Sachin Tendulkar the only Indian on the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test XI – Cricket News Update
The former World Test Champions, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, have been going through a tough Test season, which saw the batting giants losing their touch, testament to which was International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test team of the year, which had only one Indian batsman in
its ranks, the maestro, Sachin Tendulkar.
In contrast, the team’s current rivals, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, which recently snatched the World’s Test Champions title from the Men in Blue, dominated most of the roster with five of their players in the Test XI.
The English players include, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705.
The players’ inclusion on the Test XI does not only come following an exceptional performance on the recent home series against India but also since the English have been performing quite superbly in their recent seasons, especially the Ashes.
For the matter, Cook earned his spot after scoring 1302 runs from 12 matches, while Trott, on his part, bagged 1042 runs from 12 Tests. Amongst the bowlers, Anderson has been exceptional with the ball, securing 50 wickets in 11 Tests.
However, apart from Tendulkar, another Indian, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379, made it to the prestigious roster, but has been reserved as the twelfth man.
As for the batting maestro of India, Tendulkar retains the 4th spot on the line-up after satisfying the selectors, who evaluated the player’s performance from August 11, 2010 to August 3, 2011.
During this span, Tendulkar managed to secure 973 runs at an average of 64.86. The duration also includes the batsman’s recent performance at the 4 Tests series against the England hosts, where much was expected from the legend, but he failed to secure his
100th International century.
Out of a lot of four matches on the series, Tendulkar scored a total of 273 runs with an average of 34.12. The player’s best performance on the competition was worth 91 runs.
As for the other players on the ICC Test XI, South Africa’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 secure another major part of the line-up, while Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara comes in as the wicket-keeper Captain for the side.
Following is the complete line-up of the ICC’s Test Team of the Year (in batting order) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers, Jacques Kallis, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Dale Steyn, James
Anderson, and Zaheer Khan (12th man).
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