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Who's the greatest left handed batsman of alltime?

Who do you think is the greatest left handed batsman of alltime?

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BhupinderSingh

BhupinderSingh

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Personally,I think its between Lara & Sobers because I think others like Pollock,Hayden,Gower etc don't even come close to these two.But I've voted for Lara as I myself saw him destroying some of the best bowling lineups of the world during my lifetime.
 
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The Sean

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
BhupinderSingh said:
Personally,I think its between Lara & Pollock because I think others like Pollock,Hayden,Gower etc don't even come close to these two.But I've voted for Lara as I myself saw him destroying some of the best bowling lineups of the world during my lifetime.
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I think one of your two mentions of "Pollock" should say "Sobers". I'm assuming it's the first one. I'd also argue that there are a number of players - Harvey, Lloyd, Morris, Woolley and Hill for example, who could argue for a spot ahead of one or two of the blokes mentioned there.

FWIW, I voted Sobers.
 
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SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Garfield Sobers.

I say this without any hesitation having seen all of the above except Pollock.
 
Perm

Perm

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Sobers, easily. Maybe if Pollock had more of an opportunity to play Test cricket then he would be ranked above Sobers, but unfortunately he did not.
 
Richard

Richard

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Quite possibly might have been Pollock (as Ritchie [that's Perm] said) had he had more chance.

As it is, Sobers it has to be. Very possibly the 2nd-greatest West Indian batsman of all-time in fact, after Sir George Headley.
 
E

Engle

State Vice-Captain
Sobers batting lower down the order (generally) made hay while the upper batsmen Kanhai, Lloyd et al flayed the bowling.

Lara assumed a far greater burden on his shoulders. IMO, his performances could have been greater had he a modicum of batting support from the other end.

Lean towards Lara over Sobers, barely.
 
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