Cricketweb decides the second best batsman ever. 32 player bracket, Contest Thread!

[Coronis]

Garry Sobers vs Virender Sehwag
Barry Richards vs Everton Weekes
George Headley vs Clyde Walcott
Graeme Pollock vs KS Ranjitsinhji

Sachin Tendulkar vs Ken Barrington
Kumar Sangakkara vs Jacques Kallis
Brian Lara vs Allan Border
Greg Chappell vs Frank Worrell

Jack Hobbs vs Rohan Kanhai
Victor Trumper vs Steve Waugh
Wally Hammond vs Younis Khan
Sunil Gavaskar vs AB De Villiers

Viv Richards vs Neil Harvey
WG Grace vs Rahul Dravid
Len Hutton vs Herbert Sutcliffe
Ricky Ponting vs Javed Miandad

 

[CricAddict]

Garry Sobers
Barry Richards
George Headley
Graeme Pollock

Sachin Tendulkar
Jacques Kallis
Brian Lara
Greg Chappell

Jack Hobbs
Steve Waugh
Wally Hammond
AB De Villiers

Viv Richards
WG Grace
Len Hutton
Ricky Ponting

 

[Camo999]

Garry Sobers
Everton Weekes
George Headley
Graeme Pollock

Sachin Tendulkar
Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara
Greg Chappell

Jack Hobbs
Victor Trumper
Wally Hammond
AB De Villiers

Viv Richards
WG Grace
Len Hutton
Ricky Ponting

 

[harsh.ag]

Wtf with the AB voting?

 

[nick-o]

Seems to me the question is "who is the second best batsman ever?" and I'm not going to vote for anyone unless I can construct an argument whereby they are the second greatest batsman ever.

I can understand how that argument could be made for the following, although for me personally there are only two genuine candidates.

Garry Sobers vs Virender Sehwag




Sachin Tendulkar vs Ken Barrington
Kumar Sangakkara vs Jacques Kallis



Jack Hobbs vs Rohan Kanhai
Victor Trumper vs Steve Waugh

Sunil Gavaskar vs AB De Villiers

Viv Richards vs Neil Harvey
WG Grace vs Rahul Dravid

 

[kyear2]

Sobers
Richards
Headley
Pollock

Tendulkar
Kallis
Lara
Chappell

Hobbs
Trumper
Hammond
Gavaskar

Richards
Grace
Hutton
Pontiac

Group 2 is the group of death.

 

[jaideep]

Sobers
Richards
Headley
Pollock

Barrington
Sangakkara
Lara
Chappell

Hobbs
Waugh
Hammond
de Villiers

Richards
WG Grace
Hutton
Ponting

 

[mr_mister]

a score update:

Sobers leads 20-2
B.Richards leads 16-5
Headley leads 20-1
Pollock leads 16-5

Sachin leads 21-1
Sanga leads 19-3
Lara leads 21-0
Chappell leads 18-3

Hobbs leads 21-1
Trumper leads 12-10
Hammond leads 20-1
Gavaskar leads 13-9

Viv leads 21-1
Grace leads 17-5
Hutton leads 19-2
Ponting leads 18-3

 

[Coronis]

Only one unanimous vote, interesting. Already predicting the final 4 will be Sobers, Sachin, Hobbs, Richards.

 

[fredfertang]

Garry Sobers
Barry Richards
George Headley
Graeme Pollock

Sachin Tendulkar
Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara
Greg Chappell

Jack Hobbs
Victor Trumper
Wally Hammond
AB De Villiers

Viv Richards
WG Grace
Len Hutton
Javed Miandad

 

[a massive zebra]

Garry Sobers
Everton Weekes
George Headley
Graeme Pollock

Sachin Tendulkar
Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara
Greg Chappell

Jack Hobbs
Victor Trumper
Wally Hammond
AB De Villiers

Viv Richards
WG Grace
Len Hutton
Javed Miandad

 

[mr_mister]

Only one unanimous vote, interesting. Already predicting the final 4 will be Sobers, Sachin, Hobbs, Richards.

Yeah, and only 2 matches that could be called close. It's funny your top 4 predictions are my top 4 seeds lol. Grace and Trumper are the darkhorses I think

 

[BigBrother]

a score update:

Sobers leads 20-2
B.Richards leads 16-5
Headley leads 20-1
Pollock leads 16-5

Sachin leads 21-1
Sanga leads 19-3
Lara leads 21-0
Chappell leads 18-3

Hobbs leads 21-1
Trumper leads 12-10
Hammond leads 20-1
Gavaskar leads 13-9

Viv leads 21-1
Grace leads 17-5
Hutton leads 19-2
Ponting leads 18-3

man... Kallis and Border are MASSIVELY underrated by this forum.

 

[Prince EWS]

Garry Sobers
Everton Weekes
George Headley
KS Ranjitsinhji


Sachin Tendulkar
Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara
Greg Chappell


Jack Hobbs
Steve Waugh
Wally Hammond
Sunil Gavaskar


Viv Richards
WG Grace
Len Hutton
Javed Miandad

 

[Slifer]

No they are not. Most on this board probably think that Lara edges Border and Sanga vs Kallis the same. We don't think there's a massive gap between either group of players just that most of us think the same way.

 

[Prince EWS]

No they are not. Most on this board probably think that Lara edges Border and Sanga vs Kallis the same. We don't think there's a massive gap between either group of players just that most of us think the same way.

Yeah a big gap doesn't necessarily mean the players are far apart; it could just mean most people agree that one is slightly better than the other. Sanga v Kallis was really tough for me.

 

[Saint Kopite]

Garry Sobers vs Virender Sehwag
Barry Richards vs Everton Weekes
George Headley vs Clyde Walcott
Graeme Pollock vs KS Ranjitsinhji

Sachin Tendulkar vs Ken Barrington
Kumar Sangakkara vs Jacques Kallis
Brian Lara vs Allan Border
Greg Chappell vs Frank Worrell

Jack Hobbs vs Rohan Kanhai
Victor Trumper vs Steve Waugh
Wally Hammond vs Younis Khan
Sunil Gavaskar vs AB De Villiers

Viv Richards vs Neil Harvey
WG Grace vs Rahul Dravid
Len Hutton vs Herbert Sutcliffe
Ricky Ponting vs Javed Miandad

 

[indiaholic]

Garry Sobers
Barry Richards
George Headley
Graeme Pollock

Sachin Tendulkar
Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara
Greg Chappell

Jack Hobbs
Steve Waugh
Wally Hammond
ABDV

Viv Richards
Grace
Len Hutton
Ricky Ponting

 

[BigBrother]

No they are not. Most on this board probably think that Lara edges Border and Sanga vs Kallis the same. We don't think there's a massive gap between either group of players just that most of us think the same way.

No, certain posters I can definitely tell underrates a player like Kallis from what you read in certain other threads. Some I can name off the top off my head actually because I have read from them that many times.

I too rate Lara above Border though not by a whole lot, but Border deserves some votes imo given his accomplishments. Kallis on the other I think is better than Sangakkara though. Among players of his generation, only Tendulkar and Lara are above as specialist batsman for me.

 

[Prince EWS]

I agree that Kallis is under-rated here but I don't think this result is a good indicator of that.

There are members here who tease me about how much I like Kallis and I didn't even vote for him. If anything, maybe you just under-rate Sanga.