Top cricketers

Sky sports have been doing an article and listing the 100 greatest cricketers of all time:

TOP 10:

1- W G GRACE
2 - DONALD BRADMAN
3 - SIR GARY SOBERS
4 - SACHIN TENDULKAR
5 - SHANE WARNE
6 - Jacques Kallis
7 - Jack Hobbs
8 - Sydney Barnes
9 - Sir Viv Richards
10 - Imran Khan

20 - 11

20 - Kumar Sangakkara
19 - Denis Compton
18 - Sunil Gavaskar
17 - Adam Gilchrist
16 - Wally Hammond
15 - Keith Miller
14 - Ian Botham
13 - Wasim Akram
12 - Brian Lara
11 - Muttiah Muralitharan

Interesting reading though. Obliviously some players were before my time but I would have thought the likes of Lara, Murali and Akram would have been pushing for a top 10 spot.

Previous spots:

30-21: Geoff Boycott (30), KS Ranjitsinhji (29), Frank Worrell (28), Herbert Sutcliffe (27), Kapil Dev (26), George Headley (25), Wilfred Rhodes (24), Len Hutton (23), Glenn McGrath (22), Richard Hadlee (21).

40-31: Frank Woolley (40), Javed Miandad (39), Alec Bedser (38), Fred Trueman (37), Victor Trumper (36), Dennis Lillee (35), Malcolm Marshall (34), Ricky Ponting (33), Waqar Younis (32), Allan Border (31).

50-41: Everton Weekes (50), George Lohmann (49), Dale Steyn (48), Graham Gooch (47), Fred Spofforth (46), Peter May (45), Virender Sehwag (44), Clarrie Grimmett (43), Hedley Verity (42), Graeme Pollock (41).

60-51: Alfred Mynn (60), Greg Chappell (59), Clyde Walcott (58), Brian Statham (57), 'Tich' Freeman (56), CB Fry (55), Alfred Shaw (54), Zaheer Abbas (53), Richie Benaud (52), George Hirst (51).

70-61: Steve Waugh (70), Ken Barrington (69), Gilbert Jessop (68), Neil Harvey (67), Barry Richards (66), Clive Lloyd (65), Colin Blythe (64), Mike Procter (63), Aubrey Faulkner (62), Les Ames (61).

80-71: Curtly Ambrose (80), Alan Davidson (79), Michael Holding (78), Bill O'Reilly (77), Shaun Pollock (76), Johnny Briggs (75), Vinoo Mankad (74), Jim Laker (73), Ray Lindwall (72), Tom Richardson (71).

90-81: Chris Gayle (90), Bill Ponsford (89), Alan Knott (88), Rahul Dravid (87), Derek Underwood (86), Monty Noble (85), Hanif Mohammad (84), Learie Constantine (83), Allan Donald (82), Anil Kumble (81).

100-91: Tom Goddard (100), Jack Hearne (99), Phil Mead (98), AB de Villiers (97), Charlie Parker (96), Vijay Merchant (95), Patsy Hendren (94), Charlie "The Terror" Turner (93), Maurice Tate (92), Warwick Armstrong (91).

Some notable players who did miss the top 100:

Bishan Bedi, Shiv Chanderpaul, Alastair Cook, Joel Garner,
, David Gower, Gordon Greenidge, Matthew Hayden, Graeme Hick, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kevin Pietersen, Saeed Anwar, Graeme Smith, Courtney Walsh