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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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