Who is the most successful home-track, flat-track, minnow-bashing bully of all time?

[TheJediBrah]

Jayawardene and Sangakkara

especially Jayawardene

 

[Black_Warrior]

Jayawardene?
Sehwag?
Hayden?

Voges shaping up to be a modern HTFTMB ATG.

They are three completely different things.

Eg Hayden, Hussey, Clarke were to an extent HTB but not necessarily FTBs or Minnowbashers.

If you're asking which batsman fits all three categories? we have to apply set theory and even then we will struggle to come up with 1-2 names at max.

A minnowbasher is not necessarily a FTB or a HTB. They just cash in on minnows, but on same tracks would struggle against top quality attacks.

 

[Hurricane]

Voges.

 

[Daemon]

Voges.

Don't forget his debut

 

[Hurricane]

I'll have an avatar bet with anyone that he averages less than 40 in New Zealand conditions.

(2 month)

 

[TheJediBrah]

lol @ calling Voges a FTB when he's hardly had a chance to play anyway and literally been on the scene for < a year

 

[Gnske]

I'll have an avatar bet with anyone that he averages less than 40 in New Zealand conditions.

(2 month)

I'll take that up

 

[Hurricane]

I'll take that up

Done.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Should have made it a Voges v Ross who averages higher for the series . . .

 

[Flem274*]

Probably Bradman

he was also the best everything else

 

[Gob]

lol @ calling Voges a FTB when he's hardly had a chance to play anyway and literally been on the scene for < a year

Had whole five tests in England though

 

[TheJediBrah]

Had whole five tests in England though

so he's played ~12 tests, 3 or 4 of them on "flat tracks"?

made a debut 130* on a very tough pitch where no one else made runs, some solid rear-guard 50s late in the Ashes on helpful English wickets.

Either way smacks of denial/jealousy to try and diminish Voges as a player this way.

 

[mr_mister]

yeah but he was very lucky for his career to not end after the first 3 ashes tests. played so **** in them, its crazy his average his 80+ now considering that **** patch

 

[Burgey]

I can understand reasons behind not travelling to India. But only one test against WI who were a force during his entire career. Unfortunate injuries or chicken out, I don't know.

Australia toured the West Indies in 1973 and he broke down with stress fractures in his back. They toured again during wsc but he was playing wsc. They then toured in 1984 but he was, you know, retired and all.

 

[tomfam]

I think Kumar Sangakkara is best.

 

[Hurricane]

I think Kumar Sangakkara is best.

Thank you for that tomfam