John Woodcock's 100 greatest cricketers (07 Jul 1997)

Woodcock's 100

June 1997

John Woodcock, former editor of Wisden and senior cricket correspondent of the Times recently contributed a series of articles to the Times magazine giving hos personal choice of 100 great cricketers. Woodcock says in his introduction "The order in which they are placed, as if on some scholarship roll, is inevitably invidious, and essentially provocative. " He gores on to say "Perhaps what I have tried to set down are the 100 very finest cricketers as distinct from the greatest".

100 JR Reid 99 PA De Silva 98 SJ McCabe 97 AA Donald 96 HW Taylor 95 SR Waugh 94 JM Gregory 93 H Larwood 92 MH Mankad 91 WW Hall 90 L Gibbs 89 ST Rahmadin 88 DL Underwood 87 WW Armstrong 86 RGD Willis 85 FS Jackson 84 Hanif Mohammed 83 WH Ponsford 82 Fazal Mahmood 81 CEL Ambrose 80 RB Simpson 79 CG Macartney 78 VAP Van der Bijl 77 JB Statham 76 A Shaw 75 GL Jessop 74 AC Maclaren 73 CTB Turner 72 D Gower 71 Waqar Younis 70 JC Laker 69 MD Marshall 68 CV Grimmett 67 CH Lloyd 66 L Constantine 65 MA Holding 64 TG Evans 63 AG Steel 62 G Boycott 61 J Small 60 Wasim Akram 59 I Chappell 58 Javed Miandad 57 KF Barrington 56 AK Davidson 55 APE Knott 54 CB Fry 53 GA Gooch 52 RB Kanhai 51 RH Harvey 50 BS Bedi 49 Kapil Dev 48 MC Cowdrey 47 T Richardson 46 HJ Tayfield 45 FS Trueman 44 GS Chappell 43 MJ Procter 42 H Sutcliffe 41 GH Hirst 40 G Lohmann 39 W Beldham 38 CL Walcott 37 AR Border 36 FW Worrell 35 KS Ranjitsinhji 34 W Rhodes 33 PBH May 32 FR Spofforth 31 A Shrewsbury 30 RG Pollock 29 RJ Hadlee 28 BC Lara 27 E de C Weekes 26 WJ O'Reilly 25 SR Tendulkar 24 ER Dexter 23 SM Gavaskar 22 RR Lindwall 21 GA Headley 20 A Bedser 19 DK Lillee 18 R Benaud 17 K Miller 16 Imran Khan 15 BA Richards 14 V Trumper 13 S Warne 12 F Woolley 11 LHutton 10 D Compton 9 IT Botham 8 IVA Richards 7 W Hammond 6 SF Barnes 5 JB Hobbs 4 A Mynn 3 G Sobers 2 DG Bradman 1 WG Grace