World Cricket XI

The Southern Hemisphere summer of cricket has pretty much ended now - South Africa's tour of New Zealand was the last active tour in the Southern Hemisphere, ending almost 5 weeks into the rugby season in New Zealand in fact.

However, county cricket is due to start shortly in England, heralding the start of the Northern Hemisphere's summer of cricket for 2012. In fact, England are playing a series in Sri Lanka as we speak.

So who would make the World XI for tests, ODIs and Twenty20s at the moment?

My tip:
Tests:

Pup had a summer to remember

Graeme Smith, South Africa
Mohammed Hafeez, Pakistan
Ricky Ponting, Australia
Michael Clarke, Australia (captain)
AB de Villiers, South Africa
Jacques Kallis, South Africa
Mark Boucher, South Africa (wk)
Dale Steyn, South Africa
Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan
Vernon Philander, South Africa
Morne Morkel, South Africa

What a summer to be South African. I placed Ponting over Sangakarra based on this summer and you've gotta pick that South African trio of Steyn, Philander and Morkel. No stand-out wicketkeepers for me this summer.

ODIs:

Ajmal: England's menace and best slow bowler at the moment?

Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka
David Warner, Australia
Kumar Sangakarra, Sri Lanka
Hashim Amla, South Africa
AB de Villiers, South Africa (wk/captain)
David Hussey, Australia
Dan Christian, Australia
Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan
Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka
Steve Finn, England
Morne Morkel, South Africa

AB de Villiers - the best all round player in the world?

Twenty20s:
Martin Guptill, New Zealand
Richard Levi, South Africa
Kevin Pietersen, England
Mahendra Dhoni, India
AB de Villiers, South Africa (wk/captain)
David Hussey, Australia
Graeme Swann, England
Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan
Stuart Broad, England
Tim Southee, New Zealand
Morne Morkel, South Africa

NB: Sri Lanka only played one Twenty20 so took only players who have featured in series this summer.