Who were the best performers in Test cricket during 2016?

[street cricketer]

As the year comes to a close, we have had so many brilliant matches in Test cricket in the past 12 months. There have been abundant moments of individual and team brilliance over the course of the past one year.

Who is your Test batsman of the year 2016?

Who is your Test bowler of the year 2016?

Who is your test cricketer of the year?

Who is your test débutant of the year?

What is your test performance of the year?

What is your Test cricket XI (combined from all teams) of the year?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Warner
Cook
Root
Kohli
Smith
Bairstow
Ashwin
Jadeja
Hazlewood
Starc
Rabada

 

[Rayyman]

Batsmen- Cook
Bowler- Starc
Cricketer- Ashwin
Debutant- De Silva
Performance- Yasir at Lord's

 

[Syed1]

Cook
Azhar
Root
Kohli
Smith
Shafiq
Bairstow
Yasir
Starc
Hazelwood
Rabada

 

[Syed1]

Hard to rate spinners who reach number one and two in the rankings by dismissing poor spin playing teams on rank turners.

 

[Rayyman]

XI:
Cook
Azhar
Root
Smith
Kohli*
Bairstow+
Stokes
Ashwin
Starc
Shah
Rabada

 

[Sanzcool]

Who is your Test batsman of the year 2016? King Kohli, though a case could be put forward for Bairstow

Who is your Test bowler of the year 2016? Ashwin, 72 wickets

Who is your test cricketer of the year? Ashwin again, 72 wickets and scored 600 runs at an avg of 40+

Who is your test débutant of the year? Keaton Jennings/CDG

What is your test performance of the year? Ben Stokes 258 of 198 vs SA/Bishoo 8 for vs Pak

What is your Test cricket XI (combined from all teams) of the year?

Cook
Azhar Ali/QDK
Root
Kohli
Smith
Bairstow
Stokes
Ashwin
Starc
Herath
Rabada

 

[Slog]

Hard to rate spinners who reach number one and two in the rankings by dismissing poor spin playing teams on rank turners.

Well when said spinner is also averaging 40+ with the bat he should be among first names on the sheet

 

[Ab Fan]

Kohli

Ashwin

Ashwin

Hard to recall but Jennings I would say

Stokes 258/ Shafiq century at Gabba/ Kohli 160 at Mumbai/ Broad at Jburg/ Ashwin in some XYZ venue(cant recall one as he has been dominant everywhere)

Qdk
Azhar
Root
Kohli
Smith
Bairstow
Stokes
Ashwin
Yasir
Starc
Rabada

 

[Slog]

For 2016:

Cook
Azhar
Root
Kohli
Smith
Bairstow
Stokes
Ashwin
Hazelwood
Starc
Rabada

 

[Slog]

Kohli

Ashwin

Ashwin

Hard to recall but Jennings I would say

Stokes 258/ Shafiq century at Gabba/ Kohli 160 at Mumbai/ Broad at Jburg/ Ashwin in some XYZ venue(cant recall one as he has been dominant everywhere)

Qdk
Azhar
Root
Kohli
Smith
Bairstow
Stokes
Ashwin
Yasir
Starc
Rabada

Can't pick both QdK and Bairstow

Also de Kock doesn't open

 

[Abdullah719]

Batsman of the year - Steve Smith
Bowler of the year - Mitchell Starc
Cricketer of the year - Ravichandran Ashwin
Debutant of the year - Mehedi Hasan Miraz
Performance of the year - Kusal Mendis 176 vs Australia

Test XI of the Year:

Azhar Ali
Quinton de Kock
Steve Smith
Virat Kohli
Joe Root
Jonny Bairstow
Ben Stokes
Ravichandran Ashwin
Mitchell Starc
Kagiso Rabada
Neil Wagner

12th man who can replace one of the pacers on turners: Yasir Shah

 

[Sidilicious]

