Best number 3 of all time?

[Red]

After the obvious one, who do ya reckon it is?

 

[trundler]

Viv then Ponting.

 

[Prince EWS]

Lara

 

[Daemon]

Bradman

 

[Slifer]

Of those I've seen, between Viv and Ricky.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Lara

Played more than twice as much at 4. Hammond in comparison played about the same (37 innings @ 3, 44 @ 4).

 

[Prince EWS]

Played more than twice as much at 4.

He shouldn't have though. He was actually statistically much better at 3.

 

[Prince EWS]

Actually, I'm silly. I somehow forgot about Hammond.

It's not even close IMO. Hammond it is.

 

[Pothas]

Hammond

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Highest average at 3 (minimum 30 innings) from HowSTAT. Top 12:

Don 103.63
Ken 77.24
Wally 74.78
George 71.17
Marnus 62.91
Viv 61.54
Sanga 60.83
Brian 60.47
Kane 58.19
Ricky 56.27
Rahul 52.88
Rohan 52.69

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Bradman




Hammond
Viv/Headley

imo

 

[ankitj]

It's between Hobbs, Sobers and Tendulkar

 

[ataraxia]

Bradman

After Jadeja, obvs

 

[ZK$]

Steve Smith

 

[TheJediBrah]

Jason Gillespie

or Rob Quiney

 

[The Sean]

Highest average at 3 (minimum 30 innings) from HowSTAT. Top 12:

Don 103.63
Ken 77.24
Wally 74.78
George 71.17
Marnus 62.91
Viv 61.54
Sanga 60.83
Brian 60.47
Kane 58.19
Ricky 56.27
Rahul 52.88
Rohan 52.69

On first name terms with everyone except Sanga. Harsh.

 

[The Sean]

It's between Hobbs, Sobers and Tendulkar

Steve Smith

Are you guys answering the question of second greatest batsman, as opposed to second greatest number 3?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

On first name terms with everyone except Sanga. Harsh.

I was trying not to write so much by using first names, but just realised Sanga and Kumar both have 5 letters.

 

[The Sean]

It's absolutely peak Kenny Barrington to average 77 at first drop and barely - if at all - even be in consideration for the answer to this question.

 

[ankitj]

Are you guys answering the question of second greatest batsman, as opposed to second greatest number 3?

They are the same thing.