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Top 10 cricketers this century

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Thala_0710

First Class Debutant
With almost a quarter of the century completed, who are your top 10 test cricketers of this century? (take debut since 1 Jan 2000).
Mine is the following list:
1. Steyn
2. Smith
3. Sangakkara
4. Cummins
5. Ashwin
6. Root
7. Rabada
8. Anderson
9. De Villiers
10. Younis

Honourable mentions: Kohli, Jadeja, Lyon, Philander, Bumrah (only needs some longevity)
 
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Silver Silva

Silver Silva

International Regular
T20's

1.Chris Gayle
2.Virat Kohli
3.Jasprit Bumrah
4.Lasith Malinga
5.Shahid Afridi
6.Dwayne Bravo
7.Umar Gul
8.Brendon McCullum
9.Jos Buttler
10.Suryakumar Yadav
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Cricketer Of The Year
Test only:

  1. Dale Steyn
  2. Steve Smith
  3. Kumar Sangakkara
  4. Ravichandran Ashwin
  5. Pat Cummins
  6. James Anderson
  7. Ravindra Jadeja
  8. Joe Root
  9. Kagiso Rabada
  10. A B de Villiers
  11. Virat Kohli
  12. Younis Khan
  13. Kane Williamson
  14. Jasprit Bumrah
  15. Shakib Al Hasan
  16. Ben Stokes
  17. Vernon Philander
  18. Hashim Amla
  19. Nathan Lyon
  20. BJ Watling
  21. Virendra Sehwag
  22. Alaistar Cook
  23. Rishabh Pant
  24. MS Dhoni
  25. Stuart Broad
  26. Quinton de Kock
  27. Josh Hazlewood
  28. Neil Wagner
  29. Kevin Pietersen
  30. Michael Clarke

Overall:
  1. Steve Smith
  2. Dale Steyn
  3. AB de Villiers
  4. Virat Kohli
  5. Kumar Sangakkara
  6. Jasprit Bumrah
  7. Ravichandran Ashwin
  8. Pat Cummins
  9. Ravindra Jadeja
  10. MS Dhoni
  11. Joe Root
  12. James Anderson
  13. Kagiso Rabada
  14. Kane Williamson
  15. Hashim Amla
 
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T

Thala_0710

First Class Debutant
capt_Luffy said:
Test only:

  1. Dale Steyn
  2. Steve Smith
  3. Kumar Sangakkara
  4. Ravichandran Ashwin
  5. Pat Cummins
  6. James Anderson
  7. Ravindra Jadeja
  8. Joe Root
  9. Kagiso Rabada
  10. A B de Villiers
  11. Virat Kohli
  12. Younis Khan
  13. Kane Williamson
  14. Jasprit Bumrah
  15. Vernon Philander
  16. Hashim Amla
  17. Nathan Lyon
  18. BJ Watling
  19. Virendra Sehwag
  20. Alaistar Cook
  21. Rishabh Pant
  22. MS Dhoni
  23. Stuart Broad
  24. Quinton de Kock
  25. Josh Hazlewood

Overall:
  1. Steve Smith
  2. Dale Steyn
  3. AB de Villiers
  4. Virat Kohli
  5. Kumar Sangakkara
  6. Jasprit Bumrah
  7. Ravichandran Ashwin
  8. Pat Cummins
  9. Ravindra Jadeja
  10. MS Dhoni
  11. Joe Root
  12. James Anderson
  13. Kagiso Rabada
  14. Kane Williamson
  15. Hashim Amla
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Just wouldn't have Jadeja that high in the test list (not above Root at least), otherwise agree with pretty much everything else.
Also, Dhoni above Broad and Hazlewood as a test cricketer?
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Cricketer Of The Year
Thala_0710 said:
Just wouldn't have Jadeja that high in the test list (not above Root at least), otherwise agree with pretty much everything else.
Also, Dhoni above Broad and Hazlewood as a test cricketer?
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Jadeja just have some crazy numbers. Yes, inflated by playing mostly at home, but damn, 24 with ball and 36 with bat is Imran Khan territory just reading of stats. Ofcourse he is not way near there, but I do think he gets underrated sometimes.
Dhoni was a great Test keeper bat imo. Comparing keepers with bowlers is like the hardest comparison to make 101, so not sure.
 
