Australia’s leading sports website Focus Sports has announced its Test team of the decade.
The 11-player team includes two Australians, two Indians and three South African players, while one player each belongs to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
No Pakistani player could make a place in the best Test team of ten years.
In the Test team, there is the salami batsman and former captain Alastair Cook from England, who scored 8 thousand 818 runs at an average of 46.51 during ten years, including 23 centuries.
The former England captain has been chosen to support Australia’s famous opening batsman David Warner, who scored 7,099 runs with 23 centuries at an average of 48.33 during ten years with his aggressive batting.
Former Sri Lankan captain and famous wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara has been selected at the third place, who has scored 4 thousand 851 runs at an average of 61.40 thanks to 17 centuries.
Former Australian captain Steve Smith has been placed at the fourth position, who scored 26 centuries and 7 thousand 70 runs at an average of 63.14.
The fifth number in the team belongs to Indian captain Virat Kohli who has scored 7 thousand 202 runs with 27 centuries at an average of 54.97.
The sixth number in the best team of a decade belongs to South Africa’s famous batsman AB de Villiers, who scored 5 thousand 59 runs with 13 centuries at an average of 57.48.
Bangladesh wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has been placed at number seven who has joined the controversial wicketkeeper team. The former Bangladesh captain has scored 2,860 runs, including six centuries.
India’s off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been included in the team after taking 362 wickets at an average of 25.
Former South African Test bowler Dale Steyn, who took 267 wickets at an average of 22, has been included in the team.
England’s leading wicket-taker, James Anderson, has also been able to make it to the team. During these ten years, Anderson took 427 wickets at an average of 24.
The last fast bowler in the team is Kagiso Rabada from South Africa who has taken 183 wickets at an average of 22.
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2024-10-08 07:08:08
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Analyzing Fox Sports‘ Test Team of the Decade
I was intrigued by the recent announcement from Focus Sports (also referred to as Fox Sports in some instances) about their Test team of the decade. Upon reviewing the team composition, I noticed some expected and unexpected choices.
According to the report, the team features two Australian players, and I found similar observations in the Fox Sports Test Team of the Decade 2010 – 2019 video [[3]]. Unfortunately, the article didn’t provide the specific names of the chosen players from each country, which I think is an essential component in analyzing such news.
However, it was stated that two Indians, three South Africans, and one player each from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were included in the team. The lack of Pakistani players in the team is not surprising given the country’s unpredictable Test team performance in recent years.
Alastair Cook, the prolific English batter, was chosen as part of this esteemed team. Given Cook’s impressive track record as a Test player and his contribution to English cricket during the 2000s and beyond, his inclusion is well-deserved. Wisden also recognized Cook’s achievements and included him in their England Test team of the 2000s along with other notable English batters like Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan, Kevin Pietersen, Graham Thorpe, and Andrew Flintoff [[1]]. The same core batters helped shape English Test cricket during that era.
If I had to hypothesize about the criteria for this selection, I would say that the selectors at Fox Sports looked at the batsmen with the highest Test averages, most centuries, and highest individual scores. Perhaps they also evaluated the batting average of these players under various conditions to come to the conclusion that the chosen individuals were best suited to represent this Test team of the decade.
Moreover, the Test team of the decade may include players who demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and inspiring comebacks during critical matches. Given these expectations, I’m curious to know the other names selected by Fox Sports and to consider how their choices align with or diverge from other cricket analysts and media outlets, such as Indian Express’s World Test XI of the Decade 2010-2019 [[2]].
though the lack of detailed analysis behind Fox Sports’ choices might leave readers thirsty for more knowledge on this Test team of the decade, their selection does offer an exciting conversation piece about cricket, performance, and achievement in Test cricket.
