Picking My TEST Team of the Year 2024 - Who Makes The BEST XI?
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No South African is crazy.
Yes I am south African but to put Jamie Smith above Kyle Verreynne is mental seeing that Verreynne scored 3 hundreds and has been quality behind the stumps with gloves in hand. And omitting Rabada is absolutely insane guy has literally had one of his best years this year not only with wickets but consistently averaging 21-23 the entire year and having an economy rate of 3+- is insane
Even though I like Verreynne, think it would be hard to pick a SA batter when the order has been under the pump so much this year and relied on Jansen and the bowlers to get SA out of trouble with bat and ball like in the test today and in WI. Rabada definitely deserves a spot IMO but hard to argue with any of the arguments for players Dan has picked as they've all had solid years. Leaving out Rabada, Henry, Seales, Jadeja, Santner, Maharaj, Brook with the bat the list goes on. SA have rightly earned their spot in the final and as an Englishman would be so class to watch the SA again go up against the Aus or India attack on an English wicket maybe with a Dukes ball. Once in a lifetime opportunity that.
Verreynne has 2 100s not 3 mate and averages 34 with the bat … Verreynne has 27 dismissals in in 8 matches, averaging 3.38 per match. Hes scored 384 runs this year in 12 innings. His 100s coming against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Now compare Jamie smith. Smith has 637 runs in 15 innings averaging 42. Jamie smith has 32 dismissals in 9 matches an average of 3.56 the 3rd highest of all wicket keepers to play 2024 behind only Carey and Das.
So don’t agree with you on Verreynne as for me he’s been 3rd/4th best wicket keeper this year. And stats wise that’s the case too. Again not saying I’d of gone for smith but Verreynne definitely not.
Now as for rabada the difficulty is that so many seamers have had good years, again I’ll give you some examples.
Bumrah: 13 matches 71 wickets @14.92
Atkinson: 11 matches 52 wickets @22.15 (also scores runs with bat)
Henry: 9 matches 48 wickets @18.58
Hazlewood:
7 matches 35 wickets @13.60
Seales: 7 matches 35 wickets @20.25
Rabada: 8 matches 34 wickets @19.94
Carse: 5 matches 27 wickets @19.85
(Also gets runs with bat)
So there’s so many fantastic seamers, again not saying rabada shouldn’t be in there but he’s got a lot of competition this year. He suffers mostly due to not playing enough. Whilst you couldn’t argue against not including him, it’s not as big a travesty as you believe. And it’s definitely not insane at all.
Now if you were to campaign for one SA player it would have to be Maharaj 7 matches 35 wickets @19.2.
Maharaj has also got 35 wickets averaging under 20, statistically the best spinner this year playing less innings on less turning wickets than Jadeja and Ashwin.
@@joek7277 just want to be clear mate everything I said was a rough estimate from the top of my head but thanks for clearing up how much hundreds Verreynne has.
Putting it like that I'd have to agree then, only reason I campaigned for Kyle is not bcz I'm south African only buy bcz his playing in the team that has literally reached the WTC final an undefeated team in Test this year the 2-3 tests we lost not sure exactly how was last year against the Kiwis and that also happened to be our 2nd team still all respect to Kane Williamson and troops tho getting the job done.
But you make a helluva good point when pinpointing the stats like that.
Also I watch a lot of SA, Eng, NZ and West Indian cricket and unbiased besides for Bumrah KG Rabada has literally been the best seamer over the last year and a couple months in my opinion Gus for me is a exceptional talent and I feel even a bit underrated to some regard just KG has been steam rolling the last couple months. I just feel CSA have done our players an injustice by not getting more tours abroad cause I feel besides West Indies and Bangladesh we haven't really toured and gotten tested against other conditions.
Kesh has been phenomenal probably the best spinner in Test cricket this past cycle imo jadeja been inconsistent and well ashwin is ashwin the Goat
But you make very valid points
@@liameliaslilecho6114 completely agree with all of that my man. Really wish you guys played more tests, wish there was just more test cricket on in general haha! Check out my comment of my team, I’ve done a squad of the year haha as feel so many have played well, got 4 South Africans in 👊🏻 as you guys have been such a good team. Some outstanding performances especially bowlers, extremely jealous of the amount of quicks you have that are top top quality!
It’s criminal to wear a West Indies hoodie and not include a single West Indian 😂
Nah it’s criminal that a Pom is wearing a Windies hoodie.
Quality team! No Rabada though?
its really not biased to say Harry Brook, he's a class act!
I think mine would be:
Jaiswal
Duckett
Williamson
Root
Brooks
Kamindu Mendis
Jamie Smith
Henry
Rabada
Lyon
Bumrah
There are a LOT of fast bowling options that could justifiably get in, while on the other hand apart from Jaiswal not many openers are world class right now. I was reluctant to put Duckett in but not too many other openers out there did well.
