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IYO: 10 best test batsmen OAT, 7 best paceman, 5 best spinners, 4 best keepers, 3 ARs

The Battlers Prince

The Battlers Prince

International Vice-Captain
I've been trying to do this, but the West Indies quicks of the 70/80's don't deserve to be broken apart. The greatest TEAM of bowlers ever.
 
The Battlers Prince

The Battlers Prince

International Vice-Captain
10 Batsmen
Bradman
Sobers
Hobbs
Lara
Hutton
Trumper
Hammond
Tendulkar
Gavaskar
Chappell

7 Pace Bowlers
Lillee
Barnes
Lohmann
Trueman
Hadlee
Imran
Ambrose

5 Spinners
Warne
O'Reilly
Grimmett
Gupte
Tayfield

4 Keepers
Tallon
Wasim Bari
Healy
Oldfield

3 All Occasions
Sobers
Miller
Grace
 
watson

watson

Banned
IYO: 10 best test batsmen OAT, 7 best paceman, 5 best spinners, 4 best keepers, 3 ARs.....

Have split the allrounder and keeping categories as allrounders and keepers can be very different depending on how you want to balance your team. In fact, the likes of Sobers and Imran are so different that can't really be compared.


10 Best Batsman:
Don Bradman
Garry Sobers
Jack Hobbs
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Kumar Sangakkara
Len Hutton
Barry Richards
Graeme Pollock


7 Best Paceman
Malcolm Marshall
Dennis Lillee
Imran Khan
Curtly Ambrose
Richard Hadlee
Andy Roberts
Wasim Akram


5 Best Spinners:
Shane Warne
Bill O'Reilly
Sydney Barnes
Jim Laker
Muttiah Muralitharan


4 Best Keepers
Alan Knott
Bert Oldlfield
Godfrey Evans
Syed Kirmani


4 Best Keeper Batsman
Alan Knott
Adam Gilchrist
John Waite
Ian Healy


3 Best Bowling Allrounders:
Imran Khan
Richard Hadlee
Ian Botham


3 Best Batting Allrounders
Garry Sobers
Jacques Kallis
Keith Miller
 
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bagapath

bagapath

International Captain
10 Batsmen

Bradman
Hobbs
Hutton
Hammond
Sobers
Richards
Tendulkar
Lara
Gavaskar
H.Sutcliffe

7 Pacers

Marshall
Hadlee
McGrath
Barnes
Lillee
Ambrose
Steyn

5 Spinners

Warne
Murali
O'Reilley
Laker
Grimmett

4 Keepers

Healy
Knott
Marsh
Evans

3 All-rounders

Imran
Miller
Botham
 
The Sean

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
Are all the blokes not picking Sobers in the all-rounders category doing so because 1) they've already picked him in their top 10 batsmen, or 2) they genuinely don't think he's one of the three greatest all-round cricketers in the game's history?

If 1), that's understandable though there doesn't seem to be any rule against picking blokes in more than one category. If 2), behave yourselves.
 
Hurricane

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
The Sean said:
Are all the blokes not picking Sobers in the all-rounders category doing so because 1) they've already picked him in their top 10 batsmen, or 2) they genuinely don't think he's one of the three greatest all-round cricketers in the game's history?

If 1), that's understandable though there doesn't seem to be any rule against picking blokes in more than one category. If 2), behave yourselves.
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I thought there was an implicit rule you couldn't double people up. No doubt I was wrong about that rule. For me he is he 2nd best batsman.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Batsmen:

1. Bradman
2. Hobbs
3. Sobers
4. Tendulkar
5. Headley
6. Hammond
7. Hutton
8. Walcott
9. Lara
10. Gavaskar

Seamers:

1. Marshall
2. Hadlee
3. Ambrose
4. Barnes
5. Imran
6. McGrath
7. Steyn

Spinners:

1. Murali
2. O'Reilly
3. Warne
4. Grimmett
5. Laker

Allrounders:

1. Imran
2. Sobers
3. Miller

I think it's really hard to rate keepers without having seen lots of them so I'm not going to try.
 
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jaideep

jaideep

U19 12th Man
Batsman:

Bradman
Lara
WG Grace
Hobbs
Sobers
AB de Villiers
Viv Richards
Hutton
Headley
Chappell

Quicks:

Marshall
Lillee
Mcgrath
Barnes
Steyn
Hadlee
Ambrose

Spinners:

Warne
Murali
O'Reilly
Laker
Grimmett

Keepers:

Knott
Gilchrist
Healy
Evans

All rounders:

Miller
Kallis
Imran
 
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Red

Red

The normal awards that everyone else has
Someone with India as their location leaves Tendulkar out of a top ten batsmen list.

 
weldone

weldone

Hall of Fame Member
Red Hill said:
Someone with India as their location leaves Tendulkar out of a top ten batsmen list.

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Lara at no. 2 explains it. During the 90s there was a constant Tendulkar vs Lara debate among Indian fans. Obviously around 90-95% of them liked Tendulkar more; but there were a small few (remaining 5-10%) who were in the Lara camp. The fact that they were always up against the majority opinion (and also that many real-life Tendulkar-fans are pure idiots tbh - I know many of them), some among those 5-10% turned anti-Tendulkar.
 
kyear2

kyear2

Cricketer Of The Year
Batsmen

Bradman
Richards
Sobers
Tendulkar
Lara
Hobbs
Hutton
Chappell
Gavaskar
Headley

Pacers

Marshall
McGrath
Steyn
Hadlee
Ambrose
Lillee
Akram

Spinners

Warne
Muralitharan
O'Reilly
Laker
Tayfield

Wk

Gilchrist
Knott
Cameron
Oldfield

A

Kallis
Miller
Botham
 
F

Flametree

International 12th Man
Bradman
Hutton
Hobbs
Headley
Richards Viv
Sobers
Tendulkar
Hammond
Chappell G
Sangakkara

Pace
Marshall
Barnes
Lillee
Trueman
Hadlee
Ambrose
McGrath

WK
Knott
Gilchrist
Ames
de Villiers

Spin
Warne
O'Reilly
Muralitharan
Laker
Verity

AllRounders
[Sobers] - you didn't mention if these were exclusive categories
Imran Khan
Miller K
Kallis
 
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