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Who is West Indies's greatest Batsman?
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shortpitched713
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I'll go Sobers here, although I'm a huge fan of Weekes too.
Johan
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Vote Weekes you coward!!!! (just kidding)
sayon basak
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Viv>Sobers>Lara>Headley>Weekes
Burgey
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I have Sobers > Lara=Viv > Headley > Weekes
I find Headley very hard to rate when compared with the others tbh. Certainly belongs in the discussion though. Also, whether I rate Lara over Richards or vice versa kind of waxes and wanes a bit. They're actually quite similar in my eyes, in terms of their approach to the game, and their God modes. When they went into them, it all just came the same to them
I find Headley very hard to rate when compared with the others tbh. Certainly belongs in the discussion though. Also, whether I rate Lara over Richards or vice versa kind of waxes and wanes a bit. They're actually quite similar in my eyes, in terms of their approach to the game, and their God modes. When they went into them, it all just came the same to them
Johan
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I think the approach is kind of a traditionally West Indies one. The always on attack, taking risks, looking to dominate approach is a constant you can notice between Lara, Viv, Sobers and Weekes, Headley would probably have done the same had he not been batting with mugs who can barely hold a bat. Also present with inferior Batters to those five ofcourse, Lloyd, Greenidge, Kanhai etc had a similar approach to the game, it's just that the first five really excelled at it. Probably a batting culture thing.