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2000s in Review

The innings, spells, and teams of the 2000s, as picked by the Wisden team

Wisden's Test team of the 2000s

Wisden's Test team of the 2000s

2000s in Review

Wisden Staff / May 16, 2020

In a special episode of the Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast, Wisden Cricket Monthly editor-in-chief Phil Walker, WCM editor-at-large John Stern and wisden.com managing editor Ben Gardner joined host Yas Rana to pick out the men’s Test team of the 2000s

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Wisden's Test spells of the 2000s

Muttiah Muralitharan's 8-70 v England, Trent Bridge, 3rd Test, 2006

No.1
Harbhajan Singh's 8-84 v Australia, Chennai, 3rd Test, 2001

No.2
Glenn McGrath's 5-53 v England, Lord's, 1st Test, 2005

No.3
Dale Steyn's 5-23 v India, Ahmedabad, 2nd Test, 2008

No.4
Shoaib Akhtar’s 6-11 v New Zealand, Lahore, 1st Test, 2002

No.5

Wisden's Test innings of the 2000s

VVS Laxman's 281 v Australia, Kolkata, 2nd Test, 2001

No.1
Kevin Pietersen's 158 v Australia, The Oval, 5th Test, 2005

No.2
Ricky Ponting's 156 v England, Old Trafford, 3rd Test, 2005

No.3
Graeme Smith's 154* v England, Edgbaston, 3rd Test, 2008

No.4
Virender Sehwag's 201* v Sri Lanka, Galle, 2nd Test, 2008

No.5

Wisden's England Test team of the 2000s

Wisden's England Test team of the 2000s

Wisden's England Test team of the 2000s

2000s in Review

Wisden Staff / May 25, 2020

As picked on the Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast by host Yas Rana and Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine editor and editor-in-chief Jo Harman and Phil Walker

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Wisden's ODI team of the 2000s

Wisden's ODI team of the 2000s

Wisden's ODI team of the 2000s

2000s in Review

Wisden Staff / May 19, 2020

As picked by wisden.com‘s head of content Yas Rana, managing editor Ben Gardner, and features editor Taha Hashim

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Wisden's ODI spells of the 2000s

Andy Bichel's 7-20 v England, World Cup 2003, Port Elizabeth

No.1
Ajantha Mendis' 6-13 v India, Asia Cup final, Karachi, 2008

No.2
Shane Bond's 6-23 v Australia, World Cup 2003, Port Elizabeth

No.3
Waqar Younis' 7-36 v England, Natwest Series, Headingley, 2001

No.4
Shoaib Akhtar's 5-25 v Australia, 3rd ODI, Gabba, 2002

No.5

Wisden's ODI innings of the 2000s

Herschelle Gibb's 175 v Australia, 5th ODI, Johannesburg, 2006

No.1
Adam Gilchrist's 149 v Sri Lanka, World Cup 2007, Bridgetown

No.2
Sachin Tendulkar's 98 v Pakistan, World Cup 2003, Centurion

No.3
Ricky Ponting's 140 v India, World Cup 2003, Johannesburg

No.4
Sachin Tendulkar's 175* v Australia, Hyderabad, 5th ODI, 2009

No.5

Wisden's T20 team of the 2000s

Wisden's T20 team of the 2000s

Wisden's T20 team of the 2000s

2000s in Review

Freddie Wilde / May 22, 2020

As picked by Freddie Wilde, CricViz anlayst and author of Cricket 2.0: Inside The T20 Revolution, the Wisden Book of the Year for 2020

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Wisden's T20 spells of the 2000s

Shoaib Akhtar's 4-11 v Delhi Daredevils, IPL 1, Eden Gardens, 2008

No.1
RP Singh's 4-13 v South Africa, T20 World Cup, Durban, 2007

No.2
Sohail Tanvir's 6-14 v Chennai Super Kings, IPL 1, Jaipur, 2008

No.3
Shane Warne's 3-19 v Kings XI Punjab, IPL 1, Jaipur, 2008

No.4
Umar Gul's 5-6 v New Zealand, T20 World Cup 2009, The Oval

No.5

Wisden's T20 innings of the 2000s

Brendon McCullum's 158* v Royal Challengers Bangalore, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, IPL 1, 2008

No.1
Keiron Pollard's 54* v New South Wales, Hyderabad, Champions League T20, 2009

No.2
David Warner's 89 v South Africa, MCG, 1st T20I, 2009

No.3
Chris Gayle's 117 v South Africa, The Wanderers, T20 World Cup, 2007

No.4
Andrew Symonds' 117* v Rajasthan Royals, Hyderabad, IPL 1, 2008

No.5

Wisden's Women's spells of the 2000s

Jhulan Goswami's 10-78 v England, 2nd Test, Taunton, 2006

No.1
Shelley Nitshcke's 7-24 v England, 2nd ODI, Kidderminster, 2005

No.2
Isa Guha's 9-100 v Australia, Ashes Test, Bradman Oval, 2008

No.3
Katherine Brunt's 3-6 v New Zealand, World T20 final, Lord's, 2009

No.4
Lucy Pearson's 11-107 v Australia, 2nd Test, Sydney, 2003

No.5

Wisden's Women's innings of the 2000s

Karen Rolton's 107* v India, World Cup final, Centurion, 2005

No.1
Claire Taylor's 76* v Australia, World T20 semi-final, The Oval, 2009

No.2
Mithali Raj's 91* v New Zealand, World Cup semi-final, Potchefstroom, 2005

No.3
Mithali Raj's 214 v England, 2nd Test, Taunton, 2006

No.4
Belinda Clark's 91 v New Zealand, World Cup final, Lincoln, 2000

No.5