All-Time Playing 11 of 21st Century of The Frank Worrell Trophy

Introduction

We have made the playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy with best players of Australia vs West Indies matches. The Frank Worrell Trophy was started in 1960-61, West Indies came to play 5 tests in Australia. Australia won the first series by 2-1. Later, this trend continued further and Australia went to West Indies to play the trophy in 1964-65 and this time West Indies was the winner. This time also only five matches were played and the result was also 2-1. The only difference was that this time West Indies had won the series comfortably.

The Frank Worrell Trophy has been played between Australia and West Indies 25 times so far in which Australia has won the series 15 times while West Indies has been able to win this series only eight times and this series has been drawn twice.

In this article, we will talk about playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy which was held after 2000 i.e. the 21st century in which West Indies has not been able to win even once and every time Australia has won the series whereas till now this series has been played nine times and for the 10th time West Indies and Australia will face each other on January 17, 2024 at Adelaide Oval.

Playing 11 of 21st Century of The Frank Worrell Trophy

We have made the playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy between Australia and West Indies and the names of the best performing 11 players among them are as follows.

Openers

1. The first name in this list playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy is that of Matthew Hayden, who is an Australian opener. He has scored 1060 runs in 12 matches and has also scored four centuries and his batting average has been 55.78. Along with this, Matthew Hayden has also scored four centuries and also took 20 catches. Matthew Hayden was named for Player of the Series award in The Frank Worrell Trophy 2005.

Wicket Keeper

2. The second name in playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy is that of Adam Gilchrist, who plays in the middle order, although he has a lot of experience as an opener and he will also be the wicketkeeper of our team, hence his name is at second place in this list. He has scored 575 runs in 12 matches with an average of 47.91 and 101 not out has been his high score in The Frank Worrell Trophy. Along with this, while keeping wicket, he has caught 46 batsmen and stumped six batsmen.

Although we had one more name as wicket-keeper which was Brad Haddin, his record was quite good but he looked a little less in comparison to Adam’s. That is why Brad Haddin could not make a place in the playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy

Apart from this, we had thought of other names for the opening pairs which included Chris Gayle, David Warner, Simon Katich and the current captain of West Indies, Kraigg Brathwaite. Their records are good but they could not make a place in this playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy.

Captain

3. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting was the best fit for number three as he won Man of the Match awards two times and Player of the Series once in The Frank Worrell Trophy. His records were also of a different class, he has played 17 matches, scored 1553 runs with batting average of 64.7. His high score was 206 and he also scored 6 centuries. Ricky Ponting is the captain of this playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy

Middle Order

4. At number four, we have placed the great West Indies cricketer Brian Lara, who has scored 1240 runs in 13 matches. His high score has been 226. His batting average has been 47.69 and he has scored four centuries during this period and has also caught 9 catches. Brian Lara was awarded for Man of the Match award once in 21st century in The Frank Worrell Trophy.

5. Three times Man of the Match and two times Player of the Series award winner Shivnarine Chanderpaul has made a place in this list at number five of playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy, who played 12 matches and scored 959 runs in which his high score was 118 runs and his batting average was 47.95. He also scored four centuries.

6. Mike Hussey’s name comes in this list at number 6 because his records are very good. He has scored 952 runs while remaining not out three times in 12 matches. His high score is 137 while the batting average is 47.60. Mike Hussey won one Man of the Match award in The Frank Worrell Trophy.

Apart from this, there was a long battle in the middle order in which we saw the most phenomenal batsmen like Justin Lengar, Michael Clarke, Marnus Labuschagne, Sarwan, Adam Voges, Steven Smith, etc.

However, there was also a factor that some batsmen had played less matches than our criteria of minimum 7 matches, hence we could not keep them in this list of playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy, such as Adam Voges, Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne.

All-Rounder

7. At number 7, we have recognized the role of an all-rounder and in this field there was really tough competition between Dwayne Bravo and Shane Watson, however, Bravo’s numbers are very good, which is why we have kept Dwayne Bravo at number 7. He has played 8 matches in which he scored 580 runs. His high score has been 113 with two centuries and his batting average has been 36.25 while his best bowling figures have been 6-84 and he has also taken 11 catches along with one fifer in an inning.

Bowlers

8. Here comes the name of Brett Lee at number eight, who destroyed every batsman with his speedster bouncers and yorkers. Brett Lee took 64 wickets in 12 matches in which his best performance was 5-30 and his bowling average was 23 and he also took five wickets in an innings three times. At the same time, Brett Lee also tried his hand in batting and scored 338 runs in which 63 not out was his high score.

9. Australian legend Glenn McGrath’s name comes at number nine. He took 37 wickets in 10 matches and his bowling average was 21.67, in which his best performance was 6-17. Glenn McGrath was awarded with Player of the Series award in The Frank Worrell Trophy 2000-01 series.

10. At number 10 comes the name of Australia’s bowler Jason Gillespie, who took 37 wickets in 8 matches with bowling average of 19.48. His best performance was 6-40, along with this, he also got a fifer in an inning three times.

11. At number 11 comes the name of Australia’s right-arm off-break spinner Nathan Lyon, who has taken 46 wickets in 10 matches with a bowling average of 23.39. In which his best bowling figures have been 6-128 runs. He named Man of the Match once in The Frank Worrell Trophy. Here is our completed playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy.

Apart from this, we discussed many other names in this list, the main names of which were Mitchell Johnson, Mitchel Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Kemar Roach, Fidel Edwards, etc. Their performances were superb but unfortunately, they could not make a place in this playing 11 of 21st century of The Frank Worrell Trophy.

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