January 18, 2009 • 5:07 PM 65
Cricket's Top 10 Test Batsmen and Bowlers of all time
The recent ICC rankings of the "greatest" cricketers of all time was so atrocious that it defies logic. The less said and written about it the better. Better rankings have been provided by Wisden and most recently by even Shane Warne.
There is even an acclaimed book written about the 100 greatest cricketers of all time by Geoff Armstrong. According to the summary in Flipkart, the book
"presents a list of the best players, ranked from one to 100. It is complemented with a broad range of colour and black-and-white photographs, as well as individual statistics for each selected player. "
To know more, check out the book: The 100 Greatest Cricketers Of All Time by Geoff Armstrong
Here is my list of the Top 10 Batsmen and Bowlers of all time. But please note that this is not a "ranking" as different statistical models have different rankings…with the exception of the legendary Sir Don Bradman who is unanimously rated as the best. So this list shows the greatest "10" in any order you like and is not a "rank".
1. Don Bradman
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Barry Richards
4. Viv Richards
5. Garry Sobers
6. Brian Lara
7. Jack Hobbs
8. Sunil Gavasakar
9. Greg Chappell
10. Graeme Pollock
1. Dennis Lillee
2. Wasim Akram
3. Imran Khan
5. Sydney Barnes
6. Fred Trueman
7. Richard Hadlee
8. Waqar Younis
9. Malcolm Marshall
10. Courtney Walsh/Curtly Ambrose
Top All rounders lists would always include any of the following:
1. Keith Miller
2. Ian Botham
4. Kapil Dev
6. Wally Hammond
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Andrew Flintoff
10. Jacques Kallis
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January 30, 2008 • 2:28 PM 2
Andrew Symonds should have been banned
I was very disappointed after going through the Justice Hansen report as Symonds has been proven guilty of STARTING THE WHOLE thing.
Here are the excerpts:
[12] It is apparent that the heated exchange arose because Mr Symonds took exception to the appellant patting the bowler Mr Lee on the backside. I have reviewed the television evidence of what occurred. It is clear that Mr Lee bowled an excellent yorker to Mr Singh who was fortunate to play the ball to fine leg. As he passed Mr Lee while completing a single Mr Singh patted Mr Lee on the backside. Anyone observing this incident would take it to be a clear acknowledgement of "well bowled".
[13] However Mr Symonds took objection to this and at the end of the 116th over he approached Mr Singh telling him he had no friends among the Australians in foul and abusive language. Mr Singh became angry and responded in kind. It was accepted by Mr Symonds that some of Mr Singh's response was in his native language
"MR MANOHAR: I put it to you that apart from the other Indian abuses he said to you the words "teri maki"?
MY SYMONDS: Possibly, I don't recall, I don't speak that language.
MR MANOHAR: Thank you.
HIS HONOUR: But you accept that as a possibility, My Symonds?
MR SYMONDS: As a possibility I accept that, yes."
Mr Symonds also gave evidence that in the course of this angry exchange that he initiated and provoked Mr Singh called him "you big monkey".
[14] Mr Symonds appears to be saying that he finds it unacceptable that an opponent makes a gesture that recognises the skill of one of his own team mates. In the transcript he stated:
"MR MANOHAR: You had any objection to that patting on the back?
MR SYMONDS: Did I have an objection to it? my objection was that a test match is no place to be friendly with an opposition player, is my objection."
If that is his view I hope it is not one shared by all international cricketers. It would be a sad day for cricket if it is.
Read the entire Justice Hansen judgment here: The Judgment of Justice Hansen.
I strongly feel that for self-admittedly INITIATING the on field argument and THEN playing the victim card PLUS, refusing to acknowledge sportive spirit (gestures like Harbhajan was patting Lee for bowling a superb delivery are rare in modern sport, when competitors rarely acknowledge their opponent's skill), Andrew Symonds should have been banned for "deliberately bringing the game into disrepute". At minium 10 tests as he manufactured a serious racism charge against poor Harbhajan.
Shame on you, Andrew Symonds. Hope you NEVER get a lucrative IPL contract, unless you publicly apologize to Harbhajan.
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January 21, 2008 • 9:02 AM 2
My linup for the Adelaide Test
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Saurav Ganguly (Yes..Ganguly must open, and Jaffer sent back to refine technique)
3. Rahul Dravid
5. VVS Laxman
6. Irfan Pathan (Pathan in better form, must bat ahead of Dhoni).
7. MS Dhoni
8. Anil Kumble
9. Harbajjan Singh
10. RP Singh
11. Ishant Sharma
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