the "Six Giants of the Wisden Century". This was a special commemorative selection requested by Wisden for its 100th edition. The other five players chosen were Don Bradman, W. G. Grace, Jack Hobbs, Tom Richardson and Victor Trumper. Soon afterwards, writing in the May 1963 edition of The Cricketer, John Arlott published a tribute to Barnes which commemorated his 90th birthday. Arlott wrote that of those who played with or against Barnes, "(they) had no doubt that he stood alone – the greatest bowler that ever lived". In 2008, when the "ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Ratings" were published, Barnes's retrospective rating of 932 at the end of the 1913/14 series was the highest ever achieved. In 2009, Barnes was an inaugural member of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. To mark 150 years of the Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden named him in an all-time Test World XI. See also List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Sydney Barnes References Sources Cardus, Neville (1968). Wisden Obituaries in 1968 – Sydney Barnes. John Wisden & Co. Gibbs, Peter (2012). A chill wind beyond the boundary. John Wisden & Co. Hill, Alan (1998). Jim Laker. Andre Deutsch. Media Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut English cricketers English cricketers of 1890 to 1918 England Test cricketers Lancashire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Minor Counties cricketers Sportspeople from Smethwick Players cricketers Staffordshire cricketers Wales cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year Wisden Leading Cricketers in the World 1873 births 1967 deaths S. H. Cochrane's XI cricketers L. G. Robinson's XI cricketers Lord Londesborough's XI cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club Australian Touring Team cricketers