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[Flem274*]

-50 All Australians.

 

[four_or_six]

Can I do minuses?

-1 Mark Nicholas

Nooooooooooo

 

[Teja.]

You mentioned him in the pre-War cricket draft as well, but I'm not familiar with him. What can you tell us about him?

I think JBMAC is referring to Indian cricketing legend, C.K.Nayadu.


C. K. Nayudu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Matt79]

In no particular order, besides that which they occurred to me:
WG Grace
Don Bradman
Garry Sobers
Imran Khan
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Shane Warne
Muttiah Muralitharan
Jack Hobbs
Vic Trumper
Richie Benaud
Dennis Lillee
Keith Miller
Allan Border
Steve Waugh
Adam Gilchrist
Alan Knott
Frank Worrell
Bill O'Reilly
Ian Botham
Richard Hadlee
SF Barnes
Ricky Ponting
Warwick Armstrong
Malcolm Marshall

 

[weldone]

In no particular order:

WG Grace
KS Ranjitsinhji
George Headley
Sydney Barnes
Jack Hobbs
Clarrie Grimmett
Donald Bradman
Harold Larwood
Leonard Hutton
Bill O'Reilly
Neville Cardus
Fred Trueman
Keith Miller
Garry Sobers
Wally Hammond
Imran Khan
Sunil Gavaskar
Viv Richards
Barry Richards
Dennis Lillee
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Wasim Akram
Steve Waugh
Dickie Bird

At times, I preferred what I thought important characters over slightly better players, so unlike me ...but that's it.

 

[Edged&Taken]

In no particular order:

WG Grace
KS Ranjitsinhji
George Headley
Sydney Barnes
Jack Hobbs
Clarrie Grimmett
Donald Bradman
Harold Larwood
Leonard Hutton
Bill O'Reilly
Neville Cardus
Fred Trueman
Keith Miller
Garry Sobers
Shane Warne
Imran Khan
Sunil Gavaskar
Viv Richards
Barry Richards
Dennis Lillee
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Wasim Akram
Sachin Tendulkar
Dickie Bird

At times, I preferred what I thought important characters over slightly better players, so unlike me ...but that's it.

thought I saw Tendulkar playing in a test match few weeks ago

 

[weldone]

thought I saw Tendulkar playing in a test match few weeks ago

Oh, a result of not reading the rules properly.

So, the players have to have retired at least 5 years ago. Tendulkar and Muralitharan are out of it (lol, it seems I missed writing down Murali's place in the list at the first place ).

This 5 years rule makes my work a bit hard. Can someone quickly tell me which ones among Gilchrist, Warne, McGrath, Wasim, Lara and Donald are available? I am assuming Steve Waugh is.

 

[kingkallis]

In no particular order, besides that which they occurred to me:
WG Grace
Don Bradman
Garry Sobers
Imran Khan
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Shane Warne
Muttiah Muralitharan
Jack Hobbs
Vic Trumper
Richie Benaud
Dennis Lillee
Keith Miller
Allan Border
Steve Waugh
Adam Gilchrist
Alan Knott
Frank Worrell
Bill O'Reilly
Ian Botham
Richard Hadlee
SF Barnes
Ricky Ponting
Warwick Armstrong
Malcolm Marshall

Jeez, read the rules mate!

 

[kingkallis]

Oh, a result of not reading the rules properly.

So, the players have to have retired at least 5 years ago. Tendulkar and Muralitharan are out of it (lol, it seems I missed writing down Murali's place in the list at the first place ).

This 5 years rule makes my work a bit hard. Can someone quickly tell me which ones among Gilchrist, Warne, McGrath, Wasim, Lara and Donald are available? I am assuming Steve Waugh is.

Waugh, Wasim and Donald!

 

[weldone]

Waugh, Wasim and Donald!

edited my list...

 

[G.I.Joe]

Grace
Ranji
Barnes
Hobbs
Hammond
Trueman
Armstrong
Noble
Trumper
Miller
O'Reilly
Faulkner
Walcott
Hall
Nayudu
Mankad
Hazare
Merchant
Pataudi
V.Manjrekar
F.Mahmood
H.Mohammad
B.Sutcliffe
Sathasivam (sp?)
Ranatunga

 

[weldone]

Why the lack of love for Neville Cardus?

 

[Fusion]

Don Bradman
W.G. Grace
Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Sydney Barnes
Ranji
George Headley
Fred Trueman
Keith Miller
Frank Worrell
Bill O'Reilly
Richie Benaud
Imran Khan
Hanif Mohammad
Javed Miandad
Ian Botham
Viv Richards
Gary Sobers
Wasim Akram
Malcolm Marshall
Richard Hadlee
Dennis Lillee
Sunil Gavaskar
Kapil Dev
Allan Border

 

[Blakus]

Why the lack of love for Neville Cardus?

Don't worry I'll probably change my nominations once I've given myself more of a chance to think things over.

 

[Slifer]

Grace
Bradman
Sobers
Imran
Marshall
Ambrose
Hadlee
Miller
Lillee
Grimmett
O'Reilley
Hutton
Hobbs
Headley
Sutcliffe
Wasim
Waqar
G Chapell
Viv
Lindwall
Verity
Hammond
Trueman
Donald
Gavaskar

 

[ankitj]

1 Don Bradman
2 Garry Sobers
3 Imran Khan
4 W G Grace
5 Vivian Richards
6 Richard Hadlee
7 Malcolm Marshall
8 Sydney Barnes
9 Jack Hobbs
10 Keith Miller
11 Ian Botham
12 Wally Hammond
13 Graeme Pollock
14 Curtly Ambrose
15 Greg Chappell
16 Fred Trueman
17 George Headley
18 Bill O'Reilly
19 Sunil Gavaskar
20 Len Hutton
21 Allan Donald
22 Dennis Lillee
23 Wasim Akram
24 Kapil Dev
25 Herbert Sutcliffe

 

[Jarquis]

2 players currently leading with 11 nominations each.

 

[JBMAC]

2 players currently leading with 11 nominations each.

How about some updates as we go Marcuss?

 

[Jarquis]

Well we've had 14 people contribute so far. 301 nominations split over 101 different figures.
Currently leading are Don Bradman and Jack Hobbs with 11 nominations apiece, closely followed by Garry Sobers and WG Grace who both have 10.
50 people have only 1 nomination.

 

[Flyonthewall]

1. WG Grace
2. Keith Miller
3. Walter Hammond
4. Douglas Jardine
5. Harold Larwood
6. Aubrey Faulkner
7. Denis Compton
8. Ian Botham
9. Wasim Akram
10. Bernard Bosanquet
11. Clarrie Grimmett
12. Bill O'Reilly
13. Learie Constantine
14. Vivian Richards
15. Gilbert Jessop
16. Mike Procter
17. Colin Bland
18. Alan Knott
19. Jack Blackham
20. Frederick Spofforth
21. Bert Ironmonger
22. John Traicos
23. Johnny Wardle
24. John Arlott
25. Dickie Bird

In no particular order, obviously. It's a bit of a random list, but one that covers the various aspects of the game and it's characters quite well I feel, as opposed to just being a "greatest 25 players" list.