Outside of Bradman, who has the greatest home record?

[subshakerz]

Keeping context in mind, who has the best home record as far as bowler, batsman and all-rounder is concerned?

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Imran: averages 45 as bat at home and 19 with the ball.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Greatest record in a away country(outside of Bradman in Eng) has to be Sobers in India: averages nearly 100 with bat(including some innings against the quartet) and 26-27 with the ball

 

[capt_Luffy]

Batsman: Garry Sobers
Bowler: Mutthiah Muralitharan
All-rounder: Imran Khan

 

[Bolo.]

Bowler: Murali
AR: Imran
Bat: Trickier. Likely someone outside the usual suspects like May. Hutton, Kallis and Sobers all seem like decent shouts. Shout out to Headley for averaging 78 at home.

 

[capt_Luffy]

I think away ones are more interesting as there you have a large no of contestants for places like in Australia and England; but suppose in South Africa the competition weakens. Either they performed exceptional against a very weak South African team (like in the times of Lohman and then Barnes) or performed all right against a very strong one. Anyway, here I am trying to rank the best away performances on country to country basis. Let's set the minimum matches at 8. I would try to name 4 batsmen in no order.

England: Don Bradman, Viv Richards, Rahul Dravid, Steve Smith (honourable mention: George Headley, Garry Sobers, Allan Border, Sachin Tendulkar, Graeme Smith, Steve Waugh)

Australia: Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Sachin Tendulkar, Wally Hammond (honourable mentions: Viv Richards, Ken Barrington, Herbert Sutcliffe, Garry Sobers)

West Indies: Sunil Gavaskar, Graham Gooch, Geoff Boycott, Steve Waugh (honourable mentions: Sachin Tendulkar, Len Hutton, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting)

South Africa: Jack Hobbs, Virat Kohli, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting (honourable mentions: Len Hutton, Sachin Tendulkar, Wally Hammond, Stephen Fleming, Neil Harvey)

New Zealand: Greg Chappell, Joe Root, Sachin Tendulkar, Javed Miandad (honourable mentions: Rahul Dravid, Inzamam Ul Haq)

India: Clive Lloyd, Garry Sobers, Steve Smith, Joe Root (honourable mentions: Alvin Kalicharan, Alaistar Cook, Javed Miandad, Hashim Amla, Mathew Hayden)

Pakistan: Sunil Gavaskar, Allan Border, Mohinder Amarnath, Sanath Jayasuriya (honourable mentions: Viv Richards, Virendra Sehwag, Kumar Sangakkara, Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis)

Sri Lanka: Sachin Tendulkar, Younis Khan, Inzamam Ul Haq, Mushfiqur Rahim (honourable mentions: Virendra Sehwag, Brian Lara, Stephen Fleming, Joe Root, VVS Laxman)

 

[Coronis]

Jacques Kallis.

 

[trundler]

Walcott deserves a shout for best home batsman. Kallis and May are good shouts too, don't know how much their averages standardise upwards.

 

[Gob]

Jayawardena should be up there too

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Williamson averages 66 at home on green pitches

 

[capt_Luffy]

Williamson, Ponting and Sehwag are also good shouts for best home Batsmen

 

[Bolo.]

Williamson, Ponting and Sehwag are also good shouts for best home Batsmen

Can Ponting and Sehwag even both be the best in their own teams? Surely you are picking Sachin and Ponting or Sehwag and Hayden.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Can Ponting and Sehwag even both be the best in their own teams? Surely you are picking Sachin and Ponting or Sehwag and Hayden.

Sehwag's record in India is seriously, actually Asia as a whole; is probably even better than SRT. It's just that he was a sitting duck in England, New Zealand and South Africa. Ponting, I feel like was the primary batsman of his team afterall.

 

[Bolo.]

Sehwag's record in India is seriously, actually Asia as a whole; is probably even better than SRT. It's just that he was a sitting duck in England, New Zealand and South Africa. Ponting, I feel like was the primary batsman of his team afterall.

For Asia, quite possibly.

But just at home, you have almost identical pairs in their relation to each other. Balancing opener tax vs longevity for who you reckon is better.

 

[Archer6K]

Bowler: Murali
AR: Imran
Bat: Trickier. Likely someone outside the usual suspects like May. Hutton, Kallis and Sobers all seem like decent shouts. Shout out to Headley for averaging 78 at home.

Maybe Cummins

 

[Bolo.]

Maybe Cummins

He hasn't played long enough to go past Mcgrath/Lillee for AUS at home.

There's no touching Murali as a bowler anyway. Probably a better pick than Bradman for the team he played for.

 

[Silver Silva]

Rabada has 184 Test wickets at home @ 19.07
SR - 33.20

 

[Bolo.]

Rabada has 184 Test wickets at home @ 19.07
SR - 33.20

Bowling in RSA has been on playing on cheat mode for most of his career. His stats are crazy, and he has been great, but there is a very long list of players ahead of him.

 

[Silver Silva]

Bowling in RSA has been on playing on cheat mode for most of his career. His stats are crazy, and he has been great, but there is a very long list of players ahead of him.

In terms of home performances there isn't a very long list. And he did something even Dale Steyn could not do, bowl SA to a series victory against Australia at home.. Think sometimes we underrate modern day stars maybe in a few years his numbers will sink in.

 

[Prince EWS]

Maybe Cummins

Yeah this is a decent shout given how roady his home conditions have been for most of his career.