The CricketWeb comprehensive list of ALL TIME GREATS (ATGs) discussion

[CodeOfWisden]

You don’t think elite keepers should be potentially eligible as ATGs? That’s weird.

No, why would you take someone who averages 15 - 20 points lesser with the bat just so that you gain some uncertain advantage in catching.

Wasim Bari won't get into the current Bangladeshi team(they would definitely prefer Liton) let alone Pakistan (Rizwan) or India(Pant).
Wonder which species of ATG he is?

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

20 ATGs

Sobers
Don
WG
Procter
Barnes

Gavaskar
Hadlee
Sachin
Viv
Imran

Akram
Marshall
Lara
Murali
Kapil

Botham
Gilly
Steyn
Lillee
Hutton

Top 15 Non ATGs

Miller
McGrath
Hammond
G. Pollock
Kallis

Warne
Hobbs
Trueman
Headley
Ranji

Trumper
B. Richards
O'Reily
Knott
Donald

 

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Openers: Hobbs, Gavaskar, Hutton, Sutcliffe
MOB: Bradman, Tendulkar, Richards, Lara, Smith, Hammond, Pollock G
WKs: Gilchrist, Knott, Ames
Pacers: Marshall, McGrath, Steyn, Hadlee, Ambrose, Wasim
Spinners: Murali, Warne, O'Reilly, Verity
ARs: Sobers, Imran, Miller, Kallis, Faulkner

 

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Openers: Hobbs, Gavaskar, Hutton, Sutcliffe
MOB: Bradman, Tendulkar, Richards, Lara, Smith, Hammond, Pollock G
WKs: Gilchrist, Knott, Ames
Pacers: Marshall, McGrath, Steyn, Hadlee, Ambrose, Wasim
Spinners: Murali, Warne, O'Reilly, Verity
ARs: Sobers, Imran, Miller, Kallis, Faulkner

Curious what your cut off is. For example, why no Greg Chappell in the MO bats?

 

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Curious what your cut off is. For example, why no Greg Chappell in the MO bats?

This is more of the players whom I feel don't look out of sorts when included in the All Time 11. There are other players as well who are ATGs IMO like Ponting, Dravid, Garner and all but them being in the ATG 11 looks slightly out of sorts.
Greg Chappell is one whom I missed above.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

If I had to go to 20 ATGs,I would go
Batsman
Bradman

Richards
Hobbs
SRT
Lara

Spinners
Murali
O’Reilly
Warne

All rounder
Sobers
Kallis
Imran
Hadlee

Fast bowlers/medium pacer
McGrath
Steyn
Marshall
Ambrose
Lillee

Wk
Knott
Gilchrist

Barnes-spin +medium pace.

+Walter Hammond.Totally forgot abt Hammond.Who in my list would be among top 10 cricketer ever.