Top ten greatest bowlers and batsmen of all time

[ankitj]

EDIT: I mean, "chubby leg spinner" what ****ing planet are you on?

What's wrong with you?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

What's wrong with you?

I've had a splitting headache all ****ing day and I can't make sense of simple English, clearly. Okay with you?

And yes, I have had my aspirin and cialis and a lot of ****ing good that's done for me. I've now got two things that are raging instead of just a headache. GAH!

 

[Athlai]

Merry Christmas Heef.

 

[TINJU Jishnu]

batsmen

1.sunil gavaskar
2. lara/sobers
3.sobers/lara
4.sachin
5.viv
6.bradman
7.hobbs

pollock, weeks, headly, trumper............

bowlers
1. wasim akram
2.marshal
3.lillee
4.hadlee
5.holding
6.donald
7.mcgrath
8.ambrose
.. barnes, warne , murali, waquar..etc

overall

1.sobers
2. akram
3.gavaskar
4.hadlee
5.sachin
6.richards
7.lara
8.bradman

 

[sumantra]

Batsmen

Don Bradman
Sunil Gavaskar
Vivian Richards
Greame Pollock
Wally Hammond
Barry Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Greg Chappell
Jack Hobbs/ Len Hutton

Bowlers

Malcom Marshall
Muthaiah Muralidharan
Shane Warne
Danis Lillee
Joel Garner
Imran Khan
Curtley Ambrose
Micheal Holding
Glenn Mcgrath
Collin Croft

 

[weldone]

Batsmen:
1. Donald Bradman
2. Jack Hobbs
3. Leonard Hutton
4. Garry Sobers
5. Sachin Tendulkar
6. Wally Hammond
7. George Headley
8. WG Grace
9. Viv Richards
10. Sunil Gavaskar

Bowlers:
1. Sydney Barnes
2. Richard Hadlee
3. Malcolm Marshall
4. Muttiah Muralitharan
5. Glenn McGrath
6. Fred Trueman
7. Joel Garner
8. Clarrie Grimmett
9. George Lohmann
10. Imran Khan

 

[JBMAC]

Batsmen:
1. Donald Bradman
2. Jack Hobbs
3. Leonard Hutton
4. Garry Sobers
5. Sachin Tendulkar
6. Wally Hammond
7. George Headley
8. WG Grace
9. Viv Richards
10. Sunil Gavaskar

Bowlers:
1. Sydney Barnes
2. Richard Hadlee
3. Malcolm Marshall
4. Muttiah Muralitharan
5. Glenn McGrath
6. Fred Trueman
7. Joel Garner
8. Clarrie Grimmett
9. George Lohmann
10. Imran Khan

I can live with your batsmen quite comfortably maybe G Chappell at the expense of ??????
Your bowlers need to rethink those
What about O'Reilly,Warne,Lillee,Spofforth,Bedser, Tyson, Hall or Walsh to name a few AND no Miller or even Lindwall

 

[Migara]

I can live with your batsmen quite comfortably maybe G Chappell at the expense of ??????
Your bowlers need to rethink those
What about O'Reilly,Warne,Lillee,Spofforth,Bedser, Tyson, Hall or Walsh to name a few AND no Miller or even Lindwall

You may have a case for O'Riely over Grimmet.

But I cannot imagine that any of the fast bowlers you listed were better than Hadlee, Marshall or McGrath

 

[Himannv]

I can live with your batsmen quite comfortably maybe G Chappell at the expense of ??????
Your bowlers need to rethink those
What about O'Reilly,Warne,Lillee,Spofforth,Bedser, Tyson, Hall or Walsh to name a few AND no Miller or even Lindwall

O'Reilly or Warne ahead of Grimmet and maybe Lillee or Ambrose ahead of Garner. Other than that, there isn't too much that can be changed there.

