Richie Benaud's Fantasy XI... Bowlers - Part 4 

Man, Richie talking about Warne. If only Warne could have lived to Richie's age, imagine the wisdom we could have all gained :(

It facinates me how Richie knows all the dates without them being written down, he must have a meticulous mind.

Love to hear richie.seen them all .played with the best.his final 2 minute wrap re underarm event is magnificent.

Greatest Bowlers 1) Sydney Barnes before WW1 2) Bill O’ Reilly between 2 World Wars 3) Ray Lindwall and Fred Truman 50s and 60s 4) Dennis Lillee and Malcolm Marshall 70s and 80s 5) Shane Warne and Murali in 90s and 2000s 6) Dale Steyn 2010s

Richie benaud was a legend, thank you so much.

Richie benaud…the greatest cricket mind plus commentator of all time

I 'liked' this just because you remembered Sidney Barnes. Truly the greatest bowler ever. Self aware. A man who didnt bow to the 'gentlemen' at Lord's.

Marshall,holding, akram, ambrose

Richie Benaud's ashes 11's

No Wasim Akram on his shortlist was the biggest oversight in his entire team selections.

Malcolm Marshall should have been in the discussion.

Sydney Barnes must have been amazing and seems to have been a a "once-off" freakishly great bowler who has not been emulated in style.Any bowler of great accuracy capable of swinging the ball in (or "swerving" it in his case) and then moving it away off the wicket to hit top of off would have dismissed any batsman in any era.He could move the ball the other way too and obtained lift off the pitch.A one off champion bowler.

Hi all, The comments re Richie not picking any west Indian bowlers are all very interesting. I remember people commenting the exact same thing when the list first came out. I distinctly remember one commentor on another cricket forum calling it a "snub" to West Indian bowling. I can't really give subjective opinion as I wasn't around to see the great windies side of the 70's and 80's but on stats and reputation alone, Malcolm Marshall was at least as good as three of the names on the list...

Surprised no W.I. in the team. Nevertheless a very good list. I would have put Malcome Marshall in.

no marshal no holding no Andy roberts....you are kidding man

the ICC calls barnes the greatest bowler of all time with warnie being no.2. I don't know about anyone else, but if the ICC thinks there's a better bowler than warne, then that's enough reason for me to have in the team.

It's Richie's choice, chill.

How any one can leave out Sydney Barners. Like Bradman in batting Barnes in bowling.

The Undisputed World Best Test XI of All Time 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garry Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( W.G Grace , Brian Lara , Adam Gilchrist , Muttiah Muralitharan , Wasim Akram ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell.

roberts/marshal shudve been on it atleast one of those fiery west indians from loyd era n forth

Even Mark Nicholas says at the end of the video: "No West Indian fast bowler in the side?" Well, its Richie's personal choice, but like others have said in the comments section, I am surprised at the exclusion of Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Malcom Marshall. Also among the spinners, all 3 leg spinners? No off spinner or left arm spinner? Yes, I am aware that Richie himself was a leg spinner, but surprising that there were no B. S. Bedi, E. Prasanna, Derek Underwood or Lance Gibbs.

Off-course, Richie is the manager.

Rechie Benaud The Greatest Intellectual Mind Ever in Cricket. My All time Greatest Tesr Cricket XI: 1-Don Bradman (Captain) 2- Sunil gavaskar 3- Greg Chappell 4- Sachin Tendulkar 5- Vivian Richards 6- Garry Sobers 7- Adam Gilchrist (WK) 8- Imran Khan (VC) 9- Shanew Warne 10-Malcolm Marshall 11-Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting (12th Man)

@shutuprafa I suppose Benaud grew up with the "legend" of Barnes in the 30's, hence his name resounds more in his mind. Also, he states, he sought the opinion of those he respected highly & compared Barnes stats with those other bowlers of the time & Barnes figures surpassed them all But yes, a little suprised he would go for anyone on the basis of hearsay or others opinion. Granted Barnes had expectional stats, but Benaud would have never seen the man bowl a ball, not even on tape

marshall lillee murali akram without a doubt poor choice of bowlers by the great cricket commentator

Sunny, Hobbs, Hammond/Rohan Kanhai, Sachin, Viv, Sobers, Gilly/Sangakkara/Andrew Flower, Akram, Warne, Lilly, Sidney Barnes.

marshal or ambrose?

Marshall / Holding and Akram should NECESSARILY have been there

Wasim Akram was seen swinging the ball either way in his 40s recently.. tf? Wasim, Waqar and the great 70s WestIndian bowlers not included but some bowlers whose footages aren't available are picked!