Absolutely blessed with fast bowlers at the moment 💪
Like, who wants to explore the possibilities of joe root's breaking the Sachin's record?
It would b real fun...
As an Aussie. Brook deserves to be in over head 100%.
Did gill open much this year? If so you could say him over duckett to avoid the bias comments but brook should have been in 100%
Fair shout, not sure on Shubman but got dropped by India didn’t he in the end
No
Travis head> Harry brook
No Brook is completely bonkers
No Cummins and Rabada is surprising. Also your 5th bowler is Root/Mendis? Seems better to swap out Mendis with a proper allrounder
mine would be:
jaiswal
ducket
williamson
root
head
mendis
j smith
ashwin
henry
starc
bumrah
Bit harsh on Alex Carey saying he can't buy a run where he's averaged 33 this year which isn't terrible including a match winning knock to win Australia the series over NZ. Also can't say Smith has done much better as he has batted at home against the windies and sri lanka and batted in Pakistan on proper flat tracks
Agreed, probably the one of the most underrated players in the world is Alex Carey
Henry over Atkinson, for me,was fabulous and took fifer on subcontinent pitch.
Jaiswal
Rachin Ravindra
Williamson
Root
Brook
Kamindu Mendis
Jamie Smith (wk)
Atkinson
Henry
Rabada
Bumrah
Jaiswal 1,478 @54.76
Duckett 1,149 @37.06
Williamson (c) 1,013 @59.58
Root 1,556 @54.74 & 11 wickets @51
Brook 1,100 @55
Mendis 1,049 @74.92 & 3 wickets @30.67
Smith(wk) 637 @42.46 & 32 dismissals
Atkinson 352 @23.47 & 52 wickets @22.15
Henry 48 wickets @18.58
Hazlewood 35 wickets @13.60
Bumrah 71 wickets @14.92
Reserves:
Santner 264 runs @29.33 & 27 wickets @19.96
Jansen 22 wickets @17.22
Maharaj 35 wickets @19.20
Rabada 34 wickets @19.94
Seales 35 wickets @20.25
Ravindra 984 runs @42.78
Head 608 runs @40.53
Bavuma 503 runs @55.88
Rahul (wk/open) 493 @35.21
Love it 💪
@@joek7277 now this is a team I agree with. KAMINDU MENDIS IS AN ABSOLUTE GEM 💯🙌. Struggled a bit in our SA conditions but is probably gna be top4 batsman in the world in the next 4-5 years
Nobody’s talking about smith, starc, Carey and VIRAT KOLHI!
No Harry Brook? Unbelievable 😢
Harry Brook would be my first name on the team sheet!
This is Mine
Jaiswaal
Duckett
Williamson
Root
Head
Mendis
Carey
Ashwin
Cummins (Captain)
Rabada
Bumrah (Vice Captain)
12th man
Harry Brook
13th man
Hazelwood
Hazlewood is economical but he doesn’t get enough rewards and gets injured too often. Starc can be a bit erratic but if he gets it right it’s unplayable. Starc over hazlewood.
considering brook scored half the runs head did in one innings he should get in the team but i suspose you cant please everyone
If you combine Aus and India into a team they would destroy that team
Where’s harry brook he’s been better than duckett
My best test eleven for 2024.
Jaiswal.
Duckett.
Williamson.
Root.
Brook.
Mendis.
Pant.
Ashwin.
Atkinson.
Hazlewood.
Rabada.
You really can't seriously omit Brook from a test team of the year for 2024. Room needs to be found for both Head & Brook even if the batting order doesn't look quite right. And Rabada should be in there.
No Dan Jadzevics is a crime
Jaiswal
Duckett
KLR
Root
Head
Carey(wk)
Mulder
Ashwin
Hazlewood
Bumrah (C)
Seals
Ben Duckett ??? An opener? In backyard cricket aged 12 perhaps! Khawaja is an opener. Kyle Verreyne had a great year, better than Jamie Smith. Best quicks of the year, Rabada, Cummins, Bumrah. Best spinner: Lyon. Middle order: Williamson, Root, Brooks, K Mendis. Head had a poor run prior to November v India.
1. Duckett
2. Jaiswal
3. Williamson
4. Brook
5. Root
6. Head
7. Jamie Smith
8. Cummins
9. Atkinson
10. Bumrah
11. Lyon
Jaiswal
Duckett
Williamson
Root
Brook
Kamindu
Chandimal
Jadeja
Atkinson
Henry
Bumrah
Love it!!
I'd Say my team of the year would be :
Jaiswal
Duckett
Kane Williamson
Joey Root
Harry Brook
Kamindu Mendis
Jamie Smith
Kesh Maharaj
Kagiso Rabada
Jasprit Bumrah
Josh Hazlewood
head over brook seems criminal
SA, what do you all think of this as a fellow South african
Head over Brook is an absolute shocker
Shocker is strong, but think I got it wrong
It’s basically the same as the ICC team of the year
what happened to the backyard cricket mate, didn't you use to do that? what was the channel called?
