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Making a List of Greatest Cricketers by Combining Lists

sayon basak

sayon basak

International Captain
So, I was thinking about making a list of greatest cricketers my compiling lists that are available. So I did exactly that.

The Lists I used are:-
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Five cricketers of the century

The selection of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year has always been the perquisite of the Almanack's editor of the day
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John Woodcock's 100 Greatest Cricketers

I don't think John Woodcock's 100 Greatest Cricketers list was reviewed in cricketweb.As this list was made in 1997, there are a lot of ancient players in this list. Some of the picks were a surprise for me, was Alfred Mynn regarded that high at that time? Here's the list:- 100 JR Reid 99 PA...
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CMJ's Top 100 Cricketers of All Time

Interesting read this. No surprises with number 1. Don Bradman's star would shine in any era - Times Online 1 Don Bradman From the late 1920s until his retirement in 1949, the greatest of all specialist batsmen had a wider role as a hero of popular culture and the unwitting symbol and unifier of ...
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Geoff Armstrong- The 100 Greatest Cricketers

Unsure if this book by Armstrong was reviewed on CW ever, but this thread stems from a discussion in the random auction draft about Martin Crowe not being included in Armstrong's list of 100 cricketers. Armstrong selects who he considers to be the 100 greatest, and then places them in 9 teams...
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100 Greatest Cricketers of All Time

100 Greatest Cricketers of All Time: These players played in different eras but were at the top of their game. Check out the lis
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155 Greatest Cricketers of All Time (Men's): Who are the Best Players in Cricket History? (Updated 2023) | Broken Cricket Dreams Cricket Blog

The Ultimate Cricket List - Top 150 Greatest Cricketers of All Time across formats and eras. From WG Grace to Kieron Pollard.
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David Gower's Top 50 Cricketers of All Time

1. Don Bradman 2. Garry Sobers 3. Sachin Tendulkar 4. Shane Warne 5. Viv Richards 6. Brian Lara 7. Jack Hobbs 8. Wally Hammond 9. Malcolm Marshall 10. W.G. Grace 11. Imran Khan 12. Ian Botham 13. Sydney Barnes 14. Jacques Kallis 15. Barry Richards 16. Dennis Lillee 17. Len Hutton 18. Wilfred...
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Martin Crowe's Top 50 Greatest Cricketers of Six Generations

Don't think this list was discussed in CW. So here's the list:- 1877-1900: WG Grace 1900-1930: Jack Hobbs, Herbert Sutcliffe, Victor Trumper, Sydney Barnes (4) 1930-1950: Don Bradman, Len Hutton, George Headley, Wally Hammond, Alec Bedser, Bill O'Reilly, Clarrie Grimmett (7) 1950-1970: Keith...
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CW's 100 greatest players result | 2024

Thanks @capt_Luffy for giving us the top 100 list. Rank Players 1 Don Bradman 2 Garry Sobers 3 Imran Khan 4 W G Grace 5 Sachin Tendulkar 6 Richard Hadlee 7 Jack Hobbs 8 Malcolm Marshall 9 Viv Richards 10 Glenn McGrath 11 Shane Warne 12 Mutthiah Muralitharan 13...
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Scyld Berry's 40 best cricketers of last 40 years - find out who is number one here

This summer marks 40 years since the Telegraph's cricket correspondent Scyld Berry started covering the sport.
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ESPN's Legends of Cricket

ESPN's Legends of Cricket was a 2001 television series produced by ESPN which asked a panel of several judges to rank who they felt, were the 50 best cricketers ever. Individual episodes were produced featuring the top 25 ranked players. The panel consisted of Wasim Akram, Sunil Gavaskar, Richie...
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BBC - The Greatest Cricketer of All Time – your votes revealed!

