adam gilchrist. - Adam gilchrist is the most dangerous player in current crickting world. He must be close to many great best batsman. Here are a few of the best from the 80s. There are a pair of Australians that come to mind for sheer elegance and excitement. Dean Jones and Simon O'Donnell. Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge from the Windies. Ian Botham with the bat could be devestating. Lance Klusener from Sth Africa in the 80s and 90s had a thick bat and could hit the ball a long long way.