2011 Review - How this year was for Cricket?

[Gurjot95]

Post it as this-

Players
Best Batsman-
Best Bowler-
Best Wicketkeeper-
Best Allrounder-
Best Innings-
Most Improved Player-
Most Declined Player-
Best Emerging Player-

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team-
Best Test Team-
Most Uprising Team-
Most Declined Team-
Best Associate Team-
Best Match-
Best Series/Tournament-

Misc-
Best Moment-
Most Disgracing Moment-
Best ICC rule-
Worst off-field Cricket Incident-

Rate your team's 2011 performance ( /10) with description (optional)-

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I'll post my opinion tomorrow!

 

[barmyarmy]

Players
Best Batsman- Alastair Cook
Best Bowler- James Anderson
Best Keeper: Matt Prior
Best All Rounder: Stuart Broad
Best Innings- Alastair Cook vs Australia
Most Improved Player- Ian Bell
Most Declined Player- Ricky Ponting
Best Emerging Player- Chris Tremlett

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team- Who cares?
Best Test Team- England
Most Uprising Team- West Indies
Most Declined Team- India
Best Associate Team- Scotland
Best Match- Sydney test
Best Series/Tournament- Ashes

Misc
Best Moment- Ashes
Most Disgracing Moment- Ian Bell almost being runout
Best ICC rule- tea
Worst off-field Cricket Incident- Spot fixing trial

Rate your team's 2011 performance ( /10) with description (optional)-

9. Awesome

Does that about cover it?

 

[AbhishekS]

Players
Best Batsman: Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag (for the record breaking performance of 219)
Best Bowler: Saeed Ajmal
Best Innings: Undoubtedly Sehwag's 219
Most Improved Player: Am I allowed to say Rahul Dravid (we all thought that he is so perfect that there is no room for improvement, but he proved us wrong and got better, even though he already was one of the bests)
Most Declined Player: Harbhajan Singh (I hope he comes back strongly)
Best Emerging Player: Darren Bravo, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team: India (for the WC)
Best Test Team: England
Most Uprising Team: West Indies
Most Declined Team: No idea
Best Associate Team: Netherlands and Ireland (based on the WC performances)
Best Match: India v England in WC (I didn't have a single nail left post that match), India v Pakistan semi-final (for the hype) and India v Sri Lanka final (for the emotions)
Best Series/Tournament: WC 2011

Misc-
Best Moment: For me it was India's WC victory and Sehwag's 219
Most Disgracing Moment: No idea
Best ICC rule: DRS implemented in the WC, two balls in ODIs
Worst off-field Cricket Incident: Vinod Kambli's allegations of 1996 WC SF being fixed

Rate your team's 2011 performance ( /10) with description (optional):

India:
ODIs: 9/10
Tests: 6/10

 

[Keeper]

Oi, no keeper category

 

[barmyarmy]

Surely Kamran Akmal is a shoe-in.

 

[Gurjot95]

Added with Allrounder. Though no one would compete it with Kamran.

 

[Addy]

Players
Best Batsman- Dravid
Best Bowler- Steyn (Test) Afridi (ODI)
Best Innings- Kevin O Brian v England
Most Improved Player- Mohammad Hafeez
Most Declined Player- Ricky Ponting
Best Emerging Player- Junaid Khan

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team- Pakistan
Best Test Team- England
Most Uprising Team- Zimbabwe
Most Declined Team- Bangladesh
Best Associate Team- Ireland, Afganistan
Best Match- WI V Ind TEST, Nzl v Rsa - CWC, Ire v Eng CWC
Best Series/Tournament- rescent RSA v AUS Series.

Misc-
Best Moment- Vetori's Sportsman spirit against Zimbabwe
Most Disgracing Moment- Spot fixing trial (imprisonment of Pak Trio)
Best ICC rule- None of them
Worst off-field Cricket Incident- Harbajan getting robbed :/

 

[Keeper]

Hehe

To be fair they can come under the batsman category nowadays.

Was Ponting's DRS umpire spat in 2011?

 

[Addy]

Pakistan : 8 / 10 overall

 

[barmyarmy]

Maybe we should have a rule that you can't name players from your own country in any category

My rest-of-world nominations:

Players
Best Batsman- Rahul Dravid
Best Bowler- Dale Steyn
Best Keeper: Kumar Sangakarra
Best All Rounder: Jacques Kallis
Best Innings- Sehwag vs Windies
Most Improved Player- Saeed Ajmal
Most Declined Player- Ricky Ponting
Best Emerging Player- Kirk Edwards

 

[Gurjot95]

Maybe we should have a rule that you can't name players from your own country in any category

Lol, I was just going to post that you are being bias or you only follow English Cricket?

 

[barmyarmy]

Lol, I was just going to post that you are being bias or you only follow English Cricket?

I was actually being ironic.

 

[AbhishekS]

Don't know about him, but I am being biased and added to that, I only follow Indian cricket!

 

[Haarithan]

Nice thread.

Players

Best Batsman - Jonathan Trott (overall); Alastair Cook (Tests); Virat Kohli (ODIs)
Best Bowler - James Anderson (Tests); Shahid Afridi (ODIs)
Best Wicketkeeper - Matt Prior (Tests); MS Dhoni (ODIs)
Best Allrounder - Stuart Broad (Tests); Shane Watson (ODIs)
Best Innings - Alastair Cook 235* v Australia (Tests); Sehwag 219 v Windies (ODIs)
Most Improved Player - Darren Bravo
Most Declined Player - Harbhajan Singh
Best Emerging Player - Pat Cummins

Teams/Matches

Best ODI Team - Australia
Best Test Team - England
Most Uprising Team - England
Most Declined Team - Sri Lanka
Best Associate Team - Ireland
Best Match - Ind v WI 3rd test; Ind v Eng WC 2011
Best Series/Tournament - Ashes 2010-11 (Tests); South Africa v India (ODIs)

Misc

Best Moment - England's rise to #1 in test cricket
Most Disgracing Moment - None
Best ICC rule - None
Worst off-field Cricket Incident - Bhajji getting robbed

Rate your team's 2011 performance ( /10) with description (optional) - England 7.5/10

The ODI side needs wholesale changes to say the least. Disasterous year.

 

[shravi]

Best Batsman- Rahul Dravid, Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott
Best Bowler- Dale Steyn, James Anderson
Best Wicketkeeper- Matt Prior
Best Allrounder- Stuart Broad
Most Improved Player- Stuart Broad
Most Declined Player- Philip Hughes (if that was even possible)
Best Emerging Player- Pat Cummins, Junaid Khan

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team- India
Best Test Team- England
Most Uprising Team- Pakistan
Most Declined Team- Australia, Sri Lanka
Best Match- South Africa vs Australia 1st test, Australia vs New Zealand 2nd test, India vs Sri Lanka World Cup Final, India vs Pakistan World Cup Semi Final, India vs Australia World Cup Quarter Final
Best Series/Tournament- World Cup

Misc-
Best Moment- Dhoni's 6 to win the World Cup
Most Disgracing Moment- Spot Fixing trial