The World's 50 Greatest Cricketers

[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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[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Ponting, McGrath, Lara, Murali. I honestly don't know who else he may pick. Laxman hasn't really blossomed overall, but against Australia and particularly Warnie, he's done magnificently so he may pick him. I doubt he'll pick any among Gibbs, Smith or Ntini from South Africa. Vettori possibly? All this assumes he maintains the general trend of picking guys he played against. Mark Taylor? Surely not. If he doesn't pick Bradman for Number 1, I think he'll pick SRT. I remember when he retired he explained why he gave him the edge over Lara, even though the Windian had more flair and was more dangerous on his day. Regardless of where SRT ends up I'm sure he'll mention something about how impressed he is with the way he handles the pressure/burden of 1 billion supporters. It'll be great if he stun everybody and picks cricketers who retired decades ago in the final list with the exception of Lara, SRT, Pigeon and Punter.

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

If he doesn't pick Bradman for Number 1
It is very, very, very obvious that he's only picking players that he played with/against.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Did he play with/against Bruce Reid?

I also meant to also include Akram in my comment, but that should've been obvious.

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

Did he play with/against Bruce Reid?
In Warne's debut Test. I'm not sure if they met at domestic level.

[(Anonymous)]

Warne (I really hope he picks himself)
Lara
McGrath
Tendulkar
Ponting
Healy
Border
Taylor
Ambrose
Dean Jones
(Gillespie at 10 if warne isn't allowed to pick himself)

It's such an idiosyncratic list that it's hard to to tell who might be on it. When Warne retired, his favourite memories were early in his career so he might still think some mid 90s players are the best.

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[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

This is true! It'll be really interesting to see if he does go down that route. Dean Jones... interesting choice! I wondered about Taylor considering he wasn't anywhere else in the 50.