My Post WWII Test Top 10

[jayjay]

jayjay, your post-WW2 list didn't include Allan Border and as a result all of your opinions - on anything, not just cricket - are invalid.

Maybe he's top 30?

 

[Burgey]

Maybe you need to do some research

 

[JBMAC]

jayjay, your post-WW2 list didn't include Allan Border and as a result all of your opinions - on anything, not just cricket - are invalid.

AND to the best of my knowledge WW2 finished in ,1945 so Bradman and co. have to be considered As one poster said"Poor research"

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The criteria was set at “a minimum of 25 Tests in the time period”. Bradman therefore doesn’t qualify. The merit of the criteria could be disputed, but not Bradman’s absence from the list based on it.

 

[jayjay]

AND to the best of my knowledge WW2 finished in ,1945 so Bradman and co. have to be considered As one poster said"Poor research"

For you and anyone who thought they were clever to like you post "POOR ENGLISH COMPREHENSION SKILLS".

I also said minimum of 25 tests...

 

[jayjay]

The criteria was set at “a minimum of 25 Tests in the time period”. Bradman therefore doesn’t qualify. The merit of the criteria could be disputed, but not Bradman’s absence from the list based on it.

The reason for the criteria is simple, in the post WW2 era, less than 25 tests does not indicate a full career. For example, something I've always found weird is adding in players like Proctor who only had 1 series under their belt, and then using FC as back up for that, but FC cricket all across the world has almost always been several levels below international cricket post WW2.

 

[honestbharani]

Waiting for jajjay to take down JBMAC coz he is not a professional cricketer.

 

[jayjay]

Waiting for jajjay to take down JBMAC coz he is not a professional cricketer.

I only reserve that for special cases.

 

[honestbharani]

I only reserve that for special cases.

Not disappointed at all.

 

[jayjay]

1. Garry Sobers WI
2. Viv Richards WI
3. Sachin Tendulkar IND
4. Imran Khan PAK
5. Muttiah Muralitharan SL
6. Glenn McGrath AUS
7. Wasim Akram PAK
8. Sunil Gavaskar IND
9. Shane Warne AUS
10. Brian Lara WI
11. Malcolm Marshall WI
12. Jacques Kallis SA
13. Dennis Lillee AUS
14. Richard Hadlee NZ
15. Ricky Ponting AUS
16. Ian Botham ENG
17. Adam Gilchrist AUS
18. Javed Miandad PAK
19. Michael Holding WI
20. Curtly Ambrose WI
21. Kapil Dev IND
22. Steve Smith AUS
23. Allan Donald SA
24. Rahul Dravid IND
25. Allan Border AUS
26. Younis Khan PAK
27. Gordon Greenidge WI
28. Anil Kumble IND
29. Waqar Younis PAK
30. Joel Garner WI

And here it is, a list expanded to a top 30. I'm not sure how much further I will go but there are still some great cricketers left.

 

[ankitj]

Some great cricketers not in the list: Steyn, Miller, Trueman, Waugh, Sangakkara, Pollock(s), 3 Ws

 

[Coronis]

1. Garry Sobers WI
2. Viv Richards WI
3. Sachin Tendulkar IND
4. Imran Khan PAK
5. Muttiah Muralitharan SL
6. Glenn McGrath AUS
7. Wasim Akram PAK
8. Sunil Gavaskar IND
9. Shane Warne AUS
10. Brian Lara WI
11. Malcolm Marshall WI
12. Jacques Kallis SA
13. Dennis Lillee AUS
14. Richard Hadlee NZ
15. Ricky Ponting AUS
16. Ian Botham ENG
17. Adam Gilchrist AUS
18. Javed Miandad PAK
19. Michael Holding WI
20. Curtly Ambrose WI
21. Kapil Dev IND
22. Steve Smith AUS
23. Allan Donald SA
24. Rahul Dravid IND
25. Allan Border AUS
26. Younis Khan PAK
27. Gordon Greenidge WI
28. Anil Kumble IND
29. Waqar Younis PAK
30. Joel Garner WI

And here it is, a list expanded to a top 30. I'm not sure how much further I will go but there are still some great cricketers left.

Its ok thats far enough for Burgey.

 

[jayjay]

Some great cricketers not in the list: Steyn, Miller, Trueman, Waugh, Sangakkara, Pollock(s), 3 Ws

Steyn would be next for me...in terms of bowlers it would end up being a close call between Jimmy and Trueman, both may sneak into a top 40.
Sangakkara and Shaun Pollock for sure.

 

[Coronis]

Steyn would be next for me...in terms of bowlers it would end up being a close call between Jimmy and Trueman, both may sneak into a top 40.
Sangakkara and Shaun Pollock for sure.

Yes the bloke who averaged 20 at home and 26 away and the bloke who averages 24 at home and 30 away… Always thought they were a close call. One bloke taking 4.5 wickets a match vs one taking 3.5 a match… close close stuff.

 

[The Sean]

No Hutton either?

 

[jayjay]

Yes the bloke who averaged 20 at home and 26 away and the bloke who averages 24 at home and 30 away… Always thought they were a close call. One bloke taking 4.5 wickets a match vs one taking 3.5 a match… close close stuff.

That's pretty harsh on Jimmy tbh. he had to bowl in a period of the late 00s and early 2010s when pitches were so flat just about everywhere he played.

 

[jayjay]

No Hutton either?

Hutton did not make it into my top 30...the batsmen in there could not justifiably be left out for Hutton. Who knows, might be in the next batch.

 

[The Sean]

Hutton did not make it into my top 30...the batsmen in there could not justifiably be left out for Hutton. Who knows, might be in the next batch.

I guess that's the joy of us all having differing opinions on this and the discussion it engenders - for me, Hutton ranks above all but maybe three of the specialist batsmen in your list.

 

[Coronis]

That's pretty harsh on Jimmy tbh. he had to bowl in a period of the late 00s and early 2010s when pitches were so flat just about everywhere he played.

No it really isn’t. There’s a reason he’s nicknamed Clouderson. I know another fast bowler who played through the exact same time period and ended up with a far lower overall average, and easily lower in every country bar England and the UAE.

 

[jayjay]

I guess that's the joy of us all having differing opinions on this and the discussion it engenders - for me, Hutton ranks above all but maybe three of the specialist batsmen in your list.

Which 3? I'm going to guess Viv, Tendulkar and Sobers.