[1] The editor of Wisden at the time, Matthew Engel, wrote that the only real deficiency of the list was the absence of a fast bowler in the top five places.
Fast bowlers dominated cricket from the 1970s until at least the mid-1990s, and the most famous pre-war test series, Bodyline, aroused controversy because of England's fast bowling strategy designed to counter Bradman.
The highest-placed fast bowler was Australia's Dennis Lillee, who finished joint sixth with Sir Frank Worrell, with 19 votes.
The only specialist bowler in the top five was Shane Warne, who was a leg spinner.
Four members of the list received knighthoods and Warne is honoured as an officer of Order of Australia.