All Time XI of different cricketers

[sifter132]

I also found the polling for the Wisden player of the century they named in 2000. There were 100 voters and each one voted for 5 players he thought deserved to be in the running for player of the century.
Wisden - Five cricketers of the century

1. Sir Donald Bradman 100
2. Sir Garfield Sobers 90
3. Sir Jack Hobbs 30
4. S. K. Warne 27
5. Sir Vivian Richards 25
6. D. K. Lillee 19
Sir Frank Worrell 19
8. W. R. Hammond 18
9. D. C. S. Compton 14
10. Sir Richard Hadlee 13
Imran Khan 13
12. S. M. Gavaskar 12
13. S. F. Barnes 11
Sir Leonard Hutton 11
15. W. J. O'Reilly 10
16. I. T. Botham 9
17. H. Larwood 6
R. R. Lindwall 6
S. R. Tendulkar 6
20. R. Benaud 5
G. A. Headley 5
Kapil Dev 5
23. R. G. Pollock 4
W. Rhodes 4
V. T. Trumper 4
26. T. G. Evans 3
M. D. Marshall 3
Wasim Akram 3
29. Sir Alec Bedser 2
C. V. Grimmett 2
F. S. Trueman 2
F. E. Woolley 2
33. C. E. L. Ambrose 1
K. C. Bland 1
A. R. Border 1
B. J. T. Bosanquet 1
B. S. Chandrasekhar 1
I. M. Chappell 1
Lord Constantine 1
A. A. Donald 1
A. P. Freeman 1
L. R. Gibbs 1
M. A. Holding 1
C. H. Lloyd 1
S. J. McCabe 1
B. Mitchell 1
K. S. Ranjitsinhji 1
M. W. Tate 1
Sir Pelham Warner 1


So I guess your playing XI from this might go:
1. Sir Jack Hobbs
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Sir Donald Bradman
4. Sir Vivian Richards
5. Sir Frank Worrell
6. Sir Garfield Sobers
7. Imran Khan
8. Sir Richard Hadlee
9. Godfrey Evans (wk) - Gilchrist had barely played last century remember.
10. Shane Warne
11. Dennis Lillee
12th. Wally Hammond

 

[Dare]

Its always a fact that Bradman and Sobers will be 1 & 2.

 

[CG123]

I'm not sure how anyone can say Barry Richards is one of the greatest cricketers.
Almost everytime I say Shane Bond is one of the best fast bowlers of the modern era, some people will say he hasn't played enough test cricket, even though he's played five times as much as Richards.

 

[Dare]

So I guess your playing XI from this might go:
1. Sir Jack Hobbs
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Sir Donald Bradman
4. Sir Vivian Richards
5. Sir Frank Worrell
6. Sir Garfield Sobers
7. Imran Khan
8. Sir Richard Hadlee
9. Godfrey Evans (wk) - Gilchrist had barely played last century remember.
10. Shane Warne
11. Dennis Lillee
12th. Wally Hammond

Maybe its just me but I would rather have Marshall over Lillee.

I'm not sure how anyone can say Barry Richards is one of the greatest cricketers.
Almost everytime I say Shane Bond is one of the best fast bowlers of the modern era, some people will say he hasn't played enough test cricket, even though he's played five times as much as Richards.

Thats just King Pietersen that's all up on Richards.

 

[rocky_g]

I'm not sure how anyone can say Barry Richards is one of the greatest cricketers.
Almost everytime I say Shane Bond is one of the best fast bowlers of the modern era, some people will say he hasn't played enough test cricket, even though he's played five times as much as Richards.

Really good point. I like Bond. No controversies, clean action and gives his best always. And he has got some very good bowling spells to his name.

 

[Howsie]

Christopher Martin-Jenkins list is the one I don't agree with the most. Adam Gilchrist at ten, please. Lara and Hadlee at 24 and 25, those two carried their teams for so long it wasn't funny. Kallis at 52, one of if not the best all-rounders ever. Kevin Pietersen at 60, how is he in front of Steve Waugh? Shuan Pollock at 98, pfft.

