Friday, September 14, 2007
Breaking News
Rahul Dravid has stepped down as Indian captian saying he wants to concentrate on his batting. This could be because he intends to join the ICL.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Shane Warne 50 best cricketers!!
Shane Warne names the 50 best cricketers he has played with or against(he turned out to name53).
50 Jamie Siddons
49 Darren Berry
48 Brian McMillan
47 Chris Cairns
46 Dilip Vengsarkar
45 Waqar Younis
44 Alec Stewart
43 Michael Atherton
42 Ravi Shastri
41 Justin Langer
40 Kapil Dev
39 Stuart MacGill
38 Sanath Jayasuriya
37 Stephen Harmison
36 Andy Flower
35 Michael Vaughan
34 Bruce Reid
33 Allan Donald
32 Robin Smith
31 Tim May
30 Kevin Pietersen
29 Shoaib Akhtar / Craig McDermott
28 Saeed Anwar / Mohammad Yousuf
27 Jacques Kallis / Shaun Pollock
26 Steve Waugh
25 Darren Lehmann
24 Brett Lee
23 Stephen Fleming
22 Martin Crowe
21 David Boon
20 Adam Gilchrist
19 Aravinda de Silva
18 Merv Hughes
17 Matthew Hayden
16 Andrew Flintoff
15 Graham Gooch
14 Rahul Dravid
13 Anil Kumble
12 Mark Waugh
11 Courtney Walsh
10 Ian Healy
9 Mark Taylor
8 Ricky Ponting
7 Muttiah Muralitharan
6 Wasim Akram
5 Glenn McGrath
4 Allan Border
3 Curtly Ambrose
2 Brian Lara
1 Sachin Tendulkar
Shane Warne list of 53 players contain 20 Aussies, 8 Englishmen, 6 Indians, 5 Pakistanis, 4 South Africans, 3 New Zealanders, 3 Sri Lankans, 3 West Indies and a Zimbabwean. It is heavily favoring Aussies as well as slightly favoring Englishmen. Kapil Dev placing at only 40 seems a bit strange but can be explained as Warne has not played with Kapil much. Harmison's placing ahead of Waqar is also very strange. One would expect Waugh to placed higher as well. And who is this Tim May and Mer Hughes. Inzy and Miandad are missing from the list as well as Laxman and Bajhii who Aussies should have a high regard for. Dada is also strangely missing. Alec Stewart is in the list but Sangakkara and Dhoni are not. As I said already, there are 20 Aussies but he does not find a place for Michael Bevan. South African crowd of Ntini, Rhodes and Gibbs did not make it either. Although any list will not be perfect there is no reason some can't be totally wrong. I think Shane Warne's list of 50 greats has been totally farcical.
50 Jamie Siddons
49 Darren Berry
48 Brian McMillan
47 Chris Cairns
46 Dilip Vengsarkar
45 Waqar Younis
44 Alec Stewart
43 Michael Atherton
42 Ravi Shastri
41 Justin Langer
40 Kapil Dev
39 Stuart MacGill
38 Sanath Jayasuriya
37 Stephen Harmison
36 Andy Flower
35 Michael Vaughan
34 Bruce Reid
33 Allan Donald
32 Robin Smith
31 Tim May
30 Kevin Pietersen
29 Shoaib Akhtar / Craig McDermott
28 Saeed Anwar / Mohammad Yousuf
27 Jacques Kallis / Shaun Pollock
26 Steve Waugh
25 Darren Lehmann
24 Brett Lee
23 Stephen Fleming
22 Martin Crowe
21 David Boon
20 Adam Gilchrist
19 Aravinda de Silva
18 Merv Hughes
17 Matthew Hayden
16 Andrew Flintoff
15 Graham Gooch
14 Rahul Dravid
13 Anil Kumble
12 Mark Waugh
11 Courtney Walsh
10 Ian Healy
9 Mark Taylor
8 Ricky Ponting
7 Muttiah Muralitharan
6 Wasim Akram
5 Glenn McGrath
4 Allan Border
3 Curtly Ambrose
2 Brian Lara
1 Sachin Tendulkar
Shane Warne list of 53 players contain 20 Aussies, 8 Englishmen, 6 Indians, 5 Pakistanis, 4 South Africans, 3 New Zealanders, 3 Sri Lankans, 3 West Indies and a Zimbabwean. It is heavily favoring Aussies as well as slightly favoring Englishmen. Kapil Dev placing at only 40 seems a bit strange but can be explained as Warne has not played with Kapil much. Harmison's placing ahead of Waqar is also very strange. One would expect Waugh to placed higher as well. And who is this Tim May and Mer Hughes. Inzy and Miandad are missing from the list as well as Laxman and Bajhii who Aussies should have a high regard for. Dada is also strangely missing. Alec Stewart is in the list but Sangakkara and Dhoni are not. As I said already, there are 20 Aussies but he does not find a place for Michael Bevan. South African crowd of Ntini, Rhodes and Gibbs did not make it either. Although any list will not be perfect there is no reason some can't be totally wrong. I think Shane Warne's list of 50 greats has been totally farcical.
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