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The positions so far
50 Chris Harris
49 Chris Gayle
48 Jonty Rhodes
47 Neil Fairbrother
46 AB de Villiers
45 Michael Holding
44 Shane Watson
43 Allan Border
42 Chris Cairns
41 Martin Crowe
Now for 40 to 31..
40 MALCOLM MARSHALL
Malcolm Marshall | West Indies Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 42
Nominated by 5/30
Highest Rating 12
A lot of cricketers all over the world credit Marshall guiding them during the years of their development. He was a mentor and father figure. He brought thousands of fans through the gates and gave them a reason to love this glorious game. He gave us some super-human performances on the field and provided us with memories that we will cherish. He was a major player in the era when West Indies stood supreme on the world stage and helped to maintain the high standards set by those who went before him.
He maintained mastery of orthodox outswing and inswing from a neutral position without telegraphing his intent. Marshall was lithe, with a wickedly fast arm that elevated him to express status.
39 NATHAN BRACKEN
Nathan Bracken | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 43
Total Nominations 6/30
Highest Rating 10
Tall and slim, Bracken moves the ball both ways in the air and off the seam and fitted easily into Australia's rampant one-day squad in 2000-01. His steady rise peaked after the 2008 West Indies tour when he became the No. 1-ranked one-day bowler, his 34 wickets in the previous home contest boosting his ratings.
Bracken's strengths lie in containing rampant limited-overs batsmen with his clever variations of pace and length.
38 GORDON GREENIDGE
Gordon Greenidge | West Indies Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 49
Total Nominations 5/30
Highest Rating 10
Brooding and massively destructive, the power of Gordon Greenidge's strokeplay on any given day appeared to bear a direct relationship to the degree that he limped when running between the wickets.
Attacking was in his genes. Never in the game has there been a more withering and dismissive square-cut, nor a more willing and able hooker and puller, but he drove mightily too on both sides of the wicket.
In 127 innings Greendige finished with an average in excess of 45.
37 GREG CHAPPELL
Greg Chappell | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 49
Total Nominations 7/30
Highest Rating 14
Upright and unbending, with a touch of the tin soldier about his bearing, Greg Chappell was the outstanding Australian batsman of his generation
His batting exploits in ODIs were not quite of the same magnitude as his Test match career, but he did hold the Australian record single-innings score (138 not against New Zealand in 1980) for more than ten years. His ODI captaincy career is most commonly remembered for the "underarm" incident in 1981
Chappell averaged over 40 with the bat at a fantastic strike rate of 75. His medium pacers produced 72 wickets in 74 ODIs at an average under 30.
36 MARK WAUGH
Mark Waugh | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 55
Total Nominations 10/30
Highest Rating 10
Mark Waugh was one of the world's most elegant and gifted strokemakers. His game was characterised by an ability to drive, cut, pull and loft the ball so effortlessly that it could make him look disdainful of the talents of bowlers.
Waugh’s three commanding centuries as an opener at the 1996 World Cup tournament showcased his prodigious batting talent. Junior hit 18 ODI Centuries for Australia, including a then record 173 from just 148 balls against the West Indies.
Waugh had a remarkable penchant for spectacular saves and catches - he had few rivals to match his freakish brilliance in the field.
35 SAEED ANWAR
Saeed Anwar | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 58
Total Nominations 8/30
Highest Rating 9
Majestic timing and placement were Saeed Anwar's hallmarks. He was an opener capable of electrifying starts in all cricket through graceful strokeplay rather than brute force. He loved driving through the off side with minimal footwork.
In 247 ODI’s Anwar scored 20 centuries. He held the record for the highest ODI score of 194 from 146 balls against India, till Sachin Tendulkar upstaged him.
On his day Anwar was one of the most gracefully compelling players on the international stage.
34 DESMOND HAYNES
Desmond Haynes | West Indies Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 63
Total Nominations 8/30
Highest Rating 14
Think of him and you see Kensington Oval, sundrenched, and a broad smile as he beat out another century.
His batting possessed a solid muscularity and allround nature to it, and while he was capable of destructive innings, he tended, in opening partnerships anyway, towards acting as counterpoint to Gordon Greenidge's belligerent strokeplay
In 238 ODI’s Haynes scored 17 centuries and 57 half centuries.