You voted for your favourite from a list 30 all-time greatest cricketers.
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Best cricketers of all time

Our pick of 20 of the greatest male cricketers ever to have played the game
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TMS Top 100 Greatest Cricketers

Full List:- 1 Bradman, 2 Grace, 3 Hobbs, 4 Sobers, 5 Lara, 6 Botham, 7 Viv Richards, 8 Hutton, 9 Warne, 10 Wilfred Rhodes, 11 Hammond, 12 Gavaskar, 13 Tendulkar, 14 Lillee, 15 Barry Richards, 16 Barnes, 17 Holding, 18 Imran, 19 Compton, 20 O'Reilly 21 Herbert Sutcliffe, 22 Shrewsbury, 23...
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CW50 Draft

I want to try out this draft which will be based on CW50 list that we at CW voted on back in 2009. I am sticking with edition 1 as opposed to 2nd edition because I think the original one is more representative of how the CWers rate cricketers. The rules: There will be 11 rounds, with odd...
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100 Greatest Cricketers by Benedict Bermange (Sky Sports)

Here's the list:- 1: W.G. Grace 2: Donald Bradman 3: Garry Sobers 5-4: Shane Warne (5), Sachin Tendulkar (4) 10-6: Imran Khan (10), Viv Richards (9), Sydney Barnes (8), Jack Hobbs (7), Jacques Kallis (6) 20-11: Kumar Sangakkara (20), Dennis Compton (19), Sunil Gavaskar (18), Adam Gilchrist...
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Top 100 Test Cricketers Of All Time

As we know, cricket is a game that has been around for almost 150 years. So it has a long history, and all generations have had great players. While making this list, we need to factor in the overall…
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I entered all the rankings in MS Excel.

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Here is the top 100:-
1. Don Bradman
2. Garfield Sobers
3. Shane Warne
4. Viv Richards
5. Sachin Tendulkar
6. Imran Khan
7. Jack Hobbs
8. WG Grace
9. Ian Botham
10. Brian Lara
11. Richard Hadlee
12. Wally Hammond
13. Sydney Barnes
14. Wasim Akram
15. Sunil Gavaskar
16. Dennis Lillee
17. Muttiah Muralitharan
18. Len Hutton
19. Kapil Dev
20. Malcolm Marshall
21. Glenn McGrath
22. George Headley
23. Jacques Kallis
24. Curtly Ambrose
25. Graeme Pollock
26. Allan Border
27. Bill O'Reilly
28. Frank Worrell
29. Adam Gilchrist
30. Ricky Ponting
31. Fred Trueman
32. Herbert Sutcliffe
33. Barry Richards
34. Denis Compton
35. Victor Trumper
36. Keith Miller
37. Steve Waugh
38. Wilfred Rhodes
39. Greg Chappell
40. Ray Lindwall
41. Allan Donald
42. Waqar Younis
43. Kumar Sangakkara
44. Javed Miandad
45. Richie Benaud
46. Allan Knott
47. Michael Holding
48. Jim Laker
49. Everton Weekes
50. Rahul Dravid
51. Fred Spofforth
52. Graham Gooch
53. Dale Steyn
54. Clyde Walcott
55. George Lohmann
56. Harold Larwood
57. Alec Bedser
58. KS Ranjitsinghji
59. Geoffrey Boycott
60. Frank Woolley
61. Clive Lloyd
62. Clarrie Grimmett
63. Mike Procter
64. Peter May
65. Shaun Pollock
66. James Anderson
67. Joel Garner
68. Ken Barrington
69. Courtney Walsh
70. Neil Harvey
71. Virat Kohli
72. Anil Kumble
73. Alan Davidson
74. Virender Sehwag
75. Godfrey Evans
76. Lance Gibbs
77. Bishan Singh Bedi
78. Andy Flower
79. Andy Roberts
80. AB De Villiers
81. Hedley Verity
82. Brian Statham
83. Gordon Greenidge
84. Martin Crowe
85. Lord Constantine
86. Kevin Pietersen
87. Les Ames
88. Stan McCabe
89. Rohan Kanhai
90. Derek Underwood
91. David Gower
92. Tom Richardson
93. Arthur Shrewsbury
94. Hanif Mohammad
95. MS Dhoni
96. Steve Smith
97. Bob Simpson
98. Aubrey Faulkner
99. Alfred Percy Freeman
100. Mahela Jayawardene

Thoughts?
 
