"Mark Waugh or Steve? Greg or Ian Chappell? Will it be England's sepia-tinted Sydney F Barnes, the grumpy and moustachioed Jimmy Anderson of his day, or Australia's Sidney G Barnes, an eccentric batter in the 1948 touring Invincibles? Does Ivo Bligh's place in Ashes folklore merit inclusion even if his 10.33 batting average wouldn't get him in a village XI?"
"Where do you place the legend of WG Grace in an all-time reckoning? And how do you weigh up Don Bradman's astonishing statistics against the era in which he batted? These are just some of the questions our panel of 51 judges will have pondered when we asked them to choose the greatest players in the history of the men's Ashes."
A panel of 51 judges from varied backgrounds — players, coaches, reporters, editors, authors, broadcasters, commentators, columnists, administrators, historians, academics and podcasters — selected the greatest men's Ashes players. Judges received a longlist of 150 names and were free to add others; each picked and ranked their best 50. The 2,550 ranked choices were aggregated to produce a Top 100 list from 853 players who have competed across 143 years of men's Tests between England and Australia. Notable judges included Ashley Giles, Steven Finn, Simon Katich, Damien Fleming, Mark Ramprakash, Tom Holland, Geoff Miller and Alison Mitchell.
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