The Top Five

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Here is my list of the top five within different fields of cricket:

TOP TEST TEAMS

  1. Australia
  2. South Africa
  3. Pakistan
  4. West Indies
  5. India

TOP ONE DAY TEAMS

  1. Australia
  2. Pakistan
  3. South Africa
  4. New Zealand
  5. England

TOP BATSMEN

  1. Sachin
  2. Steve Waugh
  3. Lara
  4. Saeed Anwar
  5. Ganguly

TOP BOWLERS

  1. McGrath
  2. Akram
  3. Donald
  4. Walsh
  5. Saqlain

TOP ALL ROUNDERS

  1. Lance Klusener
  2. Jacque Kallis
  3. Shaun Pollock
  4. Azhar Mahmood
  5. Chris Cairns

What do you think. Any views?

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Good topic, ehsan. Evaluations of top players. Seeing from a few of your posts, you seem to have good taste in cricket,

I would agree on the same TOP TEST & ONE-DAY TEAMS. But I think batsmen/bowlers play and act under pressures of both variations of the game very diffeently, so

TOP ONE-DAY BATSMEN

  1. Sachin
  2. Saeed Anwar
  3. Michael Bevan
  4. Steve Waugh
  5. Ganguly/Dravid

TOP TEST BATSMEN

  1. -none- (M.Taylor if he wasn't reired)
  2. Lara/ M.Atherton
  3. Sachin/ M.Waugh
  4. J.Langer/ Inzamam
  5. M.Wasim/ Dravid

TOP ONE-DAY BOWLERS

  1. Saqlain
  2. Akram
  3. Klusener
  4. McGrath
  5. Walsh

TOP TEST BOWLERS

1.McGrath
2.Walsh
3.Akram
4.Shaun Pollock
5.Mushie

TOP ALL ROUNDERS

  1. Lance Klusener
  2. Jacques Kallis
  3. Shaun Pollock
  4. Azhar Mahmood
  5. Chris Cairns /Gavin Hamilton

[This message has been edited by Elmo with headphones (edited November 28, 1999).]

[This message has been edited by Elmo with headphones (edited November 28, 1999).]

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ODI bowlers:
1 saqlain
2 Murli
3 Akram
4 McGrath
5 Donald

Test:

1: Mcgrath
2: Akram
3: Warnie
4: Donald
5: Pollock

ODI:

1: Tendulkar
2: Anwar
3: Klusener
4: Ganguly
5: Inzamam

Test:

1: Tendulkar
2: Saeed
3: Langer (current form)
4: Inzamam
5: Lara

I dont rate BEVAN at all
he is a greedy man and always look for singles even in last over of an innings
HE SUCKSSSSSSSSS TO THE BEST

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Ramesha,

I did not rate bevan a polite or non-greedy gentleman. But I think his temperament (cricket-wise) is very well suited for the latter part of a ODI innings.

esp. for rapid accumulation of runs, chasing targets, guiding the tail, and shots thru the gaps, particularly off-side.

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You need to specify whether you are rating them based on stats or on talent.
In either case, I wonder why Shane Warne is missing from a couple of bowling lists. Also to be considered, Ijaz Ahmed, regardless of his stats, hes one of the most talented hitters i have ever seen. And what about Shoiab Akhtar? He is after all, the fastest bowler around.

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Here is my list of the top/worst five within different fields of cricket:

TOP TEST TEAMS

  1. Australia/South Africa
  2. Australia/South Africa
  3. Australia/South Africa
  4. Australia/South Africa
  5. India

TOP ONE DAY TEAMS

  1. South Africa
  2. Australia
  3. Australia
  4. Pakistan
  5. India

TOP BATSMEN

  1. Sachin
  2. Sachin
  3. Mark Waugh
  4. Saeed Anwar
  5. Ganguly

TOP BOWLERS

  1. McGrath
  2. Akram
  3. Donald
  4. Pollock
  5. Saqlain

TOP ALL ROUNDERS

  1. Jacque Kallis
  2. Lance Klusener
  3. Shaun Pollock
  4. Chris Cairns
  5. Chris Harris

WORST ONE DAY TEAMS

1.England
2.Zimbabwe
3.West Indies
4.New ZeaLand
5.Sri Lanka

WORST FIELDING SIDES
1.Pakistan
2.Pakistan
3.India
4.India
5.West Indies

WORST BOWLING ATTACK
1.Zimbabwe
2.New Zealand
3.England
4.Sri Lanka/India
5.Sri Lanka/India

[This message has been edited by Some1 (edited December 01, 1999).]

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hmmm quiet a waste of time when all of this analysis dont effect on the rest of the world...hmmmmm my quick comment so i dont go empty handed...waseem akram best bowler and saeed anwar best batsman...bring you man...you cant beat em....

Jaawan

Till next time*K_I_S_S*

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Jawaan Agreed with you, but when the two strike.

Otherwise....they both are the ROOT CAUSE of what has happend in Australia.

Nadeem