Though we didn’t get to see much of test cricket this year mainly because of tour abandondes etc. Who do you think were the best 11 players of the year 2002.
name 11 best players in a team format of your choice.
Matthew Hayden
Virender Sehwag
Ricky Ponting
Rahul Dravid
Damien Martyn
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Jason Gillesppie
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath
Sadly no Pakistanis couldn’t make my list mainly because of lack of fitness or abandoned tours to Pakistan.
Guys like Sachin and Lara also didn’t make the list, though they played some remarkable matches but overall they were quite inconsistent.
I wanted to put Micheal Vaughan in there but he only showed good performance against India which isn’t something to shout about, it was a close call between him and Chanderpaul.
Shoaib had a good year but just like other Pakistani players he didn’t get a chance to prove his greatness because of cancelled tours.
wasim akram ney kia.. poori pakistani cricket team hi nay buhat kam kheley hain! wessey bhi hez a gr8 cricketer and whenever he gets a chance 2 play.. he performs gr8!
[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by BrokenSky: *
and where's yousuf youhana? , wasim akram and waqar younis. they all r performing great...!!!
[/QUOTE]
Yousuf Youhana has only done well against Zimbabwe which isn't that impressive.
Wasim Akram played only one match this year and that too only couple overs. And Waqar had a preety ordinary year. Closest Pakistani to come to being in that list was Shoaib but he only played couple matches.
I agree with your squad but what has Inzi done this year. Only that 329, other than that he isn't done anything special but he didn't get enough chances.
According to 2002, both Kallis and Pollock didn't do much either. Though they are classy players.
For your information ..No one has made more runs than Sachin this year.Suprised !!! yes thats true.So mcuh is expectation from Sachin that a year in which he scores more than 1200 runs and Average 61 is considered a failure.
Name Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Team
SR Tendulkar 14 22 1 1292 193 61.52 54.08 4 4 7 - IND
MP Vaughan 12 22 2 1282 197 64.10 62.38 5 2 6 - ENG
R Dravid 14 22 3 1226 217 64.52 42.36 5 4 24 - IND
ML Hayden 9 14 1 1027 197 79.00 60.98 5 3 8 - AUS
S Chanderpaul 12 19 5 1026 140 73.28 39.59 4 6 4 - WI
VVS Laxman 13 19 4 957 154* 63.80 45.61 2 5 10 - IND
RT Ponting 9 13 1 945 154 78.75 67.30 5 1 14 - AUS
SC Ganguly 14 21 2 916 136 48.21 49.51 2 5 15 - IND
CL Hooper 12 19 1 896 233 49.77 49.44 3 3 12 - WI
N Hussain 12 20 1 877 155 46.15 46.47 3 5 10 - ENG
MA Butcher 12 20 0 847 123 42.35 45.83 2 5 11 - ENG
Yousuf Youhana 8 12 2 810 204* 81.00 61.69 3 4 6 - PAK
Inzamam-ul-Haq 8 12 0 792 329 66.00 64.70 2 1 8 - PAK
CH Gayle 12 20 1 790 204 41.57 49.12 1 6 14 - WI
G Kirsten 8 13 0 750 160 57.69 52.26 3 3 9 - RSA
ME Trescothick 9 17 2 749 161 49.93 61.90 1 6 9 - ENG
AC Gilchrist 9 13 4 743 204* 82.55 88.13 2 4 35 2 AUS
Younis Khan 11 18 0 743 153 41.27 49.07 2 5 12 - PAK
KC Sangakkara 9 16 2 708 230 50.57 61.61 1 3 28 3 SL
ST Jayasuriya 9 14 0 653 145 46.64 64.91 2 2 7 - SL
DPMD Jayawardene 9 16 3 625 107 48.07 52.43 1 4 4 - SL
JH Kallis 8 13 3 601 139* 60.10 50.00 1 5 12 - RSA
Looking at the above figure.Only 3 Opening batsmen are in list.And only 2 can get node.That makes Hayden and vaughan(Yes vaughan can open ,he plays either no2 or 3).
Then Ricky,Sachin and Dravid automatically qualify for next 3 slots.Though one migh argue why not Inzi,Chandrapaul ,laxmanor Youhanna.Well as for Inzi his average is up just because of one ining of 329.Chandrapaul had a great year but almost all his runs have been scored against pathetic Indian bowling(that too on home ground).But youhana does stand a chance.As for Laxman…well one ant have all middle order fromoen country.