 

[kyear2]

Top Ten Batsmen
Don Bradman
Gary Sobers
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Len Hutton
Wally Hammond
Brian Lara
Sunil Gavaskar
George Headley
Greg Chappell
(Hobbs, G.Pollock, Ponting, Miandad, Border, Walcott, Barrington, Kallis, Weekes, Dravid, second ten just a shade lower in quality)

Top 10 Bowlers
Malcolm Marshall
Glenn Mcgrath
Shane Warne
Fred Trueman
Richard Hadlee
Curtly Ambrose
Imran Khan
Dennis Lillee
Muttiah Muralitharan
Bill O'Reilly
(Barnes, Akram, Holding, Donald, Younis, Lindwall, Hall, Grimmett, Miller, Garner. Second 10 just as good, amazing)

 

[ankitj]

Batsmen

Bradman
Sobers
Viv Richards
Tendulkar
Hobbs
G Pollock
Hammond
Lara
G chappell
G Headley

Bowlers

Muralitharan
Marshall
Barnes
Hadlee
Warne
Ambrose
McGrath
Trueman
Imran
O'Reilly

All-rounders

Sobers
Imran
Hadlee
Miller
Botham
Kapil
Kallis
Pollock
Faulkner
Mankad

.

 

[hang on]

of those i have seen plus bradman, obviously.
saw sobers when very young but watched him hit it around after retirement and it was still something. that bat speed!

bradman
tendulkar
lara
sobers
richards
gavaskar
chappell
border
kallis
ponting

marshall
ambrose
hadlee
mcgrath
lillee
murali
donald
khan
warne
akram

sobers
botham * for all round exploits at the same time.
khan
kallis
dev

know miller should be there but did not see him play.


not fixed in stone, obviously.

 

[JBMAC]

You may have a case for O'Riely over Grimmet.

But I cannot imagine that any of the fast bowlers you listed were better than Hadlee, Marshall or McGrath

Both Miller and Lindwall were better bowlers than McGrath. As for the others Frank Tyson was probably faster than Hadlee(hence his nickname "typhoon"). Hall was a ****breaker.

 

[Migara]

Both Miller and Lindwall were better bowlers than McGrath. As for the others Frank Tyson was probably faster than Hadlee(hence his nickname "typhoon"). Hall was a ****breaker.

Definitely, I have heard that Tyson used to hurt batsmen through pads. But Thommo and Akthar were even quicker, but quicker doesn't mean better. Even in my wildest dreams, I won't put Tyson, Wes Hall or Lindwall over Hadlee as a bowler.

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Both Miller and Lindwall were better bowlers than McGrath.

Really?

I know Lindwall is a truly great fast bowler and wouldn't be surprised to see someone rate him over McGrath. But are you saying that Keith Miller was a more complete, a more penetrative and a more consistent bowler than Glenn McGrath?

As for the others Frank Tyson was probably faster than Hadlee(hence his nickname "typhoon").

Sure, Tyson was much faster than Hadlee. Never heard anyone mention otherwise.

 

[hang on]

have heard it said before by australian chums who are long in the tooth that he was better than mcgrath. apparently a wider variety of skills allied to appreciably greater pace.

 

[Winsome]

Great bowler and batsman

You've put Gavaskar higher and put Imran and Wasim lower.
Mine would be,

1. Don Bradman
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Garry Sobers
4. Viv Richards
5. Brian Lara
6. Jack Hobbs
7. Mohammad Yousuf
8. Graeme Pollock
9. Greg Chappell
10. Rahul Dravid

Bowlers:

1. Sydney Barnes
2. Imran Khan
3. Malcom Marshall
4. Wasim Akram
5. Muttiah Muralitharan
6. Richard Haddle
7. Denis Lillee
8. Ray Lindwall
9. Waqar Younis
10. Curtly Ambros

 

[sledger]

Mohammad Yousuf as the 7th best batsman of all time? ITSTL.

Agree with your choice of number 1, ftr.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Mohammad Yousuf as the 7th best batsman of all time? ITSTL.

Should be higher?

 

[RoCricket]

My Top Ten Bowlers:
Warne
Akram
McGrath
Lillee
Marshall
Walsh
Hadlee
Barnes
Steyn
Murali

My Top 10 Batsmen:
Bradman
Tendulkar
Richards
Ponting
G. Pollock
Sobers
Lara
Hobbs
Hammond
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