50 greatest cricketers since 1970

[Rob Wesley]

On a boring day, I thought of making my personal list of 50 best cricketers that played the game since 1970 onwards. Test cricket remains the prioritised format but have given a decent bit of space for great all format international players too in my collection.

Top 50 test cricketers since 1970:-

Australia(12) :-

Lillee, McGrath, Warne, Cummins
Chappell, Border, S Waugh, Ponting, Smith, Gilchrist, Hayden, Starc

England(5) :-

Botham, Root, Anderson, Cook, Stokes

Windies (9) :-

Marshall, Ambrose, Holding, Garner, Roberts
Viv Richards, Lara, Greenidge, Lloyd

South Africa (7) :-

Donald, Steyn, Pollock, Rabada
Kallis, AB de Villiers, G Smith

India (8) :-

Kapil Dev, Bumrah
Gavaskar, Tendulkar, Dravid, Kohli
Ashwin, Jadeja

Pakistan (5):-

Imran, Wasim, Waqar
Miandad, Younis

SL(2) :- Murali, Sangakkara

NZ(2) :- Hadlee, Williamson

Honourable mentions - Andy Flower, Virender Sehwag, Shiv Chanderpaul, Bob Willis, Kevin Pietersen, Hashim Amla, Michael Clarke and probably a lot more. I would be happy to know what Cricket web forum feels about this.

 

[Sliferxxxx]

I'll bite:

Aus

Lillee, Border, Chappell, Waugh, Warne, Gilchrist, McGrath, Smith, Ponting, Cummins, Hayden (11)

Eng

Botham, Root, Anderson, Knott, Stokes (5)

WI

Viv, Lara, Marshall, Ambrose, Garner, Holding, Walsh (7)

NZ

Williamson, Hadlee (2)

Pak

Imran, Javed, Wasim, Waqar, Younis, Yousuff, (6)

SL

Murali, Sangakkara (2)

RSA

Kallis, AB, Rabada, Donald, Pollock, Steyn, Smith(7)

Ind

Dev, Jadeja, SRT, Dravid, Sunil, Ashwin, Bumrah, Sehwag, Kohli(9)

Zim

Flower (1)

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I think it would be great if you could use a picture as your avatar.

 

[Rob Wesley]

I'll bite:

Aus

Lillee, Border, Chappell, Waugh, Warne, Gilchrist, McGrath, Smith, Ponting, Cummins, Hayden (11)

Eng

Botham, Root, Anderson, Knott, Stokes (5)

WI

Viv, Lara, Marshall, Ambrose, Garner, Holding, Walsh (7)

NZ

Williamson, Hadlee (2)

Pak

Imran, Javed, Wasim, Waqar, Younis, Yousuff, (6)

SL

Murali, Sangakkara (2)

RSA

Kallis, AB, Rabada, Donald, Pollock, Steyn, Smith(7)

Ind

Dev, Jadeja, SRT, Dravid, Sunil, Ashwin, Bumrah, Sehwag, Kohli(9)

Zim

Flower (1)

Forgot Walsh and Knott. I will probably drop Starc and include one of them.

 

[Thala_0710]

Sounds like a job for @capt_Luffy

 

[capt_Luffy]

Sounds like a job for @capt_Luffy

Already on it lol

 

[capt_Luffy]

I am considering Test debut post 1970:

AUS: Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Allan Border, Steve Smith, Dennis Lillee, Ricky Ponting, Greg Chappell, Steve Waugh, Pat Cummins (10)

WI: Viv Richards, Malcolm Marshall, Brian Lara, Curtly Ambrose, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh, Andy Roberts, Gordon Greenidge (9)

ENG: Ian Botham, Joe Root, James Anderson, Ben Stokes (4)

SA: Jacques Kallis, Dale Steyn, Shaun Pollock, Allan Donald, AB de Villiers, Barry Richards, Kagiso Rabada (7)

IND: Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kapil Dev, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin (8)

PAK: Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Javed Miandad, Waqar Younis, Younis Khan (5)

NZ: Richard Hadlee, Kane Williamson, Martin Crowe (3)

SL: Mutthiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara (2)

ZIM: Andy Flower (1)

BAN: Shakib Al Hasan (1)

 

[Coronis]

I'll bite:

Aus

Lillee, Border, Chappell, Waugh, Warne, Gilchrist, McGrath, Smith, Ponting, Cummins, Hayden (11)

Eng

Botham, Root, Anderson, Knott, Stokes (5)

WI

Viv, Lara, Marshall, Ambrose, Garner, Holding, Walsh (7)

NZ

Williamson, Hadlee (2)

Pak

Imran, Javed, Wasim, Waqar, Younis, Yousuff, (6)

SL

Murali, Sangakkara (2)

RSA

Kallis, AB, Rabada, Donald, Pollock, Steyn, Smith(7)

Ind

Dev, Jadeja, SRT, Dravid, Sunil, Ashwin, Bumrah, Sehwag, Kohli(9)

Zim

Flower (1)

Shakib definitely needs to be there imo.

Also Yousuf is a surprising choice when Inzamam exists

 

[capt_Luffy]

Shakib definitely needs to be there imo.

Also Yousuf is a surprising choice when Inzamam exists

Also Crowe and Greenidge

 

[Rob Wesley]

I am considering Test debut post 1970:

AUS: Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Allan Border, Steve Smith, Dennis Lillee, Ricky Ponting, Greg Chappell, Steve Waugh, Pat Cummins (10)

WI: Viv Richards, Malcolm Marshall, Brian Lara, Curtly Ambrose, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh, Andy Roberts, Gordon Greenidge (9)

ENG: Ian Botham, Joe Root, James Anderson, Ben Stokes (4)

SA: Jacques Kallis, Dale Steyn, Shaun Pollock, Allan Donald, AB de Villiers, Barry Richards, Kagiso Rabada (7)

IND: Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kapil Dev, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin (8)

PAK: Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Javed Miandad, Waqar Younis, Younis Khan (5)

NZ: Richard Hadlee, Kane Williamson, Martin Crowe (3)

SL: Mutthiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara (2)

ZIM: Andy Flower (1)

BAN: Shakib Al Hasan (1)

Good list for most of all but I can conclude that you have set up slightly high standards for openers- Hayden, Cook, G Smith ( opener+ captain) or Sehwag.

Matthew Hayden - All format great and a test average of 50 for opener is Gold.

Alastair Cook - Amazing longevity and test series wins in Australia and India being standout performer

Graeme Smith - Legendary captain and phenomenal match winner in Tests especially while chasing in 4th innings.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Good list but I can conclude that you have set up slightly high standards for openers- Hayden, Cook, G Smith ( opener+ captain) or Sehwag.

Matthew Hayden - All format great and a test average of 50 for opener is Gold.

Alastair Cook - Amazing longevity and test series wins in Australia and India being standout performer

Graeme Smith - Legendary captain and phenomenal match winner in Tests especially while chasing in 4th innings.

All 4 below any of the batsmen I named frankly quite easily. Think Greenidge is the lowest batsman, 2nd would be Crowe. Easily better than them for me. Amla above them as well for me.

 

[Rob Wesley]

All 4 below any of the batsmen I named frankly quite easily. Think Greenidge is the lowest batsman, 2nd would be Crowe. Easily better than them for me. Amla above them as well for me.

It’s down to batting spots also. They opened the batting and it is harder job than #3 and #4.

 

[capt_Luffy]

It’s down to batting spots also. They opened the batting and it is harder job than #3 and #4.

They also played in the easiest Era for Openers and in general struggled in tough conditions. They aren't that close to Crowe as batsmen personally.