Zak Crawley vs Kraigg Brathwaite

[Thala_0710]

hmmm..... probs Harbi. Had the higher peak but Ishant more consistent for a longer period. Toss up for me.

Toss up yeah, but iirc we both had Harbi over Ishant on the best Indian cricketers list we discussed, I'll stick to that

 

[Thala_0710]

Atherton doesn't deserve to be mentioned here at all

He's better than Dimuth ig, but Harbi/Ishant/Athers would be quite close imo

 

[Ali TT]

I can't stand the disrespect to Brathwaite here. I get he's mediocre but he's also been the one or one of two test-standard batsmen that WI have for the past decade. He's not the problem. The problem is everyone else.

It probably is disrespectful but guy isn't playing anywhere near 100 tests for any other test side with that average and s/r.

 

[andruid]

It probably is disrespectful but guy isn't playing anywhere near 100 tests for any other test side with that average and s/r.

Thank you for bringing us back on topic

 

[Ali TT]

Thank you for bringing us back on topic

Hey, I voted but surely discussing the merit of one of the two players is "on topic" for a player comparison thread.

 

[BazBall21]

Atherton doesn't deserve to be mentioned here at all

He wouldn't make my bottom 10

 

[Fuller Pilch]

hmmm..... probs Harbi. Had the higher peak but Ishant more consistent for a longer period. Toss up for me.

Ishant was genuinely good for a few years. India would love a bowler of his quality now.

Harbi was a matchwinner though and played some very important/annoying innings.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Karunaratne shouldn't be mentioned. He was the world's best opener and left hander for a few years.

 

[Ali TT]

Karunaratne shouldn't be mentioned. He was the world's best opener and left hander for a few years.

Even though it doesn't exactly correlate with ATGs, the 100 club is a pretty elite bunch so not a huge insult to be listed as the worst of that group

 

[BazBall21]

Ishant was pretty average before the arrival of one of the most seam-friendly eras ever. Think he's up there with the worst.

 

[Coronis]

Hmm well theres about 55 batsmen who’ve played 100 tests, about 15 bowlers, and about 15 AR’s/keepers. Easier to be one of the worst batsmen to play 100 tests than worst bowlers.

 

[Johan]

Hmm well theres about 55 batsmen who’ve played 100 tests, about 15 bowlers, and about 15 AR’s/keepers. Easier to be one of the worst batsmen to play 100 tests than worst bowlers.

list them all

 

[Coronis]

list them all

All what

 

[Johan]

All what

Every single Cricketer who has played 100 or more tests, and then rank them from best to worst

 

[Thala_0710]

Every single Cricketer who has played 100 or more tests, and then rank them from best to worst

Sounds like a task for @capt_Luffy

 

[Coronis]

Every single Cricketer who has played 100 or more tests, and then rank them from best to worst

Bite me.

 

[Johan]

Bite me.

@capt_Luffy you do the ranking

 

[slowfinger]

who would I rather take to the Ashes?

Kraigg Braithwaite all day long

Can rely on him to see off the new ball and maybe ton up here or there

 

[capt_Luffy]

Sounds like a task for @capt_Luffy

@capt_Luffy you do the ranking

Ranking of test cricketers who have played 100 tests

1) Sachin Tendulkar 2) Viv Richards 3) Shane Warne 4) Jacques Kallis 5) Muttiah Muralitharan 6) Wasim Akram 7) Glenn McGrath 8) Steve Smith 9) Ian Botham 10) Brian Lara 11) AB De Villiers 12) Shaun Pollock 13) Kumar Sangakkara 14) Ricky Ponting 15) Sunil Gavaskar 16) Geoff Boycott 17) Virat...

www.cricketweb.net

Karunaratne, the only one missing, will be 81st and strangely enough, after the next Test Brathwaite will be 82nd

 

[ataraxia]

It probably is disrespectful but guy isn't playing anywhere near 100 tests for any other test side with that average and s/r.

You might have forgotten but there is one side – that plays rather a lot of tests – for which he would have been a marked improvement.


Kraigg over the 1 Jan 2014 to 1 May 2022 period: