Sutcliffe. Hutton. Gavaskar.

[kyear2]

Do not reject healing, your favourite bats are literally Barry Richards and Greg Chappell, you need to be cleansed.

Sound good to me

 

[Johan]

Sound good to me

Greg? really? Mr Underarm?

 

[kyear2]

Greg? really? Mr Underarm?

I meant Barry, but you know that, but Chappell is certainly class.

Remember talking to a former WI great who said that Chappell didn't stand out like they did, but he would knock the ball around with the occasional spontaneous burst, and you'll look up and he was 50. Underrated player.

 

[sayon basak]

It's not necessary they'd pick Gavaskar either, Gavaskar's greatness is mostly ingrained for stat nerds from CW, Most people would always pick the ones they watched growing up

Everybody knows Gavaskar in India.

 

[sayon basak]

I meant Barry, but you know that.

Obviously he did. Who doesn't?

 

[Johan]

Everybody knows Gavaskar in India.

Gavaskar's greatness, his name being known doesn't mean the vast majority of cricket viewers (1990s-2010s) would pick him ahead of the openers they saw and actively followed the careers of.

 

[DrWolverine]

I have seen many young fans mocking Sunil Gavaskar on social media when he criticised Rohit Sharma and asking if he has the credentials to talk about batting. FFS, Sunil Gavaskar scored more away centuries in his debut series than Rohit scored in his entire test career.

 

[Johan]

I have seen many young fans mocking Sunil Gavaskar on social media when he criticised Rohit Sharma and asking if he has the credentials to talk about batting. FFS, Sunil Gavaskar scored more away centuries in his debut series than Rohit scored in his entire test career.

they'll tell you Gavaskar played with farmers

 

[Line and Length]

Very few people outside of CW know who Hobbs is

Really? So CW has a mortgage on followers of cricket history?

 

[DrWolverine]

they'll tell you Gavaskar played with farmers

I have never seen anyone tell those things.

His fame is built on scoring centuries against the greatest, meanest & fastest of fast bowlers.

For some reason, cricket fans at least here view the post-1970s fast bowlers with awe and loads of respect

 

[Coronis]

think I'll make it to 2050 too just to tell you that Viv is better than Smith

I’d have to make it to 56. Honestly I always kinda expected to be dead by 40, but now I’m not so sure. @capt_Luffy I don’t reckon OP will be done when I’m 40

 

[sayon basak]

Gavaskar's greatness, his name being known doesn't mean the vast majority of cricket viewers (1990s-2010s) would pick him ahead of the openers they saw and actively followed the careers of.

You just do not know.

 

[kyear2]

Hayden & Sehwag are being picked a lot

Is it possible that we underrate Hayden?

 

[Agonizingly Awkward]

Is it possible that we underrate Hayden?

No

 

[kyear2]

No

For the record I agree with you.

Just putting it out there

 

[DrWolverine]

Is it possible that we underrate Hayden?

I think he is fairly rated.

 

[Coronis]

@shortpitched713 underrrates him imo

 

[DrWolverine]

Hayden
Top 6-10 opener I guess

 

[DrWolverine]

@shortpitched713
Hayden is not top ten?

 

[Johan]

@shortpitched713
Hayden is not top ten?

He has Hayden over Sachin