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What else would next mean in this context?
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Barry Richards vs George Headley vs Graeme Pollock
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kyear2
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Ok, but even if he's the next on the list (as he is for me as well), he's still after those names.
And at which point is added runs not enough to make up for perceived lack of bowling quality.
The latest edition of the book came out in 1999 but I don't know who was chosen for 1998 and 1999. It would be a case of guessing who the author would go for up to the present day – bearing in mind the exercise was based on peer ratings, multi-format, with incumbents benefiting, and that the book was published in England. It might also depend on how many more chapters Wilde wanted to write.
Given that some of his previous Number Ones reigned for a long time, one could see Tendulkar in place between 1998 and say 2011: one year fewer than Viv Richards. De Villiers might take over for a few years before handing over to Kohli, or maybe Steve Smith, then Root.
Similarly Warne, with good peer ratings, might have kept his place until retirement, or shortly before. Then Murali and Steyn. Followed perhaps by Englishman Anderson (or Ashwin) and Cummins. Bumrah could take over from the Australian this year. All speculation of course.
Breaking the exercise down into calendar years would see more changes of leader and throw up more names. For example these were the ICC Test-ranked number ones on 31 December each year.
Batsmen: 1998 Tendulkar, 1999 Lara, 2000 Tendulkar, 2001 Lara, 2002 Hayden, 2003 Ponting, 2004 Dravid, 2005-06 Ponting, 2007 Sangakkara, 2008 Chanderpaul, 2009 Gambhir, 2010-11 Sangakkara, 2012 Michael Clarke, 2013-14 de Villiers, 2015-17 Steve Smith, 2018-19 Kohli, 2020 Williamson, 2021-22 Labuschagne, 2023 Williamson, 2024 (26 Nov) Root.
Bowlers: 1998 Donald, 1999-2000 Pollock, 2001-02 McGrath, 2003 Muralitharan, 2004 McGrath, 2005 Warne, 2006-08 Muralitharan, 2009-12 Steyn, 2013 Philander, 2014 Steyn, 2015-16 Ashwin, 2017 Anderson, 2018 Rabada, 2019-22 Cummins, 2023 Rabada, 2024 (26 Nov) Bumrah.
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