CricketWeb decides the Greatest Players Post World War I

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Sorry my first list was post WW2

Revised List

1. Sobers
2. Bradman
3. Procter
4. Gavaskar
5. Hadlee
6. Sachin
7. Viv
8. Imran
9. Akram
10. Marshall
11. Lara
12. Murali
13. Kapil
14. Botham
15. Gilly
16. Miller
17. Lillee
18. Hutton
19. Headley
20. McGrath
21. Steyn
22. Hammond
23. Truman
24. Hobbs
25.Warne

 

[kingkallis]

My List:

Don Bradman
Gary Sobers
Viv Richards
Jacques Kallis
Sachin Tendulkar
Malcolm Marshall
Adam Gilchrist
Muttiah Muralitharan
Jack Hobbs
Brian Lara
Wally Hammond
Richard Hadlee
Glenn McGrath
Dale Steyn
Shane Warne
Keith Miller
Sunil Gavaskar
Wasim Akram
Imran Khan
Fred Trueman
Curtly Ambrose
Ian Botham
Ricky Ponting
Shaun Pollock
Kapil Dev

 

[Coronis]

So, to verify, this is tests only?

 

[trundler]

So, to verify, this is tests only?

No, cross format.

Keep them coming lads. The wedding is over and I am back to full time forumimg.

 

[mr_mister]

Bradman
Sobers
Imran
Warne
Miller
Marshall
Hobbs
McGrath
Sachin
Gilchrist
Murali
Hadlee
Botham
Hammond
Hutton
Lara
Ambrose
Kallis
Viv
O Reilly
G Pollock
Headley
Grimmett
Gavaskar
Wasim

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I nominated Kusal Janith Perera!

 

[stephen]

1 Bradman
2 Sobers
3 Warne
4 Tendulkar
5 Lara
6 Marshall
7 McGrath
8 Richards
9 Murali
10 Gilchrist
11 Steyn
12 Hadlee
13 Miller
14 Ambrose
15 Ponting
16 Kallis
17 Imran
18 Gavaskar
19 G Chappell
20 Border
21 Garner
22 S Smith
23 Holding
24 Waugh
25 Lillee

 

[Magrat Garlick]

1. Bradman (Au)
2. Sobers (WI)
3. Tendulkar (Ind)
4. Marshall (WI)
5. Hobbs (Eng)
6. McGrath (Au)
7. Muralitharan (SL)
8. Imran (Pak)
9. Richards, IVA (WI)
10.Warne (Au)
11.Lara (WI)
12.Lillee (Au)
13.Hadlee (NZ)
14.Gilchrist (Au)
15.Miller (Au)
16.Kohli (Ind)
17.Gavaskar (Ind)
18.Kapil (Ind)
19.de Villiers, AB (SA)
20.Holding (WI)
21.Wasim Akram (Pak)
22.Merchant (Ind)
23.Trueman (Eng)
24.Compton (Eng)
25.Proctor (SA)

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

No new lists ?

 

[trundler]

Yeah I'd like some more participation before I post mine.

 

[smash84]

There was a similar exercise run by TheSean some time ago. I ran it's second edition with nufan. You might want to take a look at them to see if that is what you are trying to do

 

[smash84]

Here's one of the threads from that countdown


http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/56551-cw50-2nd-edition-no-03-a-2.html

 

[weldone]

Taking all forms of cricket into account:

1. Bradman
2. Muralitharan
3. Tendulkar
4. McGrath
5. Viv
6. Sobers
7. Imran
8. Ambrose
9. Kallis
10. Hadlee
11. Steyn
12. Warne
13. Kohli
14. AB de Villiers
15. Kapil
16. Gilchrist
17. Lara
18. Marshall
19. Hobbs
20. Garner
21. Holding
22. Wasim
23. Miller
24. Hammond
25. Kumble

Edit: dropped Barnes as this is post WWI

 

[ankitj]

I may have to redo it if I'm going to use all formats lens.

 

[trundler]

Your call.

 

[a massive zebra]

Taking all forms of cricket into account:

1. Bradman
2. Muralitharan
3. Tendulkar
4. McGrath
5. Viv
6. Sobers
7. Imran
8. Ambrose
9. Kallis
10. Hadlee
11. Steyn
12. Warne
13. Kohli
14. AB de Villiers
15. Kapil
16. Gilchrist
17. Lara
18. Marshall
19. Hobbs
20. Garner
21. Holding
22. Wasim
23. Miller
24. Hammond
25. Kumble

Edit: dropped Barnes as this is post WWI

Reasons for putting Sobers only 6th?

 

[a massive zebra]

1. Bradman
2. Sobers
3. Imran
4. Muralitharan
5. Hobbs
6. Marshall
7. Hammond
8. Hadlee
9. McGrath
10. O'Reilly
11. Tendulkar
12. V Richards
13. Miller
14. Kallis
15. Ambrose
16. Gavaskar
17. Steyn
18. Headley
19. Kohli
20. Trueman
21. Pollock
22. Hutton
23. de Villiers
24. Lara
25. Warne

 

[ankitj]

Isn't Hobbs ineligible for post world war I? He played some cricket post the war but still mainly a player of pre WWI era?

 

[Victor Ian]

Don Bradman
Richie Benaud
Garry Sobers
Jack Hobbs
Douglas Jardine
M Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath
Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli
Ray Lindwall
Keith Miller
Adam Gilchrist
Brian Lara
Shane Warne
Imran Khan
MS Dhoni
Frank Worrell
Dennis Lillee
Kapil Dev
Malcolm Marshall
Ricky Ponting
Alan Border
Steve Waugh
David Boon
(Sehwag) If Hobbs is illegal

 

[mr_mister]

Isn't Hobbs ineligible for post world war I? He played some cricket post the war but still mainly a player of pre WWI era?

His test career was longer post war. His form peaked pre war however