The CW 50 - CricketWeb's view of the top 50 cricketers of all time

[bagapath]

It is Tom actually.

the most deserving of all the richardsons to be on this list..

I remember the know-all uncle to whose house all the kids in our village would go to watch cricket before our families could afford to buy televisions. because he owned the tv, he also became the defacto conductor of international cricket matches. he would tell the whole world to come home to watch india vs west indies and decide where each one sat in his living room. he would then talk non-stop during the game. sometimes he would ask us to stop whispering and threaten to turn the tv off. when he was tired he would arbitrarily switch off the tv in the middle of the game and ask the kids to leave. one of my favorite gems from him came when viv richards and richie richardson were batting together. he turned towards us and announced "that is the great vivian richard and his son richardson".

 

[Noble One]

Sent. God that was tougher than I thought it would be.

Attempted to complete it without looking at any other "Top 10/20/100 cricketers" lists. Went with my instinct, but I am sure I have left out numerous/obvious quality players.

 

[zaremba]

I remember the know-all uncle to whose house all the kids in our village would go to watch cricket before our families could afford to buy televisions. because he owned the tv, he also became the defacto conductor of international cricket matches. he would tell the whole world to come home to watch india vs west indies and decide where each one sat in his living room. he would then talk non-stop during the game. sometimes he would ask us to stop whispering and threaten to turn the tv off. when he was tired he would arbitrarily switch off the tv in the middle of the game and ask the kids to leave. one of my favorite gems from him came when viv richards and richie richardson were batting together. he turned towards us and announced "that is the great vivian richard and his son richardson".

 

[Hurricane]

WTF? Why is Ravi Shastri not there, then?

I can think of lots of players who are missing from the list - I considered Bedi before discarding him. Bedi made the ESPN top 50 list.

I am glad someone nominated Crowe. I thought about sneaking him in on my list at position 25 but went with someone else.

I think I spotted 3 Kiwis there. Glad to know we represent 3% of the pool of players LOL.

 

[Ikki]

I think I spotted 3 Kiwis there. Glad to know we represent 3% of the pool of players LOL.

Considering your population, you're overachievers by a big margin

 

[Dan]

Can I still send one in and can it be any 25 players?

 

[bagapath]

I can think of lots of players who are missing from the list - I considered Bedi before discarding him. Bedi made the ESPN top 50 list.

I am glad someone nominated Crowe. I thought about sneaking him in on my list at position 25 but went with someone else.

I think I spotted 3 Kiwis there. Glad to know we represent 3% of the pool of players LOL.

dude... ravi shastri's name was a joke on so many other such players on the list. this is top 25 names for godssake; has to be treated with absolute reverence. dont think the rankings can be handed out very easily... but i am sure the final list will have only deserving names. might vary from my list. we will have our own issues. but it will be more or less accurate with only deserving names on it, i am confident

 

[The Sean]

Can I still send one in and can it be any 25 players?

Yep, it's still open, and yep - the list is open to any player in the history of cricket. Please rank them from 1-25 though.

 

[bagapath]

any interesting updates, the sean? have we crossed 100 nominations? and have you got 40+ lists already?

 

[The Sean]

any interesting updates, the sean? have we crossed 100 nominations? and have you got 40+ lists already?

We've now had 107 different cricketers nominated, but we're not up to 40 voters yet - votes have slowed down over the past couple of days. There are at least four guys who have confirmed they are developing lists and will send through so I want to wait for those before I close the voting. Also want to give anyone who hasn't voted and wants to the chance to do so.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

So...any news? Should we give people the Sunday?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

So...any news? Should we give people the Sunday?

Perhaps we could make some predictions. I reckon Bradman at 1 and will predict Sydney Barnes at 14.

 

[archie mac]

Perhaps we could make some predictions. I reckon Bradman at 1 and will predict Sydney Barnes at 14.

I put Grace at one, but I agree the Don will be No.1

Other predictions

Warne over Murali

Marshall over Lillee

Khan over Miller

Tendulkar over Lara

And it a real shock

Sobers over kallis

 

[bagapath]

bradman at 1. sobers at 2. viv richards at 3. warne at 4.

 

[archie mac]

bradman at 1. sobers at 2. viv richards at 3. warne at 4.

I am pretty sure Richards wont be No.3, his Average will stop that from happening

 

[andyc]

I am pretty sure Richards wont be No.3, his Average will stop that from happening

Well, that, or the fact that he's not in the top 3 players to have ever played the game.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Agreed, Candy. He'll never get in ahead of Iain O'Brien. 4th place is assured though.

 

[pasag]

Ready to start this thing?

 

[archie mac]

Well, that, or the fact that he's not in the top 3 players to have ever played the game.

Well he was not my No.3 but you know the opinion I was trying to convey

 

[NUFAN]

I put Grace at one, but I agree the Don will be No.1

Other predictions

Warne over Murali

Marshall over Lillee

Khan over Miller

Tendulkar over Lara

And it a real shock

Sobers over kallis

I picked all the bolded ones.

I'll predict that Australia will have the most in the top 25, but West Indies the most in the top 10.