33 SHANE BOND
Shane Bond | New Zealand Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 80
Total Nominations 10/30
Highest Rating 2
Fast, fearsome and frustratingly fragile, Shane Bond will be remembered as much for his misfortune with injuries as for his wonderful ability. Bond was New Zealand's best pace bowler in the post-Hadlee era, but missed more games than he played.
The game always lifted a notch when he had the ball. His athletic action was geared towards inswing and his 150-plus kph efforts meant the ball would swing late. Toe-crushing yorkers were a specialty and he feasted on the world's best batsmen.
Bond always lifted against Australia, and it was a sign of his great skill that he took 44 ODI wickets at 15.79 against them. That included a hat-trick in Hobart in 2006-07 and one of Bond's personal favourites, his 6 for 23 against the eventual champions in the 2003 World Cup
32 INZAMAM-UL-HAQ
Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 82
Total Nominations 7/30
Highest Rating 4
Inzamam-ul-Haq is a symbiosis of strength and subtlety. Power is no surprise, but sublime touch is remarkable for a man of his bulk. He loathes exercise and often looks a passenger in the field, but with a willow between his palms he is suddenly galvanised. He plays shots all round the wicket, is especially strong off his legs, and unleashes ferocious pulls and lofted drives.
Inzamam came to prominence at the 1992 World Cup where he smashed 60 from 37 balls to get Pakistan into the final in which they won. In 350 ODI innings, Inzamam scored an astonishing 83 half centuries, as well as 10 centuries.
31 ARAVINDA DE SILVA
Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 97
Total Nominations 10/30
Highest Rating 5
One of the game's best entertainers, de Silva possessed the strengths of many of the tallest short run-scorers: unruffable technique, strong at cutting and hooking, an unrepentant attacker. His record is unrivalled among countrymen, his place in history secure after a match-winning century in a World Cup final. He stands 5ft 3 1/2in and arguably there has not been a better smaller player.
His international career ended with the 2003 World Cup, where he batted with all the verve and panache of old, and bowled his offspinners cannily.
50 Chris Harris
49 Chris Gayle
48 Jonty Rhodes
47 Neil Fairbrother
46 AB de Villiers
45 Michael Holding
44 Shane Watson
43 Allan Border
42 Chris Cairns
41 Martin Crowe
Now for 40 to 31..
40 MALCOLM MARSHALL
Malcolm Marshall | West Indies Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 42
Nominated by 5/30
Highest Rating 12
A lot of cricketers all over the world credit Marshall guiding them during the years of their development. He was a mentor and father figure. He brought thousands of fans through the gates and gave them a reason to love this glorious game. He gave us some super-human performances on the field and provided us with memories that we will cherish. He was a major player in the era when West Indies stood supreme on the world stage and helped to maintain the high standards set by those who went before him.
He maintained mastery of orthodox outswing and inswing from a neutral position without telegraphing his intent. Marshall was lithe, with a wickedly fast arm that elevated him to express status.
39 NATHAN BRACKEN
Nathan Bracken | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 43
Total Nominations 6/30
Highest Rating 10
Tall and slim, Bracken moves the ball both ways in the air and off the seam and fitted easily into Australia's rampant one-day squad in 2000-01. His steady rise peaked after the 2008 West Indies tour when he became the No. 1-ranked one-day bowler, his 34 wickets in the previous home contest boosting his ratings.
Bracken's strengths lie in containing rampant limited-overs batsmen with his clever variations of pace and length.
38 GORDON GREENIDGE
Gordon Greenidge | West Indies Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 49
Total Nominations 5/30
Highest Rating 10
Brooding and massively destructive, the power of Gordon Greenidge's strokeplay on any given day appeared to bear a direct relationship to the degree that he limped when running between the wickets.
Attacking was in his genes. Never in the game has there been a more withering and dismissive square-cut, nor a more willing and able hooker and puller, but he drove mightily too on both sides of the wicket.
In 127 innings Greendige finished with an average in excess of 45.
