No Third Man World Test XI Based on ICC Rankings

Saturday, October 16, 2010 : Reference, Tests, Elevenses

No Third Man World Test XI Based on ICC RankingsWhat were the ICC thinking when they came up with their World XI of the year? If an Alien XI beamed down to the Home of Cricket looking for a Winner Takes All game for the Universe, here are the eleven men No Third Man would want battling for the survival of humankind:

Based on ICC Rankings as at 13.10.2010:

No Third Man World Test XI

  1. G.C. Smith (SA)
  2. V. Sehwag (Ind)
  3. K.C. Sangakkara (SL) Wicket-Keeper and Captain
  4. S.R. Tendulkar (Ind)
  5. D.P.M.D. Jayawardena (SL)
  6. S. Chanderpaul (WI)
  7. J.H. Kallis (SA)
  8. G.P. Swann (Eng)
  9. Zaheer Khan (Ind)
  10. Harbhajan Singh (Ind)
  11. D.W. Steyn (SA)

ICC World Test Team of the Year

  1. Virender Sehwag (Ind)
  2. Simon Katich (Aus)
  3. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  4. Hashim Amla (SA)
  5. Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
  6. Jacques Kallis (SA)
  7. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India, wicket-keeper,captain)
  8. Graeme Swann (Eng)
  9. James Anderson (Eng)
  10. Dale Steyn (SA)
  11. Doug Bollinger (Aus)

What do you think?


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