There have been many great cricketers over the 100 plus years of Test cricket history, and determining the greatest ever is never an easy challenge.

Many renowned players have graced this beautiful game and ended their career on great heights. Some of them are well known for their batting skills whereas some of them are known for their bowling skills while a few possess both skill sets.

But, in team sports like cricket, a total of eleven players are required to take the field and every player is expected to contribute well in order to win the games for their side. Many cricketers have been dominating the sport for quite a long time now. Rather the fans of these countries have been lucky to witness some of the great cricketers belonging to their country. So here we bring you the best World XI of all-time.

1: Geoffrey Boycott

Matches: 108

Runs: 8114

Average: 47.72

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According to me he is the one of the steady and confident opening batsman who can give a good stable batting start to any team.

England cricket giants Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss have been awarded "knighthoods" by Theresa May in their resignation honors list. Both former cricketers have received honors for the game for their services after an outstanding career for England.

Geoffrey Boycott played 108 Tests for England between 1964 and 1982 and scored 8,114 Test runs at an average of 47.72.

2: Sunil Gavaskar

Matches: 125

Runs: 10,122

Average: 51.12

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He set many records related to batting. Gavaskar (in his time) was the only batsman in world cricket 3 times, one thousand runs in a year, most centuries (34), most runs (more than nine thousand), most century partners and most runs in the first series. . Every innings and runs of 'Sunny' Gavaskar are historical. He has led the Indian team efficiently and has won several important victories, leading the 'Asia Cup' and 'Beson and Hades World Cup'.

3: Barry Richards (captain)

Matches: 4

Runs: 508

Average: 72.57

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One of the great south indian all rounder looking more like an extra in an Aussie soap opera than a sportsman. Amazingly Barry Richards name barely creates a ripple in the history of Test cricket.

He was perhaps the great batsman of his era, speak to anyone who played with or against him and they will say that. . In fact, world renowned legendary umpire Dickie Bird chose him as opener in his dream team.

4: Brian Lara

Matches: 131

Runs: 11,953

Average: 52.88

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Brian Lara is one of the finest batsmen in the West Indies. After Sir Donald Bradman, Lara is the only batsman to have scored big scores. Brian Lara was for some time the highest batsman in Test cricket . He set this record in the Adelaide Test against Australia. Earlier this record was named former Australian captain Alan Border. Border had scored 11,16 runs in Test cricket. Lara also holds the record for becoming the first player to score 400 runs in Test cricket.

5: Jacques Kallis

Matches: 164

Runs: 13,140

Batting Average: 55.44

Wickets: 288

Bowling Average: 32.61

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Jacques Kallis has achieved the following career best rankings in cricket ratings as determined by the International Cricket Council 3:
Test batting: career best (1st), career high score 935
Test bowling career best (6th), career high score 742

6: Ian Botham

Matches: 102

Runs: 5,200

Batting Average: 33.54

Wickets: 383

Bowling Average: 28.40

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Sir Ian Terence Botham is a former captain of the England cricket team and currently a cricket commentator. He played as an all-rounder. In his illustrious but occasionally controversial cricket career, he Set several records and perform extremely well. He was one of the four greatest all-rounders of his time (others were Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee).

7: Adam Gilchrist

Matches: 96

Runs: 5,570

Average: 47.60

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During his career, he played for Australia in 96 Test matches and over 270 One-day internationals. He was Australia's regular vice-captain in both forms of the game, captaining the team when regular captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting were unavailable. He retired from international cricket in March 2008, though he continued to play domestic tournaments until 2013.

8: Kapil Dev

Matches: 88

Runs: 3,807

Batting Average: 39.34

Wickets: 434

Bowling Average: 18.55

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He played 222 matches in ODI cricket and 131 in Test cricket in his cricket business. In one-day cricket, he scored 373 runs at an average of 23.79 and in Test cricket he scored 524 runs at an average of 31.05. Gaining hail, he took 253 and 734 wickets in ODIs and Test cricket respectively. His 175 runs against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup will be memorable because of which India won that match. He has scored 1 century in one-day cricket and 4 in Test cricket.

9: Curtly Ambrose

Matches: 98

Wickets: 405

Average: 20.99

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Ambrose played 98 Tests and 176 ODIs for the West Indies, taking 405 and 225 wickets respectively. [1] For most of his career, he topped the ICC Player Rankings and was rated the best bowler in the world. Ambrose was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1992. He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in October 2010 and was selected among the eleven all-time West Indies players by a panel of experts.


10: Glenn McGrath

Matches: 124

Wickets: 563

Average: 21.64

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Glenn McGrath (English: Glen Donald McGrath Glenn Donald McGrath or McGrath) was an Australian bowler and member of the Australia cricket team. McGrath is the second most successful fast bowler after James Anderson and top three wicket-takers Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne. And Anil Kumble is tied for fifth with all spin bowlers. He has also taken the seventh highest number of international wickets (381) and holds the record for most wickets (71) in the Cricket World Cup.

11: Muttiah Muralitharan

Matches: 133

Wickets: 800

Average: 22.72

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Muralitharan is the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket [3] and One Day Internationals (ODIs). He surpassed Wasim Akram's ODI record of 502 wickets by taking Gautam Gambhir's wicket in Colombo on 5 February 2009. Muralitharan became the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he surpassed previous record holder Shane Warne on 3 December 2007.

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