2011 Review - How this year was for Cricket?

[StinkyBoHoon]

I'm not really england fan so i wouldn't be nominating them for partisan reasons anyway.

Players[/U]
Best Batsman- Rahul Dravid
Best Bowler- Ajmal
Best Wicketkeeper- Prior
Best Allrounder- Hafeez
Best Innings- tests - Ian Bell 235, ODI - Mahela Jayawardena's world cup final century
Most Improved Player- Taufeeq Umar
Most Declined Player- Ricky Ponting
Best Emerging Player- - Darren Bravo

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team- India
Best Test Team- England
Most Uprising Team- Pakistan
Most Declined Team- Sri Lanka
Best Associate Team- Scotland
Best Match- so many to choose from, but I will go with the recently completed 2nd test in the Aus v NZ series because the under-dog won.
Best Series/Tournament- think we genuinely lacked a good series this year, disappointing in a year with so many stand out matches

Misc-
Best Moment- sachin being carried around after the world cup
Most Disgracing Moment- like a bad performance? or shocking decision? er, west indies dismissed for 61 to bangladesh
Best ICC rule- not sure it's a rule but going back on the 10 team 2015 world cup to a 14 team one was a welcome show of ICC sense.
Worst off-field Cricket Incident- spot fixing trial, sri lankan players not getting paid

BEST offfield moment was sangakkara's spirit of cricket speech.

Rate your team's 2011 performance ( /10) with description (optional)-

don't have an official team I follow.

 

[Gurjot95]

Players
Best Batsman- Rahul Dravid
Best Bowler- Steyn
Best Wicketkeeper- Sangakarra
Best Allrounder- Watson
Best Innings- Sehwag 219*
Most Improved Player- Rohit Sharma
Most Declined Player- Ricky Ponting
Best Emerging Player- Patt Cummins

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team- India
Best Test Team- England
Most Uprising Team- West Indies
Most Declined Team- Australia (Tests) Most Losses after Bangladesh and WI.
Best Associate Team- Ireland
Best Match- SA Vs Aus Both matches, WI Vs Ind Test Match
Best Series/Tournament- World Cup

Misc-
Best Moment- Dhoni's 6 to lift World Cup, again Dhoni sportsman spirit against Ian Bell Run Out
Most Disgracing Moment- Gayle losing WICB contract.
Best ICC rule- Powerplays limits? No more shocking collapses.
Worst off-field Cricket Incident- Spot Fixing Trial, Bhajji getting robbed.

Rate your team's 2011 performance ( /10) with description (optional)-
8.5 Overall. Not a good year for Test Cricket but dominated ODI year.

 

[Papa_Smurf]

Players
Best Batsman- A Cook (Tests); MS Dhoni (ODI)
Best Bowler- S Ajmal (Tests: Steyn hasn't played that much so far this year); S Afridi (ODI)
Best Wicketkeeper- B Haddin (Tests + ODI)
Best Allrounder- M Hafeez (Tests + ODI)
Best Innings- M Clarke (Tests against SA 1st Test); K O'Brien (ODI against England WC)
Most Improved Player -S Broad
Most Declined Player - R Ponting
Best Emerging Player - Pat Cummins; Junaid Khan; James Pattison and Vernon Philander (so many fast bowlers to look out for )

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team - India
Best Test Team - England
Most Uprising Team - Pakistan
Most Declined Team - Australia
Best Associate Team - Ireland
Best Match - Aus vs SA 1st Test ; England vs Ireland (WC ODI)
Best Series/Tournament - Australia in South Africa

Misc-
Best Moment - Aus 21/9 ; Sehwag king-pair
Most Disgracing Moment - SL players not getting paid
Best ICC rule - Light sensors know all
Worst off-field Cricket Incident - How was the trial bad if justice was delivered? Going with the whole BCCI-DRS fiasco

 

[barmyarmy]

How was the trial bad if justice was delivered?

Because the trial made clear that this was the tip of the iceberg and those three were caught before they were amateurish about their fixing.

 

[Papa_Smurf]

That was obvious before the trial though.

 

[barmyarmy]

The trial and defence made it explicit.

 

[Aditya]

Players
Best Batsman- Rahul Dravid, Alastair Cook
Best Bowler- Dale Steyn
Best Wicketkeeper- Matt Prior
Best Allrounder- Yuvraj Singh
Best Innings- Alastair Cook 235* and Sehwag 219
Most Improved Player- David Warner
Most Declined Player- Ricky Ponting
Best Emerging Player- Pat Cummins

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team- India
Best Test Team- England
Most Uprising Team- England
Most Declined Team- Sri Lanka
Best Associate Team- Ireland
Best Match- Australia vs New Zealand, 2nd Test Match
Best Series/Tournament- Ashes 2010-11

Best Moment- India winning the CWC

Rate your team's 2011 performance ( /10) with description (optional)-

8. It should have been lower due to the horrible tour of England but due to the future tours in which the youngsters performed really well does make the future of the Indian cricket look bright.

