Top 5 Opening Batsman
1. Sir Jack Hobbs
2. Sir Len Hutton
3. Sunil Gavaskar
4. Herbert Sutcliffe
5. Anyone of a half a dozen. Will say Simpson for the sake of argument.
Top 5 Middle-Order Batsman*
1. Sir Donald Bradman
2. Wally Hammond
3. Sir Vivian Richards
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. George Headley
* Assuming that, as I've included Sobers below in the allrounders category he doesn't get a spot here in the middle order players. If he was included here, slot him in at 4 after Viv, with Headley sliding out.
Top 5 Allrounders
1. Garry Sobers
2. Imran Khan
3. Keith Miller
4. Ian Botham
5. Aubrey Faulkner
Top 5 Wicketkeeper-Batsman
1. Adam Gilchrist
2. Andy Flower
3. Les Ames
4. Allan Knott
5. Kumar Sangakkara
Top 5 Spin Bowlers
1. Shane Warne
2. Muttiah Muralitharan
3. Tiger O'Reilly
4. Clarrie Grimmett
5. Jim Laker
Top 5 Pace Bowlers
1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Dennis Lillee
3. Curtley Ambrose
4. Sir Richard Hadlee
5. Wasim Akram
Top 5 Cricketers
1. Sir Donald Bradman
2. Sir Garry Sobers
3. Imram Khan
4. Shane Warne
5. WG Grace