Your top 10 TEST batsmen of all-time

[shortpitched713]

Interestingly, for those of us (and I include myself here) discounting Grace from our reckoning due to the word Test being in the criteria, the Doctor played the same number of Tests (22) as George Headley, and over a similar period of years.

Make of that what you will.

His average is not really an indicator though, because he played all his matches well after his prime. Although an average of over 30 at that time was extremely good anyway.

 

[shortpitched713]

1. Bradman
2. M.Taylor
3. Ponting
4. Hayden
5. Border
6. S.Waugh
7. Lara
8. Langer
9. M.Waugh
10. Gilchrist


Duno why people put Chappell above Border....Greg Chappell couldnt handle the West Indian pace attack....

Lara's not Australian you know...

 

[pasag]

Lara's not Australian you know...

I think naming his daughter Sydney gets him across the line.

 

[bond21]

yea good for him, he wouldnt've gotten into the team

 

[The Sean]

His average is not really an indicator though, because he played all his matches well after his prime. Although an average of over 30 at that time was extremely good anyway.

No argument on either front there mate. He's in my top 3 of all time, though based purely on Test performances I'm torn over whether to include him in my 10. Leaning towards no.

 

[Richard]

8. Matthew Hayden

Imagined KaZo would go there, but you?

Shoked ITBT. (sic)

 

[shortpitched713]

Imagined KaZo would go there, but you?

Shoked ITBT. (sic)

Well as you can see, I clearly rated players that I've seen over those that I haven't for the simple reason that those are the ones that I've seen.

And without a doubt, Matthew Hayden has been one of the best that I've seen since I started watching cricket seriously (about 2002ish).

 

[Jamee999]

10 points - D Bradman
9 points - V Richards
8 points - B Lara
7 points - S Tendulkar
6 points - J Hobbs
5 points - G Sobers
4 points - R Ponting
3 points - B Richards
2 points - W Hammond
1 points - L Hutton

 

[biased indian]

1. Bradman
2. M.Taylor
3. Ponting
4. Hayden
5. Border
6. S.Waugh
7. Lara
8. Langer
9. M.Waugh
10. Gilchrist


Duno why people put Chappell above Border....Greg Chappell couldnt handle the West Indian pace attack....

Wht is the criteria you followed..

they should be born in an australian city or should have a relative with an austalian city name ?????

 

[BhupinderSingh]

1. Don Bradman
2. Viv Richards
3. W.G.Grace
4. Jack Hobbs
5. Brian Lara
6. Len Hutton
7. Garry Sobers
8. Sunil Gavaskar
9. Greg Chappell
10. George Headley

 

[biased indian]

1. Don Bradman
2. Viv Richards
3. W.G.Grace
4. Jack Hobbs
5. Brian Lara
6. Len Hutton
7. Garry Sobers
8. Sunil Gavaskar
9. Greg Chappell
10. George Headley

No imran !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BhupinderSingh]

No argument on either front there mate. He's in my top 3 of all time, though based purely on Test performances I'm torn over whether to include him in my 10. Leaning towards no.

Having an average of 32 in that era was similarto 50 average of today.Vic Trumper was the greatest test batsman of that pre WW1 era & even he has an average 39,whichmight look ordinary today but was excellent considering the extremly bowling friendly wicketson which he played.

 

[BhupinderSingh]

No imran !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He would get one of the bottom 10 spots in my Top 100 batsmen.

 

[silentstriker]

Wht is the criteria you followed..

they should be born in an australian city or should have a relative with an austalian city name ?????

Bingo.

 

[BhupinderSingh]

1. Bradman
2. M.Taylor
3. Ponting
4. Hayden
5. Border
6. S.Waugh
7. Lara
8. Langer
9. M.Waugh
10. Gilchrist

Impressive!

 

[Richard]

Haha, was waiting for a chance to throw that one back TBH. BhupinderSingh has beaten me to it.

 

[biased indian]

Impressive!

 

[Fiery]

Bradman
Sobers
Border
Gavaskar
Richards V.
Hobbs
McCabe
Nyadu
May
Cowdrey(Colin)

Who's Nyadu?

 

[Slifer]

Bradman
W Hammond
G Sobers
SRT
J Hobbs
G Chapell
S Gavaskar
V Richards
B Lara
A Border

 

[SJS]

In alphabetical order...

• Bradman
• Grace WG
• Hammond
• Headley
• Hobbs
• Lara
• Pollock
• Richards Viv
• Sobers
• Tendulkar