Warne's top 100 cricketers published in his new book.

The Top 100
100 Jamie Siddons
99 Andrew Caddick
98 Graham Thorpe
97 Shahid Afridi
96 Sourav Ganguly
95 Moin Khan
94 Devon Malcolm
93 Arjuna Ranatunga
92 Monty Panesar
91 Graeme Hick
90 Inzamam-ul-Haq
89 Jack Russell
88 Mushtaq Ahmed
87 Gary Kirsten
86 Ian Bishop
85 Chris Gayle
84 Simon Jones
83 Paul Reiffel
82 Craig McMillan
81 Greg Matthews
80 Darren Berry
79 Mark Boucher
78 Stuart Clark
77 VVS Laxman
76 Shane Watson
75 Mahela Jayawardene
74 Shane Bond
73 Mike Gatting
72 John Wright
71 Darren Gough
70 Richie Richardson
69 Alec Stewart
68 Jonty Rhodes
67 Harbhajan Singh
66 Hansie Cronje
65 Carl Hooper
64 Shivnarine Chanderpaul
63 Daniel Vettori
62 Mike Atherton
61 Desmond Haynes
60 Mike Hussey
59 Craig McDermott
58 Andrew Symonds
57 Tim May
56 Damien Martyn
55 Mohammad Azharuddin
54 Michael Vaughan
53 Mohammad Yousuf
52 Brian McMillan
51 Chris Cairns
50 Stephen Harmison
49 Dilip Vengsarkar
48 Dean Jones
47 Robin Smith
46 Justin Langer
45 Ravi Shastri
44 Graeme Smith
43 Kapil Dev
42 Stuart MacGill
41 Sanath Jayasuriya
40 Stephen Fleming
39 Michael Slater
38 Michael Clarke
37 Bruce Reid
36 Allan Donald
35 Virender Sehwag
34 Shoaib Akhtar
33 Kevin Pietersen
32 Darren Lehmann
31 Waqar Younis
30 Andrew Flintoff
29 Saeed Anwar
28 Shaun Pollock
27 Jason Gillespie
26 Steve Waugh
25 Andy Flower
24 Brett Lee
23 Kumar Sangakkara
22 Martin Crowe
21 David Boon
20 Rahul Dravid
19 Aravinda de Silva
18 Merv Hughes
17 Jacques Kallis
16 Adam Gilchrist
15 Matthew Hayden
14 Graham Gooch
13 Anil Kumble
12 Mark Taylor
11 Courtney Walsh
10 Ian Healy
9 Mark Waugh
8 Ricky Ponting
7 Muttiah Muralitharan
6 Wasim Akram
5 Glenn McGrath
4 Allan Border
3 Curtly Ambrose
2 Brian Lara
1 Sachin Tendulkar

FFS

"76 Shane Watson"

Yeah, yeah, I know it's old news.

OMG, it's going to be T v L all over again.

I forgot about that pick. SHANE F*CKING WATSON? COME THE F*CK OFF OF IT.

I'm amazed Shane Warne didn't pick Shane Warne.

I think some of these are revised from when he originally released them in his newspaper column last year.

I don't think he has shown enough respect to Steve Waugh yet he rates Michael Clarke higher than I would.

Except 1 and 2 (and you can interchange them if you want, don't care), that is a really shit list. FFS.

skully wrote:FFS

"76 Shane Watson"

Yeah, yeah, I know it's old news.

It's not just his inclusion, but the players he is above and in proximity to.......above:

1 Boucher (yeh i know he's a Saffer and he drops a few and always looks like he's about to burst into tears, but he has performed and improved over a good period of time);

2 Ian Bishop...FFS!!!, like Watson, career plagued by injury, but before he was blighted looked like becoming a great. Phenomenal bowler...great cricket brain as well.

3 Thorpe.......Mr. Reliable much of the time, no bad or easy thing in Test Cricket. Saved England on a number of occassions. A proven Test performer. Who would you be more perturbed by if your saw them on the other team's sheet?

4 Inzamam....don't laugh, during his day (which lasted some time) was a fantastic CLASS batsman.

In proximity to;

1 Jayawardene....FFS! Mahela just 1 above Watson! Shouldn't really need to say any more...but Jaywardene has to be considered true, established, proven class.

2 Gatting...could beat anyone in a cake/hot-dog/anything eating competition on his day....or any other day come to that

3 Richie Richardson....who would you have in your team?

4 Alec Stuart....FFS!!!!! Was recognised as one of the best all-rounders at the time he was playing and a formidable opener before he took up the gloves. Tremendous cricketer even if listening to his "razor-sharp insights" could be painful (basically we are looking to get as many runs as possible and then try and bowl them out as cheaply as possible...........before trying to score as many runs as possible as quickly as possible, before trying to bowl them out before they reach the winning score.........)

5 Chanderpaul.....FFS!!!!!!!!!!!


Not saying Watson isn't without talent, but even if he hadn't had legs like disease-ridden twigs, I am not convinced that as yet he is anything more than potentially very good.

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taipan wrote:OMG, it's going to be T v L all over again.

Nope. Not anymore. Check the list by TGM

So, you're saying that a bloke who picks Shane Watson at number 76(or even in his top 100) has any credence in the L v T debate?

Brass Monkey wrote:So, you're saying that a bloke who picks Shane Watson at number 76(or even in his top 100) has any credence in the L v T debate?

And Brett Lee higher than either Donald or Pollock.

In fact we could actually use this list to prove L>T.

taipan wrote:
And Brett Lee higher than either Donald or Pollock.

In fact we could actually use this list to prove L>T.

True.

A truely f*cking ridiculous one-eyed list from the fat druggie.