01-18-2024, 11:04 PM
2023 BBC Test team of the year:
1. Usman Khawaja (Australia, 93%)
2. Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka, 55%)
3. Joe Root (England, 82%)
4. Kane Williamson (New Zealand, 58%)
5. Virat Kohli (India, 54%)
6. Ben Stokes (England, 55%)
7. Jonny Bairstow (England, 49%)
8. Ravindra Jadeja (India, 51%)
9. Pat Cummins (Australia, 74%)
10. Stuart Broad (England, 81%)
11. Mitchell Starc (Australia, 75%)
Those who narrowly missed out: Harry Brook (England, 48%), Travis Head (Australia, 46%), Ravichandran Ashwin (India, 47%), Nathan Lyon (Australia, 70%)
The percentages represent the number of people voting for each player. How that results in Jadeja with 51% getting in ahead of Lyon with 70% and more wickets for the year is not clear ?
And then there’s the wicketkeeper ?
I guess it shows that the BBC and its audience aren’t great judges of cricketers.
1. Usman Khawaja (Australia, 93%)
2. Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka, 55%)
3. Joe Root (England, 82%)
4. Kane Williamson (New Zealand, 58%)
5. Virat Kohli (India, 54%)
6. Ben Stokes (England, 55%)
7. Jonny Bairstow (England, 49%)
8. Ravindra Jadeja (India, 51%)
9. Pat Cummins (Australia, 74%)
10. Stuart Broad (England, 81%)
11. Mitchell Starc (Australia, 75%)
Those who narrowly missed out: Harry Brook (England, 48%), Travis Head (Australia, 46%), Ravichandran Ashwin (India, 47%), Nathan Lyon (Australia, 70%)
The percentages represent the number of people voting for each player. How that results in Jadeja with 51% getting in ahead of Lyon with 70% and more wickets for the year is not clear ?
And then there’s the wicketkeeper ?
I guess it shows that the BBC and its audience aren’t great judges of cricketers.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball