THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

Wisden did the top 100 cricketers of the 20th century, asking 100 former test cricketers, writers and historians to nominate five each. The top ten were:
1. Bradman
2. Sobers
(Then a big gap in votes)
3. Hobbs
4. Warne
5. Viv Richards
6. Lillee and Worrell (joint)
8. Hammond
9. Compton
10. Hadlee and Imran Khan (joint)

Some statisticians did an all-time list taking into account opposition, the state of the match, result etc when they did their good performances, and Grace came top. But he was considered mostly 19th century so not in the above list.

How many of the above played in the FA cup final?

Wisden did the top 100 cricketers of the 20th century, asking 100 former test cricketers, writers and historians to nominate five each. The top ten were:
1. Bradman
2. Sobers
(Then a big gap in votes)
3. Hobbs
4. Warne
5. Viv Richards
6. Lillee and Worrell (joint)
8. Hammond
9. Compton
10. Hadlee and Imran Khan (joint)

Some statisticians did an all-time list taking into account opposition, the state of the match, result etc when they did their good performances, and Grace came top. But he was considered mostly 19th century so not in the above list.

How many of the above played in the football world cup?

Wisden did the top 100 cricketers of the 20th century, asking 100 former test cricketers, writers and historians to nominate five each. The top ten were:
1. Bradman
2. Sobers
(Then a big gap in votes)
3. Hobbs
4. Warne
5. Viv Richards
6. Lillee and Worrell (joint)
8. Hammond
9. Compton
10. Hadlee and Imran Khan (joint)

Some statisticians did an all-time list taking into account opposition, the state of the match, result etc when they did their good performances, and Grace came top. But he was considered mostly 19th century so not in the above list.

Wisden did the top 100 cricketers of the 20th century, asking 100 former test cricketers, writers and historians to nominate five each. The top ten were:
1. Bradman
2. Sobers
(Then a big gap in votes)
3. Hobbs
4. Warne
5. Viv Richards
6. Lillee and Worrell (joint)
8. Hammond
9. Compton
10. Hadlee and Imran Khan (joint)

Some statisticians did an all-time list taking into account opposition, the state of the match, result etc when they did their good performances, and Grace came top. But he was considered mostly 19th century so not in the above list.

I mentioned on another thread about watching Curtly Ambrose play in the early 90's and getting to meet him after the days play and just how huge he was. It must have been frightening enough to face him on his own, let alone as part of a group of deadly quicks.
Then, today, I was reading about the great West Indies teams of old, and saw the bruises on Brian Close again; and I was reminded of this picture of John Edrich when a fan ran on the pitch in 1976 and presented him with a huge bat when he and Close were facing another pounding from the Windies bowlers and regularly being hit. It was after this frightening barrage that helmets becoming compulsory.

I'm glad they've got helmets now, but I wish there was more examples of that kind of fiery bowling.
We've had Alan Donald v Mike Atherton; and Mitchell Johnson throughout the 2013/14 Ashes series. But they're incredibly rare nowadays, and no entire attack of frightening pace like the Windies of old. And with so much emphasis on T20 I can't see it returning which is a shame.