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ICC's top 20 all-time list
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G.I.Joe
International Coach
Then it would be advisable for them to grow a brain and avoid over-hyped titles, is it not?
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Bothered to actually look at what they call it; the "Best Ever Test Ranking". What the hell is wrong with that? They aren't claiming to be ranking the best batsmen in order, all they are saying is that these are the highest ranking scores that any batsman has achieved at one time.
Not exactly an overhyped title.
Not exactly an overhyped title.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Athlai
Not Terrible
Copyright AthlaiIndeed. A fair bit of
going on here.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Matt Groening may disagree.Copyright Athlai
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Don't blame the ICC, then. Blame the Times of India.
G.I.Joe
International Coach
It is misleading. For instance, if you're selecting a "Best Ever Australian XI" you wouldn't pick one critereon at random. They've got the terminology all wrong.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
FFS, where have the ICC claimed that it's the list of greatest players?
Athlai
Not Terrible
G.I.Joe
International Coach
By not titling it "Best ever peaks" instead of the misleading "Best ever".
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Best Ever Ranking
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
ICC tells easily-led masses to actually read the facts, think for themselves and get some ****ing perspective rather than blindly swallow anti-(insert favourite player here) conspiracy hype.
FFS.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
My head hurts.
Athlai
Not Terrible
"It's up to everyone to make their own judgment by comparing graphs, or by other more subjective means. This debate may run and run."
I take that as meaning make up completely random ways to select the best players of all time spilling as much blood as possible till a conclusion is reached. Though a subjective comparison could be seeing which player has the most potent sperm. Voltman to volunteer for some exploratory journalism? Yes IMO.
G.I.Joe
International Coach
Which could be taken to mean ranking of the best ever.
Jeez, its become cringeworthy seeing the ease with which people rush to label others conspiracy seekers.
G.I.Joe
International Coach
Its not just the title. The ICC insists on digging itself into a deeper hole.See, if they hadn't titled it so ambiguously and so controversially we wouldn't be having a 3-page discussion about it here nor would there have been half-a-dozen articles written about it.
Controversy sells.
Sample this comment by Mr Fitzgerald, who holds the ironically named post of Communications manager at the ICC:
"Matthew Hayden's position of 10th and 18th in the all-time Test and ODI Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for batsmen is an impressive achievement by anyone's standards but this does not necessarily mean he is the 10th-best Test batsman or 18th-best ODI batsman in the history of the game."
Way to contradict ones self.