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peterhrt

U19 Captain
Comparison between the Poll of Polls and CW's own Top 100 from earlier this year. CW ranking shown after cricketer's name. Differences of ten or more places in colour. Blue when CW has "underrated" the player compared with the Polls. Red when CW has "overrated".

83 names are the same. Ten of the 17 differences are current or recently retired players included by CW who would not have been around when some of the polls were conducted. Cricketers left out by CW are marked Omitted in bold. Those included by CW but not the Poll of Polls are at the bottom in red type.

1. Don Bradman 1
2. Garry Sobers 2
3. Shane Warne 11
4. Viv Richards 9
5. Sachin Tendulkar 5
6. Imran Khan 3
7. Jack Hobbs 7
8. WG Grace 4
9. Ian Botham 29
10. Brian Lara 15
11. Richard Hadlee 6
12. Wally Hammond 16
13. Sydney Barnes 20
14. Dennis Lillee 25
15. Wasim Akram 19
16. Sunil Gavaskar 23
17. Len Hutton 17
18. Muttiah Muralitharan 12
19. Kapil Dev 43
20. Malcolm Marshall 8

21. Glenn McGrath 10
22. Curtly Ambrose 21
23. Bill O'Reilly 26
24. George Headley 27
25. Graeme Pollock 38
26. Jacques Kallis 13
27. Allan Border 34
28. Ricky Ponting 32
29. Frank Worrell 50
30. Adam Gilchrist 18
31. Barry Richards 46
32. Fred Trueman 30
33. Herbert Sutcliffe 31
34. Denis Compton 64
35. Wilfred Rhodes 55
36. Victor Trumper 45
37. Steve Waugh 40
38. Keith Miller 14
39. Greg Chappell 28
40. Ray Lindwall 33

41. Allan Donald 36
42. Waqar Younis 47
43. Alan Knott 44
44. Richie Benaud 63
45. Kumar Sangakkara 37
46. Javed Miandad 56
47. Michael Holding 41
48. Jim Laker 71
49. Harold Larwood 75
50. Rahul Dravid 53
51. Everton Weekes 54
52. Fred Spofforth 70
53. Dale Steyn 22
54. Alec Bedser 93
55. Graham Gooch Omitted
56. KS Ranjitsinhji 48
57. Frank Woolley 96
58. Clyde Walcott 61
59. George Lohmann Omitted
60. Clarrie Grimmett 65

61. James Anderson 67
62. Geoffrey Boycott 82
63. Joel Garner 35
64. Godfrey Evans Omitted
65. Ken Barrington 60
66. Clive Lloyd 81
67. Mike Procter 49
68. Courtney Walsh 62
69. Peter May 69
70. Shaun Pollock 39
71. Bishan Bedi Omitted
72. Virat Kohli 51
73. Virender Sehwag 88
74. Anil Kumble 90
75. Neil Harvey 68
76. Lance Gibbs 98
77. Andy Flower 87
78. Stan McCabe 100
79. Arthur Shrewsbury Omitted
80. Andy Roberts 74

81. MS Dhoni 89
82. Alan Davidson 42
83. Brian Statham Omitted
84. AB De Villiers 57
85. Learie Constantine Omitted
86. Gordon Greenidge 72
87. Mahela Jayawardene Omitted
88. Les Ames 76
89. Martin Crowe 80
90. Sanath Jayasuriya Omitted
91. Derek Underwood Omitted
92. Kevin Pietersen Omitted
93. Alfred Mynn Omitted
94. Andrew Flintoff Omitted
95. Alastair Cook Omitted
96. BS Chandrasekhar Omitted
97. Hanif Mohammad Omitted
98. Hedley Verity 77
99. Graeme Smith 94
100. Ted Dexter Omitted

Steve Smith 24
Ashwin 52
Faulkner 58
Root 59
Cummins 66
Williamson 73
Younis Khan 78
Jadeja 79
Kanhai 83
Dudley Nourse 84
Stokes 85
Clem Hill 86
Shakib Al Hasan 91
Bumrah 92
Hayden 95
Rabada 97
Amla 99
 
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capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Cricketer Of The Year
peterhrt said:
Comparison between the Poll of Polls and CW's own Top 100 from earlier this year. CW ranking shown after cricketer's name. Differences of ten or more places in colour. Blue when CW has "underrated" the player compared with the Polls. Red when CW has "overrated".

