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Cricketweb decides the second best batsman ever. 32 player bracket, Contest Thread!
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Prince EWS
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Nah **** off voting twice smali.
indiaholic
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Haha WAC.
AndyZaltzHair
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Imran Khan is finally proud of Smali
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Viv
Prince EWS
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Sobers
indiaholic
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How do you separate them?
OverratedSanity
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I don't look at the final as a head to head tbh. Rather who of the two fits my criteria out of what I want from the GOAT (Brian aside cos he's stupid). I look for something unique to try and separate one player from the rest because the top 5-6 batsmen are so close together and have such wonderfully complete records that its an exercise in futility to find our who's actually 'better'. Instead, I look at Viv's sheer destructive force as something truly unique... Or relatively rare atleast, replicated by very few if any. Don't think I get that from any other batsman in that top tier.
So,Viv.
So,Viv.
Prince EWS
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Hard to split their absolute peaks, but Sobers maintained silliness for much longer. Viv fell away a bit which I try not to hold against him when comparing him to someone who only had a short career, but Sobers's career was even longer than Viv's and he maintained his near-60 calender averages almost right to the end.