Cricket Update: The only current batsman to find a place in ESPNcricinfo's all-time Test World XI is none other than Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. No other Indian player is a part of the all-time eleven. The other players included in the playing XI are Don Bradman, Vivian Richards, Garry Sobers and Shane Warne.
The much awaited list which was out this morning does not include Australian Captain Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara, Sunil Gavaskar or Glenn Mcgrath. The list consists of mostly Australian players including Adam Gilchrist and Dennis Lillee apart from Shane Warne and Don Bradman. This news was after Ricky Ponting labeled Sachin Tendulkar an 'under-performer'. (Also read iSporter Jigar Mehta's perfect reply to Ricky's statement - God of Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar Master At Playing With Numbers)
The First World XI hence had following players:
Don Bradman, Vivian Richards, Garry Sobers, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Wasim Akram and Dennis Lillee.
This was not the only list that ESPNcricinfo came up with; there was a list of second World XI as well. However, Australian Captain Ricky Ponting, Glenn Mcgrath and Indian legend Kapil Dev failed to find a place in the same as well.
The second list contained the below cricketers:
Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Barry Richards, George Headley, Wally Hammond, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Bill O'Reilly, Fred Trueman, Muttiah Muralitharan and SF Barnes.
The jury members which comprised of one former captain from each of the top Test-playing teams and cricket historians and writers, picked up Don Bradman, Gary Sobers and Shane Warne as top three cricketers with 60 points followed by Sachin Tendulkar at no. 4 with 51 points.
The jury included: Ian Chappell, Clive Lloyd, Tony Greig, Duleep Mendis, Ali Bacher, Intikhab Alam, John Wright, Ajit Wadekar, David Frith, Ramachandra Guha, Gideon Haigh and Peter Roebuck.
The World XI: Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Viv Richards, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Dennis Lillee
The Second XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Barry Richards, George Headley, Brian Lara, Wally Hammond, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Bill O'Reilly, Fred Trueman, Muttiah Muralitharan, SF Barnes
Readers' XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath
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