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Top ten greatest bowlers and batsmen of all time

a massive zebra

International Captain
C_C said:
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
Did you forget Laker?
 

Beleg

International Regular
Top Ten Spinners:

1. Muralitharan
2. Clarrie Grimmett
3. Bill O'Rielly
4. Jim Laker
5. Shane Warne
6. Chandershekar
7. Bedi
8. Kumble
9. (one of those two palls of mine/Gibbs)
10. Qadir

Top Ten Fasties:

1. Richard Hadlee
2. Malcolm Marshall
3. CEL Ambrose
4. Imran Khan
5. McGrath
6. Holding
7. Wasim
8. Lillee
9. Donald
10. Trueman

Top Ten Batters:

1. Donald Bradman
2. Gary Sobers
3. Brian Lara
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Viv Richard
6. Wally Hammond
7. Sunil Gavaskar
8. Jack Hobbs
9. Greg Chappell
10. Javed Miandad/Compton/Barrington/Headley
 

Slifer

International Captain
In keeping with the theme Top Ten All Arounders:

Sobers
Khan
Miller
Botham
Dev
Greig
Kallis
Pollock
Cairns
Hadlee
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
The top ten batters I have seen ( it is easier this way)


Lara
Sachin
Dravid
Steve Waugh (joint third for me)
Border
Martin Crowe
Kirsten
Mark Waugh
Ponting



Bowlers:


McGrath
Ambrose
Murali
Warne
Wasim
Waqar
Donald
Kumble
Pollock
Walsh
 

The King

Cricket Spectator
a massive zebra said:
Yes he did. 8-)

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*.
I think he met Bradman never scored 501 in first class cricket and also he never scored 375 or 400 in Test cricket.
 

Tom Halsey

International Coach
Batsmen:
Bradman
Sobers
Tendulkar
Gavaskar
Lara
Chappell
Hammond
Hobbs
Weekes
Richards

(Richards rated low because although I never saw him bat live, his stats don't impress me at all. He probably was great but I never saw him live and can only go on stats).

Bowlers:
Barnes
Lohmann (joke, great SM though :D)
Lillee
Warne, O'Reilly (equal I think)
Marshall
Garner
McGrath
Ambrose
Muralitharan
Grimmett
 

Zinzan

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Tom Halsey said:
Bowlers:
Barnes
Lohmann (joke, great SM though :D)
Lillee
Warne, O'Reilly (equal I think)
Marshall
Garner
McGrath
Ambrose
Muralitharan
Grimmett
Yeah right....and Hadlee wouldn't make one of the top 10 bowlers 8-)
 

bagapath

International Captain
I just noticed this old thread and could not let it escape without my input! Height of joblessness I think :)

taking into consideration everything: stats, style, impact on the game, match winning/ saving ability, dominance, anecdotal evidence, expert opinion, personal opinion....

top 10 batters

1. don bradman
2. jack hobbs
3. viv richards
4. sachin tendulkar
5. brian lara
6. walter hammond
7. gary sobers
8. sunil gavaskar
9. denis compton
10. steve waugh

top 10 bowlers

1. syd barnes
2. shane warne
3. dennis lillee
4. richard hadlee
5. muthiah muralitharan
6. malcolm marshall
7. "tiger" o'reilly
8. glenn mcgrath
9. imran khan
10. fred spofforth

top 5 all-rounders

1. gary sobers
2. imran khan
3. ian botham
4. keith miller
5. george aubrey faulkner
 

Matt79

Hall of Fame Member
Yep, its not redundant for me to do mine either :)

Batsman:
1. Bradman
2. Hobbs
3. Hammond
4. G.Pollock
5. B.Richards
6. G. Headley
7. V.Richards
8. Tendaulkar
9. Lara
10. Sobers

Bowlers:
1. Warne
2. Lillee
3. Marshall
4. Ambrose
5. Murali
6. Barnes
7. O'Reilly
8. Trueman
9. Lindwall
10. McGrath

with apologies to Wasim and Waqar.
 

PhoenixFire

International Coach
Batters

In no order apart from The Don

1)Bradman
2)Headly
3)Pollock
4)Abbas
5)Hobbs
6)Hammond
7)Boycott
8)Tendulkar
9)Gooch
10)Sobers


1)Lillee
2)Lohman
3)Rhodes
4)Freeman
5)Parker
6)Warne
7)Marshall
8)Muralitharan
9)Walsh
10)Tyson
 

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
BATSMEN:

Bradman
Sobers
Richards
Tendulkar
Lara
G Chappell
G Pollock
Gavaskar
Hammond
Hobbs

other close options: Abbas, Barry Richards, Headley, Compton, Weekes

BOWLERS:

Lillee
Barnes
Marshall
Imran Khan
Hadlee
McGrath
Trueman
Ambrose
Warne
Muralitharan

other close options: O'Reilly, Wasim, Waqar, Garner, Donald, Procter, Kapil Dev, Laker
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
aussie said:
other close options: O'Reilly, Wasim, Waqar, Garner, Donald, Procter, Kapil Dev, Laker
Kapil Dev is one of my all time favorite players, but I don't think he would make the top 30 bowling all time.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Batting (IN ORDER):

Bradman
Tendulkar
Sobers
Richards
Lara
Gavaskar
Hobbs
G Chappell
G Pollock
Hammond


BOWLERS:

McGrath
Lillee
Barnes
Ambrose
Muralitharan
Marshall
Imran Khan
Hadlee
Trueman
Warne
 

steds

Hall of Fame Member
a massive zebra said:
Unlucky to miss out... Hammond, Dravid, Javed, B Richards, Weekes and Lara.
I'm sorry, but if you think Paul Weekes even comes close then you, sir, are an idiot.
 

PhoenixFire

International Coach
I am surprised to hear the amount of time Glenn McGrath was been mentioned in this thread. Don't get me wrong here, I think he is a fine bowler, but never in a million years would I have him placed ahead of Garner, Marshall, Holding, Tyson, Trueman and more. I would like to be enlightened to why some people rate him so highly.
 

C_C

International Captain
Batsmen:

1. Bradman
2. Tendulkar
3. Sobers
4. Viv
5. Gavaskar
6. Greg Chappell
7. Lara
8. Steve Waugh
9. Alan Border
10. Dravid

Bowlers:

1. Murali
2. Marshall
3. Ambrose
4. Hadlee
5. McGrath
6. Imran
7. Wasim
8. Holding
9. Garner
10. Warne
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
PhoenixFire said:
I am surprised to hear the amount of time Glenn McGrath was been mentioned in this thread. Don't get me wrong here, I think he is a fine bowler, but never in a million years would I have him placed ahead of Garner, Marshall, Holding, Tyson, Trueman and more. I would like to be enlightened to why some people rate him so highly.

Because he is the greatest fast bowler to ever play the game. Marshall, Ambrose, Lillee are close. And the fact that he does it with less pace than any of the other three makes it mind boggling to me. His accuracy is so insane...I don't know how a person can be that accurate that often.
 

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