ICC Test Team of the Year 2012 announced

[saneindian]

Rightfully so. 12 tests, 72 wickets is a wonderful achievement. Also wondering why Herath was ignored. He took 70 wickets in 13 tests.

[ganeshran]

Didnt review a PLUMB LBW against Mike Hussey' date=' great bowler for sure, dont get me wrong,[b'] but outside Pakistan he is regarded as suspect, at the least. Too many questionable incidents.

by whom? Never heard any allegation of wrongdoing against him.

[deathmonger]

by whom? Never heard any allegation of wrongdoing against him.

Ajmal is a great guy, I like him, but it doesnt change my view that he is suspect, on the cricket field. With the amount of Pakistan players sent to jail for fixing one can never know who is actually trying to win, and who is trying to buy another expensive car.

[achilles]

It is a valid question to pose and I'm glad PCB have tried to cash in on the same grounds on which Graeme Swann was forced into the Awards by the ECB.

[Crookbond]

^ Swann missing was a joke!

[Crookbond]

ICC rules out Ajmal award inclusion

"The ICC has no authority to change the results of the academy," an ICC spokesman told ESPNcricinfo. "The voting results are final and binding on everyone." "It is important to understand the process which is very simple and transparent, and monitored by independent auditor Ernst & Young," the ICC spokesman said. "The longlists are prepared by a five-member Selection Panel which is headed by Mr Clive Lloyd and this year included Clare Connor (England), Tom Moody (Australia), Carl Hooper (West Indies) and Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka). "The shortlists are then created after the individual player awards are voted for by an academy of 32 highly credentialed cricket personalities from around the world. The top four players in each category with most votes are included in the shortlists."

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/581012.html

[coffee_rules]

Pup , captain! :woot:

[Utalk]

Ajmal is a great guy' date=' I like him, but it doesnt change my view that he is suspect, on the cricket field. With the amount of Pakistan players sent to jail for fixing one can never know who is actually trying to win, and who is trying to buy another expensive car.[/quote'] That's low blow about fixing DM. By your logic who knows if it was just Azhar Mongia Parbharkar and Jadeja fixing game or some other legends were at it as well. If likes of Cronje Malik and Azhar can fix anyone can.

[Jersey #10]

no sachin :fail: Sachin should get automatic inclusion in all squads for next 100 years.

[BERGKAMP]

paks are the undisputed best pound for pound match fixers in the world, so quite rightly they will always have more doubts and suspicions around them.

[Tapioca]

Averaged 27' date=' which is quite decent. But yeah, don't think he deserves a place in the Test XI, may be for his all round skills, hes a decent bat too :nice:[/quote'] I stand corrected. It is from Aug 4 2011 to Aug 6 2012. So Broad has 47 at 24.10 which is a better average than Ajmal's.

[vamos_rafa]

All said and done, why is the bawarchi there??

[adi B]

All said and done' date=' why is the bawarchi there??[/quote'] thnx to us,that innings of 294 made his average jump by a good margin