CW Top 50 Cricketers of All Time - 2nd Edition

[bagapath]

This incomplete business has been killing me at work unnecessarily. Be done with it smali.

Edit: please put up the full list in order smali. The future generations will thank you for it.

 

[Fusion]

While it's obviously disappointing that some people treating the exercise as a joke had an adverse impact on the rankings, I do want to convey my appreciation to Smali and Nufan for all the effort they put into it. I throughly enjoyed the process and seriously looked forward to logging on to CW to read about the next ranking. Great job guys!

 

[Prince EWS]

While it's obviously disappointing that some people treating the exercise as a joke had an adverse impact on the rankings, I do want to convey my appreciation to Smali and Nufan for all the effort they put into it. I throughly enjoyed the process and seriously looked forward to logging on to CW to read about the next ranking. Great job guys!

Yep, AWTA.

 

[The Sean]

While it's obviously disappointing that some people treating the exercise as a joke had an adverse impact on the rankings, I do want to convey my appreciation to Smali and Nufan for all the effort they put into it. I throughly enjoyed the process and seriously looked forward to logging on to CW to read about the next ranking. Great job guys!

Spot on. Really enjoyed it, great job guys.

 

[smash84]

thank you guys, I am thrilled that people liked it. I enjoyed creating a bit of suspense too......I also thought that some really good debates were generated during the times of my procrastination (also termed as WWIII periods haha). I guess being a lazy bitch at times helps

 

[G.I.Joe]

Yep, good job, Smali and NUFAN.

 

[Burgey]

While it's obviously disappointing that some people treating the exercise as a joke had an adverse impact on the rankings, I do want to convey my appreciation to Smali and Nufan for all the effort they put into it. I throughly enjoyed the process and seriously looked forward to logging on to CW to read about the next ranking. Great job guys!

This.

 

[Burgey]

Anyway, fwiw (ie, nothing), here's my list. As I said previously I criminally neglected both Hadlee and Gilchrist, just by simply forgetting them. It's a shame because I then would have avoided naming Gavaskar and Kallis


1. D Bradman
2. W Grace
3. G Sobers
4. J Hobbs
5. I Khan
6. F Worrell
7. S Barnes
8. V Richards
9. S Tendulkar
10. S Warne
11. G McGrath
12. M Marshall
13. M Muralitharan
14. K Miller
15. L Hutton
16. W O'Reilly
17. W Rhodes
18. D Lillee
19. W Akram
20. I Botham
21. B Lara
22. F Spofforth
23. J Kallis
24. S Gavaskar
25. R Ponting

 

[vic_orthdox]

1. Bradman
2. Sobers
3. Richards, V
4. Warne
5. Lillee
6. Grace
7. Ambrose
8. Tendulkar
9. Muralitharan
10. O'Reilly
11. Imran
12. Lara
13. Marshall
14. Botham
15. McGrath
16. Roberts
17. Hobbs
18. Akram
19. Holding
20. Miller
21. Kallis
22. Trumper
23. Border
24. Chappell G
25. Snow

EDIT: Yeah, leaving Hadlee off was an oversight, didn't have Gilchrist either.

 

[kyear2]

Bradman
Sobers
Marshall
Warne
Gilchrist
V. Richards
Hobbs
Hammond
Lara
Khan
Tendulkar
Headley
Mcgrath
Hutton
Muralitharan
Ambrose
Miller
Kallis
Lillee
Gavaskar
Trueman
Barnes
Ponting
Hadlee
Holding

Would change somethings if I had it to do over, but thats my list.

 

[stephen]

What's the complete compiled list?

 

[Fusion]

The complete CW Top 50 List:

1. Gary Sobers
2. Donald Bradman
3. Imran Khan
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Shane Warne
6. Malcolm Marshall
7. Vivian Richards
8. Muttiah Muralitharan
9. Richard Hadlee
10. Jack Hobbs
11. Glen McGrath
12. WG Grace
13. Brian Lara
14. Jacques Kallis
15. Adam Gilchrist
16. Sydney Barnes
17. Keith Miller
18. Curtly Ambrose
19. Walter Hammond
20. Wasim Akram
21. Dennis Lillee
22. Ian Botham
23. Ricky Ponting
24. Len Hutton
25. Sunil Gavaskar
26. Kapil Dev
27. Rahul Dravid
28. George Headley
29. Fred Trueman
30. Bill O Reilly
31. Steve Waugh
32. Allan Border
33. Frank Worrell
34. Michael Holding
35. Shaun Pollock
36. Greg Chappell
37. Waqar Younis
38. Graeme Pollock
39. Joel Garner
40. Aubrey Faulkner
41. Douglas Jardine
42. Barry Richards
43. Virender Sehwag
44. Mike Procter
45. Allan Donald
46. Wilfred Rhodes
47. Clive Lloyd
48. Courtney Walsh
49. Richie Benaud
50. Javed Miandad

Someone may want to check my math, but here's a breakdown of the Top 25 (CBF to do the top 50):

7 Australians (Highest placing #2)
6 English (Highest placing #10)
5 West Indians (Highest placing #1)
2 Pakistanis (Highest placing #3)
2 Indians (Highest placing #4)
1 South African (Highest placing #14)
1 New Zealander (Highest placing #9)
1 Sri Lankan (Highest placing #8)

 

[smash84]

thanks for posting Fusion.......

it is a pretty decent list I believe....well done guys

 

[NUFAN]

I think it was weldone who wanted to know which player made the top 50 last time but failed to attract a single vote this time.

Now, Smali did the last 3 or 4 emails, so I'm not 100% sure if this player got mentioned in those emails, but from the first 53 lists, Jim Laker had 0 votes. Crazy hey.

 

[smash84]

very difficult to remember so many cricketers who have played over the years......onlly the very best stick out

 

[Cevno]

Sutcliffe,Weekes and Barrington the three 1.2 times very good players miss out.

 

[smash84]

 

[vic_orthdox]

I think it was weldone who wanted to know which player made the top 50 last time but failed to attract a single vote this time.

Now, Smali did the last 3 or 4 emails, so I'm not 100% sure if this player got mentioned in those emails, but from the first 53 lists, Jim Laker had 0 votes. Crazy hey.

Gah, disappointed in myself, reckon I voted for him last time.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Sehwag? Really?

 

[NUFAN]

Yeah I'm pretty sure I voted for Laker last time too although close to 25th.

From the top 50 we ended up having:
Australia 12
West Indies 11
England 9
South Africa 7
India 5
Pakistan 4
New Zealand 1
Sri Lanka 1

and..

Batsman 21
Bowler 17
All Rounder 11
Wicket Keeper 1

Obviously a little debatable what category some people belong to. For instance I had Wasim and Benaud as bowlers, but Hadlee as an all rounder so some might disagree with that.