In the 1963 edition of '' Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack '' , Barnes was selected by Neville Cardus as one 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 ' 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
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
Sydney Barnes