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Top Five Cricketers from each country

bagapath

International Captain
India:

The top 3 select themselves quite easily

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2. Kapil Dev
3. Sachin Tendulkar

The last two slots are difficult to lock. Any two of Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Vijay Merchant, Vijay Hazare, Bishan Bedi, Chandrasekar and Virender Sehwag could be slotted in easily. Even Erappalli Prasanna, Sourav Ganguly, Gundappa Viswanath and Mansur Ali Khan would be on the list of some romantics.

I am going for...

4. Mahender Singh Dhoni
5. Vinoo Mankad
 

Test_Fan_Only

First Class Debutant
Australia, perhaps, in no particular order after Bradman

Don Bradman, Keith Miller, Victor Trumper, Shane Warne, Denis Lillee

Bill O'Reilly, Adam Gilchrist and Glen McGrath very close as well.
 
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Dan

Hall of Fame Member
AfghanistanAustraliaBangladeshEnglandIndiaIreland
1. Rashid Khan
2. Mohammad Nabi
3. Mohammad Shahzad
4. Hamid Hassan
5. Rahmat Shah
1. Don Bradman
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Shane Warne
4. Dennis Lillee
5. Victor Trumper
1. Shakib al Hasan
2. Tamim Iqbal
3. Mushfiqr Rahim
4. Habibul Bashar
5. Mohammad Rafique
1. WG Grace
2. Jack Hobbs
3. Walter Hammond
4. Ian Botham
5. Jack Leach
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Kapil Dev
4. MS Dhoni
5. Anil Kumble
1. Ed Joyce
2. Niall O'Brien
3. Will Porterfield
4. Kevin O'Brien
5. George Dockrell
New ZealandPakistanSouth AfricaSri LankaWest IndiesZimbabwe
1. Richard Hadlee
2. Kane Williamson
3. Martin Crowe
4. Daniel Vettori
5. John R Reid
1. Wasim Akram
2. Imran Khan
3. Javed Miandad
4. Waqar Younis
5. Abdul Qadir
1. Jacques Kallis
2. Mike Procter
3. Barry Richards
4. Shaun Pollock
5. Aubrey Faulkner
1. Muttiah Muralitharan
2. Kumar Sangakkara
3. Mahela Jayawardene
4. Chaminda Vaas
5. Aravinda de Silva
1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Viv Richards
3. Brian Lara
4. George Headley
5. Frank Worrell
1. Andrew Flower
2. Heath Streak
3. Dave Houghton
4. Brendon Taylor
5. Graeme Cremer
 

