Your top 10 TEST batsmen of all-time

[Days of Grace]

As for this exercise...should we do the honourable thing and give Braddles the top spot, then vote for our NEXT ten? With the good Doctor excluded due to the Test criteria, is there anyone (other than Heath) who is seriously going to nominate anyone other than The Don as number 1?

Nah, just stick with the original plan, me thinks. We should get at least 20 different batsmen voted for I think.

 

[pasag]

Care to expand on this?

Pretty self explanatory I'd have thought.

 

[Fiery]

Richards is now 55 years old. Therefore, he would have been 45 10 years ago.

No. He is 62 now. He was born in 1945. Sure you're not thinking of Viv?

 

[The Sean]

Richards is now 55 years old. Therefore, he would have been 45 10 years ago.

I reckon you're thinking of Viv there mate. Barry would be early 60s now.

EDIT - Fiery's too quick for me!

 

[Perm]

As for this exercise...should we do the honourable thing and give Braddles the top spot, then vote for our NEXT ten? With the good Doctor excluded due to the Test criteria, is there anyone (other than Heath) who is seriously going to nominate anyone other than The Don as number 1?

I'd imagine there are some members who will only vote for batsmen they have seen play.

 

[Fiery]

EDIT - Fiery's too quick for me!

 

[Perm]

What does "good" mean though?

You know what I mean, so stop being so pedantic and argumentative.

 

[Perm]

Pretty self explanatory I'd have thought.

It was on the surface, I just thought the ellipses may have meant something else.

 

[Fiery]

You know what I mean, so stop being so pedantic and argumentative.

Whatever

 

[Days of Grace]

I'd imagine there are some members who will only vote for batsmen they have seen play.

If they did that, then it would defeat the purpose of the whole thread, as I want people to vote for the top 10 of all-time.

 

[archie mac]

If they did that, then it would defeat the purpose of the whole thread, as I want people to vote for the top 10 of all-time.

Well maybe you could have two lists going all time and last 20 years?

 

[Days of Grace]

Well maybe you could have two lists going all time and last 20 years?

If you want to make a thread for the last 20 years, that's fine. But this thread will be for all-time.

 

[archie mac]

If you want to make a thread for the last 20 years, that's fine. But this thread will be for all-time.

Well then I can't see it working

Unless you are going to vet choices?

 

[biased indian]

Last 15 years would be ideal as most of our moderators/ active members where born after 1991

 

[ttm]

Bradman
Hutton
Ponting
Hobbs
May
Walcott
Richards (Viv)
Sobers
Kallis
Hayden

 

[adharcric]

Leaving out all current players so Tendulkar misses out.

Just out of curiosity, why would you do that? Is it all of a sudden easier to rate Lara now that he has retired from test cricket?

 

[pasag]

Just out of curiosity, why would you do that? Is it all of a sudden easier to rate Lara now that he has retired from test cricket?

Tbh, there was one spot left and I didn't want to decide between them, so I took the easy way out

 

[adharcric]

Oh, and here's mine ...

Bradman
Sobers
Hobbs
Hammond
Tendulkar
Richards
Lara
Chappell
Gavaskar
Headley

 

[adharcric]

Tbh, there was one spot left and I didn't want to decide between them, so I took the easy way out

Yeah, just wanted to get that out of you.

 

[White Lightning]

based on stats, video snips, and anecdotes...

1 - Don Bradman
2 - Graeme Pollock
3 - Jack Hobbs
4 - Ken Barrington
5 - Gary Sobers
6 - Viv Richards
7 - Herb Sutcliffe
8 - Ricky Ponting
9 - Javed Maindad
10 - Sachin Tendulkar

for the record
11 - Brian Lara
12 - George Headley
13 - Jacques Kallis
14 - Greg Chappell
15 - Wally Hammond