Top 50 Greatest test batters

[DrWolverine]

Lillee played 3 Tests against India.
Gavaskar did not play the WSC.
Did they play some unofficial games?

 

[Johan]

Gavaskar represented and opened for World XI in 1971-72 against Lillee, it's the famous series where Sobers made 254* against Peak Lillee.

 

[Johan]

Lillee was unplayable here, 8-29 against Sunil Gavaskar, Rohan Kanhai, Zaheer Abbas, Tony Greig, Clive Lloyd and Garfield Sobers is just stupid.

 

[DrWolverine]

Dennis Lillee’s reputation was a fast bowler of blistering pace and fiery aggression is unmatched by a bowler to this day - A cricketing superstar.

 

[Johan]

Lillee was unplayable here, 8-29 against Sunil Gavaskar, Rohan Kanhai, Zaheer Abbas, Tony Greig, Clive Lloyd and Garfield Sobers is just stupid.

Holy **** that Pitch is fast

 

[Johan]

Flower is not better than Harvey man...

 

[Fanboy375]

Does anyone have any info what what was average batting average during Hobbs time in English first class cricket

 

[Johan]

Quite untested relatively against high quality spin too. But he also said that if Pollock had a full career he'd be a lot higher.

Here is an instance of him casually slapping up Derek Underwood

Kent v South Africans at Canterbury, 28-29 Jul 1965

 

[BazBall21]

Gower is nowhere near Chappell in Aus. If you meant Chappell in Eng, honestly it's not a big difference. Both mixed records but essentially par.

Gowers Pak tour was against a weak attack without Imran.

Gower with tests, yes is better in WI. With WSC, it's Chappell.

Qadir was efficient at home and Gower nailed him there.

 

[DrWolverine]

Gavaskar represented and opened for World XI in 1971-72 against Lillee, it's the famous series where Sobers made 254* against Peak Lillee.

 

[Thala_0710]

Here is an instance of him casually slapping up Derek Underwood

Kent v South Africans at Canterbury, 28-29 Jul 1965

That's 1 game, relatively untested holds true

 

[Johan]

That's 1 game, relatively untested holds true

Mhm

 

[ma1978]

Yeah, Ken Barrington >>>>>> Rahul Dravid, averages 64 against Australia while Dravid averages 38

Australia wasn’t as dominant in Barrington’s time and English players are judged only on their Ashes performances

 

[Burgey]

Holy **** that Pitch is fast

Old school waca was genuinely frightening

 

[Johan]

Old school waca was genuinely frightening

Yeah, that it was, Makes Kanhai's knock more the absurd

 

[Burgey]

Dennis Lillee’s reputation was a fast bowler of blistering pace and fiery aggression is unmatched by a bowler to this day - A cricketing superstar.

Bloke at the other end was sharpish

"Sometimes he hit the bat before the bat was ready to hit the ball. You know, the ball would hit the bat and you'd be like 'My gosh, what was that?' and it's hit the splice and gone."
- Dennis Amiss

I can't imagine being good enough to be a test match opener and facing someone who's too quick to physically cope with.

 

[Johan]

View attachment 47678

Lloyd stands out the most.

 

[Johan]

the lack of Denis Compton still hurts

 

[Burgey]

It’s just 3 Tests and 5 innings. One series. A very low sample size.

It is not like Brian Lara failing to score even a single century against Allan Donald despite playing 10 Tests across multiple series over the years.

Or Joe root in Australia

 

[kyear2]

My current opinion
GOAT : Don Bradman
Tier 1 : Hobbs. Hutton. Sobers. Viv. Sachin. Smith.
Tier 2 : Sutcliffe. Hammond. Headley.Sunny. Lara.
Tier 3 : Ken. Chappell. Ponting. Kallis. Sanga. Root.

I like this idea.

GOAT : Bradman
Tier 1 : Hobbs. Tendulkar. Richards. Sobers
Tier 1.5 : Smith. Lara. Hutton. Richards
Tier 2 : Gavaskar. Hammond. Chappell. Ponting. Headley. Pollock. Kallis