Best test side over the last 12 months

What is the best test side over the last 12 months?

i no done one not long ago, but changed my mind over the make up of my side, let me know what you think, or make your own...

1)Alistair Cook
2)Graeme Smith (C)
3)Junaid Siddique
4)Mike Hussey
5)Shakib Al-Hasan
6)Ian Bell
7)M.S.Dhoni (WK)
8)Kemar Roach
9)Graeme Swann
10)Tim Southee
11)Zaheer Khan

lol im sure someone disagrees with me :p

Cook
Watson
Trott
Kallis
Tendulkar
Bell
Prior
Swann
Steyn
Zaheer Khan
Anderson

same team as last time, just surer of picking Prior...

Sehwag
Cook
Dravid/Trott
Tendulkar
Kallis
Laxman
Dhoni(c and wk)
Harby/Swann(harby has done well against the top sides tbh)
Steyn
Zaheer
Morkel

sorry i missed out amla, i would have him instead of siddique

wow i would have thought that i would have got some criticism.. like usual..

I would say Priors had a better year than Dhoni and Kemar Roach hasn't been getting full game time for the West Indies.

i suppose but dhoni just has that influence when he is in the field, and when roach has played he has been on fire

Cook
McCullum
Trott
Tendulkar
Kallis
Bell
Prior
Swann
Zaheer Khan
Steyn
Anderson

cricketfan90 wrote:wow i would have thought that i would have got some criticism.. like usual..

From whom?Me?

cricketfan90 wrote:What is the best test side over the last 12 months?

i no done one not long ago, but changed my mind over the make up of my side, let me know what you think, or make your own...

1)Alistair Cook
2)Graeme Smith (C)
3)Junaid Siddique
4)Mike Hussey
5)Shakib Al-Hasan
6)Ian Bell
7)M.S.Dhoni (WK)
8)Kemar Roach
9)Graeme Swann
10)Tim Southee
11)Zaheer Khan

Are you at the wind up with this team?

Junaid Siddique batting at three despite not playing a Test match in the past 12 months, same with Shakib Al-Hasan at five. No Trott, despite 1200+ runs at 71. What about Tendulkar averaging in the mid 60s for his 996 runs!

Your bowling attack is also bizarre, too bizarre to not be a wind up. No place for James Anderson 61 wickets @ 21 against some good batting sides, yet Southee 10 wickets @46 and Roach 15 wickets at 30 get in ahead of him. What about Dale Steyn.

Wicket keeper is a bit more debatable, but the stats lie heavily with Prior. Prior (61) has had a good last 12 monts with the golves and averages 35 more with the bat that Dohni (26).

Dorothy_Mantooth wrote:

Are you at the wind up with this team?

Junaid Siddique batting at three despite not playing a Test match in the past 12 months, same with Shakib Al-Hasan at five. No Trott, despite 1200+ runs at 71. What about Tendulkar averaging in the mid 60s for his 996 runs!

Your bowling attack is also bizarre, too bizarre to not be a wind up. No place for James Anderson 61 wickets @ 21 against some good batting sides, yet Southee 10 wickets @46 and Roach 15 wickets at 30 get in ahead of him. What about Dale Steyn.

Wicket keeper is a bit more debatable, but the stats lie heavily with Prior. Prior (61) has had a good last 12 monts with the golves and averages 35 more with the bat that Dohni (26).

Yes he is.

CF puts in players he likes rather than players who have actually done well.

I would have picked Anderson instead of Morkel but I think a tall hit the deck bowler like Morkel would complement the other two nicely IMO.Dhoni is in bcoz he has performed better than any other captain IMO.And you do need a captain dont you?Apart from that the rest of my pretty much picks itself.

Liam

I disagree.He just wants to annoy us.If he wants to pick his personal favourites then he should name his team as "My Favourite Test XI' rather than the "Best Test XI".

My side:

Cook
Watson
Trott
Tendulkar
Kallis
Bell
Prior
Swann
Steyn
Khan
Anderson

Liam
Read my views above and plz comment.This CF bloke should give justifications for his CONTROVERSIAL selections.

I get the picture about CF! Realtively new to the board, but it does not take long to spot potential attention seekers.

I will go with the same side as Liam. I understand there is no Captain there, but I will have Dhoni as XII man which means he will be on the field most of the day anyway.....

Dorothy_Mantooth wrote:I get the picture about CF! Realtively new to the board, but it does not take long to spot potential attention seekers.

I will go with the same side as Liam. I understand there is no Captain there, but I will have Dhoni as XII man which means he will be on the field most of the day anyway.....

i am not an attention seeker, and i dont appreciate being called one...

cricketfan90 wrote:

Dorothy_Mantooth wrote:I get the picture about CF! Realtively new to the board, but it does not take long to spot potential attention seekers.

I will go with the same side as Liam. I understand there is no Captain there, but I will have Dhoni as XII man which means he will be on the field most of the day anyway.....

i am not an attention seeker, and i dont appreciate being called one...

Apologies for inferring you were an attention seeker.

Is there any chance of answering the question I have asked you? I am interested to know your thinking behind picking your team, that's all.