Hard to argue too much with that, I'd personally go Warner over Tamim. 3 is competitive with Smith vs Williamson vs Amla vs Pujara vs ... Westley!
Think I'd go Smith, Williamson, Root as my 3-5. Shakib vs Stokes at 6 depending on the pitch. I'd pick Herath over Jadeja as my main spinner, Jadeja is obviously a handful in India but I'd go for the experience of Herath for all pitches. I'd also go for a left arm seamer for variety so would pick Starc over Hazlewood, just because I don't want to pick too many Aussies.
Warner
Kohli
Williamson
Root
Smith
De Kock
Stokes
Philliander
Ashwin
Hazelwood
Anderson
MY TEST XI
1.Dean Elgar
2.Alistair Cook
3.Azhar Ali
4.Virat Kohli
5.Joe Root
6.Shakib Al-Hasan
7.Quinton Du Kock (wk)
8.Vernon Philander
9.James Anderson
10.Yasir Shah
11.Josh Hazelwood
For English conditions Test XI:
Cook
Warner
Williamson
Smith (c)
Root
Stokes
De Kock (wk)
Ashwin
Philander
Amir (for a left armer)
Anderson
12th man Herath
Players who perform home and away:
Cook
Azhar
Williamson
Root
Smith
Stokes (Sakib if Asia)
Bairstow
Jadeja
Philander
Starc
Anderson
How come there is no Amir in any world eleven.
Before his suspension he would have been, but since he came back, hasn't been the same, pace has dropped, dosent swing the ball as much, and he hasn;t really taken many wickets since coming back..
comment by CF (U21346)
posted 2 days, 23 hours ago
MY TEST XI
1.Dean Elgar
2.Alistair Cook
3.Azhar Ali
4.Virat Kohli
5.Joe Root
6.Shakib Al-Hasan
7.Quinton Du Kock (wk)
8.Vernon Philander
9.James Anderson
10.Yasir Shah
11.Josh Hazelwood
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No Steve Smith? He's been arguably the best player in tests for a couple of years now.
Smith averages an incredible 60.18 with over 5,000 test runs, has to be in, as does Root, Williamson, Cook Anderson, Philandering, Kholi
Wanted Smith in there, but where do you fit him in? Can't get everyone in...
comment by CF (U21346)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
Wanted Smith in there, but where do you fit him in? Can't get everyone in...
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Ahead of Ali. Actually ahead of most!
Ali and Elgar are questionable
Ali has been a better opener than Cook in the last 12 months. Scored runs all over the world.
comment by (Kash) I'm the Mané, I'm the Mané - Justice4Gaza (U1108)
posted 5 hours, 13 minutes ago
Ali has been a better opener than Cook in the last 12 months. Scored runs all over the world.
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Cook has been on a steady decline for a while now. I think we'll see him improve a little over the next couple of years following relinquishing the captaincy. A consistent opening partner for him could be a boost, he could well be more frustrated than most by the chopping and changing at the top. Despite that, I think most would pick a partner for Cook in their world XIs rather than not pick him, a good argument can be made for Ali.
Unfortunately I agree about Cookie, a great batsman, but an average summer baring his figure boosting 243....
No Steve Smith? He's been arguably the best player in tests for a couple of years now.
..................
He got well found out in the last ashes series.
So Vidicschin only one series counts regarding Steven Smith?I think he is the best batsman in test cricket at the moment for Australia.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 14 hours, 57 minutes ago
No Steve Smith? He's been arguably the best player in tests for a couple of years now.
..................
He got well found out in the last ashes series.
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He only averaged 56 and scored 508 runs in the series
comment by (Kash) I'm the Mané, I'm the Mané - Justice4Gaza (U1108)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 14 hours, 57 minutes ago
No Steve Smith? He's been arguably the best player in tests for a couple of years now.
..................
He got well found out in the last ashes series.
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He only averaged 56 and scored 508 runs in the series
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Pretty poor contribution really. He's got nothing on Tom Westley.
What a stupid comment by Candlestick!
He only averaged 56 and scored 508 runs in the series
.............
If I remember rightly that was from two innings out of ten, on flat pitches at Lords and the dead rubber at Oval.
When the ball was zipping around he didn't do very well.
On Tom Westley, not quite good enough at Test level.
No shame in that.
comment by ZahraIhsanphile (U20361)
posted 10 minutes ago
What a stupid comment by Candlestick!
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Obviously a joke, get a grip.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
On Tom Westley, not quite good enough at Test level.
No shame in that.
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No doubt, I follow Essex and was an advocate for him getting into the side. Looks a bit all over the place at the moment but I hope he's not just dropped unless England plan a reshuffle with Root moving to 3.
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posted on 31/8/17
Hard to argue too much with that, I'd personally go Warner over Tamim. 3 is competitive with Smith vs Williamson vs Amla vs Pujara vs ... Westley!
