Who Is Your Country/Team's Second Best Left-Handed Batsman?

[SillyCowCorner1]

I'll go first since my situation is different from the other test teams,

My country, Guyana: It is Shivnarine Chanderpaul; Clive Lloyd is best
My team, West Indies: Brian Charles Lara; Sobers obviously the best

 

[Coronis]

Clem Hill

 

[peterhrt]

I'll go first since my situation is different from the other test teams,

My country, Guyana: It is Shivnarine Chanderpaul; Clive Lloyd is best
My team, West Indies: Brian Charles Lara; Sobers obviously the best

Wouldn't argue with Lloyd for Guyana.

Kallicharran and Fredericks might challenge Chanderpaul. They certainly looked better.

 

[trundler]

Clem Hill

because Clem Hill mentioned, because you called him second best

Anyway, it's Taufeeq Umar or Wasim Raja for Pakistan unless I've forgotten someone obvious

 

[trundler]

On the insistence of absolutely no one I've decided to do this for everyone else also

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (Shakib Al Hassan)
England: Maurice Leyland (Alistair Cook)
India: Gautam Gambhir (Sourav Ganguly)
Sri Lanka: Dimuth
Karunaratne (Sanath Jayasuriya)
South Africa: Gary Kirsten (Graeme Smith)*
New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (John Wright)
Zimbabwe: Sean Williams (Andy Flower)

Controversial call on NZ. Not counting G Pollock for SA. If you do then it's Smith I guess.

 

[The Sean]

On the insistence of absolutely no one I've decided to do this for everyone else also

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (Shakib Al Hassan)
England: Maurice Leyland (Alistair Cook)
India: Gautam Gambhir (Sourav Ganguly)
Sri Lanka: Dimuth
Karunaratne (Sanath Jayasuriya)
South Africa: Gary Kirsten (Graeme Smith)*
New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (John Wright)
Zimbabwe: Sean Williams (Andy Flower)

Controversial call on NZ. Not counting G Pollock for SA. If you do then it's Smith I guess.

Why wouldn't you count Pollock? David Gower hard done by for England I reckon.

And I assume your Sri Lanka selection is a tribute to @Himannv.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Wouldn't argue with Lloyd for Guyana.

Kallicharran and Fredericks might challenge Chanderpaul. They certainly looked better.

Recency bias for the Chanderpaul pick...I went against both of my fellow county-men (Berbicians) for the Demerarian in Shiv

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

On the insistence of absolutely no one I've decided to do this for everyone else also

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (Shakib Al Hassan)
England: Maurice Leyland (Alistair Cook)
India: Gautam Gambhir (Sourav Ganguly)
Sri Lanka: Dimuth
Karunaratne (Sanath Jayasuriya)
South Africa: Gary Kirsten (Graeme Smith)*
New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (John Wright)
Zimbabwe: Sean Williams (Andy Flower)

Controversial call on NZ. Not counting G Pollock for SA. If you do then it's Smith I guess.

So Sanga is not the best batsmen after Bradman?
lol

@Himannv

 

[_00_deathscar]

On the insistence of absolutely no one I've decided to do this for everyone else also

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (Shakib Al Hassan)
England: Maurice Leyland (Alistair Cook)
India: Gautam Gambhir (Sourav Ganguly)
Sri Lanka: Dimuth
Karunaratne (Sanath Jayasuriya)
South Africa: Gary Kirsten (Graeme Smith)*
New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (John Wright)
Zimbabwe: Sean Williams (Andy Flower)

Controversial call on NZ. Not counting G Pollock for SA. If you do then it's Smith I guess.

I think argument for Pant for India

 

[trundler]

Why wouldn't you count Pollock? David Gower hard done by for England I reckon.

And I assume your Sri Lanka selection is a tribute to @Himannv.

Yeah let's go with that explanation for why I forgot Sanga. I had Dimuth down as 2nd best, then realised Jayasuriya was better and ultimately put Jayasuriya down as #1, forgetting Sanga altogether. Leyland Vs Gower is close surely though I'd be betraying my own principle there if I didn't reward Gower for being the better top order player of the two. Longevity question marks over G Pollock potentially.

 

[Coronis]

because Clem Hill mentioned, because you called him second best

Anyway, it's Taufeeq Umar or Wasim Raja for Pakistan unless I've forgotten someone obvious

I can’t please both you and Burgey, so I made my choice, once and for all.

 

[Coronis]

On the insistence of absolutely no one I've decided to do this for everyone else also

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (Shakib Al Hassan)
England: Maurice Leyland (Alistair Cook)
India: Gautam Gambhir (Sourav Ganguly)
Sri Lanka: Dimuth
Karunaratne (Sanath Jayasuriya)
South Africa: Gary Kirsten (Graeme Smith)*
New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (John Wright)
Zimbabwe: Sean Williams (Andy Flower)

Controversial call on NZ. Not counting G Pollock for SA. If you do then it's Smith I guess.

Oh and, you mixed up the Bangers blokes. Easy mistake to make.

 

[BazBall21]

David Gower the best. Was gonna give Thorpe 2nd but forgot how impressive Leyland's average against Australia is. Hmmm...

Cook in the conversation too.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Graeme Smith , first is Graeme Pollock

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Bert Sutcliffe or Devon Conway (Martin Donnelly is no 1).

 

[BazBall21]

David Gower the best. Was gonna give Thorpe 2nd but forgot how impressive Leyland's average against Australia is. Hmmm...

Cook in the conversation too.

I'll give Thorpe 2nd.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

This just showed how few good left handed bats we have produced.

Vinod Kambli

 

[Flem274*]

Bert Sutcliffe or Devon Conway (Martin Donnelly is no 1).

Yeah I still have Sutcliffe at #1 but Conway is making a case. Fleming in the conversation as well.

You could make cases for Richardson, Wright, Latham and Ryder but they just don't feel right. Ryder not being top 2 is entirely self inflicted. Latham has the numbers but you always feel after most series his career average should be 5 runs less than it is.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Yeah I still have Sutcliffe at #1 but Conway is making a case. Fleming in the conversation as well.

You could make cases for Richardson, Wright, Latham and Ryder but they just don't feel right. Ryder not being top 2 is entirely self inflicted. Latham has the numbers but you always feel after most series his career average should be 5 runs less than it is.

Could also make a case for JF Reid and 3-4 years ago even Nicholls looked like a chance.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

This just showed how few good left handed bats we have produced.

Vinod Kambli

Risabh Pant has had a better Test career I think