Ten players you are glad you saw in their prime

[ma1978]

Tendulkar
De Silva
Donald
Klusener
Akram
Warne
Steyn
Ponting
Pietersen
Kohli

Edit: and Bumrah

 

[Aidan11]

Botham
Viv
Gooch
Warne
Tendulkar
Cook
Flintoff
KP
Harmison
Collingwood
Lara.

 

[fredfertang]

Garry Sobers
Barry Richards
Garry Sobers
Farokh Engineer
Garry Sobers
Frank Hayes
Garry Sobers
Mike Procter
Garry Sobers
John Snow

........ and Garry Sobers, obviously

 

[honestbharani]

Lara
Sachin
Virat
Murali
Warne
Steyn
Ambrose
Wasim
Jonty (for his fielding obviously)
Ashwin/Bumrah (its a tie)

 

[Socerer 01]

Sachin
Lara
Ponting
Warne
Murali
Cummins
Bumrah
Dhoni
Gayle
de Villiers

bonus mention - Steve Smith because watching him bat is a fascinating exercise in itself

 

[kyear2]

When I started Viv, Greenidge and Maco were a bit last their absolute best, so...

Lara
Warne
McGrath
Sachin
Steyn
Murali
Ambrose

 

[srbhkshk]

Sehwag (#1 by some distance)

Ponting
Dhoni (although tbh hated his late career version almost as much as I loved the early career one)
Kohli
Pietersen
Yuvraj
Johnson
Steyn
Dravid
Malinga

 

[Coronis]

Garry Sobers
Barry Richards
Garry Sobers
Farokh Engineer
Garry Sobers
Frank Hayes
Garry Sobers
Mike Procter
Garry Sobers
John Snow

........ and Garry Sobers, obviously

Surprised to see a name I hadn’t previously heard of. Was it his 34 off a Malcolm Nash over?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Gooch
Garnham
Such
Ilott
Foster, N
Prichard
Foster, J
Jesse!
Cameron Merchant
Dooowayne Bowden

 

[Pothas]

@Pothas and I were at Lords to see McGrath on the first day of the Ashes in 2005. One of the very best at close to his absolute best. It was quite something.

Such a great day.

That along with being at the day England bowled out West Indies for 54 in 2000 will probably always be my most memorable days at cricket.

 

[CricAddict]

Missed stating Babar Azam. He is so good to watch when playing at his best.

 

[Burgey]

I mean, most of the cricket I consider to have understood and remember, not just watch, is post 2015 Champions Trophy. Before that, I hardly understood cricket much, especially Test.

Ahh fair enough.

 

[CricAddict]

I mean, most of the cricket I consider to have understood and remember, not just watch, is post 2015 Champions Trophy. Before that, I hardly understood cricket much, especially Test.

It's almost like grandpa-grandson talk

 

[flibbertyjibber]

It's almost like grandpa-grandson talk

Border was the best, you won't see better than him.

OK grandad, Time to take you back to the home for your pills...

 

[Qlder]

1. Viv Richards
2. Greg Chappell
3. Dennis Lillee
4. Ian Botham
5. Richard Hadlee
6. Ricky Ponting
7. Shane Warne
8. Adam Gilchrist
9. Curtly Ambrose
10. Allan Border

 

[Zinzan]

Allan Border
Viv Richards
Greg Chappell
Dennis Lillee
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Shane Warne
Andrew Flintoff
Steve Smith
Dale Steyn

You would have seen Hadlee in his pomp Burgs, but patently weren't glad to.

 

[GirthQuake]

Sachin
Bumrah
Dhoni
Sehwag
Jadeja
Lara
Ambrose
Donald
McGrath
Murali/Warne

 

[Burgey]

You would have seen Hadlee in his pomp Burgs, but patently weren't glad to.

Yeah, great player. Only had ten I could list though. DK was a must for me (and most people who saw him), so I didn’t want to also include Aldi DK.

 

[Burgey]

Border was the best, you won't see better than him.

OK grandad, Time to take you back to the home for your pills...

This from a **** who rates Joe Root ffs

 

[silentstriker]

Retired players:

Sachin Tendulkar
Inzamam Ul Haq
Glenn Mcgrath
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Muralitharan
Rahul Dravid
Curtly Ambrose
Brian Lara
Adam Gilchrist

Of the players still playing:
Jadeja
Ashwin
Kohli
Steve Smith
Pat cummins
Bumrah
Anderson
Pujara (I know he’s not in the picture anymore but still playing FC so counting him as active player)
Rabada
Root