**
2002 Calendar Year Test Bowling - Most Wickets
**
Name Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 10 SR Econ Team
SK Warne 9 444 104 1208 64 18.87 7-94 3 1 41.6 2.72 AUS
Harbhajan Singh 11 558.3 127 1369 58 23.60 7-48 5 - 57.7 2.45 IND
M Muralitharan 8 472.4 139 979 55 17.80 9-51 5 2 51.5 2.07 SL
A Kumble 10 520 137 1355 49 27.65 5-30 2 - 63.6 2.60 IND
Saqlain Mushtaq 10 400.3 76 1121 47 23.85 7-66 2 1 51.1 2.79 PAK
M Dillon 11 468.5 111 1291 46 28.06 5-71 1 - 61.1 2.75 WI
MJ Hoggard 12 481.2 101 1632 46 35.47 7-63 2 - 62.7 3.39 ENG
GD McGrath 9 320.1 103 750 43 17.44 5-21 1 - 44.6 2.34 AUS
Shoaib Akhtar 9 220 50 715 42 17.02 6-11 3 - 31.4 3.25 PAK
Z Khan 13 425.5 96 1329 40 33.22 4-41 - - 63.8 3.12 IND
AR Caddick 10 378.4 84 1215 39 31.15 6-63 2 - 58.2 3.20 ENG
Waqar Younis 11 257.3 51 933 37 25.21 6-55 1 - 41.7 3.62 PAK
M Ntini 7 258.4 62 844 35 24.11 5-19 1 - 44.3 3.26 RSA
CE Cuffy 10 408.4 109 979 32 30.59 4-82 - - 76.6 2.39 WI
JH Kallis 8 203.4 38 782 29 26.96 5-21 1 - 42.1 3.83 RSA
Danish Kaneria 7 235.4 47 747 26 28.73 7-77 2 - 54.3 3.16 PAK
PT Collins 9 356.2 69 1042 25 41.68 6-76 1 - 85.5 2.92 WI
AF Giles 9 356.5 59 971 23 42.21 4-62 - - 93.0 2.72 ENG
Abdur Razzaq 8 140.2 22 440 22 20.00 4-24 - - 38.2 3.13 PAK
WPUJC Vaas 8 310 57 915 21 43.57 4-85 - - 88.5 2.95 SL
A Sanford 7 234.1 52 794 20 39.70 3-20 - - 70.2 3.39 WI
A Flintoff 9 312 65 982 20 49.10 3-49 - - 93.6 3.14 ENG
J Srinath 10 315 90 819 20 40.95 3-69 - - 94.5 2.60 IND
JN Gillespie 6 190.2 52 590 19 31.05 4-78 - - 60.1 3.09 AUS
RW Price 4 232.3 67 573 18 31.83 5-182 1 - 77.5 2.46 ZIM
A Nehra 7 270 70 838 18 46.55 4-112 - - 90.0 3.10 IND
B Lee 7 187.1 30 725 17 42.64 4-82 - - 66.0 3.87 AUS
TCB Fernando 7 166.5 26 622 15 41.46 4-27 - - 66.7 3.72 SL
IG Butler 4 109.3 12 455 14 32.50 4-60 - - 46.9 4.15 NZ
DL Vettori 6 194.1 26 672 14 48.00 4-27 - - 83.2 3.46 NZ
AJ Bichel 4 81.2 10 289 13 22.23 3-43 - - 37.5 3.55 AUS
DR Tuffey 3 82 24 269 13 20.69 6-54 1 - 37.8 3.28 NZ
CRD Fernando 4 111.2 11 476 13 36.61 4-49 - - 51.3 4.27 SL
ST Jayasuriya 9 127 36 271 13 20.84 5-43 1 - 58.6 2.13 SL
Mohammad Sami 5 161.5 28 510 13 39.23 4-53 - - 74.6 3.15 PAK
CL Hooper 12 256.5 62 620 13 47.69 2-32 - - 118.5 2.41 WI
SE Bond 2 63.1 15 216 12 18.00 5-78 2 - 31.5 3.41 NZ
CJ Drum 3 112.2 25 426 12 35.50 3-36 - - 56.1 3.79 NZ
SM Pollock 4 134 47 341 12 28.41 3-109 - - 67.0 2.54 RSA
Looks like Kallis has also done very good as an all-rounder.I would rate his as bets all rounder in the world today and that definitly earns him a place in team.Though I agree Pollock doesnt deserve it.
Looking at the stats, Sehwag's name isn't even up there, I thought he played well, maybe I'm mixing his one day performance with test.
Now I will change Vaughan for Sehwag.
