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  My Greatest All Time X1

Sachin Tendulkar

One of the greatest cricketers or certainly India's greatest cricketer of all time. who would of though that a 16 year old boy for Mumbai, India would go on to smash records such as the highest ever run scorer in test cricket and the first man ever to achieve 100 international centuries including the first ever double 100 in a one day international. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar would be number 1 on my list.

Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist is certainly up there with the greatest wicketkeeper batsman of all time. Along with his attacking stroke play, he has to be one of the best one day opening batsman ever. He also was quite a chirpy guy behind the stumps and liked to get stuck into the opposition as most Australian cricketers like doing.

Brian Lara

The most elegant left handed batsman of all time. Brian Charles Lara was a joy to watch, especially with his magnificent stroke play off both the front and back foot.  He still holds the record of the highest individual score of 400 not out in a test innings.

Virat Kohl

What a cricketer this guy is turning out to be. The number 1 one day batsman India's Virat Kohli has to be in most people's all time X1. This young man has loads of talent and is already stating his authority in international cricket especially in the one day game. I'm glad that he has moved up to number 4 in the test rankings, he deserves it. You have also got to admire the wristwork of this guy, it is just pure class. He reminds me of an ex-Indian cricketer called VVS Laxman who was a master at using his hands to manoeuvre the ball into gaps in the field . The superstar from Delhi has to be in many people's all time XI.

Joe Root

Ever since the retirement of Graham Gooch, Their hasn't been an English batsman who has been as consistent and hungry as Joe Root. this guy is just scoring runs for fun in test cricket as well as the one day and 20-20 format. I admire his back foot punch, I think its the it's the best back foot punch I've seen since the retirement of Sachin Tendulkar. I also think that this guy is capable of becoming one of England's greatest cricketers of all time, this young man from Yorkshire cannot be left out of most people's team including mine.

MS Dhoni (C) WK

One of the most successful captains and wicketkeeper batsman of all time, especially in the one day and T20 formats. Like Kohli and Tendulkar, this guy is also a superstar in India. There is even a Bollywood film being made about him. Unfortunately, he does not have a roll in the film.



Andrew Flintoff

This guy in my opinion was the  greatest all-rounder I have seen in my life so far. For me, he was a terrific cricketer in all three departments, especially with the ball. I still remember that spell that he bowled at Edgbaston against the Australians. He took  4 wickets for 79 runs including Ricky Ponting who was one of the greatest batsman in the world. Since his retirement, he has become a kern boxing fan. When he retired from cricket, he then went into a boxing career but his boxing career was not a successful one.

Shane Warne

S.K Warne was the greatest wrist spinner of the game. This guy could spin the bowl a mile. I still remember watching videos of that ball in which he bowled Mike Gatting around his legs. He was the highest wicket taker in tests with 708 wickets, only to be beaten by 800 wickets from Sri Lankan legend Mutiah Muralitharan.

Mutiah Muralitharan

This guy has to be the greatest off spinner of all time. The highest ever wicket taker in test cricket with a total of 800 test wickets, Mutiah  Muralitharan was a magician. The way his bowling action was, the release of the bowl from his hand looked like he was flicking out gold dust. He also had the habit of staring at the batsman with those big white eyes.

Shoaib Akthar

The Rawalpindi Express train. Shoaib Akthar was the fastest bowler that I've seen in my life so far. Man was he fast or what, he could bowl balls at the speed of 100 miles an hour. He has also had great rivalries with some of the greatest batsman in the world including Tendulkar and Lara.

 James Anderson