Benaud was a great cricketer and commentator. But how can there be a fast bowling list with no Marshall, Garner, Holding, Ambrose? The West Indies dominated with their bowlers throughout the 70s and 80s.

The Textbook Classical Test XI of All Time with Deservingly + Suitable Criteria and also making Realistic and Balanced Side with taking all the Possible Factors and Parameters into Account along with Context , Toughness of a Particular Era and Overall Statistical Achievements as well as Beauty , Strong Record , X-Factor and Completness of a Players. 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( WG Grace , Brian Lara , Adam Gilchrist , Muttiah Muralitharan , Sydney Barnes ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell .

Barry Richatds. Gordon Greenidge, Don Bradman ,Sachin,Sobers,Gilchrist, Muralitharan, Garner,Marshall Ambrose and Akram

Sir Richard Hadlee only player ever 2 b Knghted whilst still playing Test match Cricket International for 18 years NZ didn’t play enough Tests otherwise he gets 600pkus Test wickets he was the first 2 400 anyway at a great Average & Strikerate

• My Analysis to Measure the Greatness of a Best Batsman and Best Bowlers of All Eras !! The 25 Short List of Best Batsman and Best Bowlers and then ranked them with using different Top Parameters. • 25 Batsman Short-List: ( Bradman , Hobbs , Tendulkar , Richards , Sobers , Headley , Lara , Hammond , Pollock , Grace , Hutton , Barry , G.Chappell , Gavaskar , Trumper , Ranjitsinhji , Barrington , Ponting , S.Smith , Border , Shrewsbury , Fry , Kanhai , De Villiers , Hill ) • 25 Bowlers Short-List: ( Barnes , Warne , Lillee , Marshall , Akram , Muralitharan , Trueman , O'Reilly , Lohmann , McGrath , Lindwall , Hadlee , Gupte , Spofforth , Ambrose , Steyn , Imran , Davidson , Trumble , Richardson , Grimmett , Qadir , Holding , Larwood , Turner ) • Top 5 Parameters: IN ORDER 1 Strong Record: Against the Top Players of their Era (H2H) and against the Top Teams of their Era (Top 3 Best Teams of their Time) 2 X-Factor: As a Match Winning and Dominating Abilities in a Crisis or Pressure Situations. 3 Statistics: Great Overall Statistical Achievements in All Around the World Conditions. 4 Complete: Completness of a Particular Player in his Specific Field. 5 Beauty: Aesthetically Pleasing Abilities. #Batsman Strong Record|X-Factor|Stats|Complete|Beauty 1 Border Bradman Tendulkar Tendulkar Trumpr 2 Gavaskar Lara Hobbs Kanhai Lara 3 Chappell Richards Bradman ABD Barry 4 Lara ABD Gavaskar Barry Kanhai 5 Tendulkar Sobers Smith Chappell Ranji 6 Richards Smith Barrington Sobers ABD 7 Hobbs Barry Hammond Hobbs Chappell 8 Bradman Hobbs Sobers Ranji Tendulkar 9 Hutton Chappell Lara Hutton Pollock 10 Barrington Ponting Border Bradman Headly - After Merging above all Parameters, Here's are Overall 10 Best Batsman. IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: 1 Don Bradman 2 Brian Lara 3 Greg Chappell 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Jack Hobbs 7 Sunil Gavaskar 8 Garry Sobers 9 Allan Border 10 AB De Villiers #Bowler Strong Record|X-Factor|Stats|Complete|Beauty McGrath Ambrose Murali Barnes Holding Marshall Akram Hadlee Lillee Warne Lillee Warne Warne Akram Lillee Imran Lillee Marshall Marshall Akram Ambrose Barnes Barnes Warne Lindwall Warne McGrath McGrath Lindwall Trueman Hadlee Marshall Ambrose Trueman Barnes Barnes Spofforth Steyn O'Reilly Imran Murali Murali Lillee McGrath O'Reilly Akram Larwood Imran Gupte Qadir - After Merging above all Parameters, Here's are Overall 10 Best Bowlers. IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: 1 Shane Warne 2 Dennis Lillee 3 Malcolm Marshall 4 Sydney Barnes 5 Glenn McGrath 6 Curtly Ambrose 7 Wasim Akram 8 Muttiah Muralitharan 9 Imran Khan 10 Richard Hadlee -> The Greatest #ATXI Consisting Above 10 Best Batsman and Bowlers After Considering above Parameters !! 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Sunil Gavaskar 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Brian Lara 5 Greg Chappell 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes P.S - Adam Gilchrist Cracked more Top Parameters than Alan Knott or any other Wicket Keepers/Batsman, and that's why I have picked Gilchrist in above Team. And you can also pick Imran khan instead of Garry Sobers but Garry Sobers makes above side more Balanced and that's why I picked him.

