Geoff Armstrong- The 100 Greatest Cricketers

[sobers no:1]

Originally Posted by the big bambino

So who is he?

Btw are you from Kerala? My wife and I know some good people from there who have settled in Australia.

yes. god's own country

he is mohanlal - biggest superstar of malayalam (language of kerala) film industry for last 25years. and india's best actor according to most film pundits. FAR BETTER THAN ANY OTHER ACTOR IMO. even better than tom (tom n jerry)

[hendrix]

My best mate is from Kerala. Sounds like a beautiful place.

[sobers no:1]

Originally Posted by hendrix

My best mate is from Kerala. Sounds like a beautiful place.

definitely . god's own country is an apt tag ( except for sreesanth )

[Prince EWS]

We had another member of this forum from Kerala not so long ago. Loved his tenpin bowling.

[hendrix]

Originally Posted by sobers no:1

definitely . god's own country is an apt tag ( except for sreesanth )

just about every country in the world tags themselves as such. Just so you know.

[smalishah84]

Originally Posted by hendrix

just about every country in the world tags themselves as such. Just so you know.

[Satyanash89]

Originally Posted by hendrix

just about every country in the world tags themselves as such. Just so you know.

Kerala isnt even a country though

[watson]

As requested by kyear..........

Not so much a selection of 'The 100 greatest cricketers', but 9 great teams, and each capable of beating any of the other teams 'on their day';


First XI
01. Sunil Gavaskar
02. Len Hutton
03. Don Bradman
04. Brian Lara
05. Sachin Tendulkar
06. Garry Sobers
07. Adam Gilchrist
08. Malcolm Marshall
09. Wasim Akram
10. Shane Warne
11. Dennis Lillee


Second XI
01. Jack Hobbs
02. Herbert Sutcliffe
03. Viv Richards
04. Greg Chappell
05. Frank Worrell
06. Jacques Kallis
07. Imran Khan
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Godfrey Evans
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Muttiah Muralitharan


Third XI
01. Barry Richards
02. Arthur Morris
03. Walter Hammond
04. Graeme Pollock
05. Clyde Walcott
06. Keith Miller
07. Alan Knott
08. Alan Davidson
09. Ray Lindwall
10. Bill O’Reillly
11. Clarrie Grimmett


Fourth XI
01. Bob Simpson
02. Bill Lawry
03. George Headley
04. Everton Weekes
05. Allan Border
06. Steve Waugh
07. Les Ames
08. Harold Larwood
09. Jim Laker
10. Fred Trueman
11. Glenn McGrath


Fifth XI
01. Graham Gooch
02. Geoff Boycott
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Neil Harvey
05. Ken Barrington
06. Frank Woolley
07. Ian Botham
08. Ian Healy
09. Andy Roberts
10. Michael Holding
11. Sydney Barnes


Sixth XI
01. Matthew Hayden
02. Bruce Mitchell
03. Ricky Ponting
04. Denis Compton
05. Peter May
06. Mike Procter
07. Denis Lindsay
08. Shaun Pollock
09. Ritchie Benaud
10. Wilfred Rhodes
11. Alan Donald


Seventh XI
01. Gordon Greenidge
02. Victor Trumper
03. Charlie Macartney
04. Stan McCabe
05. Javed Miandad
06. Clive Lloyd
07. Jeff Dujon
08. Anil Kumble
09. Joel Garner
10. Waqar Younis
11. Courtney Walsh


Eighth XI
01. Virender Sehwag
02. Vijay Merchant
03. Rahul Dravid
04. Ted Dexter
05. Colin Cowdrey
06. Aubrey Faulkner
07. Kapil Dev
08. John Waite
09. Hugh Tayfield
10. John Snow
11. Neil Adcock


Ninth XI
01. Eddie Barlow
02. Trevor Goddard
03. Ian Chappell
04. Martin Crowe
05. Michael Clarke
06. Dudley Nourse
07. Jock Cameron
08. Hedley Verity
09. Wesley Hall
10. Jeff Thomson
11. Arthur Mailey

100th Player: David Gower

[kyear2]

Wasn't that fun
Some more changes

Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Donald Bradman *
Viv Richards ^
Sachin Tendulkar
Garfield Sobers ^
Adam Gilchrist +
Imran Khan
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne ^
Glen Mcgrath

Sunil Gavaskar
Herbert Sutcliffe
George Headley
Brian Lara ^
Greg Chappell *^
Jacques Kallis ^
Keith Miller
Allan Knott +
Curtly Ambrose
Dennis Lillee
Muttiah Muralitharan

Gordon Greenidge ^
Barry Richards
Ricky Ponting^
Graeme Pollock
Wally Hammond^
Frank Worrell *
Les Ames +
Richard Hadlee
Michael Holding
Fred Trueman
Bill O’Reilly