 

[RPHKR]

Players
Best Batsman- Rahul Dravid
Best Bowler- Dale Steyn
Best Wicketkeeper- MS Dhoni
Best Allrounder- Shane Watson
Best Innings- Sehwag's 219
Most Improved Player- Saeed Ajmal
Most Declined Player- Harbhajan Singh
Best Emerging Player- Steve Finn

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team- India
Best Test Team- England
Most Uprising Team- England, Pakistan
Most Declined Team- India
Best Associate Team- Ireland
Best Match- India vs Sri Lanka WC Final
Best Series/Tournament- World Cup

Misc-
Best Moment- Ashwin getting the wicket of Gayle in IPL final 2011
Most Disgracing Moment- Afridi's sudden announcement of his retirement
Best ICC rule- UDRS
Worst off-field Cricket Incident- BCCI-UDRS, Bhajji getting robbed

Rate your team's 2011 performance ( /10) with description (optional)-
India - Tests (5/10) ODI(8.5/10) T20(6.5/10)

 

[Haarithan]

Best ODI Team- India

Most Declined Team- India

lol

 

[AbhishekS]

He surely meant that the decline was in Tests!

 

[Sedition]

Players

Best Batsman - Ricky Ponting
Best Bowler - Mitchell Johnson
Best Wicketkeeper - Brad Haddin
Best Allrounder - Mike Hussey/Michael Clarke
Best Innings - Nathan Lyon's 14 vs. South Africa.
Most Improved Player - Peter Siddle
Most Declined Player - Shane Watson, hasn't done anything since his injury
Best Emerging Player - David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Wade, Peter Nevill, Pat Cummins, James Pattinson, James Faulkner, Glenn Maxwell.

Teams/Matches

Best ODI Team - West Indies
Best Test Team - Sri Lanka
Most Uprising Team - Pakistan
Most Declined Team - Kenya
Best Associate Team - Bangladesh. Oh wait, they play tests.
Best Match - Australia vs. New Zealand 1st test. Australia won by 9 wickets.
Best Series/Tournament - Australia's tour of Sri Lanka. 1-0 Australia.

Misc

Best Moment - Getting past 26 in an innings.
Most Disgracing Moment - Being 9/21
Best ICC rule - No runners. No pain, no gain.
Worst off-field Cricket Incident - The Mexican wave.

Rate your team's 2011 performance: 2/10

 

[barmyarmy]

Love it

 

[Sedition]

Lol Thread was lacking some Aussie opinion, mostly due to us not knowing who has actually been the best and also being far too proud to admit your list isn't actually that bad. That's not an admission btw

 

[swacker]

Players

Best Batsman - Jonathan Trott (Eng); Ian Bell (Eng)
Best Bowler - Lasith Malinga (SL); Stuart Broad (Eng)
Best Wicketkeeper - Brad Haddin (Aus)
Best Allrounder - Shane Watson (Aus); Jacques Kallis (RSA)
Best Innings - Watson 185* v Bangladesh; Cook 294 v India
Most Improved Player - Alastair Cook (Eng)
Most Declined Player - Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Best Emerging Player - David Warner (Aus)

Teams/Matches

Best ODI Team - Australia
Best Test Team - England
Most Uprising Team - Zimbabwe
Most Declined Team - India
Best Associate Team - Bangladesh
Best Match - Test Series - 1st Test: South Africa v Australia
Best Series/Tournament - Australia in South Africa Test Series

 

[Aislabie]

Players
Best Batsman- Chris Martin Alastair Cook
Best Bowler- James Anderson
Best Wicketkeeper- Kamran Akmal Prasanna Jayawardene
Best Allrounder- Jacques Kallis
Best Innings- Any of Cook's Ashes efforts
Most Improved Player- David Warner
Most Declined Player- Rick Ponting
Best Emerging Player- Vernon Philander

Teams/Matches
Best ODI Team- South Africa
Best Test Team- England
Most Uprising Team- Zimbabwe
Most Declined Team- Kenya
Best Associate Team- Namibia
Best Match- The West Indies v India last-ball last-wicket one-to-win draw.
Best Series/Tournament- England 4 - 0 India

Misc-
Best Moment- Kevin O'Brien's ton. Australia 21/9
Most Disgracing Moment- Shahid Afridi's unretirement
Best ICC rule- The ICC make rules? I thought that was India's job...
Worst off-field Cricket Incident- Kevin Pietersen's existence.

Rate your team's 2011 performance (7/10)
England were the bomb in tests, but more of the same in ODIs.