Thala_0710
First Class Debutant
A lot of rankings of players in general are based on the eye test (those you have watched play), stats, general perception, reviews of contemporaries. Most of us rank players such as Bradman, Hobbs, Grace etc very very highly (and rightly so) but have watched very little of them.
Here I wanted to rank the best (Top 15) batsmen and bowlers you have watched live or have seen decent amount of footage of (10+ tests minimum).
I'll start:
Top 15 Batsmen
1. Sachin
2. Lara
3. Richards
4. Smith
5. Gavaskar
6. Ponting
7. Chappell
8. Kallis
9. Waugh
10. Border
11. Dravid
12. Root
13. Sanga
14. Miandad
15. ABD
Top 15 Bowlers
1. Marshall
2. McGrath
3. Hadlee
4. Akram
5. Imran
6. Warne
7. Murali
8. Steyn
9. Ambrose
10. Donald
11. Garner
12. Holding
13. Waqar
14. Walsh
15. Bumrah
Here I wanted to rank the best (Top 15) batsmen and bowlers you have watched live or have seen decent amount of footage of (10+ tests minimum).
I'll start:
Top 15 Batsmen
1. Sachin
2. Lara
3. Richards
4. Smith
5. Gavaskar
6. Ponting
7. Chappell
8. Kallis
9. Waugh
10. Border
11. Dravid
12. Root
13. Sanga
14. Miandad
15. ABD
Top 15 Bowlers
1. Marshall
2. McGrath
3. Hadlee
4. Akram
5. Imran
6. Warne
7. Murali
8. Steyn
9. Ambrose
10. Donald
11. Garner
12. Holding
13. Waqar
14. Walsh
15. Bumrah