He has way too many players rated far too highly IMO, and then others rated far too lowly.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Link: Tendulkar second-best ever: Wisden

Found another list where cricket 'bible' WISDEN rates the top 10 batsmen and bowlers of all time. Here it is -


Test Batsmen:

1. Don Bradman
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Viv Richards
4. Garry Sobers
5. Allan Border
6. Jack Hobbs
7. K Barrington
8. Sunil Gavaskar
9. Greg Chappel
10. Brian Lara


Test Bowlers:

1. Mutthiah Muralitharan
2. Richard Hadlee
3. S Barnes
4. Shane Warne
5. C Grimmett
6. Glenn McGrath
7. Dennis Lillee
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Imran Khan
10. Courtney Walsh


One-day Batsmen:

1. Viv Richards
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Brian Lara
4. Dean Jones
5. Michael Bevan
6. Sourav Ganguly
7. Mark Waugh
8. Zaheer Abbas
9. Jaques Kallis
10. Saeed Anwar


One-day Bowlers:

1. Wasim Akram
2. Allan Donald
3. Waqar Younis
4. Glenn McGrath
5. Joel Garner
6. Saqlain Mushtaq
7. Mutthiah Muralitharan
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Shane Warne
10. Dennis Lillee

 

[Dare]

If Lara and Tendulkar are in a list then Ponting deserves to be in it.

 

[CG123]

If Lara and Tendulkar are in a list then Ponting deserves to be in it.

Agree with you there.
If Tendulkar is at two on both, Ponting deserves to be there or there about's, as their records are extremely similar.

 

[stereotype]

I'm not sure how anyone can say Barry Richards is one of the greatest cricketers.
Almost everytime I say Shane Bond is one of the best fast bowlers of the modern era, some people will say he hasn't played enough test cricket, even though he's played five times as much as Richards.

It is because his FC career matches his rather short test career, he hasn't played enough test cricket to be in the top few but there are some very good judges that have him as one of the great opening batsmen. He has a FC average of mid 50s with 80 hundreds (this is on uncovered pitches and has a FC 7 wicket haul, and his strike rate for his time is 60 which is high.

 

[CG123]

It is because his FC career matches his rather short test career, he hasn't played enough test cricket to be in the top few but there are some very good judges that have him as one of the great opening batsmen. He has a FC average of mid 50s with 80 hundreds (this is on uncovered pitches and has a FC 7 wicket haul, and his strike rate for his time is 60 which is high.

Yes, I understand that.
My point is that when I say Bond is one of the greatest fast bowlers of the last decade, people here on PC say he can't be great as he hasn't played enough test cricket.
But the fact is that he has one of the best S/R's in the history of the game.
I'm just comparing this to Richards, and saying how can he be great as he has hardly played any test cricket, which is what you guys say to me about Bond...

 

[Howsie]

Shane Bond just didn't play enough test cricket against the better teams for him to be ranked that highly. ODI's are a different matter all together for me though, IMO he's played more then enough.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

If Lara and Tendulkar are in a list then Ponting deserves to be in it.

WISDEN made that list in 2002/03.

 

[stereotype]

Yes, I understand that.
My point is that when I say Bond is one of the greatest fast bowlers of the last decade, people here on PC say he can't be great as he hasn't played enough test cricket.
But the fact is that he has one of the best S/R's in the history of the game.
I'm just comparing this to Richards, and saying how can he be great as he has hardly played any test cricket, which is what you guys say to me about Bond...

It is the same reason why a lot of people do hesitate to pick Richards. In the end it is a judgement call, if somebody wants to pick Bond in their best ever XI they can. If they want to pick Richards they can.

 

[Fatal Shot]

If Sachin, Lara and Pointing are all in a best XI team, then Kallis deserves to be there. His record is only second to Sobers.