Who would be your top 10 greatest Asian cricketers?

Avada Kedavra · 10-06-2010, 01:38 PM

Mine would be in order

1)Murali - statistically the best,record holder for most wickets in tests and ODIs @ a very good average.
2)Sachin/Imran Khan - former holds most major batting records + most test wins for an Asian,latter is a WC winning captain + Asia's best all-rounder
4)Kapil Dev-WC winning captain and most successful Asian fast bowler in terms of wickets
5)Wasim Akram-400+test wickets and 500+ ODI wickets
6)Gavaskar-10k+runs,arguably best Asian batsman
7)Dravid-same as Gavaskar
8)Waqar-350+ test wickets and 400+ODI wickets
9)Jayawardene-closing in on 10k test runs
10)Kumble-600+test wickets and 300+ODI wickets

Notable omissions - Aravinda,Sangakkara,Sehwag,Fazal Mahmood,Abdul Qadir,Jayasuriya and more..............

akilana · 10-06-2010, 01:54 PM

In terms of talent, it's hard to separate Sachin, Imran, Murali and Akram.

Fusion · 10-06-2010, 01:56 PM

Imran
Tendulkar
Murali
Akram
Gavaskar
Dev
Miandad
Waqar
Dravid
Aravinda

IMHO. Incidentally, Battle of the Subcontinent

kingkallis · 10-06-2010, 01:57 PM

I wanted to include Mohammad brothers, Zaheer Abbas but didnt see them in action so couldnt add them...

I also wanted to have Aravinda de Silva, Azharuddin, Ranatunga, Abdul Qadir but...so well these are my 10!

Sachin Tendulkar
Muralitharan
Imran Khan
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Javed Miandad
Sunil Gavaskar
Anil Kumble
Waqar Younis
Rahul Dravid

zaremba · 10-06-2010, 02:05 PM

Imran Khan
Javed Miandad
Mushtaq Ahmed
Ranjitsinhji
Duleepsinhji
Nawab of Pataudi
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
Yasir Arafat
Mohammad Sami
Gehan Mendis

Saqlain and Chawla disqualified, obv

fredfertang · 10-06-2010, 02:08 PM

Farokh Engineer plus any 9 others

Goughy · 10-06-2010, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avada Kedavra

Mine would be in order.

You start a thread and chicken out of doing it yourself.

So who is your number 2? Imran or Sachin?

Burgey · 10-06-2010, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by fredfertang

Farokh Engineer plus any 9 others

Yeah, was gonnna say, he'd have to be there, surely. Imran, Kapil, Miandad, Tendulkar, Wasim, Dravid all good shouts. Murali of course.

Shall try to compile a list which allows me to leave Gavaskar out tbh. Not a fan, great player though.

Burgey · 10-06-2010, 04:33 PM

Richard Chee Quee being harshly treated too.

BoyBrumby · 10-06-2010, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Burgey

Shall try to compile a list which allows me to leave Gavaskar out tbh. Not a fan, great player though.

It's bizarre. He seems reasonable and considered in the comm box, but every so often writes or is quoted as having said something unbelieveably twatty.

Will throw Lord Jardine of Mumbai's hat into the ring too.

Burgey · 10-06-2010, 04:47 PM

Yeah, worth a shout.

Should also be said, FIFA says Australia is part of Asia.

Keith Miller, Don Bradman worth a shout

The Sean · 10-06-2010, 05:42 PM

Going to go with blokes who actually represented one of the Asian nations - so no Ranji, Jardine etc.

1. Imran Khan
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Muttiah Muralitharan
4. Sunil Gavaskar
5. Wasim Akram
6. Kapil Dev
7. Waqar Younis
8. Javed Miandad
9. Rahul Dravid
10. Vijay Merchant

A veritable plethora of genuinely great cricketers all there or thereabouts and unlucky to miss out.

Jono · 10-06-2010, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burgey

Richard Chee Quee being harshly treated too.

Was gonna be my post

Noble One · 10-06-2010, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burgey

Richard Chee Quee being harshly treated too.

A more interesting challenge would be to name the top 10 cricketers of an Asian background who don't play for an Asian team.

Chee Quee surely number 1.

The Sean · 10-06-2010, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noble One

A more interesting challenge would be to name the top 10 cricketers of an Asian background who don't play for an Asian team.

Chee Quee surely number 1.

Ever?

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Avada Kedavra Banned Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 1,221	Who would be your top 10 greatest Asian cricketers? Mine would be in order 1)Murali - statistically the best,record holder for most wickets in tests and ODIs @ a very good average. 2)Sachin/Imran Khan - former holds most major batting records + most test wins for an Asian,latter is a WC winning captain + Asia's best all-rounder 4)Kapil Dev-WC winning captain and most successful Asian fast bowler in terms of wickets 5)Wasim Akram-400+test wickets and 500+ ODI wickets 6)Gavaskar-10k+runs,arguably best Asian batsman 7)Dravid-same as Gavaskar 8)Waqar-350+ test wickets and 400+ODI wickets 9)Jayawardene-closing in on 10k test runs 10)Kumble-600+test wickets and 300+ODI wickets Notable omissions - Aravinda,Sangakkara,Sehwag,Fazal Mahmood,Abdul Qadir,Jayasuriya and more.............. Last edited by Avada Kedavra; 10-06-2010 at 01:44 PM.

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akilana First Class Debutant Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moon Posts: 848	In terms of talent, it's hard to separate Sachin, Imran, Murali and Akram.

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Burgey Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Castle Posts: 35,116	Yeah, worth a shout. Should also be said, FIFA says Australia is part of Asia. Keith Miller, Don Bradman worth a shout

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