Malcolm Conn’s World XI from the past year.

[bazza]

The inclusion of Ashwin and Stokes is nothing short of a joke.
Kohli isn't a great test cricketer yet either, that was mostly a reputation selection.

I think that performances against Australia count highly in the selection of his team

 

[vvvrulz]

I think that performances against Australia count highly in the selection of his team

Yep, the rest of the world outside the "big three" doesn't exist.

 

[Haffa]

Yep, the rest of the world outside the "big three" doesn't exist.

True.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Yep Virat Kohli was only a "reputation selection" with his 830 runs @ 60 and 3 centuries.

Ross Taylor meanwhile averaged 29 against England in 5 tests but 247 and 67 against West Indies and Bangladesh

Safe to say Malcolm Conn got it spot on.

 

[Izz]

Virat Kohli: flat track master.

 

[JJ]

Yep Virat Kohli was only a "reputation selection" with his 830 runs @ 60 and 3 centuries.

Ross Taylor meanwhile averaged 29 against England in 5 tests but 247 and 67 against West Indies and Bangladesh

Safe to say Malcolm Conn got it spot on.

Yep, spot on, Ashwin and Stokes are brilliant :sarcasm:

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Ashwin took 41 wickets @ 22. Not really sure what the complaint is tbh.

 

[HevyDevy]

Lol @ the Kohli hate.

He will be one of the greats. Absolute gun player, plus he earnt my respect on the last Aussie tour when his side crumbled around him but he stood up to the challenge.

 

[Red Bear]

Kohli is awesome. Ashwin, not so great. Product of ridiculous home tracks.

Looking forward to seeing Pujara next summer as well, see how he stacks up

 

[JJ]

Ashwin took 41 wickets @ 22. Not really sure what the complaint is tbh.

Check home vs away, he wasn't even in the test team in NZ...

 

[vvvrulz]

Kohli is a very good player, but he's not a better test batsman than Hashim Amla.

And stop looking at numbers alone, Ashwin took a bucket load of wickets at home but he's fodder outside of India. Ben Stokes is just laughable.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Are you too stupid to realise that he's not saying that Kohli is better he just performed better for the year? That's exactly what happened. 500 runs vs 800 runs. 46 average vs 60 average.

For some reason this has upset the Kiwis. Hilarious.

 

[vvvrulz]

Are you too stupid to realise that he's not saying that Kohli is better he just performed better for the year? That's exactly what happened. 500 runs vs 800 runs. 46 average vs 60 average.

For some reason this has upset the Kiwis. Hilarious.

:lol: What the hell has being a Kiwi got to do defending a South African over an Indian? Don't be ridiculous.

And unlike you I'm not judging performance based purely on numbers alone.

In my opinion Amla faced tougher attacks and was under more pressure. Kohli is a top class player and not far off, but lets see him face the current Australian attack and Saeed Ajmal with the same success.

 

[JJ]

Are you too stupid to realise that he's not saying that Kohli is better he just performed better for the year? That's exactly what happened. 500 runs vs 800 runs. 46 average vs 60 average.

For some reason this has upset the Kiwis. Hilarious.

Not at all stats guy... Kohli and Clarke are debatable... Ashwin and Stokes (although you seem to disagree on both) imply that Conn doesn't actually know anything about cricket


World XI are debatable - the only certainties at the moment (IMO) are Warner, Sangakarra, de Villiers, Steyn, Johnson and probably Ajmal (although he's not in Conn's team).

The rest are open for debate - and given Johnson and Warner's work came late (and depending on whether 2014 counts) they are open for debate too...

There are a number of batsmen and pace bowlers who have done very well..

 

[Twizzle]

There is no right or wrong, its just Conn's opinions V. other opinions.

Thats why we call this a forum.

 

[vvvrulz]

There is no right or wrong, its just Conn's opinions V. other opinions.

Thats why we call this a forum.

Exactly.

I said "in my opinion" I think Amla > Kohli.
I don't agree with Conn's or TT's opinion and I debated my point, nothing more than that.