Re: Shane Warne, My top 50 greatest cricketers
My list is what should have been Warne’s top ten IMO. Warne’s name would surely be in the top ten list of greatest players of his era (infact any era). I would drop Walsh in favour of Waqar then.
Waqar has a better record than Walsh who started off as an average bowler in the mid-80s but improved his bowling by a mile in the mid-late 90s. Walsh never was as destructive a bowler (at any stage of his career) as Waqar was in his prime and the former owed his success partly to the pressure applied by Ambrose from the other end (cf. McGrath)
Waqar has a better record in terms of bowling average and SR than Walsh in both forms of the game. A SR of just 43.49 and 30.52 in tests and ODIs respectively is exceptional
Waqar
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43543.html](http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43543.html)
Walsh
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53216.html](http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53216.html)