Red

The normal awards that everyone else has
Australia

Bradman
Warne
Lillee
Trumper
Miller

England

Grace
Hammond
Hobbs
Botham
Hutton

West Indies

Sobers
Richards
Marshall
Ambrose
Worrell

India

Tendulkar
Kapil
Kohli
Gavaskar
Dravid

South Africa

Kallis
G.Pollock
Steyn
S.Pollock
Richards

Pakistan

Imran
Miandad
Wasim
Waqar
Younis

NZ

Hadlee
Crowe
Williamson
Taylor
Donnelly
 

h_hurricane

International Vice-Captain
Australia

1.Bradman
2.Warne
3.Mcgrath
4.Miller
5.Gilchrist

England

1.Hobbs
2.Hammond
3.Hutton
4.Botham
5.Trueman

West Indies

1.Sobers
2.Richards
3.Marshall
4.Ambrose
5.Lara

South Africa

1.Kallis
2.S Pollock
3.Steyn
4.Donald
5.G Pollock

India

1.Kapil
2.Tendulkar
3.Gavaskar
4.Kohli
5.Dravid

Pakistan

1.Imran
2.Wasim
3.Waqar
4.Miandad
5.Younis Khan

New Zealand

1.Hadlee
2.Cairns
3.Williamson
4.Crowe
5.Vettori

Sri Lanka

1.Murali
2.Sangakkara
3.Aravinda
4.Jayawardene
5.Vaas
 

h_hurricane

International Vice-Captain
AfghanistanAustraliaBangladeshEnglandIndiaIreland
1. Rashid Khan
2. Mohammad Nabi
3. Mohammad Shahzad
4. Hamid Hassan
5. Rahmat Shah
1. Don Bradman
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Shane Warne
4. Dennis Lillee
5. Victor Trumper
1. Shakib al Hasan
2. Tamim Iqbal
3. Mushfiqr Rahim
4. Habibul Bashar
5. Mohammad Rafique
1. WG Grace
2. Jack Hobbs
3. Walter Hammond
4. Ian Botham
5. Jack Leach
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Kapil Dev
4. MS Dhoni
5. Anil Kumble
1. Ed Joyce
2. Niall O'Brien
3. Will Porterfield
4. Kevin O'Brien
5. George Dockrell
New ZealandPakistanSouth AfricaSri LankaWest IndiesZimbabwe
1. Richard Hadlee
2. Kane Williamson
3. Martin Crowe
4. Daniel Vettori
5. John R Reid
1. Wasim Akram
2. Imran Khan
3. Javed Miandad
4. Waqar Younis
5. Abdul Qadir
1. Jacques Kallis
2. Mike Procter
3. Barry Richards
4. Shaun Pollock
5. Aubrey Faulkner
1. Muttiah Muralitharan
2. Kumar Sangakkara
3. Mahela Jayawardene
4. Chaminda Vaas
5. Aravinda de Silva
1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Viv Richards
3. Brian Lara
4. George Headley
5. Frank Worrell
1. Andrew Flower
2. Heath Streak
3. Dave Houghton
4. Brendon Taylor
5. Graeme Cremer
Not sure if excluding Sobers was pun intended or just an unintentional miss.
 

Pap Finn Keighl

International Debutant
England

Grace
Barnes
Botham
Hutton
Hammond/ Hobbs

Australia

Bradman
Miller
Lillee
Gilchrist
McGrath

South Africa

Procter
Steyn
G.Pollock
Kallis
Richards/S.Pollock/Donald/Rice

West Indies

Sobers
Richards
Lara
Marshall
Headley

India

Gavaskar
Sachin
Kapil
Dravid / Dhoni / Kohli / Mankad / Merchant / Hazare

Pakistan

Imran
Akram
Waqar
Miandad
Hanif

Sri Lanka

Murali
Sanga
De Silva
Jayasurya
Jayawardena/Vaas

Newzeland

Hadlee
Crowe
Cairns
Williamson
Bond
 

Bolo

State Captain
WG
Barnes
Hobbs
Hutton
Hammond?

Laker, trueman

Or, according to the english media that I recall:
Freddie
Pieterson
Anderson
Cook
?
 

a massive zebra

International Captain
Australia

Don Bradman
Victor Trumper
Keith Miller
Adam Gilchrist
Glenn McGrath

Bangladesh

Shakib al Hasan
Tamim Iqbal
Habibul Bashar
Mushfiqur Rahim
Mohammad Rafique

England

WG Grace
Jack Hobbs
Walter Hammond
Ian Botham
Sydney Barnes

India

Sunil Gavaskar
Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli
Kapil Dev
Vinoo Mankad

New Zealand

Richard Hadlee
Martin Crowe
Kane Williamson
Glenn Turner
Daniel Vettori

Pakistan

Imran Khan
Javed Miandad
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Younis Khan

South Africa

Jacques Kallis
Dale Steyn
Graeme Pollock
Shaun Pollock
Mike Procter

Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan
Kumar Sangakkara
Aravinda de Silva
Mahela Jayawardene
Chaminda Vaas

West Indies

Garry Sobers
Malcolm Marshall
Viv Richards
George Headley
Curtley Ambrose

Zimbabwe

Andy Flower
Heath Streak
Dave Houghton
Murray Goodwin
Paul Strang
 

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Every member of the English top 5 should be from pre 1960, with the possible exception of Botham
 

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