Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
When I put him in I did say it was on ability rather than actual achievement.
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Your top 10 TEST batsmen of all-time
- Thread starter Days of Grace
- Start date
When I put him in I did say it was on ability rather than actual achievement.
Days of Grace
International Captain
You have your chance in the bowler's list.- so torn was I whether or not to include Grace that I didn't end up voting at all...
Unlike the batsmen, the bowler's list should not really have players who only participated in a handful of matches.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Not that it wasn't superb anyway, of course - particularly in comparison to his contemporaries.
I always like to add on RoW and WSC stats to the players from that era to see hypothetically what kind of career record they might have ended up with. In doing so, Chappell's already outstanding record becomes even better:
Official Tests:
87 matches, 7,110 runs (53.86) with 24 centuries.
Including WSC and RoW “Tests”:
105 matches, 9,113 runs (55.91) with 31 centuries.
Considering the quality of the attacks he was facing particularly in WSC, that’s a hell of an effort.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
In which case, any person can make any list they fancy, as different people value different abilities.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
The bowler's list could well become car crash foruming.You have your chance in the bowler's list.
Unlike the batsmen, the bowler's list should not really have players who only participated in a handful of matches.
Whereas the batting list kept things relatively simple by having both an unchallenged no.1 and a very pleasing relative lack of home country/person favouritism bias, I fear the bowlers list will have neither of those...
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
If we are to take pure stats and if we lay down common parameters which makes sense (like minimum so many tests etc) then we dont really need to ask anyone to post, I can reel out the undisputed list based on pure stats every single time.
No argument and no need for so many threads and posts.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
"Performance" and "stats" aren't the same thing though.
In any case, there's much of interest to discuss where cricket is concerned besides past performance - but when "who batted best \ who bowled best" is the subject, to place anything above performance is pretty foolhardly, IMO.
In any case, there's much of interest to discuss where cricket is concerned besides past performance - but when "who batted best \ who bowled best" is the subject, to place anything above performance is pretty foolhardly, IMO.
Salamuddin
International Debutant
1. Bradman
2. Headley
3. Lara
4. Viv Richards
5. Barry Richards
6. Gavaskar
7. Sobers
8. Merchant
9. Hammond
10. Hutton
2. Headley
3. Lara
4. Viv Richards
5. Barry Richards
6. Gavaskar
7. Sobers
8. Merchant
9. Hammond
10. Hutton
Matteh
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Neither Bradman or Sobers were in my list.
archie mac
International Coach
I don't think you should draw attention to that
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I have a feeling lists which didn't include Bradman or Sobers were ignored as they were the 'wrong answer'.
Days of Grace
International Captain
Rubbish. I counted everyone's list that wasn't insanely outrageous. And I remember Bradman was at the top of everyone's lists.