37 GREG CHAPPELL
Greg Chappell | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 49
Total Nominations 7/30
Highest Rating 14
Upright and unbending, with a touch of the tin soldier about his bearing, Greg Chappell was the outstanding Australian batsman of his generation
His batting exploits in ODIs were not quite of the same magnitude as his Test match career, but he did hold the Australian record single-innings score (138 not against New Zealand in 1980) for more than ten years. His ODI captaincy career is most commonly remembered for the "underarm" incident in 1981
Chappell averaged over 40 with the bat at a fantastic strike rate of 75. His medium pacers produced 72 wickets in 74 ODIs at an average under 30.
36 MARK WAUGH
Mark Waugh | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 55
Total Nominations 10/30
Highest Rating 10
Mark Waugh was one of the world's most elegant and gifted strokemakers. His game was characterised by an ability to drive, cut, pull and loft the ball so effortlessly that it could make him look disdainful of the talents of bowlers.
Waugh’s three commanding centuries as an opener at the 1996 World Cup tournament showcased his prodigious batting talent. Junior hit 18 ODI Centuries for Australia, including a then record 173 from just 148 balls against the West Indies.
Waugh had a remarkable penchant for spectacular saves and catches - he had few rivals to match his freakish brilliance in the field.
35 SAEED ANWAR
Saeed Anwar | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 58
Total Nominations 8/30
Highest Rating 9
Majestic timing and placement were Saeed Anwar's hallmarks. He was an opener capable of electrifying starts in all cricket through graceful strokeplay rather than brute force. He loved driving through the off side with minimal footwork.
In 247 ODI’s Anwar scored 20 centuries. He held the record for the highest ODI score of 194 from 146 balls against India, till Sachin Tendulkar upstaged him.
On his day Anwar was one of the most gracefully compelling players on the international stage.
34 DESMOND HAYNES
Desmond Haynes | West Indies Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 63
Total Nominations 8/30
Highest Rating 14
Think of him and you see Kensington Oval, sundrenched, and a broad smile as he beat out another century.
His batting possessed a solid muscularity and allround nature to it, and while he was capable of destructive innings, he tended, in opening partnerships anyway, towards acting as counterpoint to Gordon Greenidge's belligerent strokeplay
In 238 ODI’s Haynes scored 17 centuries and 57 half centuries.
33 SHANE BOND
Shane Bond | New Zealand Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 80
Total Nominations 10/30
Highest Rating 2
Fast, fearsome and frustratingly fragile, Shane Bond will be remembered as much for his misfortune with injuries as for his wonderful ability. Bond was New Zealand's best pace bowler in the post-Hadlee era, but missed more games than he played.
The game always lifted a notch when he had the ball. His athletic action was geared towards inswing and his 150-plus kph efforts meant the ball would swing late. Toe-crushing yorkers were a specialty and he feasted on the world's best batsmen.
Bond always lifted against Australia, and it was a sign of his great skill that he took 44 ODI wickets at 15.79 against them. That included a hat-trick in Hobart in 2006-07 and one of Bond's personal favourites, his 6 for 23 against the eventual champions in the 2003 World Cup
32 INZAMAM-UL-HAQ
Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 82
Total Nominations 7/30
Highest Rating 4
Inzamam-ul-Haq is a symbiosis of strength and subtlety. Power is no surprise, but sublime touch is remarkable for a man of his bulk. He loathes exercise and often looks a passenger in the field, but with a willow between his palms he is suddenly galvanised. He plays shots all round the wicket, is especially strong off his legs, and unleashes ferocious pulls and lofted drives.
Inzamam came to prominence at the 1992 World Cup where he smashed 60 from 37 balls to get Pakistan into the final in which they won. In 350 ODI innings, Inzamam scored an astonishing 83 half centuries, as well as 10 centuries.
31 ARAVINDA DE SILVA
Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 97
Total Nominations 10/30
Highest Rating 5
One of the game's best entertainers, de Silva possessed the strengths of many of the tallest short run-scorers: unruffable technique, strong at cutting and hooking, an unrepentant attacker. His record is unrivalled among countrymen, his place in history secure after a match-winning century in a World Cup final. He stands 5ft 3 1/2in and arguably there has not been a better smaller player.
His international career ended with the 2003 World Cup, where he batted with all the verve and panache of old, and bowled his offspinners cannily.
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