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[mcgillianaire]

You have less than 24hrs to post a comment with who you think Shane Warne will pick in his Top 10. Here's 20-11.

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[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

1. Tendulkar
2. Lara
3. Murali (though I will laugh a lot if he excludes him... I know he probably doesn't throw it more than many other bowlers, but I still get a thrill out of big names criticising him.)
4. Wasim Akram
5. Laxman
6. Ambrose
7. McGrath
8. Ponting
9. Border (Warne will be a huge hypocrite if he does pick Border, but I'm expecting he'll be a hypocrite.)
10. Healy (It's ridiculous to have him higher than Gilchrist, but I think Warne hinted at this selection when he said that Gilchrist was "still a batsman-keeper rather than the other way round". And Warne will be biased towards his favourite pure wicket-keeper.)

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Ambrose! Good call. You also think he will pick Laxman... interesting. Forgot about Border and Healy. Curious why he'd be a hypocrite to pick Border?

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

He put Waugh down at 26 because he was a "match-saver rather than a match-winner". Border saved us time and time and time again during the 1980's. You don't remember Border for his match-winning innings.

Of course, I think Border was better than Waugh anyway, but of players who played with or against Warne, it'd be ridiculous to have Border in the top ten and Waugh at 26.

I also think he'll pick Border because Border was the selector who didn't want to drop him in the West Indies in 1999.