82 names are the same. Ten of the 18 differences are current or recently retired players included by CW who would not have been around when some of the polls were conducted. Cricketers left out by CW are marked Omitted in bold. Those included by CW but not the Poll of Polls are at the bottom in red type.

1. Don Bradman 1
2. Garry Sobers 2
3. Shane Warne 11
4. Viv Richards 9
5. Sachin Tendulkar 5
6. Imran Khan 3
7. Jack Hobbs 7
8. WG Grace 4
9. Ian Botham 29
10. Brian Lara 15
11. Richard Hadlee 6
12. Wally Hammond 16
13. Sydney Barnes 20
14. Dennis Lillee 25
15. Wasim Akram 19
16. Sunil Gavaskar 23
17. Len Hutton 17
18. Muttiah Muralitharan 12
19. Kapil Dev 43
20. Malcolm Marshall 8

21. Glenn McGrath 10
22. Curtly Ambrose 21
23. Bill O'Reilly 26
24. George Headley 27
25. Graeme Pollock 38
26. Jacques Kallis 13
27. Allan Border 34
28. Ricky Ponting 32
29. Frank Worrell 50
30. Adam Gilchrist 18
31. Barry Richards 46
32. Fred Trueman 30
33. Herbert Sutcliffe 31
34. Denis Compton 64
35. Wilfred Rhodes 55
36. Victor Trumper 45
37. Steve Waugh 40
38. Keith Miller 14
39. Greg Chappell 28
40. Ray Lindwall 33

41. Allan Donald 36
42. Waqar Younis 47
43. Alan Knott 44
44. Richie Benaud 63
45. Kumar Sangakkara 37
46. Javed Miandad 56
47. Michael Holding 41
48. Jim Laker 71
49. Harold Larwood 75
50. Rahul Dravid 53
51. Everton Weekes 54
52. Fred Spofforth 70
53. Dale Steyn 22
54. Alec Bedser 93
55. Graham Gooch Omitted
56. KS Ranjitsinhji 48
57. Frank Woolley 96
58. Clyde Walcott 61
59. George Lohmann Omitted
60. Clarrie Grimmett Omitted

61. James Anderson 67
62. Geoffrey Boycott 82
63. Joel Garner 35
64. Godfrey Evans Omitted
65. Ken Barrington 60
66. Clive Lloyd 81
67. Mike Procter 49
68. Courtney Walsh 62
69. Peter May 69
70. Shaun Pollock 39
71. Bishan Bedi Omitted
72. Virat Kohli 51
73. Virender Sehwag 88
74. Anil Kumble 90
75. Neil Harvey 68
76. Lance Gibbs 98
77. Andy Flower 87
78. Stan McCabe 100
79. Arthur Shrewsbury Omitted
80. Andy Roberts 74

81. MS Dhoni 89
82. Alan Davidson 42
83. Brian Statham Omitted
84. AB De Villiers 57
85. Learie Constantine Omitted
86. Gordon Greenidge 72
87. Mahela Jayawardene Omitted
88. Les Ames 76
89. Martin Crowe 80
90. Sanath Jayasuriya Omitted
91. Derek Underwood Omitted
92. Kevin Pietersen Omitted
93. Alfred Mynn Omitted
94. Andrew Flintoff Omitted
95. Alastair Cook Omitted
96. BS Chandrasekhar Omitted
97. Hanif Mohammad Omitted
98. Hedley Verity 77
99. Graeme Smith 94
100. Ted Dexter Omitted

