I’m thinking it was just for the calendar year? 2025 will be different no doubt.
I think it should be stated that these rankings are from Wisden, not the official list from the ICC, which hasn’t come out yet (usually is released at the end of January).
Usually they’re pretty close to the mark, sometimes off by one or two players and order.
Their website reads the following:
The side was selected by a panel of 41 cricket writers and took into account performances from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. It was a year in which Test cricket boomed, building to the climax of the race for the World Test Championship final and the most compelling final phase to the round-robin stage of the competition yet.
Interestingly there are 5 English, 2 NZ, 1 SL and 3 Indian Cricketers.
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Do you think it will be much different? Possibly T Head in at twelfth man?
I thought that when I first saw it, but I don’t know who I’d put in there. The closest in terms of stats might be Travis Head or Josh Hazelwood
Despite Australia having a very good Test record this year (9 wins from 12 matches), no one player has consistently stood out across the year.
That’s true. Performed well as a team, but no real individual standouts, not for 2024 at least anyway.
Without the injured Alyssa Healy and Ashleigh Gardner, Australia were still able to beat England by 57 runs in the first T20 match at the SCG tonight. Beth Mooney was named player of the match for her score of 75 in the first innings, helping her side to 7/198 from the allocated 20 overs. In reply, Sophia Dunkley smashed 59 from 30 balls (including six fours and four sixes) but she didn’t get enough support from her teammates, as England were bowled out for 141 in 16 overs, losing their last seven wickets for 45 runs.
The result means the home side retains the Women’s Ashes trophy. The Aussies now lead 8 points to zero with two more T20s and a test match to go.
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For the love of humanity, we need a Thunder BBL win. Sixers, Hurricanes and Stars can go take a long walk off a short pier.
You need someone to play in a final though!
Cheering for anyone who plays the Sixers.
At the end of the day, the other three teams can get stuffed.
Sixers are dropping off like how I drop my guts. 
someone book the SCG - unless the Sixers pick up their act they’re playing later this week,
The Hurricanes will host the BBL14 final next Monday, after beating the Sixers by 12 runs in tonight’s qualifier. Chasing the home side’s 7/173, the Sixers lost their top three batters in the first three overs of their innings, before Kurtis Patterson (48 from 33 balls) and Jordan Silk (57 from 44 balls) mounted a fightback. However, the Hurricanes bowlers held their nerves and restrict the Sixers to 5/161 at the end of 20 overs.
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Well done Hurricanes!
I see there’s a bit of rain around in Sydney at the moment… hopefully it all clears before the BBL Knockout final tonight 
Hopefully we"ll get a good game. Never quite the same when DLS is involved. I must afmit I’m pretty excited - two very evenly matched sides, both with so much to prove.
I’m looking forward to it too, will be much channel surfing between the tennis and cricket tonight!
Yeah DLS is unfortunate but helps to get some sort of contest rather than just the washout type result of us highest placed team advancing.
Melbourne Stars’ topsy-turvy season is finally over, losing tonight’s BBL knockout to the Thunder by 21 runs.
Thunder fast bowler Nathan McAndrew was named player of the match for his five-wicket haul (5/16 from four overs).
So it’s an all Sydney BBL Challenger on Friday night
Sixers v Thunder
Now for a comment from our expert analyst @ElCapitanCranky
That was a tough game. But McAndrew and Sangha’s bowling was on point. Batting needs to imrpve.
Stars, the run the over. Bend over and take the Thunder’s excellence good, hard, long and fucking indifferent.™
Fielding was a big difference the Stars were poor, the Thunder was a lot better. Probably the difference in the end.
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