John Woodcock's 100 greatest cricketers (07 Jul 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
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