Arthur Morris
Bobby Simpson ^
Kumar Sangakkara
Everton Weekes ^
Allan Border *
Clyde Walcott +
Ian Botham ^
Ray Lindwall
Jim Laker
Joel Garner
Sydney Barnes

Victor Trumper
Geoffrey Boycott
Rahul Dravid ^
Neil Harvey ^
Javed Miandad * ^
Aubrey Faulkner
Mike Procter
Alan Davidson
Hedley Verity
Jack Blackham +
Dale Steyn

Graeme Gooch ^
Matthew Hayden ^
Rohan Kanhai ^
Kevin Pietersen
Steve Waugh *
Andy Flower +
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Andy Roberts
Clarrie Grimmett
Allan Donald

Graeme Smith ^
Vijay Merchant
Ken Barrington
Stan McCabe ^
Clive Lloyd *^
Charlie Macartney
John Waite +
Shaun Pollock
Anil Kumble
Harold Larwood
Courtney Walsh

Bruce Mitchell ^
Virender Sehwag
Denis Compton
Inzamam Ul-Haq ^
Dudley Nourse
Tony Greig ^
Farokh Engineer +
Richie Benaud *
Ian Bishop
Waqar Younis
John Snow

Conrad Hunte
Eddie Barlow ^
Ian Chappell *^
Ted Dexter
Martin Crowe ^
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ian Healy +
Fazal Mahmood
Colin Croft
Neil Adcock
Subhash Gupte

Bill Lawry
Mark Taylor *^
Richie Richardson ^
Peter May
Vijay Hazare
Trevor Goddard ^
Jeffrey Dujon
Alec Bedser
Bob Willis
Wes Hall
Erapali Prasanna

[NUFAN]

Top effort to name 100 lads, can't fathom Langer and Ponting being in the same world team, the difference in ability and performance was substantial.

[watson]

Originally Posted by NUFAN

Top effort to name 100 lads, can't fathom Langer and Ponting being in the same world team, the difference in ability and performance was substantial.

Not so much a selection of 'The 100 greatest cricketers', but 9 great teams, and each capable of beating any of the other teams 'on their day';

I just liked the idea of having the top 3 from Australia's most successful ever team back together. But yeah, swapped him for the obvious Bruce Mitchell.

[watson]

Closing in on 'perfection' now..

First XI
01. Sunil Gavaskar
02. Len Hutton
03. Don Bradman *
04. Brian Lara
05. Sachin Tendulkar
06. Garry Sobers
07. Adam Gilchrist +
08. Malcolm Marshall
09. Wasim Akram
10. Shane Warne
11. Dennis Lillee


Second XI
01. Jack Hobbs
02. Herbert Sutcliffe
03. Viv Richards
04. Greg Chappell
05. Frank Worrell
06. Jacques Kallis
07. Imran Khan *
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Godfrey Evans+
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Muttiah Muralitharan


Third XI
01. Barry Richards
02. Arthur Morris
03. Walter Hammond *
04. Graeme Pollock
05. Clyde Walcott
06. Keith Miller
07. Alan Knott +
08. Alan Davidson
09. Ray Lindwall
10. Bill O’Reillly
11. Clarrie Grimmett


Fourth XI
01. Bob Simpson
02. Bill Lawry
03. George Headley
04. Everton Weekes
05. Allan Border
06. Steve Waugh *
07. Les Ames +
08. Hedley Verity
09. Harold Larwood
10. Fred Trueman
11. Glenn McGrath


Fifth XI
01. Graham Gooch
02. Geoff Boycott
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Neil Harvey *
05. Ken Barrington
06. Frank Woolley
07. Ian Botham
08. Ian Healy +
09. Andy Roberts
10. Michael Holding
11. Sydney Barnes


Sixth XI
01. Matthew Hayden
02. Bruce Mitchell
03. Ricky Ponting
04. Denis Compton
05. Peter May
06. Mike Procter
07. Denis Lindsay +
08. Shaun Pollock
09. Ritchie Benaud *
10. Wilfred Rhodes
11. Alan Donald


Seventh XI
01. Gordon Greenidge
02. Victor Trumper
03. Charlie Macartney
04. Stan McCabe
05. Javed Miandad
06. Clive Lloyd *
07. Jeff Dujon +
08. Anil Kumble
09. Joel Garner
10. Waqar Younis
11. Courtney Walsh


Eighth XI
01. Virender Sehwag
02. Vijay Merchant
03. Rahul Dravid *
04. Ted Dexter
05. Colin Cowdrey
06. Aubrey Faulkner
07. Kapil Dev
08. Syed Kirmani +
09. Jim Laker
10. Wesley Hall
11. John Snow


Ninth XI
01. Eddie Barlow
02. Trevor Goddard
03. Ian Chappell *
04. Martin Crowe
05. Michael Clarke
06. Dudley Nourse
07. John Waite +
08. Hugh Tayfield
09. Dale Steyn
10. Neil Adcock
11. Arthur Mailey

100th Player: David Gower

[hendrix]

would rather have Imran Khan than either Wasim or Dennis Lillee in that first 11 IMO. also think McGrath could be higher up. but otherwise not bad

[watson]

Originally Posted by hendrix

would rather have Imran Khan than either Wasim or Dennis Lillee in that first 11 IMO. also think McGrath could be higher up. but otherwise not bad

More after working combo's and teams 'gelling' rather than a strict order of greatness.

