The Best of 2010.

[Brook]

These lists might help

Batting
Bowling

 

[Varun]

Test Matches-

• Best Batsman: Amla/Sachin
• Best Bowler: Steyn
• Best Team: India/South Africa
• Best New Cricketer: Pujara

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ODI Matches-

• Best Batsman: Sachin/Amla
• Best Bowler: Steyn/Swann
• Best Batting Performance: Sachin's 200*
• Best Team: England/India
• Best New Cricketer: Ryan Harris/Ravichandran Ashwin

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Miscellaneous-

• Best Fielder: Dravid
• Most Improved Cricketer: Swann
• Biggest upset of the year : New Zealand losing 4-0 to Bangla

 

[AbhishekS]

Fixed

Certainly Kohli has performed superbly in the ODIs this year.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

• Best Batsman: Tendulkar (runner up: Kallis)
• Best Bowler: Steyn (runner up: swann)
• Best Batting Performance: laxman's 73 in the 1st test against Australia (runner up: would dearly love to say Iqbals 103 against england but probably husseys 116 in the 3rd ashes test)
• Best Bowling Performance: Steyn 7 - 51 against India. (runner up: Asif 6 -41 against Australia in sydney)
• Best Team: India
• Best New Cricketer: Suraj Randiv

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ODI Matches-

don't keep close enough tabs on them.

Miscellaneous-

• Best Fielder: De Villiers again and probably for the next 10 years
• Most Improved Cricketer: Tamim Iqbal (from "lol it's a bangladeshi opener" to "oh bollocks, we have to get this guy out now!")
• Catch of the Year: I don't remember these very well. tsotsobes catch of laxman was pretty stunning. I think umar amin pulled off a blinder against ponting when they were playing in england.
• The Most Shocking Upset of the Year: Pakistan beating Australia, pakistan NOT beating australia from an almost unbeatable position (ahem) NZ drawing 2 against india

 

[sami ullah khan]

Best Batsman: Amla
Best Bowler: Steyn, Zaheer Khan
Best Batting Peformance: Laxman's two fourth innings scores against Australia and Srilanka
Best Bowling Performance: Asif's 6-41 against Aussies , Steyn's 7 (or was it 6) wickets against India in Nagpur
Best new Cricketer: Can't think of any
Best Team: England

 

[relentless_rock]

Test Matches-

• Best Batsman: Virender Sehwag
• Best Bowler: Dale Steyn
• Best Batting Performance: 293 by Sehwag, 3rd Test 09/10, Mumbai
• Best Bowling Performance: 6/50 by Steyn, 2nd Test, Durban
• Best Team: India
• Best New Cricketer: Kane Williamson

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ODI Matches-

• Best Batsman: AB DeVilliers
• Best Bowler: Shakib Al Hasan
• Best Batting Performance: 200 by Sachin against SA
• Best Bowling Performance:
• Best Team: India
• Best New Cricketer: Virat Kohli

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Miscellaneous-

• Best Fielder: Martin Guptill
• Most Improved Cricketer: Shakib Al Hasan
• Catch of the Year: Dravid's 200th catch
• The Most Shocking Upset of the Year: 4-0 result in NZ vs Ban ODI series

 

[Aussie Team]

Test Matches

Best Batsman - Trott
Best Bowler - Swann
Best Batting Performance - 333 by Gayle vs Sri Lanka
Best Bowling Performance - 6/33 by Watson vs Pakistan
Best Team - England
Best New Cricketer - McIntosh


ODI Matches

Best Batsman - Amla
Best Bowler - Harris
Best Batting Performance - 89* by White vs India
Best Bowling Performance - 4/6 by Sehwag vs Bangladesh
Best Team - Australia
Best New Cricketer - Morgan

 

[2black2good]

Just going with my XI of the year

Tamim
Sehwag
Trott
Tendulkar
Laxman
Hussey/Kallis
Dhoni * +
Swann
Steyn
Zaheer
Anderson

Special mentions to De Villiers, Sanga, Morne Morkel, Watson and McCullum

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Just going with my XI of the year

Tamim
Sehwag
Trott
Tendulkar
Laxman
Hussey/Kallis
Dhoni * +
Swann
Steyn
Zaheer
Anderson

Special mentions to De Villiers, Sanga, Morne Morkel, Watson and McCullum

That looks good. I'd pick Kallis over Hussey since Hussey just came to the party at the end of the year tho.

 

[Varun]

Most improved team : Bangladesh (attributing to their series win to New Zealand)
Most degrading team : New Zealand (doesn't need explanation) and West Indies (with Pollard, Bravo and Sarwan losing contracts).

 

[pcfan123]

2010 Hall of fame: Hashim Amla, Jonathan Trott and Dale Steyn

2010 Hall of shame:

Shahid Afridi (puts balls in his mouth)

Match fixing trio

Ijaz Butt for lying about England and acting like a child

BCCI for continuing to be opposed to UDRS

Chris Gayle for giving up a Test captaincy and a central contract to be a Twenty20 freelance whore.

 

[Dare]

2010 Hall of fame: Hashim Amla, Jonathan Trott and Dale Steyn

2010 Hall of shame:

Shahid Afridi (puts balls in his mouth)

Match fixing trio

Ijaz Butt for lying about England and acting like a child

BCCI for continuing to be opposed to UDRS

Chris Gayle for giving up a Test captaincy and a central contract to be a Twenty20 freelance whore.

He was sacked by the board.

 

[pcfan123]

I'm sure his sacking had to do with his not accepting a central contract.

 

[Dare]

I'm sure his sacking had to do with his not accepting a central contract.

It did but he never said I quit, they relieved him of the position. For the best of both I guess, things were beginning to get stagnant under his captaincy and they made the change at the right moment.

 

[pcfan123]

but my point still stands, he did not want the central contract or captaincy so he could make money in domestic 2020 and for that SHAME!