The new century saw the Aussies continue to dominate, helped by their two legends, Warne and McGrath and the leadership of Ponting, who for me was the best bat of this decade.
Picking a team for this one was tough, with many players like Lara, Tendulkar etc being in the 90's team whilst arguably not being quite so good in the 2000's.
This decade did see England become one of the best sides, thanks to Vaughan, KP and Freddie. The two latter players being in contention for this team.
Hayden
Sehwag
Ponting
Dravid
Tendulkar
Kallis
Gilchrist
Pollock
Warne
McGrath
Muralitharan
The thing that stands out is the lack of top class quickies. Shoaib, Freddie, Harmison, Lee and a few others were very good but not great, at least imo!
Punter captains the side
Best Test XI - The Noughties!
posted on 24/8/21
Sangakkara?
posted on 24/8/21
Certainly close. He'll be in my next team!
posted on 24/8/21
I'd have KP or Sanga in for Dravid. Dravid was a 3 so competes with Ponting.
posted on 24/8/21
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - Free Palestine 🇵🇸 (U1108)
posted 5 minutes ago
I'd have KP or Sanga in for Dravid. Dravid was a 3 so competes with Ponting.
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Yeah not a bad shout, Kash but with that top three you may need a player to slow things down!!!
posted on 25/8/21
I lived in Tasmania for a while. Met Boon and Ponting in a park while we were having a barbie, no not the doll!. Great guys. Ponty was like the Aussie version of Randall. Given the choice I would have picked Boon ahead of Boycott unless I had paint waiting to dry. I could bowl a bit but expensive. As a rabbit I once scored 21 off the last over. Pure panic. Took 5 catches though. Total one-off. Only played one game after that.
Best left with my memories now and avoid the embarassment.