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

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
no votes for 12 hours now. This one doesn't need to last a whole nuther day. Will start Round 3 in 4-5 hours
 

Gnske

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Garry Sobers
George Headley

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara

Jack Hobbs
Sunil Gavaskar

WG Grace
Len Hutton
 

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
Garry Sobers vs Barry Richards
George Headley vs Graeme Pollock

Sachin Tendulkar vs Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara vs Greg Chappell

Jack Hobbs vs Steve Waugh
Wally Hammond vs Sunil Gavaskar

Viv Richards vs WG Grace
Len Hutton vs Ricky Ponting
 

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
Garry Sobers vs Barry Richards
George Headley vs Graeme Pollock

Sachin Tendulkar vs Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara vs Greg Chappell

Jack Hobbs vs Steve Waugh
Wally Hammond vs Sunil Gavaskar

Viv Richards vs WG Grace
Len Hutton vs Ricky Ponting
 

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well I'd say this done. Viv leads Grace by 3 votes now and that's too much to catch up on when there is likely to only be two or three more users casting a vote in this thing anyway(going by Round 1 voting patterns) I'm making the executive decision to begin Round 3, eg the Quarter Finals



Sunny the only "upset" of Round 2 if we trust my seedings as gospel.

Updated Bracket :

Second best ever batsmen - Challonge


Quarter Finals

Garry Sobers vs George Headley

Sachin Tendulkar vs Brian Lara

Jack Hobbs vs Sunil Gavaskar

Viv Richards vs Len Hutton
 

morgieb

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Garry Sobers vs George Headley

Sachin Tendulkar vs Brian Lara

Jack Hobbs vs Sunil Gavaskar

Viv Richards vs Len Hutton
 

kyear2

Cricketer Of The Year
Anyone keen to do a bowling equivalent of this afterwards? Including spinners and pacers.
 

The Battlers Prince

International Vice-Captain
Oops missed my round 2 vote, wouldn't make any difference I guess

So Quarters
Garry Sobers vs George Headley

Sachin Tendulkar vs Brian Lara

Jack Hobbs vs Sunil Gavaskar

Viv Richards vs Len Hutton
 

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
@kyear: ^i was def thinking of doing that, but happy for someone else to run it if they want. i was thinking just paceman but all bowlers would be pretty interesting actually, more variety and harder to pick a winner. itl also bring in debates about pace vs spin.


originally i was going to do second best cricketer after bradman but the all-rounders would make people like Hobbs and McGrath kinda obsolete
 
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mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
my votes:

Sobers
Sachin (this was tough, I'm always uncertain when comparing these 2)
Hobbs
Viv
 

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