ICC Stirs Another Controversy as No Pakistani Included in Teams of the Decade
International Cricket Council (ICC) revealed their Team of the Decade for all three formats of the game and the cricketing fraternity has been disappointed at the selection of the teams. Many top performers have been ignored and despite great performances by Pakistani players, none of them were included in any of the teams.
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Pakistan were ranked number one in T20I cricket for over two years, won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017, and were ranked as the number one Test team in this decade, but none of the players were able to make the cut. Pakistan captain, Babar Azam, was ranked as the number one T20I batsman for over two years but was ignored in favor of other international stars.
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NEW DELHI: Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar has expressed his disapproval with ICC T20I Team of the Decade after Pakistan skipper Babar Azam was left out of the list.
According to Rawalpindi Express , the governing body of cricket announced the Indian Premier League XI rather than the shortest format World team. Pakistan players did not find any spot in ICC Team of the Decade across all formats including women cricketers. I think ICC forgot that Pakistan is also a member of ICC and they also play T20I cricket. They did not pick Babar Azam, who is currently the number one batsman in the ICC T20I rankings. They did not pick a single player from Pakistan in the team. We don t need your (ICC) T20I Team of the Decade because you announced the IPL team, not a world cricket team, Akhtar said on his official YouTube channel.
Cricket: Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Kane Williamson and Trent Boult earn team of the decade accolades
27 Dec, 2020 04:55 PM
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NZ Herald
White Ferns great Suzie Bates has been honoured for her outstanding performances in two cricket forms with the ICC teams of the decade revealed overnight.
Bates was named in both the ICC women s ODI side and Twenty20 side of the decade, showcasing how impressive the all-rounder has been across both formats.
Bates was named alongside teammate Sophie Devine in the Twenty20 side, the only team of the decade that includes multiple New Zealanders.
Bates has scored eight of her 10 career ODI centuries in the last decade with a batting average of 46.64 over that time frame.