Batsman of the year - Virat Kohli
Bowler of the year - Ravichandran Ashwin
Cricketer of the year - Ravichandran Ashwin
Debutant of the year - Hameed
Performance of the year - Mendis 176 vs Aus /Yasir Shah 10 fed against England

Test XI of the Year:

Azhar Ali
Kraigg Braithwaite
Steve Smith
Virat Kohli
Joe Root
Jonny Bairstow
Ben Stokes
Ravichandran Ashwin
Mitchell Starc
Kagiso Rabada
Josh Hazlewood

12th man who can replace one of the pacers on turners: Herath

 

[Sidilicious]

Kohli

Ashwin

Ashwin

Hard to recall but Jennings I would say

Stokes 258/ Shafiq century at Gabba/ Kohli 160 at Mumbai/ Broad at Jburg/ Ashwin in some XYZ venue(cant recall one as he has been dominant everywhere)

Qdk
Azhar
Root
Kohli
Smith
Bairstow
Stokes
Ashwin
Yasir
Starc
Rabada

You forgot Haseeb Hameed.

 

[Abdullah719]

You forgot Haseeb Hameed.

I forgot Hameed too. Would probably take him as the debutant of the year as he has a lot of potential, though Miraz was brilliant in his two outings, albeit against England...

 

[King Kong]

Warner
Azhar
Root
Kohli
Smith
Bairstow
Stokes
Ashwin
Starc
Rabada
Hazzlewood

In SC, Herath comes in for Hazzlewood.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Azhar Ali
Kraigg Braithwaite
Steve Smith
Virat Kohli
Joe Root
Quinton de Kock
Ravichandran Ashwin
Vernon Philander
Herath/Jadeja/Wagner
Mitchell Starc
Kagiso Rabada

Batsman of the year - Steve Smith
Bowler of the year - Mitchell Starc
Cricketer of the year - Ravichandran Ashwin
Debutant of the year - Haseeb Hameed
Performance of the year - Kusal Mendis 176 vs Australia

 

[Arham_PakFan]

My Test XI for 2016

Azhar
Cook
Smith(C)
Kohli(VC)
Root
Stokes
Bairstow(Wk/B)
Ashwin
Starc
Herath
Rabada

12th man:QdK

Performance of the year:Kusal Mendis' epic 176 against Australia
Best Debutant:Mehedi Hasan
Cricketer of the year:Ashwin.

 

[QalandarFan]

Batsman of the Year - Steve Smith
Bowler of the Year - Mitchell Starc
Cricketer of the Year - Ravi Ashwin
Debutant of the Year - Mehdi Hasan Miraz
Performance of the Year - Asad Shafiq 137 Vs Australia

Test XI of the Year
1. Azhar Ali [PAK]
2. Alastair Cook [ENG]
3. Joe Root [ENG]
4. Virat Kohli (C) [IND]
5. Steve Smith [AUS]
6. Ben Stokes [ENG]
7. Quinton de Kock (WK) [SA]
8. Ravi Ashwin [IND]
9. Mitchell Starc [AUS]
10. Kagiso Rabada/ Vernon Philander [SA]
11. Rangana Herath [SL]

 

[street cricketer]

Test batsman of the year:
Virat Kohli/Johnny Bairstow

Test bowler of the year:
Ravichandran Ashwin/Kagiso Rabada

Test cricketer of the year:
Ravichandran Ashwin

Test debutant of the year:
Mehdi Hasan Miraz
Dhananjaya de Silva

Test performances of the year (in no particular order):
Stuart Broad, Johannesburg
Yasir Shah, Lords
Kusal Mendis, Pallekele
Kraigg Braithwaite, Sharjah
Kagiso Rabada, Perth
Virat Kohli, Mumbai

Test XI of the year:

Azhar Ali
Kraigg Braithwaite
Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli (c)
Steve Smith
Ben Stokes
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Rangana Herath
Mitchell Starc
Kagiso Rabada

 

[QalandarFan]

