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Originally Posted by harsh.skm
I don't buy this. Doesn't hold with his other selections. What is Boycott doing there ahead of Greenidge, Morris and Mitchell? Barrington ahead of Crowe, Archie Jackson, and Mark Waugh? Ponting behind Border and Waugh? Waqar should be miles ahead by this method. Instead, we get the great Bradman slayer, Alec Bedser, Charlie Turner and Fazal Mahmood.
I think he is just biased towards certain players and pulls out bull****, uh.. sorry, ''specious claims'' in support of his argument. Look at the bucketful of English players on the list. Because, yes, the English have been such an exciting and unique bunch of players since WWII  |
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He continued at first class to 1986, finishing with 48,426 runs at 56.84, the highest aggregate of any batsman whose career started after World War II. Of all batsman to score 20,000 first class runs, only Don Bradman (28,067 at 95.14) has a better average.
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As pointed out above Boycott is one of cricket's greatest run machines and remains the "best made batsman I have ever come across" (Ian Botham). For these reasons Armstrong sees Boycott as a unique and original batsman who was the foundation of English batting for 2 decades, and a batsman that all Aussie bowlers saw as their greatest Ashes prise.
Boycott's effect on the game of cricket is simply bigger than Greenidge, Morris, and Mitchell.