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[WalkingWicket37]

Some very strange decisions made here. Baring in mind the team is supposed to be made up from players in the best form lately/currently.
Amla and Smith aren't having the best of times, Watson as well just to name a few

I couldn't put 11 players in my own team as too many people to consider. I'd end up with 15 at least

Share your 15 man squad then??

[Cedrictoad]

After three days of considering this, I am still struggling - its usually pretty easy to get nine names on the sheet and then allow personal preference to fill in the other couple, but this year I can only really think of De Villiers, Ajmal, Steyn and Johnson who are locked on certainties on recent form - even Amla, who is the nearest to a fifth, is not having a great time of it.  That least vacancies for two openers, two in the middle order and a seamer, plus one either all rounder or second spinner...

Eek.

For what its worth, I would first went for:

Cook
Amla
Sangakkara
Clarke
De Villiers
McCullum
Philander
Johnson
Steyn
Herath
Ajmal

Before deciding that Cook barely deserved a place and that Herath was not much more of a threat than Lyon, which lead me to the more controversial:

Watson
Amla
Sangakkara
Clarke
De Villiers
McCullum
Du Plessis
Johnson
Philander
Steyn
Ajmal

Obviously Watto doesn't merit his spot per se but he has experience as an opener and I hate just playing four bowlers.

The two hardest done to guys here are Harris and Broad, who could both run Philander close.

There are a lot of keepers in that 11 (or former keepers anyway)!  For the record who would be behind the stumps?

[Manormanic]

There are a lot of keepers in that 11 (or former keepers anyway)!  For the record who would be behind the stumps?

there are a few yes.  I was envisaging De Villiers doing the job given that he is the only one who seems to embrace the idea!

[FattusCattus]

I think Herath is more of a threat than Lyon. Will be interesting to see how he goes outside the sub-continent.

[Manormanic]

Herath has a decent record on the sub continent but not much outside, and it is noticeable that his SR is poor everywhere

[WalkingWicket37]

I think Herath is more of a threat than Lyon. Will be interesting to see how he goes outside the sub-continent.

He was cack when he was Hampshire's overseas!

[Gingerbusiness]

Cook
Warner
Amla
Clarke (C)
Pujara
De Viliers
Sanga (WK)
Ashwin
Broad
Johnson
Steyn

Something a bit different...

[joeljonno]

When you ask a question, stats give the answer )

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Performances for 2 Years to 20/02/2014


   Player  Batting  Bowling  Dismissals 
1  G C Smith (SAF)   1483 Runs @ 46.34         
2  D A Warner (AUS)   1669 Runs @ 42.79   4 Wickets @ 51.25     
3  K C Sangakkara (SRL)   1778 Runs @ 77.30         
4  L R Taylor (NZL)   1607 Runs @ 57.39         
5  S Chanderpaul (WIN)   1431 Runs @ 95.40         
6  A D Mathews (SRL)   793 Runs @ 52.87   7 Wickets @ 70.29     
7  A B de Villiers (SAF)   1843 Runs @ 63.55      68 Dismissals @ 4.00 per match   
8  V D Philander (SAF)   485 Runs @ 26.94   78 Wickets @ 20.73     
9  M G Johnson (AUS)   317 Runs @ 26.42   65 Wickets @ 17.06     
10  R J Harris (AUS)   320 Runs @ 24.62   55 Wickets @ 22.33     
11  H M R Herath (SRL)   107 Runs @ 6.29   97 Wickets @ 24.68     


Selection Criteria (performances in the 2 years to 20/02/2014) 
 
Batsmen 
(a)  Minimum 1 innings in the immediately preceding 12 months 
(b)  Mimimum 20 innings in the relevant batting position, unless no player qualifies under this criteria. 
(c)  Players performances are analysed for each position in the batting order, and the player having the highest average while batting in each position 1 to 6 is selected for that position. 
(d)  Performances by players batting 1 and 2 are combined to obtain an average for opening batsmen. 
 
Wicket Keeper 
(a)  Minimum 1 match in the immediately preceding 12 months 
(b)  Minimum 40 dismissals unless no other player has so qualified. 
(d)  Player with the highest dismissal per match ratio (i.e. Dismissals / Matches) is selected. 
 
Bowlers 
(a)  Minimum 1 match in the immediately preceding 12 months. 
(b)  Minimum 40 wickets. 
(c)  The spin bowler with the best bowling average, and the 3 pace bowlers with the best bowling averages are selected. Batting order is determined by batting average in the immediately preceding 2 years. 
 

from ...   http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/WorldXI.asp