The Short List
Openers:
- Victor Trumper Australia
- Gordon Greenidge West Indies
- Len Hutton England
- Arthur Morris Australia
- Jack Hobbs England
- Sunil Gavaskar India
Number 3:
- Don Bradman Australia
- Walter Hammond England
- George Headley West Indies
Middle order:
- Graeme Pollock South Africa
- Brian Lara West Indies
- Frank Worrell West Indies
- Greg Chappell Australia
- Viv Richards West Indies
- Sachin Tendulkar India
All-rounders:
- Keith Miller Australia
- Garry Sobers West Indies
- Imran Khan Pakistan
- Ian Botham England
- Richard Hadlee New Zealand
- Kapil Dev India
Wicket-keeper:
- Rod Marsh Australia
- Ian Healy Australia
- Adam Gilchrist Australia
Spin bowler:
- Bill O'Reilly Australia
- Abdul Qadir Pakistan
- Shane Warne Australia
Fast bowlers:
- Ray Lindwall Australia
- Fred Trueman England
- Glenn McGrath Australia
- Harold Larwood England
- Dennis Lillee Australia
- Sydney Barnes England
Read more about this topic: Richie Benaud's Greatest XI
Famous quotes containing the words short and/or list:
“It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“Lovers, forget your love,
And list to the love of these,
She a window flower,
And he a winter breeze.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)