what is your world test eleven?

Here is mine:

1) Mohammed Hafeez (offers options with bat and ball)
2) Hashim Amla
3) Jonathon Trott
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) Shivarine Chanderpaul
6) Yuvraj Singh ( bat and ball)
7) Mushfiqur Rahim
8) Daniel Vettori
9) Zaheer Khan
10) Kemar Roach
11) Mashrafe Mortaza

1)Graeme Smith
2)Hashim Amla
3)Jonathon Trott
4)Sachin Tendulkar
5)AB De Villiers
6)Michael Hussey
7)MS Dhoni(w-k)
8)Stuart Broad(bat and ball)
9)Harbhajan Singh
10)Dale Steyn
11)Kemar Roach

very good side liam

Smith
Watson
Trott
Tendulkar
De Villiers
Hussey
Dhoni
Swann
Steyn
Zaheer Khan
Anderson

Sehwag (in subcontinent) Watson (outside)
Gambhir
Amla
Tendulkar
Kallis
De Villiers
Haddin
Harbhajan (in subcontinent) Anderson (outside)
Swann
Steyn
Morkel

1- Watson
2- Cook
3- Trott
4- Tendulkar
5- Hussey
6- De Villiers
7- Dohni
8- Swann
9- Steyn
10- Zaheer Khan
11- Morkel

Sehwag(in subcontinent)Smith(outside)
Dravid
Sanga
Sachin
Hussey
Bell
Prior(wk)
Steyn
Zak
Anderson
Ajmal

Dravid
Smith
Pietersen
Tendulkar
De Villiers
Bell
Prior
Swann
Steyn
Khan
Anderson

Tough call between Bell and Hussey, but Bell has youth on his side and I feel is in the prime of his career now.

Changing mine

Not based on form, just based on best test side around at the moment.

1.Alistair Cook
2.Graeme Smith (C)
3.Jonathon Trott
4.Sachin Tendulkar
5.Mahela Jaywardene
6.Misbah Ul-Haq
7.Matt Prior (WK)
8.Dale Steyn
9.Graeme Swann
10.Zaheer Khan (when fit)
11.Jimmy Anderson

Cook
Watson
Trott
Tendulkar
De Villiers
Bell
Prior
Swann
Steyn
Zaheer Khan
Anderson

Very good team CF but surely KP/Bell/Hussey are better than Misbah
Also I wouldnt play Mahela outside Asia but in the subcontinent I agree that he is a must.

Misbah offers stablity in the middle order, and also i think bell is wasted at 6, and Trott at 3 is a must.

Is this the same Trott who has averaged barely 40 in 2011? Sorry, but he's ridiculously overhyped - a decent batsman who has only ever played in one of the worst eras in termas of bowling.

KP is a shoe-in for any world XI, for me. He did suffer a dip in form but has since returned to look at his imperious best.

How about, based on form over the last 12 months:

Cook
Smith(c)
Amla
Pietersen
Kallis
Bell
Prior(wk)
Bresnan
Steyn
Saeed Ajmal
Anderson

Last 12 months I'd have Swann over Ajmal given the opposition faced and form for the most part of it. Other than that, maybe Broad ahead of Bresnan, but solid choices.

Not one team has Sangakara in it!! Given his form over the last 2-3 years seems harsh. He could even keep wicket!

Forgot Sanga
Sanga replaces Trott in my team.

I also forgot about Graeme Smith.His form over the past year hasnt been great but overall i think he is better than Cook.

Graeme smith is very underrated. However i do think that once both have finished their careers that cook will be better than smith

however they both have big technical flaws

Smith:Smith's bat comes down at a very awkward angle when playing the forward defsenvie

Cook: Has a real probelm against the swinging ball outside the off-stump

Taking someone from each team

Brendan Taylor
Shane Watson
Sachin Tendulkar
Kumar Sangakkara (WK/C)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ross Taylor
Shakib Al-Hasan
Boyd Rankin ( I needed an 11th team for this one)
Saeed Ajmal
Jimmy Anderson

Just in general:
Sehwag
Cook
Tendulkar
Dravid
Sangakkara (C)
Dhoni (WK)
Shakib
Swann
Khan
Anderson
Steyn

intresting that u have shakib below dhoni

Wasn't entirely sure there, in hindsight I'd probably switch them. Shakib was just the only lower order all rounder that I liked to be honest. There are probably better.

shakib is a better test batsman than dhoni and he isnt lower oder he bats 5

Yeah, your right there. I'd put him in at 6 sixth in that team though. Also Steyn was meant to be in my first team as well.

Alastair Cook
Shane Watson
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman
Matt Prior
Shakib Al Hasan
Graeme Swann
Dale Steyn
Zaheer Khan
James Anderson

Or
Mohammed Hafeez
Gautam Gambhir
Kumar Sangakkara
Jacques Kallis
Mike Hussey
AB De Villiers
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Tim Bresnan
Stuart Broad
Morne Morkel
Saeed Ajmal

No Bell in either of the teams?

cricketfan90 wrote:shakib is a better test batsman than dhoni and he isnt lower oder he bats 5

he only bats 5 because he plays for bangladesh tho

in a better team theres no way he would bat that high

I suppose the team selection will depend on where you play. So I will rather select 14 players and then depending on the ground and conditions my coach can select the matchday 11.

On current form.

Batsmen
Cook
Smith
Sangakarra
Amla
Tendulkar

Bowlers
Steyn
Anderson
Morkel
Swann
Khan

Wicket keepers.
Prior
de villiers

All Rounders
Kallis
Vettori.

On current form,Bell and Dravid have to get in.

you can't have De Villiers as a keeper biltong, he doesn't keep in tests! Also, I agree that on current form Bell has to be considered surely? averages 100 in tests in 2011! Bresnan must be in with a shout too (Khan hasn't played much recently)

I think Smith is the best opener in the world from among those who are still playing the game.But how on earth can he get in on current form?Apart from that one hundred in the Cape Town he hasnt done anything of not for the past year or so.
I'd pick Dravid as the opener.

Well Smith hasn't really played much test cricket during the last year. However since Jan 2010 he has averaged 52.50 with the bat.

Chelsea, there aren't any wicket keepers in seriously decent form with the bat, and as de Villiers can keep, I selected him, as a back up to Prior

Prasanna Jayawardene scored a couple of tons this year, hasn't he? Always an underrated batsman, but Prasanna's batting skills have gone up during the last couple of seasons

I agree msp. Prassana is very underrated, and him being so good with the bat, allowed sri lanka to put him at 6, and play 5 bowlers against a classy pakistan bowling attack.