Off the top of my head, and reserving the right to change my mind dramatically if answering the question on a different day...
Batsmen
1. Bradman
2. Grace
3. (intentionally blank)
4. Richards
5. Hobbs
6. Tendulkar
7. Hammond
8. Lara
9. Ponting
10. Hutton
Bowlers
1. Marshall
2. Barnes
3. McGrath
4. Warne
5. Murali
6. Hadlee
7. Lillee
8. Ambrose
9. Spofforth
10. Imran
I can give it a shot, I guess.
1. Don Bradman
2. Garry Sobers
3. Wally Hammond
4. Viv Richards
5. Greg Chappell
6. Brian Lara
7. Sachin Tendulkar
8. Javed Miandad
9. Graeme Pollock
10. Sunil Gavaskar
Of course, a lot of the rating of the players are based on the stuff that is written as I have not seen many of these guys in action live during my time of watching cricket.
We miss you, Fardin. :(. RIP.
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bowlers
1. murali
2. warne
3. ambrose
4. mcgrath
5. akram
6. donald
7. waqar
8. pollock
9. steyn
10. kumble
batsmen
1. lara
2. tendulkar
3. dravid
4. kallis
5. ponting
6. inzamam
7. sanga
8. hayden
9. flower
10. richardson
A cruel name for his parents to give him.
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence.
Had a cracking cover drive though.
Anyway I never bother with this sort of thing so working on the basis this is all cricket and not just test, and almost entirely based on what I've read:
Batsmen
Bradman
Grace
Hobbs
Tendulkar
Sobers
Richards
Hammond
Ranji
Lara
Headley
It is obviously pointless to attempt to say who is better (well after Bradman) so tried to take wider impact and influence into account.
Bowlers
Barnes
Marshall
Warne
Murali
Ambrose
McGrath
O'Reilly
Trueman
Hadlee
Imran
Not sure how I left Lillee out, him Waqar, Steyn and Larwood come next. This one a little more based on what I've actually seen, lucky enough to see some of these at their best live.
bradman
sobers
hammond
richards
chappell
lara
tendulkar
hutton
hobbs
pollock
barnes
murali
marshall
hadlee
lillee
imran
mcgrath
ambrose
lindwall
akram
healy
tallon
oldfield
ames
marsh
knott
bari
russell
grout
evans
sobers
botham
imran
dev
miller
rhodes
procter
rice
kallis
davidson
Post 1990?
While I strongly agree with this list, Hadlee's ODI economy rate of 3.3 and his average in the low 20's ough to find him a spot.
Impossible for me to rate cricketers i didnt watch, so ill just restrict it to those cricketers whom ive watched playing or atleast seen plenty of footage of to make a decent judgement
Batsmen:
1. Sachin
2. Lara
3. Viv ... unfortunate that ive seen very little of his batting apart from robelinda's videos.
4. Steve Waugh
5. Dravid
6. Ponting
7. Kallis
8. Martin Crowe
9. Gavaskar
10. G. Chappell
Bowlers:
1. McG
2. Murali
3. Ambrose
4. Steyn
5. Imran
6. Warne
7. Hadlee... need to see a bit more of him tbh
8. Wasim
9. Waqar
10. Donald
you rate Steyn pretty highly...........
And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
Did you do your top tens? Would be very interested to see your selections.
Aus. XI
Simpson^ | Hayden | Bradman | Chappell^ | Ponting | Border* | Gilchrist+ | Davidson3 | Warne4^ | Lillee1 | McGrath2
W.I. XI
Greenidge | Hunte | Richards^ | Headley* | Lara^ | Sobers5^ | Walcott+ | Marshall1 | Ambrose2 | Holding3 | Garner4
S.A. XI
Richards^ | Smith*^ | Amla | Pollock | Kallis5^ | Nourse | Waite+ | Procter3 | Steyn1 | Tayfield4 | Donald2
Eng. XI
Hobbs | Hutton*^ | Hammond^ | Compton | Barrington | Botham5^ | Knott | Trueman1 | Laker4 | Larwood2 | Barnes3
Well why not? He's been the world;s number 1 bowler by far for a good 4 years now, with only Anderson in the last year or so coming anywhere close to his class. Great record in a batting friendly era. His 7-51 at Nagpur was the turning point for me... before that i considered him a good bowler but thought his record was so good mainly due to his pace-friendly home pitches.
I dont necessarily mean to say Steyn is a better bowler than Imran or Hadlee by ranking him higher in my post, but i saw very little of their careers to really grasp their complete awesomeness... shame really
tbh Mine change from day to day....the rankings might change from day to day
No Marshall? if you've seen Gavaskar, Imran and Chappell you must have seen Malcolm.Impossible for me to rate cricketers i didnt watch, so ill just restrict it to those cricketers whom ive watched playing or atleast seen plenty of footage of to make a decent judgement
Batsmen:
1. Sachin
2. Lara
3. Viv ... unfortunate that ive seen very little of his batting apart from robelinda's videos.
4. Steve Waugh
5. Dravid
6. Ponting
7. Kallis
8. Martin Crowe
9. Gavaskar
10. G. Chappell
Bowlers:
1. McG
2. Murali
3. Ambrose
4. Steyn
5. Imran
6. Warne
7. Hadlee... need to see a bit more of him tbh
8. Wasim
9. Waqar
10. Donald
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