the most overrated Test batsman of this decade. Very good batsman, but not worthy of the elite reputation that he enjoys.

He gets away with it because of his “gentleman” image and the neutral profile of New Zealand cricket.

Hasn't Root averaged 30 the last 3-4 years?

Sure feels like it, you're the only one who seems to talk about him these days.

Does he even score 50s anymore? Or has the Joe Fiddy meme died as its no longer funny, just sad.

 

[Aman]

Strange for Kane Williamson to be ahead of Amla in that decade (2010-2019).
Amla won a series in Australia, NZ twice. Won in Eng & Sri Lanka. Drew in the U.A.E & India (IIRC).
Averaged 43 in Aus vs KW's 42.
Eng: 67 vs 30
India: 76 vs 35
NZ: 38 vs 59
SA: 49 vs 21
Sri: 33 vs 26
U.A.E: 78 vs 64
WI. 20 vs 51

He has basically outperformed KW everywhere

Kane shouldn't be in the team, Amla should definitely replace him.

Maybe even could get AB in there but this seems like ICC trying to promote their current players for the good of the game.

 

[Mamoon]

Hasn't Root averaged 30 the last 3-4 years?

Sure feels like it, you're the only one who seems to talk about him these days.

Does he even score 50s anymore? Or has the Joe Fiddy meme died as its no longer funny, just sad.

That’s the point. In spite of having a slump over the last 3 years, he still has a better record than Williamson in most countries.

It clearly shows how superior he was to Williamson during the 2013-2017 period.

 

[Aman]

That’s the point. In spite of having a slump over the last 3 years, he still has a better record than Williamson in most countries.

It clearly shows how superior he was to Williamson during the 2013-2017 period.

Yes, his insignificant 50s which do nothing for his team but boost his stats make him a great player.

Man's less of a match winner than CdG lmao.

There's no such thing as a 3 year slump, it's a decline. He was a soft player who scored useless 50s before now he can't even do that.

 

[Mamoon]

Yes, his insignificant 50s which do nothing for his team but boost his stats make him a great player.

Man's less of a match winner than CdG lmao.

There's no such thing as a 3 year slump, it's a decline. He was a soft player who scored useless 50s before now he can't even do that.

Most of these fifties were not insignificant at all. They were key contributions in England winning matches. Besides, he scored a double-hundred last year in your den.

No top player declines at his age. He is struggling because he cannot take the burden of captaincy. This is the only aspect where Williamson is better than him.

 

[Aman]

Most of these fifties were not insignificant at all. They were key contributions in England winning matches. Besides, he scored a double-hundred last year in your den.

No top player declines at his age. He is struggling because he cannot take the burden of captaincy. This is the only aspect where Williamson is better than him.

Most of his 50s were insignificant, he USETO score so many and it was his teammates who would score the big hundreds and win the match for the team.

Is he even a top 5 match winner for England?

Kane comes out at 3 for us and effectively opens for us, he could easily improve his stats by coming down at 4 and facing an older ball and bowlers who aren't fresh. People overlook that often when comparing him to the Big 2 and Root.

Kohli and Smith's numbers would definitely take a hit if they had to bat at 3 consistently.

KJ has been playing cricket 2 minutes and he's won more matches for NZ than Root has for England in 3 years )

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Goodness gracious, what is David Warner doing there? And no Younis Khan? Sangakkara is wicket keeper? Where is that bowling attack going to take wickets!

 

[Buffet]

Strange for Kane Williamson to be ahead of Amla in that decade (2010-2019).
Amla won a series in Australia, NZ twice. Won in Eng & Sri Lanka. Drew in the U.A.E & India (IIRC).
Averaged 43 in Aus vs KW's 42.
Eng: 67 vs 30
India: 76 vs 35
NZ: 38 vs 59
SA: 49 vs 21
Sri: 33 vs 26
U.A.E: 78 vs 64
WI. 20 vs 51

He has basically outperformed KW everywhere

Nah, Amla stats are better than Kane in the table. Amala averages 43 vs Kane 35. Since both have 5 tons in that period, the sorted list randomly put Kane above Amla because I sorted by the ton.