Steve Smith 24
Ashwin 52
Faulkner 58
Root 59
Grimmett 65
Cummins 66
Williamson 73
Younis Khan 78
Jadeja 79
Kanhai 83
Dudley Nourse 84
Stokes 85
Clem Hill 86
Shakib Al Hasan 91
Bumrah 92
Hayden 95
Rabada 97
Amla 99
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Grimmett not making the Poll of Polls is the biggest shocker from the omitted list, followed by Faulkner, Kanhai, Hill and Nourse
 
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peterhrt

U19 Captain
capt_Luffy said:
Grimmett not making the Poll of Polls is the biggest shocker from the omitted list, followed by Faulkner, Kanhai, Hill and Nourse
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My mistake. Grimmett was in both lists. Now corrected.

Those omitted from both lists include Macartney, CTB Turner, Trumble, Tom Richardson and Tayfield. With Australia having generally produced the best wicket-keepers, Blackham and Oldfield might also have been hard done by, not to mention Tallon.

Both selections include only five Pakistanis which doesn't seem enough. During Pakistan's first Test victories against India and England Fazal took twelve wickets in each match. When Australia were beaten at the first time of asking he took thirteen. Then eight when West Indies were first defeated.

Pre-1914 cricketers are under-represented in both lists.
 
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peterhrt

U19 Captain
There seems to be an impression that cricket became professionalised relatively recently. That was certainly not the case in England.

Throughout most of the eighteenth century men were being paid to play cricket, and during the nineteenth most English cricketers were professionals. By the end of the century the going rate in today's money was £27K for a summer's work plus travel expenses and performance bonuses. A tour in the winter paid £20K. Many made a lot more. All figures in today's money equivalent.

WG Grace was nominally an amateur, entitled only to expenses. Yet he made well over £1 million from the game and once turned down £165K for a single tour to Australia. Walter Read, also an amateur, received £110K for one tour there. Shrewsbury was offered £115K per annum to move to Australia and play cricket. "All you have to do is bat Arthur" they told him. He declined the offer. Bobby Abel was paid £110K for a winter's assignment coaching Parsee cricketers in India. Sussex paid Alfred Shaw £40K per year to coach their colts.

Alec Watson was a Lancashire slow bowler never picked for England. His benefit yielded £130K, George Ulyett's £110K.

In 1888 George Lohmann was said to be receiving the annual salary of an ambassador. That would have been at least £150K, probably more. In America the top baseball players could earn as much as £500K per year.
 
sayon basak

sayon basak

International Captain
T.G. Evans is rated very highly as a Keeper. (only behind Gilchrist, Sangakkara, Knott and Walcott)

And Graham Gooch appears in 8 of the 15 list, which is impressive as some of the lists are top 50 lists; one being top 20. Any particular reason he was rated that high?
 
sayon basak

sayon basak

International Captain
How are these lists?

Top 100 Test Cricketers Of All Time

As we know, cricket is a game that has been around for almost 150 years. So it has a long history, and all generations have had great players. While making this list, we need to factor in the overall…
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100 Greatest Cricketers by Benedict Bermange (Sky Sports)

Here's the list:- 1: W.G. Grace 2: Donald Bradman 3: Garry Sobers 5-4: Shane Warne (5), Sachin Tendulkar (4) 10-6: Imran Khan (10), Viv Richards (9), Sydney Barnes (8), Jack Hobbs (7), Jacques Kallis (6) 20-11: Kumar Sangakkara (20), Dennis Compton (19), Sunil Gavaskar (18), Adam Gilchrist...
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Guess I'm gonna include these ones.
 
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Coronis

International Coach
sayon basak said:
T.G. Evans is rated very highly as a Keeper. (only behind Gilchrist, Sangakkara, Knott and Walcott)

And Graham Gooch appears in 8 of the 15 list, which is impressive as some of the lists are top 50 lists; one being top 20. Any particular reason he was rated that high?
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