1. Donald Bradman
Sir Donald George Bradman, often referred to as “The Don”, was born on 27 August 1908. He was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time
During a 20-year playing career, Bradman consistently scored at a level that made him, world’s famous cricketer. . Bradman’s career Test batting average of 99.94 has been claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport.
On 19 November 2009, Sir Donald Bradman was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Personal information:
Full name Donald George Bradman
Born 27 August 1908 New South Wales, Australia
Role Batsman
Career statistics
National side Australia
Competition Tests
Matches 52
Runs scored 6,996
100s/50s 29/13
Top score 334
Wickets 2
2. Garfield Sobers
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers was born on 28 July 1936 in Bridgetown, Barbados. He was a former cricketer who captained West Indies and widely regarded as one of the greatest ever all-rounders, of cricket having excelled at all the essential skills of batting, bowling and fielding. He became a dual Barbadian-Australian citizen through marriage in 1980.
Personal information:
Full name Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
Born 28 July 1936 (age 75) Bridgetown, Barbados
Role all-rounder
Career statistics:
National side West Indies
Competition Test ODI
Matches 93 1
Runs scored 8032 0
100s/50s 26/30 0/0
Top score 365* 0
Wickets 235 1
3. Viv Richards
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards was born 7 March 1952 is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv.
Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Shane Warne.
In December 2002, he was chosen by Wis-den as the greatest ODI batsman of all time, as well as the third greatest Test batsman of all time, after Sir Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar.
Personal information:
Full name Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards
Born 7 March 1952 (age 59) St. John’s, Antigua
Role Batsman
Career statistics:
National side West Indies
Competition Test ODI
Matches 121 187
Runs scored 8,540 6,721
100s/50s 24/45 11/45
Top score 291 189*
Wickets 32 118
Best bowling 2/17 6/41
4. Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne was born on 13 September 1969 is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game.
Warne played his first Test match in 1992, and his 708 wickets was the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket, until it was broken by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan He took over 1000 wickets in Tests and One-Day Internationals.
He retired from international cricket in January 2007, at the end of Australia’s 5–0 Ashes series victory over England. Following his retirement from international cricket, Warne played a full season at Hampshire in 2007.
Personal information:
Full name Shane Keith Warne
Born 13 September 1969 (age 41) Victoria, Australia
Role Leg spin bowler, Lower order batsman
Career statistics:
National side Australia
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 145 194
Runs scored 3,154 1,018
100s/50s 0/12 0/1
Top score 99 55
Wickets 708 293
Best bowling 8/71 5/33
5. Jack Hobbs
Sir John Berry “Jack” Hobbs was born 16 December 1882 in Cambridgewas an English professional cricketer who played for England in 61 Test matches from 1908 to 1930.
Universally known as “Jack” and nicknamed “The Master”, Hobbs is widely regarded as cricket’s greatest-ever opening batsman and holds world record of most runs scoring in first-class cricket.
Hobbs was a right-handed batsman (RHB) and a useful right-arm medium pace bowler (RM) who took 108 career wickets with a best analysis of 7/56. Hobbs was also considered a “brilliant” cover point feilder. He died on 21 December 1963 in Hove.
Personal information:
Full name John Berry Hobbs
Born 16 December 1882 (Cambridge, England)
Role Opening Batsman
Career statistics:
National side England
Competition Test First-class
Matches 61 834
Runs scored 5,410 61,760
100s/50s 15/28 199/273
Top score 211 316*
Wickets 1 108
Best bowling 1/19 7/56
6. Dennis Lillee
Dennis Keith Lillee was born on 18 July 1949 in Subiaco, Western Australia is a former Australian cricketer rated as the “outstanding fast bowler of his generation.
By the time of his retirement from international cricket in 1984 he had become the then world record holder for most Test wickets (355),and had firmly established himself as one of the most recognisable and renowned Australian sportsmen of all time.
On 17 December 2009, Lillee was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Personal information:
Full name Dennis Keith Lillee
Born 18 July 1949 (age 62) Perth, Australia
Role Bowler
Career statistics:
National side Australia
Competition Test ODIs
Matches 70 63
Runs scored 905 240
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 73* 42*
Best bowling 7/83 5/34
7. Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of world cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket
Tendulkar is the first and the only player in Test Cricket history to score fifty centuries, and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined; he now has 99 centuries in international cricketHe was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals.
He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.
Personal information:
Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born 24 April 1973 (age 38) Mumbai, India
Role Batsman
Career statistics:
National side India
Competition Test ODI
Matches 181 453
Runs scored 14,965 18,111
100s/50s 51/61 48/95
Top score 248* 200*
Wickets 45 154
Best bowling 3/10 5/32
8. Imran Khan
Imran Khan Niazi was born 25 November 1952 is a former Pakistani cricketer and politician, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century and being a politician since the mid-1990s.
Imran Khan played for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to 1992 and served as its captain intermittently throughout 1982-1992. Imran Khan led his teammates to Pakistan’s first and only World Cup victory in 1992.
He has a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, making him one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an ‘All-rounder’s Triple’ in Test matches. On 14 July 2010, Khan was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Personal information:
Full name Imran Khan Niazi
Born 25 November 1952 (age 58) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Role All-rounder
Career statistics:
National side Pakistan
Competition Test ODI
Matches 88 175
Runs scored 3807 3709
100s/50s 6/18 1/19
Top score 136 102*
Wickets 362 182
Best bowling 8/58 6/14
9.Wally Hammond
Walter Reginald “Wally” Hammond was born on 19 June 1903 was an English Test cricketer .
In a Test career spanning 85 matches, he scored 7,249 runs and took 83 wickets. Hammond captained England in 20 of those Tests, winning four, losing three, and drawing 13.
As of October 2010, his total of 22 Test centuries remains an English record. In 1933, he set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, surpassed by Len Hutton in 1938.
Personal information:
Full name Walter Reginald Hammond
Born 19 June 1903 (Dover, Kent, England)
Role Middle-order batsman
Career statistics:
National side England
Competition Test First-class
Matches 85 634
Runs scored 7,249 50,551
100s/50s 22/24 167/185
Top score 336* 336*
Wickets 83 732
Best bowling 5/36 9/23
10. Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Manohar Sunny was born on July 10 1949 in Bombay, Bombay India is a former cricketer who played during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history.
Sunil Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. He held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005.
Personal information:
Full name Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Born 10 July 1949 (age 62) Mumbai, India
Role Opening batsman
Career statistics:
National side India
Competition Test ODI
Matches 125 108
Runs scored 10122 3092
100s/50s 34/45 1/27
Top score 236* 103*
Wickets 1 1
Best bowling 1/34 1/10
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