subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Pre LOI guys like Bradman and Sobers excluded.
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Combining ODI and Test records, who are the 5 greatest cricketers ever?
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Thala_0710
First Class Debutant
1. SR Tendulkar
2. IVA Richards
3. GD McGrath
4. Imran Khan
5. M Muralitharan
Lara, Punter, De Villiers, Garner, Wasim, Hadlee etc are all good shouts too I feel. Also depends on how much weightage you give to each format
2. IVA Richards
3. GD McGrath
4. Imran Khan
5. M Muralitharan
Lara, Punter, De Villiers, Garner, Wasim, Hadlee etc are all good shouts too I feel. Also depends on how much weightage you give to each format
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DrWolverine
U19 Cricketer
Sachin. Richards.
McGrath. Murali.
These four are a lock.
My 5th pick would be Garner.
McGrath. Murali.
These four are a lock.
My 5th pick would be Garner.
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sayon basak
International Debutant
Obviously more weight to tests (65-25-10 or something like that; putting aside the FC greats). Marshall is also a great shout. Would rate bunch of others ahead of Ponting.
Coronis
International Coach
Not really.
DrWolverine
U19 Cricketer
sayon basak
International Debutant
Why? It says combining tests and ODI's, not ignoring the former completely.
DrWolverine
U19 Cricketer
Curtly Ambrose
Top 5 in Test cricket
In ODIs he wasn’t a great wicket taker but if you won’t to stop runs, he will be at the very top
Top 5 in Test cricket
In ODIs he wasn’t a great wicket taker but if you won’t to stop runs, he will be at the very top
Coronis
International Coach
The gap between them in ODIs dwarfs the gap between them in Tests, Garner was elite at both, Marshall wasn’t.
sayon basak
International Debutant
Didn't know you are considering tests and ODI's with same weight. Fair enough then.
DrWolverine
U19 Cricketer
Garner is tough to ignore.
Second best bowling average in Test cricket
Best bowling average in odi cricket
sayon basak
International Debutant
Also his batting.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
I think there is a case for Wasim over Imran, as crazy as it sounds.
sayon basak
International Debutant
Anyway my top 5:-
Chris Woakes
Ravindra Jadeja
Rubel Hossain
David Warner
Alfred Mynn
Chris Woakes
Ravindra Jadeja
Rubel Hossain
David Warner
Alfred Mynn
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Can't argue with this.
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Imran underrated in ODIs but yes Akram has a worthy case too.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah Wasim was a lock for a top 5 ODI cricketer.
Imran better in tests but it's really tough and go.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Even though Viv is a better ODI cricketer, giving more weightage to tests would make it Tendulkar as the best.
DrWolverine
U19 Cricketer
Imran’s record is not that great in ODI cricket.
A bowling average of 26 and a strike rate of 72 is not really that impressive.