No Third Man World Test XI Based on ICC Rankings
Saturday, October 16, 2010 : Reference, Tests, Elevenses
What 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
- G.C. Smith (SA)
- V. Sehwag (Ind)
- K.C. Sangakkara (SL) Wicket-Keeper and Captain
- S.R. Tendulkar (Ind)
- D.P.M.D. Jayawardena (SL)
- S. Chanderpaul (WI)
- J.H. Kallis (SA)
- G.P. Swann (Eng)
- Zaheer Khan (Ind)
- Harbhajan Singh (Ind)
- D.W. Steyn (SA)
ICC World Test Team of the Year
- Virender Sehwag (Ind)
- Simon Katich (Aus)
- Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
- Hashim Amla (SA)
- Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
- Jacques Kallis (SA)
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India, wicket-keeper,captain)
- Graeme Swann (Eng)
- James Anderson (Eng)
- Dale Steyn (SA)
- Doug Bollinger (Aus)
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