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I wonder who is at No. 79 ?
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I will let you know in 3 weeks. 
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why 79?
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Theek hai, what about rank 57 ?
Seriously, I am trying to get into Umair’s mind. I am sure he has no list. I bet he just thinks up a player for a given number everyday and copy-pastes their profile from circinfo here.
Not sure what is achieved except eating up precious space in Gupshup’s DB.
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Yes, inshallah tommorrow, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar will be #97 due to my random selection process. 
Speaking of waste of space, have you been to cafe recently?
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ahhh it'll take too long till reaching #1 rank
i'll just tell u my list of top 100 players .
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thr ... now thats what i call the real deal copy pasting skill...
anyway keep going wid ur list
someone plz PM me when the list reaches top 5 or sth... peace out :)
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100 is too long. About 25 should be the limit.
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Any list without a pre-set criteria is bullshiit to begin with. I ain't following this thread.
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^ Then Get lost. 
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One way to piss an englishman off is to pretend you’ve never heard of England. And one way to piss an indian off is to tell him Tendulkar is 97th on your top 100 list.
Sincerely,
Captain Lota
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97.) Makhaya Ntini
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Makhaya Ntini has had a fair bit to contend with during his young life. A product of the United Cricket Board’s development programme, Ntini was discovered at a cattleherd in the Eastern Cape, given a pair of boots and packed off to Dale College, one of the country’s best regarded cricketing nurseries. With an action consciously modelled on that of Malcolm Marshall, Ntini found himself touring Australia at the end of 1997 when Roger Telemachus failed a fitness test. He made his South African one-day debut at Perth in early 1998, bowling well in helpful conditions and his Test debut came against Sri Lanka in the same year. In 1999, however, Ntini was charged and initially convicted of rape. He steadfastly maintained his innocence and was subsequently acquitted on appeal. It was, though, a harrowing ordeal for the first black African cricketer to play for South Africa and it is to his credit that he has been able to rebuild his career. He was not chosen for South Africa again until the Sharjah tournament in 2000 where he both surprised and impressed observers with greater control than had been evident previously. He carried his Sharjah form over to the three one-dayers against Australia in April this year, again bowling impressively. Quite obviously, Ntini has bounced back from his troubles. Although he is a little short of the genuine pace of a Brett Lee or a Shoaib Akhtar, he is steadily improving and became the first South African to take ten wickets at Lord’s in 2003 before devestating the West Indies in Trinidad in 2005 with 13 for 132, the best-ever match figures by a South African bowler.
Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 59 61 17 455 32* 10.34 833 54.62 0 0 70 6 16 0
ODIs 124 29 15 145 42* 10.35 216 67.12 0 0 11 5 24 0
Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 59 12349 6457 221 7/37 13/132 29.21 3.13 55.87 12 9 2
ODIs 124 6183 4522 195 5/31 5/31 23.18 4.38 31.70 6 2 0
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96.) Shivenarine Chanderpaul
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The possessor of the crabbiest technique in world cricket, Shivnarine Chanderpaul proves there is life beyond the coaching handbook. He never seems to play in the V, or off the front foot, but uses soft hands, canny deflections, and a whiplash pull-shot to maintain a Test average close to 40. In cricket terms, Chanderpaul has had two main problems: first, a low conversion rate of around one hundred to every ten fifties, and secondly, his physical frailty, widely thought to be hypochondria. That myth was exploded when a large piece of floating bone was removed from his foot late in 2000, and, suitably liberated, he set about rectifying his hundreds problem, scoring three in four Tests against India in 2001-02, and two more in the home series against Australia the following year, including 104 as West Indies successfully chased a world-record 418 for victory in the final Test in Antigua. A good run in South Africa in 2003-04 preceded a tough one with England - only his second lean trot in a decade of international cricket. But like in the good ol' days, he rediscovered form on the tour to England, and though his batting did not change the team's fortunes, it lessened the margins of defeat greatly. However, in the Champions Trophy that followed, he contributed to the victory greatly with a consistent performance. The following year he was appointed West Indian captain during an acrimonious contracts dispute, and celebrated with a double-century in front of his home fans in Guyana, although he was too passive in the field to prevent South Africa taking the series. Displaying a rare streak of violence, he once managed to shoot a policeman in the hand in his native Guyana, mistaking him for a mugger.
Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 91 155 21 6156 203* 45.94 14334 42.94 14 35 717 13 38 0
ODIs 178 166 21 5281 150 36.42 7589 69.58 3 35 453 39 54 0
Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 91 1560 769 8 1/2 1/2 96.12 2.95 195.00 0 0 0
ODIs 178 716 617 14 3/18 3/18 44.07 5.17 51.14 0 0 0
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95.) Bob Willis
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case could be made that Bob Willis was the most courageous fast bowler who ever played for England. After operations on both knees in 1975, when he was 26, he seldom bowled without pain, and at one stage had to run five miles a day to build the strength to play at all. Yet through sheer willpower he sustained his career for nine more years, and emerged with 325 wickets from his 90 Tests. Fitting as it was the last game of any consequence he played should have been for England, it was cruel that the 1984 West Indian assault that proved his time had come took place at Headingley, scene of the his greatest triumph, the famous 8 for 43 that beat Australia in the Botham Test three years before. Willis, a bony 6ft 5ins with sharp knees and elbows and a cascade of curly brownish-auburn hair, was a rarity among international sportsmen: no athlete in the accepted sense, his only aptitude was bowling, and that mainly through aggression and determination. But Frank Tyson was England's only postwar bowler who was clearly faster; and none, not even Fred Trueman, was a more intimidating sight than Willis as he charged dead straight down his 30-yard approach.
Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 90 128 55 840 28* 11.50 2564 32.76 0 0 79 1 39 0
ODIs 64 22 14 83 24 10.37 157 52.86 0 0 6 0 22 0
Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 90 17357 8190 325 8/43 9/92 25.19 2.83 53.40 12 16 0
ODIs 64 3595 1968 80 4/11 4/11 24.60 3.28 44.93 4 0 0
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94.) Heath Streak
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A lion-hearted fast bowler with immense stamina and strength, Heath Streak has the ability to bowl outswing at good pace and with excellent control, as he showed at Lord's in 2000 when he was virtually a one-man attack. These qualities made him the first Zimbabwean to reach 100 Test wickets. Streak is also an extremely capable batsman who loves to give the ball a whack over the infield, and a magnificent outfielder with a howitzer-like throw. He was appointed captain in 2000, but found that the responsibilities - and tension with the board over pay and quotas - affected his form and he resigned. He was reappointed to the role in 2002 but again found himself in the spotlight as the Zimbabwe side disintegrated in the wake of the country's internal turmoil. He was criticised for not taking a firmer political stand, and the subsequent protest by Henry Olonga and Andy Flower further weakened his standing. He again burdened the bowling - and the batting - in Zimbabwe's disappointing tour of England in 2003. The disintegration of the side and the political turmoil in Zimbabwe made the captaincy increasingly burdensome, and in April 2004 he quit after the Zimbabwe board refused to give him guarantees over selection. After a bitter standoff with the board, Streak finally returned to the fold in March 2005 and was immediately restored to a struggling side. A phlegmatic character who is hugely popular with team-mates, Streak is a fluent Ndebele speaker and hails from a ranching family near Bulawayo. His father, Denis, played for Zimbabwe in pre-Test days.
Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 65 107 18 1990 127* 22.35 5369 37.06 1 11 212 12 17 0
ODIs 189 159 55 2943 79* 28.29 4008 73.42 0 13 203 48 46 0
Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 65 13559 6079 216 6/73 9/72 28.14 2.69 62.77 16 7 0
ODIs 189 9468 7129 239 5/32 5/32 29.82 4.51 39.61 7 1 0
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93.) Abdul Razzaq
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Abdul Razzaq is rapid enough to open the bowling and composed enough to bat anywhere. His bowling - the reason he was first noticed - is characterised by a galloping approach, accuracy, and reverse-swing. But it is his batting that is more likely to win matches. He boasts a prodigious array of strokes and is particularly strong driving through cover and mid-off off both front and back foot. He has two gears: block or blast. Cut off the big shots and Abdul gets bogged down, although patience is his virtue. Early in his career he promised to be Pakistan’s most complete allrounder since Imran Khan, but lately his bowling has fallen away, though he remains an effective bowling option in one-dayers.
Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 37 61 6 1523 134 27.69 3807 40.00 3 5 183 16 9 0
ODIs 198 171 41 3893 112 29.94 4875 79.85 2 19 297 82 29 0
Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 37 5712 2895 77 5/35 6/142 37.59 3.04 74.18 2 1 0
ODIs 198 8656 6602 222 6/35 6/35 29.73 4.57 38.99 7 3 0
Watch Razzaq explosive innings
http://rapidshare.de/files/4767112/Razzaq.wmv.html
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http://rapidshare.de/files/4767112/Razzaq.wmv.html
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Razzaq’s 3 wickets to tie the match
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92.) Graham Thorpe
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During the winter of 2000-01, Graham Thorpe established himself as the most complete England batsman since the Gooch-Gower era, able to attack like Alec Stewart - against pace or spin - and to defend like Mike Atherton. He had begun as a brilliant counter-attacking left-hander who came off the ropes from the start of his innings to punch a quick 20 and seize the initiative, an invaluable trait. But being the first England player to undergo ten consecutive years of touring, for the A and Test team, troubled his back, dulled his edge and gave him a reputation for grumpiness. In 1999-2000, he opted out of the tour to South Africa, a decision which seemed to be the final step before fulfilment. The winter's rest, and time for reflection with his family, brought him to a mature peak - as a batsman who enjoyed his cricket again, the best allround fielder in the team, a contributor in the dressing-room and occasional captain. But in 2002 his career reached crisis point as his marriage crumbled in full view of the tabloids. With England's busiest-ever winter looming, he announced his retirement from the one-day game, took an indefinite break from all forms of cricket, returned and announced his readiness to tour Australia - and then pulled out again in a move which seemed to signal the end of his Test career. However, in another turnaround at the start of the 2003 English season, Thorpe again insisted he was ready to return to England colours, in both forms of the game, but was surprisingly overlooked for the first Test against South Africa. He did return, though, for the crucial final Test at The Oval, where he delighted everyone with a century that helped set up England's astonishing comeback. Since that innings, Thorpe went on to score 1635 runs at 56.37 in England's successful run, also reaching the milestone of 100 Tests, against Bangladesh at the start of the 2005 season. He was omitted from the squad to face Australia at Lord's on July 21, and one day into the match he announced his retirement, a decision that brought a premature end to the career of one of England's toughest competitors.
Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 100 179 28 6744 200* 44.66 14693 45.89 16 39 778 9 105 0
ODIs 82 77 13 2380 89 37.18 3344 71.17 0 21 172 5 42 0
Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 100 138 37 0 - - - 1.60 - 0 0 0
ODIs 82 120 97 2 2/15 2/15 48.50 4.84 60.00 0 0 0
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91.) Danish Kaneria
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A tall, wiry legspinner, and only the second Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan (the first, his cousin Anil Dalpat, was briefly their wicketkeeper), Danish Kaneria mastered some vital skills at an early age. His stock ball drifts into the batsman and he possesses a well-disguised googly. His whirling approach is reminiscent of Abdul Qadir, and he looks set to pick up the baton from Mushtaq Ahmed as Pakistan's premier legspinner. Kaneria was hyped as a secret weapon when England toured Pakistan in 2000-01, and though his impact in the Test series was minimal, he has since made his mark, mostly against the lesser lights of Bangladesh, but also in a home Test against South Africa, when his five-for won Pakistan the match. Against Bangladesh, though, his figures are awesome: 34 wickets in five Tests at 16, with best figures of 12 for 94 in the opening game of the Asian Test Championship in August 2001. But it was during the India tour of 2005, where Kaneria was Pakistan's best bowler by some way, that Kaneria showed his true class. Against batsmen who routinely demolish legspinner Kaneria picked up 19 wickets from three Tests and helped Pakistan draw the series 1-1.
Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 31 8742 4370 143 7/77 12/94 30.55 2.99 61.13 4 11 2
ODIs 14 710 542 12 3/31 3/31 45.16 4.58 59.16 0 0 0
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shakal kuch dinesh jaisee tu nahin hay. I think Danish can only dream of holding the bat and hitting the ball out of the ground like that guy in the picture:D
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My brother, 100 is too much, just do top 10
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Danesh in top 100 list?
ohh you killed my interest umair!