Amla, Kallis and three other South Africans in ICC’s Test Team of the Year – Cricket News Update
Australia’s Michael Clarke will lead this year’s ICC Test team of the year, which includes five South African players. Veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis and prolific top-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 and Vernon
Philander, in the contingent which includes Proteas wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers as the 12th man.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465.
Pakistan, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390. Not a single Indian cricketer has been included in the 12-man squad.
The team comprises Hashim Amla and Alastair Cook as openers, with Sangakkara, Kallis, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s Saeed Ajmal is the only spin
bowler in the XI. The pace battery includes Dale Steyn, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753 and Stuart Broad. AB de Villiers has been picked up as 12th man.
"The selectors did utilise a vast amount of statistics from the period under observation, but we also took into account all other factors like the opposition, pitch conditions, match situation etc,” said selection panel chief Clive
Lloyd, former West Indies skipper, in an http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 statement.
"The process of selection was a difficult one, with a lengthy debate between the panel on all the top performances during the voting period, and various combinations were considered," he added further.
Steyn, the spearhead of South African pace attack, who is also the top ranked Test bowler in the world, has made it to the team for the fifth time in a row. Kallis, Amla and Sangakkara have made it to the team for a third consecutive year, while Cook and
Broad it’s the second successive selection.
The ICC ODI Team of the Year will be announced in the second week of September.
ICC Test Team of the Year 2011-12: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 (capt), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Matt Prior (wk), Stuart Broad, Saeed Ajmal, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 (12th man)
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