Better test batsman? Warne, Akram, Lindwall or Marshall?

[Gob]

Was he a crim

 

[Bolo.]

Have only seen Warne and Akram n this list. Out of those two, Warne over Akram on performances. But Akram over Warne in terms of the eye test and potential.

I feel like we use the eye test and potential very synonomously with lower order bats in particular. A guy who plays a couple of clean drives/cuts in the lower order is going to be marked down as someone with a lot of potential, regardless of glaring weaknesses

 

[honestbharani]

I think reading up on the Akram innings' it does show he had that potential, but in my time of watching them both, I felt Warne made more crucial contributions with more consistency than Akram did with the bat.

 

[harsh.ag]

I think reading up on the Akram innings' it does show he had that potential, but in my time of watching them both, I felt Warne made more crucial contributions with more consistency than Akram did with the bat.

Isn't that basically because Australia could make his contributions count more than Pakistan could make Wasim's count?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Even I'm too young to have seen Lindwall bat, but of the three I've seen I reckon it's all fairly close.

My take is that Warne and MDM were both a bit better than their test averages suggested. In fact, and this may be my memory playing trick on me, but I seem to distantly recall the BBC showing a Hants game in the late 80s (I'm guessing it was a one dayer, but the players were definitely in whites, as all cricketers were back in the day, regardless of format) and Marshall was batting top 6.

 

[honestbharani]

Isn't that basically because Australia could make his contributions count more than Pakistan could make Wasim's count?

Hard to say, coz I am just going by memory. But we have to remember Akram had others who could bat 7 or 8 and he really only needed to bat 9 sometimes.

 

[sunilz]

Akram's first ton in Adelaide in 1990 was a back to the wall worldclass knock that was better than anything Warne did IMO.

Forgot Warne's Knock against Wasim, Waqar and Shoaib at Gabba in 1999

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah Warne scored like 80 in a partnership of 90

Lara like

 

[sledger]

Warne a hugely underrated batsman tbh. Could play plenty of shots and never gave you the impression that he'd be an easy wicket.

Remember always thinking "oh yeah, great, Gilchrist out, now only the tail to get rid of", and then feeling deflated when I remembered Warne was the next man in.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Forgot Warne's Knock against Wasim, Waqar and Shoaib at Gabba in 1999

That was a late innings knock, hardly crucial or important. Slater and Blewett put on 200+ for the first wicket and Mark Waugh made a 100 too. It was also Gilchrist's debut, think he made 80-odd too. Then Warne did some downhill skiing

 

[Jack1]

You'd have to say that Malcolm Marshall underperformed with the bat in Tests considering his FC average, FC hundreds and FC fifties. If I'm considering just their batting in Tests, like you specified, then it's out of Akram and Lindwall. Akram gets my vote.

Wasim > Lindwall > Marshall > Warne

I decided on the same.

 

[sunilz]

That was a late innings knock, hardly crucial or important. Slater and Blewett put on 200+ for the first wicket and Mark Waugh made a 100 too. It was also Gilchrist's debut, think he made 80-odd too. Then Warne did some downhill skiing

Still was a very good knock considering the quality of bowling attack.

 

[nightprowler10]

I know this is for Tests but Wasim is the only one in this list who made a significant contribution with the bat for a WC win.

 

[ankitj]

Even I'm too young to have seen Lindwall bat, but of the three I've seen I reckon it's all fairly close.

My take is that Warne and MDM were both a bit better than their test averages suggested. In fact, and this may be my memory playing trick on me, but I seem to distantly recall the BBC showing a Hants game in the late 80s (I'm guessing it was a one dayer, but the players were definitely in whites, as all cricketers were back in the day, regardless of format) and Marshall was batting top 6.

Have heard at least once in some talk show on all rounders of 80s that one could add Marshall to the fab 4 all rounders to make it fab 5.

 

[Slifer]

How does Warne have 4 votes and Marshall zero???

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

How does Warne have 4 votes and Marshall zero???

CW only love Marshall for his bowling; to hell with his batting.

 

[Anil]

has to be akram...clearly all 4 are useful lower order batsmen but only akram was really considered an all-rounder in his prime...

 

[TheJediBrah]

I know this is for Tests but Wasim is the only one in this list who made a significant contribution with the bat for a WC win.

Yeah Lindwall couldn't make a run in ODIs to save himself

 

[nightprowler10]

Yeah what a loser.

 

[mr_mister]

Warne got some handy runs in the 96 QF against NZ