Wow....Benaud must have been smokin somting...no West Indian fast bowler amongst the all greats?! 😮 Quadir ahead of Roberts and Marshall?? 😳 No room for the great Wasim Akram?🤔 And of course a high number of Aussies in the side...no bias there...🙄

Where is Great Malcom Marshall, Walsh..? All Ausies..

The Most Deserving Candidates to be in All Time Greatest World XI Team whom has On Record Great Overall Statistics Record + Genius Talent + Consistency and Longetivity !! 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Sydney Barnes 12th: Colin Bland.

thre is footage of barnese

Richie has not perfectly chosen . However , after all he is Riecie Benud.

Where is Deadly Dereck

Why does murlidarrran not show up in most of these lists ? Look at his stats !

Garner Marshall Ambrose and Wasim Akram

These teams are almost ridiculous. I'd have McGrath over Lillee but feel like shooting myself before I've finished the sentence.

@legbreakgoogly Yeah id definitely think about Mcgrath or Marshall instead of him, Sydney Barnes bowled in the time of uncovered wickets so that would have been very helpful to his bowling, where as pitches today are intended to give the batsman equal chance.

1. Gavaskar. 2. Hobbs. 3. Richards 4. Tendulkar 5. Kallis 6. Gilchrist 7. Botham. 8. Kahn 9. Warne 10. Marshall 11. Akram

He had the great Imran Khan in all rounder list.. I agree with you regarding the Windies pacers not being in the list.. And where s Wasim???

I think there is tendency in many of us to attach greater weight to players of our youth, or even those we have heard of, but never witnessed. I think Ritchie's judgement is affected this way. The truth of the matter is the modern player ie 1975 onwards is so much superior to players of an earlier time. This is not surprising - knowledge of the game has greatly improved, fitness, the mental side. And there are probably 10,20 times the number formally playing the game today than in - say- 1960s and certainly the 1930s. I don't wish to disparage our forefathers in this game, as they led the way, and without whom we would not enjoy the high quality of contests we see today (ie before covid).

No Marshall, West Indian or Hadlee

No West Indies fast bowler?

Prasana missing

The Greatest XI of All Time 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garry Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( Barry Richards , Brian Lara , Adam Gilchrist , Muttiah Muralitharan , Sydney Barnes ) Coach: Bob Simpson. Manager: Sir Frank Worrell. GGBOC :- ICC . Above Team is Probably the Closest to Perfect and Most Credible All Time World Test XI List in Cricket History which is Co-incidentally the Mixer of WISDEN and ESPN Cricinfo All Time XI Lists. It's a Full 16 Man Squad and I have Deservingly put Two Proper Openers Hobbs and Hutton as they have a Great Records everywhere and seemingly Great Chemistry and Connection within them as they played mostly after post WW1 Era from 1920 onwards with much better Competitiveness and in a Developing Test Cricket era compared to 19th Century Cricket. And I have Top 6 Strong Batting Line up with Diversity so I went with a Specialist Wicket Keeper Alan Knott ahead of Wicket Keeper Batsman Adam Gilchrist who unfortunately Missed out due to I have a Strong top 6 Batting order as well as Strong tail enders too like Warne , Akram and Marshall who all can Bat also. So I went with a Specialist Wicket Keeper with a descent batting record, so I went with Alan Knott who was also a Man of Crisis Batsman. And But Gilchrist definitely has make into Second Test XI or Alternate XI of above All Time XI List. Then I have a 1 Great All Rounder Sir Garfield Sobers who is the Great Left Handed Batsman and can bowl three different variations of Bowling and 1 Great Spinner Shane Warne who would have a Great Right hand - Left Hand and Leg Spin / Off Spin Combinations with Gary Sobers. And at Last I have deservingly Put 3 Genuine and Complete Fast Bowlers Akram , Marshall and Lillee as 3 Pace Bowlers with Great Statistic Records among them and along with Warne and Sobers they brings Versatility and Varieties as well and also All of them played in The Most Golden , Toughest and Competitive Era of Test Cricket From 1960 to 2010 Era. And Imran Khan as the 12th Man and W.G Grace as Honourable Mentions as Grace was a Father Figure Cultural Icon of Cricket and Sir Frank Worrell is The Best Manager the Game has ever seen who can Guide your Team and Bring out the best from above players. P.S - Steven Smith , Virat Kohli and Pat Cummins are Active Players. So I will Judge them after they will retire, so we can get the clear picture of their Overall career. And Frank Chester , Dickie Bird and Simon Taufel are Umpires of above team as well as Richie Benaud , Harsha Bhogle and John Arlott are into the Commentary Box along with Historian CLR James , David Frith and Arunabha Sengupta who Judge and Write about all of these Cricketers.

