whufc wrote:The Bedge wrote:Jim05 wrote:Test team of the year 2023
Should please a few on here
Usman Khawaja
Dimuth Karunaratne
Kane Williamson
Joe Root
Travis HeadRavindra Jadeja
Alex CareyPat Cummins (C)
R Ashwin
Mitchell StarcStuart Broad
Clearly whuffer didn't pick the side
I dont follow enough what the other keepers around the world do....it definitely wouldnt be Bairstow. I have no doubt Carey was the 'most consistent' across the year. I mean what keepers do other countries have at the moment [emoji38]
In all seriousness though Rizwan was by far the better keeper and batter in the recent Pakistan series but by the fact he wasnt selected in the first test probably means he didnt have the best of years.
Pant is the best keeper/batsmen in the world but has missed a bunch of cricket hasnt he?
Pant had a car crash in December 2022 where all three key ligaments in his right knee were torn. He hasn't played professional cricket since but expected to return to playing in this year's IPL.
Rizwan didn't play in the first test (and only played two tests in 2023) because Pakistan preferred Sarfaraz Ahmed to him in the Test team.
As for other keepers around the world, Rizwan like you said and Tom Blundell are probably the two best keeper-batters IMO.