B

Bitmap

State Vice-Captain
capt_Luffy said:
Test only:

  1. Dale Steyn
  2. Steve Smith
  3. Kumar Sangakkara
  4. Ravichandran Ashwin
  5. Pat Cummins
  6. James Anderson
  7. Ravindra Jadeja
  8. Joe Root
  9. Kagiso Rabada
  10. A B de Villiers
  11. Virat Kohli
  12. Younis Khan
  13. Kane Williamson
  14. Jasprit Bumrah
  15. Shakib Al Hasan
  16. Ben Stokes
  17. Vernon Philander
  18. Hashim Amla
  19. Nathan Lyon
  20. BJ Watling
  21. Virendra Sehwag
  22. Alaistar Cook
  23. Rishabh Pant
  24. MS Dhoni
  25. Stuart Broad
  26. Quinton de Kock
  27. Josh Hazlewood
  28. Neil Wagner
  29. Kevin Pietersen
  30. Michael Clarke

Overall:
  1. Steve Smith
  2. Dale Steyn
  3. AB de Villiers
  4. Virat Kohli
  5. Kumar Sangakkara
  6. Jasprit Bumrah
  7. Ravichandran Ashwin
  8. Pat Cummins
  9. Ravindra Jadeja
  10. MS Dhoni
  11. Joe Root
  12. James Anderson
  13. Kagiso Rabada
  14. Kane Williamson
  15. Hashim Amla
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Is Steve Smith that much better than Dale in limited overs cricket?
 
H

HouHsiaoHsien

International Debutant
capt_Luffy said:
I am not even sure whether Steyn is better in Tests...... Can go either way on both, so just did that. Though now thinking about it, Steyn is much better in T20s.
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Yep Steyn and Smith are at the same level, but because I rank Steyn as the 2nd greatest bowler ever, so I’d take him very very marginally
 
H

HouHsiaoHsien

International Debutant
Tests:

Steyn
Smith
Daylight
Sanga
Cummins(he and Bumrah will end up close to the top two)
Rabada/Anderson
Ashwin
Root
ABD
Kohli
 
sayon basak

sayon basak

International Debutant
capt_Luffy said:
Test only:

  1. Dale Steyn
  2. Steve Smith
  3. Kumar Sangakkara
  4. Ravichandran Ashwin
  5. Pat Cummins
  6. James Anderson
  7. Ravindra Jadeja
  8. Joe Root
  9. Kagiso Rabada
  10. A B de Villiers
  11. Virat Kohli
  12. Younis Khan
  13. Kane Williamson
  14. Jasprit Bumrah
  15. Shakib Al Hasan
  16. Ben Stokes
  17. Vernon Philander
  18. Hashim Amla
  19. Nathan Lyon
  20. BJ Watling
  21. Virendra Sehwag
  22. Alaistar Cook
  23. Rishabh Pant
  24. MS Dhoni
  25. Stuart Broad
  26. Quinton de Kock
  27. Josh Hazlewood
  28. Neil Wagner
  29. Kevin Pietersen
  30. Michael Clarke

Overall:
  1. Steve Smith
  2. Dale Steyn
  3. AB de Villiers
  4. Virat Kohli
  5. Kumar Sangakkara
  6. Jasprit Bumrah
  7. Ravichandran Ashwin
  8. Pat Cummins
  9. Ravindra Jadeja
  10. MS Dhoni
  11. Joe Root
  12. James Anderson
  13. Kagiso Rabada
  14. Kane Williamson
  15. Hashim Amla
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How does Shakib drop in the overall list?

Also Jadeja ahead of Dhoni in the overall list?
 
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