Best Test batsman to play 15<x<30 tests in modern times

[deeps]

Everyone goes on about the best test batsman ever, and it's always Don Bradman, followed by a long list of almost equal players, who all have a claim to the number 2 position.

What would be interesting though, is to see who everyone rates to be the best batsman in the modern era (let's say post 1985), to have played between 15 and 30 tests. Why did they play so few?

 

[vcs]

Jesse Ryder IMO.

Vinod Kambli is not a bad shout either, though I believe he had technical deficiencies in his game which would have been exposed in a big way had he played much more.

 

[deeps]

Jesse Ryder is still playing though...

I forgot about Kambli, he would have to be right up there

 

[Shri]

Mathew Sinclair.

 

[Shri]

Jesse Ryder is still playing though...

I forgot about Kambli, he would have to be right up there

Yeah, back to back double hundreds in tests and played with superb flair. Had the shots to make Sachin Tendulkar look boring when he was on top gear. I remember reasons for his downfall were disciplinary.

 

[vcs]

Yeah, back to back double hundreds in tests and played with superb flair. Had the shots to make Sachin Tendulkar look boring when he was on top gear. I remember reasons for his downfall were disciplinary.

He was very good, but I believe he would have eventually regressed to a Ganguly-level rather than a Tendulkar or even Dravid level even if he had not had those disciplinary problems.

 

[M0rphin3]

Darren Lehmann.

 

[Howe_zat]

Chris Broad
Shoaib Mohammed
Vinod Khambli
Darren Lehmann
Scott Styris
Andrew Symonds
Shahid Afridi
Chris Read
Stuart Clark
Mohammed Asif
Shane Bond

Edit: Matthews played 33 tests.

 

[Shri]

He was very good, but I believe he would have eventually regressed to a Ganguly-level rather than a Tendulkar or even Dravid level even if he had not had those disciplinary problems.

He averaged 60 in FC and made close to 10,000 runs. He would have done well this decade at 5 or 6 but him not having a long career was good for us in the end. Wouldn't have been as good as Dravid or Laxman obviously and you can't drop Ganguly.

 

[Shri]

Chris Broad
Darren Lehmann
Greg Matthews
Vinod Khambli
Scott Styris
Andrew Symonds
Shahid Afridi
Chris Read
Stuart Clark
Mohammed Asif
Shane Bond

Bond was the first one I thought of too but this thread specifically asked for batsmen.

 

[M0rphin3]

Bond was the first one I thought of too but this thread specifically asked for batsmen.

Awta

 

[Howe_zat]

Bond was the first one I thought of too but this thread specifically asked for batsmen.

I go above and beyond the call of duty, my friend.

 

[Teja.]

About Ganguly, While him being made captain obv. was more beneficial to the team, I think it killed him as a batsman, He was almost kissing greatness and averaged 50(?) in the 90s where some 3-4 other blokes did and then regressed into this Marcus North-ish batsman for a long while.

 

[G.I.Joe]

By the end of the 90's I was pretty sure Ganguly would end up better than Dravid in both forms of the game. I think Kolkata 2001 was the turning point for Dravid, to a lesser extent than for Laxman.

 

[M0rphin3]

About Ganguly, While him being made captain obv. was more beneficial to the team, I think it killed him as a batsman, He was almost kissing greatness and averaged 50(?) in the 90s where some 3-4 other blokes did and then regressed into this Marcus North-ish batsman for a long while.

Awta so much.

 

[Mike5181]

Surprised to see how much people from other countries seem to rate Jesse Ryder.

 

[Athlai]

Ryder has one of the best records going against India.

 

[_Ed_]

Jesse Ryder is still playing though...

Not guaranteed he'll be fit to play enough to get to 30 Tests, though.

 

[bagapath]

Chris Broad
Shoaib Mohammed
Vinod Khambli
Darren Lehmann
Scott Styris
Andrew Symonds
Shahid Afridi
Chris Read
Stuart Clark
Mohammed Asif
Shane Bond

Edit: Matthews played 33 tests.

shoaib played 40+ tests.

 

[Mike5181]

Man Andrew Symonds only has 1400 odd test runs thats pretty surprising