Best Australian Cricket Players Of All Time

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Best Australian Cricket Players Of All Time

Sir Donald Bradman Adam Gilchrist

Shane Warne

Steve Waugh

Keith Miller

Ricky Ponting

Ian Chappell

Dennis Lille

e Allan Border

Glenn McGrath

1. Sir Donald Bradman

For sheer superhuman-like ability Bradman has to be considered the greatest Aussie to have ever played the game, with a great career as captain and an astonishing 99.94 batting average.

Nick name - The Don, The Boy from Bowral, BraddlesBorn on - 27 August 1908Died - 25 February 2001 (aged 92)

2. Shane Warne

The second leading Test wicket-taker of all time and one of the most talented bowlers to ever play the game, Warne embodied natural skill and cheeky likeability.

Nick name - Warnie, King of Spin, Sheik of TweakBorn on - 13 September 1969

3. Adam Gilchrist

A great servant of Australian cricket and a true sportsman in every sense of the word, along with perhaps Indian legend MS Dhoni, Gilchrist is the best wicketkeeper-batsman of all time.

Nick name - Gilly, ChurchyBorn on - 14 November 1971

4. Steve Waugh

An aggressive batsman who was drafted into the Test side at just 20-years-old, Waugh developed into a world-class icon over the years in the public eye.

Nick name - Tugga, Iceman, Man-O'WarBorn on - 2 June 1965 (age 48)

5. Keith Miller

Along with Garfield Sobers the Australian isconsidered to be the greatest all-rounder ever tohave graced the game.

Nick name - NuggetBorn on - 28 November 1919Died on - 28 November 1919

6. Ricky Ponting

A hard-working and ruthless player that wentonto become the most successful captain in Test history and also Australia’s highest ever run maker

Nick name - PunterBorn on - 19 December 1974

7. Ian Chappell

Another Aussie who inherited the captaincy ata low period for the nation, Chappell’s unrelenting style dragged the country througha difficult time.

Nick name - ChappelliBorn on - 26 September 1943

8. Dennis Lillee

A fan’s favourite and a bowler considered bymany to be the most complete to play the game,Lillee was Australia’s go to man with the ball forover a decade.

Nick name – FOTBorn on - 18 July 1949

9. Glenn McGrath

The all-time wicket-taking fast bowler burst onto the scene in the early-1990s and took the crown from the West Indians as the bestpaceman on the planet.

Nick name - Pigeon, Millard, Kuly, Ooh AhBorn on - 9 February 1970

10. Allan Border

Not a fancy player, Border prided himself onbeing difficult to get out as a batsman and became a hugely successful captain despite being reluctant to take the position.

Nick name - AB, Captain GrumpyBorn on - 27 July 1955

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