Brian Lara
School Boy/Girl Captain
Agree on ponting. I don't think he's quite worthy for A in my eyes simply because of how exclusive I think the tier should be.Absolutely and it's disappointing they don't get more kudos.
As for Ponting, I think he's probably an A-. He was incredible in MOST conditions. His value overall with his fielding is AFAIC more than most others at the top level of batsmen.
Headley is the second best of that era for me. He was adaptable and with no one else in his team worth talking about he showed his quality. His FC record, in England is no small matter either. A
Grace second best ever A
I think trumper is given his due, especially around this forum. I just feel a lot of people who love to study the history of the game (myself included) love to put past players on a pedestal. I personally feel that we have just had a monstrous era for batsmen and I don't think many batsmen down history should be placed above the likes of a ponting or a kallis unless they were truly freak batsmen. Guys like trumper and ranji were phenomenal in their time, but as for A, not sure.
Grace I would agree is A.