[kyear2]

ATG Team 1st XI
01. Jack Hobbs
02. Len Hutton
03. Donald Bradman *
04. Viv Richards ^
05. Sachin Tendulkar
06. Garfield Sobers (5) ^
07.Adam Gilchrist +
08. Imran Khan (3)
09. Malcolm Marshall (1)
10. Shane Warne (4) ^
11. Glen Mcgrath (2)

ATG Team 2nd XI
01. Sunil Gavaskar
02. Herbert Sutcliffe
03. George Headley
04. Brian Lara ^
05. Greg Chappell (6) *^
06. Jacques Kallis (5) ^
07. Keith Miller (3)
08. Allan Knott +
09. Curtly Ambrose (2)
10. Dennis Lillee (1)
11. Muttiah Muralitharan (4)

ATG Team 3rd XI
01. Gordon Greenidge ^
02. Barry Richards
03. Ricky Ponting^
04. Graeme Pollock
05. Wally Hammond (6) ^
06. Frank Worrell (5) *
07. Les Ames +
08. Richard Hadlee (3)
09. Michael Holding (1)
10. Fred Trueman (2)
11. Bill O’Reilly (4)

ATG Team 4th XI
01. Arthur Morris
02. Bobby Simpson (6) ^
03. Kumar Sangakkara
04. Everton Weekes ^
05. Allan Border *
06. Clyde Walcott +
07. Ian Botham (3) ^
08. Ray Lindwall (1)
09. Jim Laker (5)
10. Joel Garner (2)
11. Sydney Barnes (4)

ATG Team 5th XI
01. Victor Trumper
02. Geoffrey Boycott
03. Rahul Dravid ^
04. Neil Harvey ^
05. Javed Miandad * ^
06. Aubrey Faulkner (5)
07. Mike Procter (2)
08. Alan Davidson (3)
09. Hedley Verity (4)
10. Jack Blackham +
11. Dale Steyn (1)

ATG Team 6th XI
01. Graeme Gooch ^
02. Matthew Hayden ^
03. Rohan Kanhai ^
04. Kevin Pietersen
05. Steve Waugh (6) *
06. Andy Flower +
07. Kapil Dev (5)
08. Wasim Akram (3)
09. Andy Roberts (2)
10. Clarrie Grimmett (4)
11. Allan Donald (1)

ATG Team 7th XI
01. Graeme Smith ^
02. Vijay Merchant
03. Ken Barrington
04. Stan McCabe (6) ^
05. Clive Lloyd *^
06. Charlie Macartney (5)
07. John Waite +
08. Shaun Pollock (3)
09. Anil Kumble (4)
10. Harold Larwood (1)
11. Courtney Walsh (2)

ATH Team 8th XI
01. Bruce Mitchell (6) ^
02. Virender Sehwag
03. Denis Compton
04. Inzamam Ul-Haq ^
05. Dudley Nourse
06. Tony Greig (5) ^
07. Farokh Engineer +
08. Richie Benaud (4) *
09. Ian Bishop (2)
10. Waqar Younis (1)
11. John Snow (3)

ATG Team 9th XI
01. Conrad Hunte
02. Eddie Barlow (5) ^
03. Ted Dexter (6)
04. Mahela Jayawardene ^
05. Martin Crowe ^
06. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
07. Ian Healy +
08. Fazal Mahmood (3)
09. Colin Croft (2)
10. Neil Adcock (1)
11. Subhash Gupte (4)

ATG Team 10th XI
01. Bill Lawry
02. Mark Taylor *^
03. Richie Richardson ^
04. Peter May
05. Vijay Hazare (6)
06. Trevor Goddard (5)^
07. Jeffrey Dujon +
08. Alec Bedser (3)
09. Bob Willis (2)
10. Wes Hall (1)
11. Erapali Prasanna (4)

ATG Team 11th XI
01. Hanif Mohammad
02. Roy Fredericks ^
03. Ian Chappell * ^
04. Lindsay Hassett
05. Mohammad Azharuddin ^
06. Mushtaq Mohammad (5)
07. Rod Marsh +
08. Peter Pollock (2)
09. Frank Tyson (1)
10. Lance Gibbs (4)
11. Jack Cowie (3)