Best Test and ODI XI of 2011 published by Cricinfo

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Test XI of 2011

Alastair Cook, 927 runs at 84.27
Mohammad Hafeez, 647 runs at 40.43, 15 wickets at 25.93
Rahul Dravid, 1145 runs at 57.25
Kevin Pietersen, 731 runs at 73.10
Ian Bell, 950 runs at 118.75
Darren Bravo, 949 runs at 49.94
Matt Prior, 519 runs at 64.87, 34 catches, two stumpings
Stuart Broad, 33 wickets at 22.30, 239 runs at 39.83
Dale Steyn, 28 wickets at 19.57
Saeed Ajmal, 50 wickets at 23.86
James Anderson, 35 wickets at 24.85

ODI XI of 2011

Virender Sehwag, 645 runs at 53.75, SR 123.09
Shane Watson, 1139 runs at 56.95, SR 108.89
Virat Kohli, 1381 runs at 47.62, SR 85.56
Mahela Jayawardene, 1032 runs at 46.90, SR 82.62
Yuvraj Singh, 453 runs at 50.33, SR 81.91, 20 wickets at 26.05
MS Dhoni, 764 runs at 58.76, SR 89.88
Shahid Afridi, 45 wickets at 20.82, Economy 4.18, 462 runs at 22.00, SR 127.27
Mitchell Johnson, 39 wickets at 20.94, Economy 4.43, 208 runs at 23.11, SR 106.12
Lasith Malinga, 48 wkts at 19.25, Economy 4.80
Zaheer Khan, 30 wkts at 20.66 Economy 4.85
Saeed Ajmal, 34 wickets at 17.08, Economy 3.48

I think Shakib with a batting average of 50.11 and bowling average of 28.61 can replace any of Hafeez, Bravo or Broad from the test XI!! In the ODIs Shakib averages 33.17 with the bat and 28.08 with the ball can replace either Shahid Afridi or Mitchell Johnson!

 

[fd24]

^^^^^^^^ I think its a bit of a joke to have Mitchell Johnson in. I never take the "best and ODI" seriously. One always has to look at condition of the pitch and of course venue. I would certainly expect Umar Gul, Shakib, Amla pushing the above squads.

 

[JonAsad]

Saeed Ajmal is in both formats- Nice- -

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btw no Amla?- Thats an insult to the game-
no Sachin?- thats an insult to the indian god-
no Kallis?- thats an insult to the legend-

 

[fd24]

Saeed Ajmal is in both formats- Nice- -

---------- Post added at 04:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:58 PM ----------

btw no Amla?- Thats an insult to the game-
no Sachin?- thats an insult to the indian god-
no Kallis?- thats an insult to the legend-

Sachin has faded away recently maybe other pressures (trying to reach his 100th 100) should be in one of the lists
Amla - his beard is too long.
Kallis doesnt cut to the chase when real pressure is on.

(joking about Amla - he has to be in. Clown selectors miss the plot)

Saeed Ajmal - one of the cricketers of the year - really is a late developer. Shame - wish he had been playing 5 years ago

 

[Kazhugu]

team without sehwag...what a joke !!!

 

[fd24]

team without sehwag...what a joke !!!

erm i think you will find he is in the 1 day team. He isnt an instant test match choice in my opinion

 

[JAT BALWAN]

team without sehwag...what a joke !!!

He`s there in one day team... ab kya sehwag hi hoga sab ki jagah par..

 

[Mani2020]

team without sehwag...what a joke !!!

don't worry in test matches he is already having a good massage by sitting in the dressing room almost all the time during indian batting... i think he listened you and justified the author by having an avg of may be ~10 in 4 innings so far in aus in the current series