Johan
International Coach
He has him at 3 so lol, But nah I don't mind or particularly care.
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Top 50 Greatest test batters
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subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Kohli and Williamson are ridiculously high.
Chanderpaul and Cook shouldnt be in the top 30.
Jaya ahead of the 3Ws lol.
Chanderpaul and Cook shouldnt be in the top 30.
Jaya ahead of the 3Ws lol.
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah I am genuinely at a loss that he is rated that high.
capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
Against the Pace battery, yes; overall no.
Johan
International Coach
Better Bats than Chanderpaul by country, in order of appearance, asterisk with those whom I think he's close to, double asterisk for those where I'm not sure.
Australia
Clement Hill | Victor Trumper | Donald Bradman | Stanley McCabe | Neil Harvey | Bill Lawry* | Doug Walters* | Greg Chappell | Allan Border | Steve Waugh | Ricky Ponting | Matthew Hayden* | Adam Gilchrist* | Damian Martyn* | Michael Clarke | Steven Smith
England
William Grace | Arthur Shrewsbury | John Hobbs | Herbert Sutcliffe | Walter Hammond | Leonard Hutton | Denis Compton | Peter May | Michael Colin Cowdrey | Ken Barrington | Ted Dexter* | Geoffrey Boycott | Graham Gooch | David Gower* | Graham Thorpe* | Kevin Pietersen* | Alastair Cook* | Joe Root
West Indies
George Headley | Frank Worrell | Everton Weekes | Clyde Walcott | Garfield Sobers | Rohan Kanhai | Clive Lloyd | Gordon Greenidge* | IVA Richards | Richie Richardson* | Brian Lara
South Africa
Aubrey Faulkner | Herbert Taylor | Bruce Mitchell* | Dudley Nourse | Graeme Pollock | Barry Richards | Jacques Kallis | Graeme Smith | AB De Villiers | Hashim Amla
India
Kumar Ranjitsinhji | Vijay Merchant | Vijay Hazare | Sunil Gavaskar | Mohinder Amarnath* | Sachin Tendulkar | Rahul Dravid | VVS Laxman* | Virender Sehwag* | Virat Kohli
Sri Lanka
Aravinda De Silva* | Kumar Sangakkara | Mahela Jayawardene**
Zimbabwe
Andy Flower
Pakistan
Hanif Mohammad | Zaheer Abbas** | Javed Miandad | Inzamam-Ul-Haq | Saeed Anwar* | Younis Khan | Mohammad Yousuf*
New Zealand
Martin Crowe | Kane Williamson
@capt_Luffy how many names is that?
Australia
Clement Hill | Victor Trumper | Donald Bradman | Stanley McCabe | Neil Harvey | Bill Lawry* | Doug Walters* | Greg Chappell | Allan Border | Steve Waugh | Ricky Ponting | Matthew Hayden* | Adam Gilchrist* | Damian Martyn* | Michael Clarke | Steven Smith
England
William Grace | Arthur Shrewsbury | John Hobbs | Herbert Sutcliffe | Walter Hammond | Leonard Hutton | Denis Compton | Peter May | Michael Colin Cowdrey | Ken Barrington | Ted Dexter* | Geoffrey Boycott | Graham Gooch | David Gower* | Graham Thorpe* | Kevin Pietersen* | Alastair Cook* | Joe Root
West Indies
George Headley | Frank Worrell | Everton Weekes | Clyde Walcott | Garfield Sobers | Rohan Kanhai | Clive Lloyd | Gordon Greenidge* | IVA Richards | Richie Richardson* | Brian Lara
South Africa
Aubrey Faulkner | Herbert Taylor | Bruce Mitchell* | Dudley Nourse | Graeme Pollock | Barry Richards | Jacques Kallis | Graeme Smith | AB De Villiers | Hashim Amla
India
Kumar Ranjitsinhji | Vijay Merchant | Vijay Hazare | Sunil Gavaskar | Mohinder Amarnath* | Sachin Tendulkar | Rahul Dravid | VVS Laxman* | Virender Sehwag* | Virat Kohli
Sri Lanka
Aravinda De Silva* | Kumar Sangakkara | Mahela Jayawardene**
Zimbabwe
Andy Flower
Pakistan
Hanif Mohammad | Zaheer Abbas** | Javed Miandad | Inzamam-Ul-Haq | Saeed Anwar* | Younis Khan | Mohammad Yousuf*
New Zealand
Martin Crowe | Kane Williamson
@capt_Luffy how many names is that?
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capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
Johan
International Coach
77 names then, Looks like Chanderpaul is not even top 75 Batters of all time.
capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
(Tbf you missed Ranji, so back to 78)
Johan
International Coach
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PlayerComparisons
International Captain
Openers are overrated in the list imo. Greenidge, Boycott, Smith, and Cook can’t be higher than Waugh and Pollock.
capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
Ranji is English
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Chanderpaul is MUCH better than many of these players. How was Damian Martyn better than Chanders?
Also, Bert Sutcliffe is only NZ's 5th or 6th best bat:
Williamson, Crowe, Donnelly, Turner, Sutcliffe/Dempster
Also, Bert Sutcliffe is only NZ's 5th or 6th best bat:
Williamson, Crowe, Donnelly, Turner, Sutcliffe/Dempster
Johan
International Coach
We don't claim him, from what I've read, he was a bit of a wannabe.
Johan
International Coach
He isn't better than a single one I listed. Don't you dare. Keep this up and I'll be forced to add in Ganguly and Azhar.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Do you rate on aesthethics or effectiveness?
He played 164 tests, had a 21-year test career, and was the best player in the world from about 08/09 - 2012
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Chanderpaul was an ATG, yet many of those listed weren't.
Johan
International Coach
effectiveness + ability
I just don't think he won enough games, gave the strike to the tail enders too often and clearly played for his average, his average is 48 without bullying hopeless Bangladesh and Zimbabwe attacks, his run output is 40, that's with the caveat of him not touring very well outside of England, I see no reason to rate him above other bats who had a similar level of RPI and toured better, actually batted up and won games/serieses away.
Like Cook.