Think I'd go Smith, Williamson, Root as my 3-5. Shakib vs Stokes at 6 depending on the pitch. I'd pick Herath over Jadeja as my main spinner, Jadeja is obviously a handful in India but I'd go for the experience of Herath for all pitches. I'd also go for a left arm seamer for variety so would pick Starc over Hazlewood, just because I don't want to pick too many Aussies.
posted on 31/8/17
Warner
Kohli
Williamson
Root
Smith
De Kock
Stokes
Philliander
Ashwin
Hazelwood
Anderson
posted on 31/8/17
MY TEST XI
1.Dean Elgar
2.Alistair Cook
3.Azhar Ali
4.Virat Kohli
5.Joe Root
6.Shakib Al-Hasan
7.Quinton Du Kock (wk)
8.Vernon Philander
9.James Anderson
10.Yasir Shah
11.Josh Hazelwood
posted on 1/9/17
For English conditions Test XI:
Cook
Warner
Williamson
Smith (c)
Root
Stokes
De Kock (wk)
Ashwin
Philander
Amir (for a left armer)
Anderson
12th man Herath
posted on 2/9/17
Players who perform home and away:
Cook
Azhar
Williamson
Root
Smith
Stokes (Sakib if Asia)
Bairstow
Jadeja
Philander
Starc
Anderson
posted on 2/9/17
How come there is no Amir in any world eleven.
posted on 3/9/17
Before his suspension he would have been, but since he came back, hasn't been the same, pace has dropped, dosent swing the ball as much, and he hasn;t really taken many wickets since coming back..
posted on 3/9/17
comment by CF (U21346)
posted 2 days, 23 hours ago
MY TEST XI
1.Dean Elgar
2.Alistair Cook
3.Azhar Ali
4.Virat Kohli
5.Joe Root
6.Shakib Al-Hasan
7.Quinton Du Kock (wk)
8.Vernon Philander
9.James Anderson
10.Yasir Shah
11.Josh Hazelwood
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No Steve Smith? He's been arguably the best player in tests for a couple of years now.
posted on 3/9/17
Smith averages an incredible 60.18 with over 5,000 test runs, has to be in, as does Root, Williamson, Cook Anderson, Philandering, Kholi
posted on 3/9/17
Philander 😂
posted on 4/9/17
Wanted Smith in there, but where do you fit him in? Can't get everyone in...
posted on 4/9/17
comment by CF (U21346)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
Wanted Smith in there, but where do you fit him in? Can't get everyone in...
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Ahead of Ali. Actually ahead of most!
posted on 5/9/17
Ali and Elgar are questionable
posted on 5/9/17
Ali has been a better opener than Cook in the last 12 months. Scored runs all over the world.
posted on 5/9/17
comment by (Kash) I'm the Mané, I'm the Mané - Justice4Gaza (U1108)
posted 5 hours, 13 minutes ago
Ali has been a better opener than Cook in the last 12 months. Scored runs all over the world.
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Cook has been on a steady decline for a while now. I think we'll see him improve a little over the next couple of years following relinquishing the captaincy. A consistent opening partner for him could be a boost, he could well be more frustrated than most by the chopping and changing at the top. Despite that, I think most would pick a partner for Cook in their world XIs rather than not pick him, a good argument can be made for Ali.
posted on 5/9/17
Unfortunately I agree about Cookie, a great batsman, but an average summer baring his figure boosting 243....
posted on 6/9/17
No Steve Smith? He's been arguably the best player in tests for a couple of years now.
..................
He got well found out in the last ashes series.
posted on 6/9/17
So Vidicschin only one series counts regarding Steven Smith?I think he is the best batsman in test cricket at the moment for Australia.
posted on 7/9/17
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 14 hours, 57 minutes ago
No Steve Smith? He's been arguably the best player in tests for a couple of years now.
..................
He got well found out in the last ashes series.
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He only averaged 56 and scored 508 runs in the series
posted on 7/9/17
comment by (Kash) I'm the Mané, I'm the Mané - Justice4Gaza (U1108)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 14 hours, 57 minutes ago
No Steve Smith? He's been arguably the best player in tests for a couple of years now.
..................
He got well found out in the last ashes series.
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He only averaged 56 and scored 508 runs in the series
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Pretty poor contribution really. He's got nothing on Tom Westley.
posted on 7/9/17
What a stupid comment by Candlestick!
posted on 7/9/17
He only averaged 56 and scored 508 runs in the series
.............
If I remember rightly that was from two innings out of ten, on flat pitches at Lords and the dead rubber at Oval.
When the ball was zipping around he didn't do very well.
posted on 7/9/17
On Tom Westley, not quite good enough at Test level.
No shame in that.
posted on 7/9/17
comment by ZahraIhsanphile (U20361)
posted 10 minutes ago
What a stupid comment by Candlestick!
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Obviously a joke, get a grip.
posted on 7/9/17
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
On Tom Westley, not quite good enough at Test level.
No shame in that.
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No doubt, I follow Essex and was an advocate for him getting into the side. Looks a bit all over the place at the moment but I hope he's not just dropped unless England plan a reshuffle with Root moving to 3.
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