Top 10 Batsmen and Bowlers of All Time

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Originally Posted by 8ankitj

Why the down grading of Warne and Headley? By this time all of us could post your rationale for rating them higher and you decide to change your ranking :p

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Warne is 5th and Headley is 3 places lower and still in the top 10. No drastic changes.

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Originally Posted by kyear2

Warne is 5th and Headley is 3 places lower and still in the top 10. No drastic changes.

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To elaborate on Headley's ranking. The top 6 for me are non negotiable, with Hutton some where between the two groups but closer to the first. Chappell, Headley and Pollock are all interchangeable with Ponting just behind. Chappell for his consistency and the quality of bowlers he faced, Pollock for his ability to destroy attacks and Headley for shouldering the burden of those early teams and his volume of scoring.

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Originally Posted by Eds

Was it really the greatest attack of all-time though? Or was it just the best collection of bowlers that happened to play for the same country at the same point in time?

It seems to me that you're justifying the lack of need for a spinner on the basis that the WI had a fantastically phenomenal crop of fast bowlers. But you're rating it as the "greatest attack of all-time" based on the fact that you don't consider a spinner important to the balance of an attack. Those who're big fans of Warne, Murali, spinners in general, would disagree that it was the greatest ever because there was no spinner. You can't use it as your justification and argument.

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Not even the same country. West Indies is a collection of separate countries.

Imagine if India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was allowed to form one team as the subcontinent team like the Windies. Or NewZealand and Australia.

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Originally Posted by Agent Nationaux

Imagine if India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was allowed to form one team as the subcontinent team like the Windies. Or NewZealand and Australia.

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Imagine the size of the populations of India, Pakistan and India compared to Barbados, Antigua, Trinidad and Jamaica.

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Originally Posted by kyear2

Imagine the size of the populations of India, Pakistan and India compared to Barbados, Antigua, Trinidad and Jamaica.

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That doesn't matter. They are separate nations and not one country!

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Originally Posted by Agent Nationaux

That doesn't matter. They are separate nations and not one country!

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So?

I was just pointing out that they are separate nations.

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Batsmen

1. Bradman
2.Richards
3.Hobbs
4.Lara
5.Sobers
6.Tendulkar
7.Hutton
8.Pollock
9.Border
10.Sangakarra

Bowlers

1.Marshall
2.McGrath
3.Hadlee
4.Warne
5.Lillee
6.O'Reilly
7.Ambrose
8.Barnes
9.Imran
10.Lindwall