Who are the top 5 Test cricketers of the 1990s and 2000s?

[DrWolverine]

Test cricket

 

[DrWolverine]

McGrath. Warne. Murali. Lara. Sachin. Kallis.

I am guessing they will be the top 6 names.

Lara vs Kallis would be close I guess.

 

[Johan]

McGrath, Warne, Sachin, Kallis, Murali

 

[Thala_0710]

Sachin and Mcgrath are certainties for me. Warne, Murali, Lara and Kallis make it in the next 4 spots, where you could really pick any 3 imo

 

[Johan]

Sachin and Mcgrath are certainties for me. Warne, Murali, Lara and Kallis make it in the next 4 spots, where you could really pick any 3 imo

surely Ambrose is also in that next group

 

[Thala_0710]

surely Ambrose is also in that next group

Yeah Ambrose too, forgot about him

 

[ma1978]

Tendulkar, Lara, Mcgrath, Warne, Akram

 

[Migara]

Murali, McGrath, Kallis, Gilchrist and Sangakkara.

 

[subshakerz]

Sachin, McGrath Warne, Kallis, Murali

 

[Johan]

McGrath is clearly a better Cricketer than Sachin btw

 

[DrWolverine]

Sachin, McGrath Warne, Kallis, Murali

My heart said Lara but Kallis’s unmatched numbers and all-round dominance tip the scales in his favour.

 

[DrWolverine]

McGrath is clearly a better Cricketer than Sachin btw

No

 

[centurymaker]

Only because bowlers are more influential in a test match. Otherwise no.

 

[subshakerz]

McGrath is clearly a better Cricketer than Sachin btw

Um no he ain't. Sachin is more exceptional as a bat. We are more likely to see nother McGrath than another Sachin.

 

[subshakerz]

Only because bowlers are more influential in a test match.

Doesn't make then better test cricketers by default

 

[DrWolverine]

We are more likely to see nother McGrath than another Sachin.

We already saw one in Steyn.
Even if his overall numbers do not come close, Bumrah is just as good..

 

[Johan]

Um no he ain't. Sachin is more exceptional as a bat. We are more likely to see nother McGrath than another Sachin.

I disagree, I don't think we'd ever see a better bowler than McGrath again, we might see a better bat than Tendulkar tho

 

[Johan]

We already saw one in Steyn.
Even if his overall numbers do not come close, Bumrah is just as good..

Lol, and Smith is just as good as Tendulkar even tho his numbers don't come close- oh, wait.

 

[subshakerz]

I disagree, I don't think we'd ever see a better bowler than McGrath again, we might see a better bat than Tendulkar tho

Um Bumrah if fit may end up better than McGrath. He is being discussed as such.

 

[Johan]

Um Bumrah if fit may end up better than McGrath. He is being discussed as such.

Um He won't be fit and won't end up as better than McGrath, Smith was also and is often discussed as better than Sachin in Tests.