Greatest Australian bowlers and batsmen of all time?
 

Who do you think are the top ten greatest Australian bowlers and batsmen of all time?

Bowlers in no particular order:

Mcgrath
Lillee
Lindwall
Miller
Warne
Oreilly
Grimmett
Davidson
Benaud
Gillespie

Batsmen again in no particualr order:

Bradman
G Chappell
S Waugh
Border
Harvey
Ponsford
Ponting
Lawry
Trumper
Gilchrist

Batsmen

1. Bradman
2. Trumper
3. G Chappell
4. Harvey
5= S Waugh
5= Border
7. Gilchrist
8. Morris
9. Ponsford
10. Ponting

Bowlers

1. Mcgrath
2. O'Reilly
3= Lillee
3= Lindwall
5. Warne
6. Davidson
7. Miller
8. Grimmett
9. Spofforth
10. Benaud

I agree with most of this. However I c'ant understand why you'd have Harvey above Steve Waugh!

Glenn McGrath
Dennis Lillee
Fred Spofforth
Shane Warne
Bill Oreilly
Clarrie Grimmett
Jason Gillespie

Batsmen:

Don Bradman
Simpson
Steve Waugh
Allan Border
Ricky Ponting
Bill Lawry
Trumper
Gilchrist
Langer

1. Bradman
2. Trumper
3. G Chappell
4. Harvey
5= S Waugh
5= Border
7. Gilchrist
8. Morris
9. Ponsford
10. Ponting

Bowlers

1. Mcgrath
2. O'Reilly
3= Lillee
3= Lindwall
5. Warne
6. Davidson
7. Miller
8. Grimmett
9. Spofforth
10. Benaud

Slightly random dig, but, in some rough, but not exact order:
Batsmen:
Bradman
G. Chappell
Ponting
Border
Harvey
S.Waugh
Trumper
Hayden
Simpson
Hill
with apologies to McCartenay, Ponsford, Morris, Walters, Chappelli amongst others.

Bowlers:
Warne
McGrath
Lillee
O'Reilly
Lindwall
Davidson
Spoffoth
Grimmett
Benaud
Gregory

that is a blast from the past

here we go:

bradman
trumper
g.chappell
ponting
border
harvey
gilchrist
s.waugh
mccartney
ponsford

oreilly
warne
mcgrath
lillee
grimmett
spofforth
davidson
lindwall
benaud
miller

Batsmen:
Bradman
G. Chappell
Border
Trumper
S.Waugh
Harvey
Ponting
Ponsford
Morris
Sid Barnes

Bowlers:
Lillee
McGrath
O'Reilly
Warne
Grimmett
Lindwall
Davidson
Miller
Spoffoth
Benaud

Rough estimate:

Batsman

1: Sir Donald Bradman
2-3: Greg Chappell, Ricky Ponting
4-6: Matthew Hayden, Steve Waugh, Allan Border
7: Neil Harvey
8-10: Bill Ponsford, Victor Trumper, Michael Hussey

Bowlers

1-2: Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne
3: Dennis Lilee
4-6: Alan Davidson, Keith Miller, Bill O'Reilly
7-10: Richie Benaud, Bill Johnston, Ray Lindwell, Clarrie Grimmett

1. Bradman
2. Chappell
3. Trumper
4. Border
5. Ponting
6. Waugh
7. Harvey
8. Ponsford
9. Morris
10. McCabe


1. Warne
2. McGrath
3. Lillee
4. O'Reilly
5. Grimmett
6. Turner
7. Spofforth
8. Davidson
9. Lindwall
10. Trumble

Always up for a bit of this:

Batsmen:
1. Don Bradman
2. Greg Chappell
3. Victor Trumper
4. Ricky Ponting
5. Alan Border
6. Steve Waugh
7. Neil Harvey
8. Stan McCabe
9. Matthew Hayden
10. Arthur Morris

Hill, Macartney, Ponsford, Simpson, Walters, Gilchrist all pretty stiff to miss out.

Bowlers:
1. Shane Warne
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Dennis Lillee
4. Bill O’Reilly
5. Ray Lindwall
6. Fred Spofforth
7. Alan Davidson
8. Keith Miller
9. Charlie Turner
10. Clarrie Grimmett

As always, you could swap a lot of those around and it wouldn’t make much difference. Trumble, Johnston and Benaud probably the unluckiest to miss out.

The Age is runnning the 'Cricketer's top 25' at the moment (better named Bradman and the next 24).

The greatest of all time? Our cricketers decide - The Age - Melbourne

The Results so far:
http://images.theage.com.au/2011/10/...TEST-200x0.jpg

The players value 'leadership', 'good bloke' etc more highly than outsiders in general.

Miller Comes in at 5:
In praise of the, ahem, all-rounder - Chapelli - The Age - Melbourne

Richie rated higher than I would have expected.

Still have Lillee, Warne, Bradman and Gilchrist to come, I guess.

fair to assume that the older generation don't look too favourably on the recent players onfield behaviours.