Actually my debutant of the year would be Haseeb Hameed

 

[Abdullah719]

Test batsman of the year:
Virat Kohli/Johnny Bairstow

Test bowler of the year:
Ravichandran Ashwin/Kagiso Rabada

Test cricketer of the year:
Ravichandran Ashwin

Test debutant of the year:
Mehdi Hasan Miraz
Dhananjaya de Silva

Test performances of the year (in no particular order):
Stuart Broad, Johannesburg
Yasir Shah, Lords
Kusal Mendis, Pallekele
Kraigg Braithwaite, Sharjah
Kagiso Rabada, Perth
Virat Kohli, Mumbai

Test XI of the year:

Azhar Ali
Kraigg Braithwaite
Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli (c)
Steve Smith
Ben Stokes
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Rangana Herath
Mitchell Starc
Kagiso Rabada

You're not being decisive in your selections.

Perhaps we can do best batting and bowling performances (separate).

Quite a few good bowling performances this year.

Rabada at Centurion.
Starc at Galle.

 

[Hasan123]

Test batsmen of the year: Kohli
Test bowler of the year:Ashwin
Test cricketer of the year:Ashwin
Test debutant of the year: Dhanajay De Silva
Test performances of the year:Braithwaithe vs Pakistan,Nair vs England, Kusal Mendis vs Australia, Shafiq 137 vs Australia,
Test team of the year

Azhar
Braithwaithe
Kohli
Smith
Bairstow
Stokes
De kock
Ashwin
Starc
Hazelwood
Rabada

Back up players

Cook
Root
Herath
Wagner
Gabriel

 

[street cricketer]

You're not being decisive in your selections.

Perhaps we can do best batting and bowling performances (separate).

Quite a few good bowling performances this year.

Rabada at Centurion.
Starc at Galle.

I know

There were too many performances. For example, Virat was the pick of the batsmen but would be doing injustice to ignore Johnny's record breaking year. And things like that.

 

[street cricketer]

Test batsman of the year:
Virat Kohli/Johnny Bairstow

Test bowler of the year:
Ravichandran Ashwin/Kagiso Rabada

Test cricketer of the year:
Ravichandran Ashwin

Test debutant of the year:
Mehdi Hasan Miraz
Dhananjaya de Silva

Test performances of the year (in no particular order):
Stuart Broad, Johannesburg
Yasir Shah, Lords
Kusal Mendis, Pallekele
Kraigg Braithwaite, Sharjah
Kagiso Rabada, Perth
Virat Kohli, Mumbai

Test XI of the year:

Azhar Ali
Kraigg Braithwaite
Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli (c)
Steve Smith
Ben Stokes
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Rangana Herath
Mitchell Starc
Kagiso Rabada

Actually I'll have Bairstow instead of Pujara.

 

[Walidad]

Opinion of Engr :- walidad baloch

As the year comes to a close, we have had s
o many brilliant matches in Test cricket in the past 12 months. There have been abundant moments of individual and team brilliance over the course of the past one year.

Who is your Test batsman of the year 2016?

Who is your Test bowler of the year 2016?

Who is your test cricketer of the year?

Who is your test débutant of the year?

What is your test performance of the year?

What is your Test cricket XI (combined from all teams) of the year?

Test batsman of year is azhar ali bcz he has scored runs and avg of 60 playing 8 away tests quite good




Test bowler of year

Rc Ashwin
He has great recod


Test cricketerr of year BEN STOKES perfomed with both Bat & ball or moin ali & bairstow can be contenders


Test debutant of year

Karun Nair

Scoring triple century in just 3rd match





Test perfomance of year Can be BEN STOKES 258(198)* against Africa in africa




Combined xii

Azhar ali
A coock
V kohli
S smith(c)
K williamson
Moin ali
Johny bairstow(wk)
Rc ashwin
M starc
Kagiso rabada
V phillander



3 replacments
B stokes
Q decock
Ranganaa herath