Top ten greatest bowlers and batsmen of all time

[The King]

Who do you think are the top ten greatest bowlers and batsmen of all time?

This is my list:

Batsmen:

1. Don Bradman
2. Barry Richards
3. Garry Sobers
4. Viv Richards
5. Sachin Tendulker
6. Jack Hobbs
7. Brian Lara
8. Graeme Pollock
9. Greg Chappell
10. Sunil Gavasakar

Bowlers:

1. Sydney Barnes
2. Dennis Lillie
3. Malcom Marshall
4. Shane Warne
5. Imran Kahn
6. Richard Haddle
7. Muttiah Muralitharan
8. Ray Lindwall
9. Wasim Akram
10. Waqar Younis

 

[Slifer]

Mines:

Bowlers

Barnes
Marshall
Mcgrath
Hadlee
Warne
Murali
Wasim
Ambrose
Lillee

Batsmen:

Bradman
Sachin
Sobers
Richards
Gavaskar
Lara
Chappell
Hammond
Hobbs
Weekes

 

[MARSHALLED]

I'm just a bit puzzled by your screen name Slifer. It says School Boy/Girl Cricketer. Are you a boy or a girl?! I'm sorry I'm just curious.

 

[Pratters]

I'm just a bit puzzled by your screen name Slifer. It says School Boy/Girl Cricketer. Are you a boy or a girl?! I'm sorry I'm just curious.

 

[Shounak]

I'm just a bit puzzled by your screen name Slifer. It says School Boy/Girl Cricketer. Are you a boy or a girl?! I'm sorry I'm just curious.

Make a few more posts mate.. Then your apparent androgyny will also come to fore..

 

[Slifer]

I'm just a bit puzzled by your screen name Slifer. It says School Boy/Girl Cricketer. Are you a boy or a girl?! I'm sorry I'm just curious.

Not funny. Anyway Im a youth (aka young man ) from the islands who happens to be in the U.S. studying Air Traffic Management. Cricket is just a way out from the pressures of school.

 

[Slifer]

Hope this helps

 

[Shounak]

Smacks on..

 

[age_master]

Bowlers

Barnes
Marshall
Mcgrath
Hadlee
Warne
Ambrose
Wasim
Garner
Lillee

Batsmen:

Bradman
Sobers
Richards
Gavaskar
Lara
G Chappell
Hammond
Hobbs
Weekes
Pollock

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Bowlers

Barnes
Marshall
Mcgrath
Hadlee
Warne
Ambrose
Wasim
Garner
Lillee

Batsmen:

Bradman
Sobers
Richards
Gavaskar
Lara
G Chappell
Hammond
Hobbs
Weekes
Pollock

Good lists there. I'd be inclined to rate Hadlee and Lillee slightly higher, and maybe look at including Trueman and Tendulkar, but aside from that I generally agree.

 

[a massive zebra]

Batsmen

1. Bradman
2. Hobbs
3. Sobers
4. G Pollock
5. Headley
6. Tendulkar
7. Gavaskar
8. V Richards
9. Hutton
10. Trumper

Unlucky to miss out... Hammond, Dravid, Javed, B Richards, Weekes and Lara.

Bowlers

1. Barnes
2. Marshall
3. Muralitharan
4= McGrath
4= Hadlee
6. O'Reilly
7. Imran
8. Trueman
9. Ambrose
10. Lillee

Unlucky to miss out... Lindwall, Laker, Wasim, Waqar, Donald and Holding.

 

[shaka]

Pollock (G) should probably be in most top 5's in batting of all time.

 

[vladiator]

Batsmen

1. Bradman
2. Hobbs
3. Sobers
4. G Pollock
5. Headley
6. Tendulkar
7. Gavaskar
8. V Richards
9. Hutton
10. Trumper

Unlucky to miss out... Hammond, Dravid, Javed, B Richards, Weekes and Lara.

Bowlers

1. Barnes
2. Marshall
3. Muralitharan
4= McGrath
4= Hadlee
6. O'Reilly
7. Imran
8. Trueman
9. Ambrose
10. Lillee

Unlucky to miss out... Lindwall, Laker, Wasim, Waqar, Donald and Holding.

No Warne in top ten and even "unlucky to miss out" list... Is it a joke?

 

[Zinzan]

No Warne in top ten and even "unlucky to miss out" list... Is it a joke?

Agreed

 

[MARSHALLED]

Sorry Slifer for that previous post. I wasn't trying to be funny or offensive I was just curious!

 

[MARSHALLED]

Batsmen

1. Bradman
2. Hobbs
3. Sobers
4. G Pollock
5. Headley
6. Tendulkar
7. Gavaskar
8. V Richards
9. Hutton
10. Trumper

Unlucky to miss out... Hammond, Dravid, Javed, B Richards, Weekes and Lara.

Bowlers

1. Barnes
2. Marshall
3. Muralitharan
4= McGrath
4= Hadlee
6. O'Reilly
7. Imran
8. Trueman
9. Ambrose
10. Lillee

Unlucky to miss out... Lindwall, Laker, Wasim, Waqar, Donald and Holding.

How can you not have Lara in your top ten. He only has the highest score in both test and first class cricket (something even Bradman didn't acheive!)

 

[MARSHALLED]

Who do you think are the top ten greatest bowlers and batsmen of all time?

This is my list:

Batsmen:

1. Don Bradman
2. Barry Richards
3. Garry Sobers
4. Viv Richards
5. Sachin Tendulker
6. Jack Hobbs
7. Brian Lara
8. Graeme Pollock
9. Greg Chappell
10. Sunil Gavasakar

Bowlers:

1. Sydney Barnes
2. Dennis Lillie
3. Malcom Marshall
4. Shane Warne
5. Imran Kahn
6. Richard Haddle
7. Muttiah Muralitharan
8. Ray Lindwall
9. Wasim Akram
10. Waqar Younis

This is almost perfect. For the batting I'd have Graem Pollock higher and Jack Hobbs. I'd also put Muralitharan higher for bowling.

 

[Slifer]

Sorry Slifer for that previous post. I wasn't trying to be funny or offensive I was just curious!

Sorry about snapping no offense taken just having a bad day.

 

[C_C]

Top 10 test Batsmen of alltime :

1. Don Bradman
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Gary Sobers
4. Sunil Gavaskar
5. Viv Richards
6. Greg Chappell
7. Brian Lara
8. Steve Waugh
9. Rahul Dravid
10. Alan Border

Top 10 Pacers of alltime:

1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Richard Hadlee
3. Glenn McGrath
4. Curtley Ambrose
5. Imran Khan
6. Michael Holding
7. Wasim Akram
8. Joel Garner
9. Fred Trueman
10. Alan Davidson


Top 10 Spinners of alltime:

1. Muttiah Muralitharan
2. Shane Warne
3. bhagwat Chandrasekhar
4. Clarrie Grimmett
5. Lance Gibbs
6. Subhash Gupte
7. Bishen Bedi
8. Bill O'Reiley
9. Anil Kumble
10. Alf Valentine

 

[a massive zebra]

How can you not have Lara in your top ten. He only has the highest score in both test and first class cricket (something even Bradman didn't acheive!)

Yes he did.

Bradman's 334 at Headingley in 1930 broke the highest individual innings record in Tests, and he had already beaten Ponsford's first class record of 437 in the previous Sheffield Shield season with 452*.