Top cricketers non-discussion thread

[Lillian Thomson]

Simple rules. Just list your top cricketer in each category without explanation of your own and without commenting on anyone elses. Should be nothing in the thread but lists (or perhaps nothing at all if no one joins in).

Opening Batsman - Jack Hobbs
Middle Order Batsman - Don Bradman
All Rounder - Garry Sobers
Wicketkeeper - Alan Knott
Fast Bowler - Dennis Lillee
Spinner - Shane Warne

 

[fredfertang]

Opening Batsman - Len Hutton
Middle Order Batsman - Don Bradman
All Rounder - Garry Sobers
Wicketkeeper - Alan Knott
Fast Bowler - Harold Larwood
Spinner - Shane Warne

 

[Dan]

Opening Batsman - Jack Hobbs
Middle Order Batsman - Don Bradman
All Rounder - Keith Miller
Wicketkeeper - Godfrey Evans
Fast Bowler - Harold Larwood
Spinner - Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[watson]

Opening Batsman - Len Hutton
Middle Order Batsman - Don Bradman
All Rounder - Gary Sobers
Wicketkeeper - Alan Knott
Fast Bowler - Malcolm Marshall
Spinner - Shane Warne

 

[uvelocity]

 

[Coronis]

Opening Batsman - Jack Hobbs
Middle Order Batsman - Don Bradman
All Rounder - Garry Sobers
Wicketkeeper - Alan Knott
Fast Bowler - Malcolm Marshall
Spinner - Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[Dazinho]

Opening Batsman - Sunil Gavaskar
Middle Order Batsman - Don Bradman
All Rounder - Richard Hadlee
Wicketkeeper - Alan Knott
Fast Bowler - Curtly Ambrose
Spinner - Shane Warne

 

[harsh.ag]

Most fun to watch:

Opening Batsman - Virender Sehwag
Middle Order Batsman - Viv Richards
All Rounder - Imran Khan
Wicketkeeper - Jack Russell and Kamran Akmal
Fast Bowler - Curlty Ambrose and Wasim Akram
Spinner - Saqlain Mushaq and Shane Warne

 

[Satyanash89]

Opening batsman: Saeed Anwar
Middle Order batsman: Brian Charles Lara
All Rounder: Ian Botham
Wicket Keeper: Gilchrist
Fast Bowler: Allan Donald

 

[Viscount Tom]

Opening Batsman: Hutton
Middle Order: Bradman
All Rounder: WG Grace
Wicket-keeper: Ames
Fast Bowler: Larwood
Spinner: Warne

 

[Prince EWS]

Opening Batsman: Grace
Middle Order: Bradman
All Rounder: Imran
Wicket-keeper: Knott
Fast Bowler: Marshall
Spinner: Muralitharan

 

[bagapath]

not seen but read about

Opening Batsman: Hobbs
Middle Order: Bradman
All Rounder: Sobers
Wicket-keeper: Knott
Fast Bowler: Lillee
Spinner: O'Reilly

 

[bagapath]

Seen enough to judge

Opening Batsman: Gavaskar
Middle Order: Richards
All Rounder: Imran
Wicket-keeper: Gilchrist
Fast Bowler: Marshall
Spinner: Warne

 

[Fusion]

Seen enough to judge

Opening Batsman: Gavaskar
Middle Order: Richards
All Rounder: Imran
Wicket-keeper: Gilchrist
Fast Bowler: Marshall
Spinner: Warne

I'd go exactly with the above for the "seen enough to judge" list. Otherwise for the read/seen list:

Opening Batsman: Hobbs
Middle Order: Bradman
All Rounder: Sobers
Wicket-keeper: Knott
Fast Bowler: Marshall
Spinner: Warne

 

[honestbharani]

Only limiting to players I Have seen

Opening Batsman - Graham Gooch
Middle Order Batsman - Brian Lara
All Rounder - Jacques Kallis
Wicketkeeper - Adam Gilchrist
Fast Bowler - Curtly Ambrose
Spinner - Shane Warne/Muralitharan

 

[Red]

All time

Opening bat- Hobbs
Middle order bat- Bradman
All rounder- Miller
Keeper- Evans
Fast bowler- Lillee
Spinner- Warne

Players I've seen

Opening bat- Greenidge
Middle order bat- V. Richards
All rounder- Kallis/Imran
Keeper- Healy
Fast bowler- Ambrose
Spinner- Warne

 

[Ikki]

All time

Opening bat- Hobbs
Middle order bat- Bradman
All rounder- Miller
Keeper- Gilchrist
Fast bowler- Lillee
Spinner- Warne

Players I've seen

Opening bat- Hayden
Middle order bat- Lara/Tendulkar/Ponting
All rounder- Kallis
Keeper- Gilchrist
Fast bowler- McGrath
Spinner- Warne

 

[Howe_zat]

Only 5/6 Australians, are you feeling okay Ikki?

 

[Cabinet96]

Opening Batsman - Jack Hobbs
Middle Order Batsman - Don Bradman
All Rounder - Garry Sobers
Wicketkeeper - Alan Knott
Fast Bowler - Malcolm Marshall
Spinner - Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[Prince EWS]

Opening Batsman: Grace
Middle Order: Bradman
All Rounder: Imran
Wicket-keeper: Knott
Fast Bowler: Marshall
Spinner: Muralitharan

In my time of watching live cricket:

Opening Batsman: Smith
Middle Order: Tendulkar
All Rounder: Kallis
Wicket-keeper: Gilchrist
Fast Bowler: McGrath
Spinner: Muralitharan

Cook and Steyn serious contenders to finish up on the list by the time they retire.