I started watching thinking, which of and how many West Indian bowlers would make this..AT LEAST Malcolm Marshal shouldve been on it, but then again, this is subjective.

In my view, lily, marshal, mcgrath the best pacers and murli and Warne equally good, but if one place left for spinners, it is difficult to finalise, pacers are OK, may be Andy Roberts in place of mcgrath.

The Greatest ODI XI of All Time 1 Sachin Tendulkar 2 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 3 Ricky Ponting (C.) 4 Virat Kohli 5 Viv Richards 6 AB De Villiers 7 Kapil Dev 8 Wasim Akram 9 Muttiah Muralitharan 10 Joel Garner 11 Glenn McGrath 12th: Jacques Kallis. Substitutes: ( Brian Lara , Micheal Bevan , Lance Klusener , Shane Warne , Allan Donald ) Coach :- Gary Kirsten .

The Greatest Test and ODI XI Ever along with Best Ever World Cup XI as well as World Series Cricket XI !! Best Ever Test XI Best Ever ODI XI 1 Jack Hobbs 1 Sachin Tendulkar 2 Len Hutton 2 Adam Gilchrist 3 Don Bradman 3 Viv Richards 4 Sachin Tendulkar 4 Virat Kohli 5 Viv Richards 5 AB De Villiers 6 Garfield Sobers 6 Michael Bevan 7 Alan Knott 7 Kapil Dev 8 Shane Warne 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 10 Joel Garner 11 Sydney Barnes 11 Glenn McGrath Best Ever World Cup XI Best Ever WSC XI 1 Sachin Tendulkar 1 Barry Richards 2 Rohit Sharma 2 Gordon Greenidge 3 Ricky Ponting 3 Ian Chappell 4 Viv Richards 4 Greg Chappell 5 AB De Villiers 5 Viv Richards 6 Lance Klusener 6 Mike Procter 7 Imran Khan 7 Rod Marsh 8 Wasim Akram 8 Ray Bright 9 Shane Warne 9 Andy Roberts 10 Muttiah Muralitharan 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Glenn McGrath 11 Michael Holding

No West Indians in there, guess Ritchie didn't like 5 Bouncers an over and 11 overs an hour tactics from the 70's and 80's.

And for goodness sake where the hell is Muralitharan.

Had a great respect for Richie. How come there is not even a single West indian fast bowler from the bunch of terrifying bowlers whom every expert talks about. As on old man he likes cricketers of his era as he had seen much of them than the modern cricketers. But how come all three Australians from the modern era. lol .Does he only watches Australian matches or what? The cycle of human being => childhood=> teenage=> adults=> oldage =>childhood seems he finished the cycle once.

How come there are no West Indian or Pakistani bowlers?!

greatest openes all time : Hobbs.. greatest batsman all time : Bradman.. greatest all rounder and second best batsman : Sobers best spinner : Warner.. best quick : Lille with Marshall a close but clear second.. after than - make up your own team.. Tendulkar probably ahead of Richards Lara.. but Hobbs Bradman Sobers Warne and Lillee are the foundation - no questions - .. otherwise you're a fool with no idea

If Shane Warne was so good , how come he couldn't buy a wicket in India?

Really Richie? Really? Dennis Lillee does not deserve to be called a fast bowler because after that one series in Pakistan (Where he got 3 paltry wickets in 3 test matches at 101) he never visited the subcontinent again. Take away the bodyline series and Harold Larwood wins about 45 wickets in 16 test matches (all time great?). On the other hand, a certain Malcolm Marshall (despite having a difficult debut series) or a Holding, a Walsh or an Ambrose did not shy away from the graveyard.

murali is propably the greatest bowler ever and not even considered here

Marshall absolutely better than most. And Wasim Akram. This is just nonsense.

Donald or Ambrose or Waqar at their peak was better than Mcgrath

Bro Indians are better players of spin bowling and there was also a time when there was no fast bowler in the side.

Greatest bowler of all time, Malcolm Marshall excluded from even the short list. Similar xomments are applicable for Murali. Benaud showed his bias here and took all credibility from otherwise excellent selections.

Drop Tendulkar. He does not bring anything new to the table. Anything that he can do, Bradman can do better. With Bradman in the team, you have to give extra attention to the bowling. Thus, replace him with Malcolm Marshall for a more explosive team.

Tendulkar over hammond! Richards over hammond! Total bollocks that. Didn't even mention hammond being the greatest slipper ever either.

no west indian? malcolm marshal the best ever most skilled

Poor selection