Great team!
Thanks so much for watching 🫡
I will choose pat Cummins over Atkinson. Due to captaincy reason.
'Alex Carey has not been able to buy a run' literally scored a brilliant century and won the match in New Zealand.
An average of 28 over 2 years is no where near good enpugh
Alex Carey doesn’t have a 100 to his name mate in 2024 so think you’ve imagined that one haha
@joek7277 oh yeah it wasn't a hundred it was a 98 not out in the 4th innings
Not been his best 12 months, and must be a reason why Aus had Inglis as a constant back up
@@danjadzzInglis has been amongst the leading 1st class run scorers in Australia for 2 years and done very well in white ball cricket, he was in the squad as a batsman.
Would like to see the joe root video
I’m on it 🫡
My team
1 YB Jaiwal
2 B duckett
3 p mendis
4 j root
5 h brook
6 ravinda jadeja
7 rishab pant
8 bumrah
9vrabada
10 Cummins
11lyon
Quality team!!
Saud Shakeel
Where is rabada???
1. Jaiswal
2. Duckett
3. Williamson
4. Root
5. Brook
6. Jadeja
7. Smith
8. Jansen
9. Rabada
10. Atkinson
11. Bumrah
Team!
Top list lad
How on earth is rabada not in this team
No Jansen he been insane with the ball and not to bad with bat
No South African and they are top of the championship how does this work . 90% of this team will not play in the test championship final. That is like picking a WC team and excluding one of the finalists completely.
Cz its a team game and not for individuals
Rabada deserves a nod, but let’s not pretend the WTC isn’t a complete joke..
@@Ben-rq5reyou're definitely from England
@@slowmo-music Cricket is an individual game played by a team thus there will be great individual success in a team's success . This comes down to the amount of games and the big 3 dominance in cricket wealth etc.
@Ben-rq5re I don't think WTC is a joke,what I find funny is that on this list only 2 players are not from the big 3. India , Australia and England had the most games because of their dominance in cricket wealth, is that the measure now for great cricketers? Or is success still a measurement. England has a 50% win rate.
mate alex carey has scored plenty of runs and is a better keeper
Joe root
Jaiswal
Duckett
Williamson
Root
Head
Brook
Jansen
Carey
Bumrah
Cummins
Lyon
Carey at 8? Love it though, thanks for watching
No 1 test team are South Africa and no players? Definite English bias
You have to be crazy. No Brook
I could be to be fair
No harry Brook, you cannot be serious .😢
Always taking Jack Crawly over Ducket as the opener.
SuperZak?
Yall sleeping in hosein, best t20 bowler this year
Test cricket mate, he’s also nowhere near being the best t20 bowler this year
Test team! But Akeal is a legend!!
Joe Rooooooooooot
Jaiswal
Nissanka
Williamson
Root
Brook
Kamindu Mendis
Alex Carey
Ravindra Jadeja
Matt Henry
Jasprit Bumrah
Jayden Seales
not seales him replaced by pat
@@RealDraf imo whilst cummins has had a better overall career than seales, seales had a better 2024 overall. I was tempted to pick Jansen or rabada instead, but thought that in terms of form across the year, seales was better.
No Australian bowlers!
Jk
2 Aussies and no SA
shows how the best teams of the year play as a team and no focus on any individuals
See you at the WTC final while they play make believe cricket experts
No Rizwan
No harry brook!!!!
Jaiswal
Markram
Williamson
Root
Head
KG Mendis
Verreyne (wk)
Cummins (captain)
Maharaj
Rabada
Bumrah
That’s a whole host of South Africans
@ True, they’ll be in the WTC for a reason. Markram is debatable, picking an opener other than Jaiswal is hard, I just don’t think it can be Duckett, he’s too inconsistent and gets out in dopey ways. Could also be Nissanka up there to be honest.
jamie smith is bad and replace him with dinesh chandimal no biased
Chandimal is batting 3 and not keeping
Pretty ordinary team
Pat Cummins???
No carey
No Carey
@danjadzz that's fair Smith has been good bring the Ashes
Ben ducket
Yasaswi jaiswall
Steve smith
Joe root
Kamidu mendid
Haryy brook
Marnus labushane
Ben stokes (c)
Jasprit bumrah
Gus atkin son
Nython Lyon
2 pacr is mental
Steve smith and marnus 🤣
Only one change lad jamie smith out rishab pant in❤❤❤ love you lots .......
Yeah, I'd prefer to watch Pant if I was following this team. Good selection overall, though.
First🤣
Josh is good, but most definitely would take scotty boland over him any day
Jaiswal
Konstas
Williamson
Marnus
Brook
Carey
Jadeja
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Konstas? Get a grip😂
Marnus and Konstas. What are you on mate and Starc is debatable.
No Harry Brook? Unbelievable 😢