Oasisbob
Cricket Spectator
It is often said that direct comparison across the different eras of cricket is almost impossible. It seems daft to compare Sachin Tendulkar and WG Grace for instance, because they played in such completely different eras - some might even say almost completely different games!
However, whilst scowling Cricinfo, I quickly come up with the following list of players that played in at least one test with each other.
Grace 1880-1899
Rhodes 1899-1930
Headley 1930-1954
Graveney 1951-1969
Boycott 1964-1982
Gooch 1975-1995
Tendulkar 1989-2009
It seems that the days of Grace are only a mere 6 matches (or maybe less?) away from the game today!
Can anybody come up with a shorter link between players of the early tests and the modern game?
Comparing each player with the player above in the chain is not unreasonable as their respective eras coincided. Maybe this is a way of comparing players across eras?
However, whilst scowling Cricinfo, I quickly come up with the following list of players that played in at least one test with each other.
Grace 1880-1899
Rhodes 1899-1930
Headley 1930-1954
Graveney 1951-1969
Boycott 1964-1982
Gooch 1975-1995
Tendulkar 1989-2009
It seems that the days of Grace are only a mere 6 matches (or maybe less?) away from the game today!
Can anybody come up with a shorter link between players of the early tests and the modern game?
Comparing each player with the player above in the chain is not unreasonable as their respective eras coincided. Maybe this is a way of comparing players across eras?