Who are the top 5 Test cricketers of the 1990s and 2000s?

[PlayerComparisons]

It’s pretty simple

Sachin and Smith are pretty close skill/quality wise

Sachin and Smith are not close longevity wise

 

[Johan]

It’s pretty simple

Sachin and Smith are pretty close skill/quality wise

Sachin and Smith are not close longevity wise

Smith = peak

Sachin = longevity

that's it, all there is to it.

 

[Thala_0710]

If Smith is to be deducted for flat wickets, surely we would take away all the runs Sachin made at home in 2000s too.

That's a poor argument though as Sachin's average at home in the 2000s is actually lower than his overall average

 

[Johan]

Bradman is of course number 1, and you can make an argument for being above Tendulkar for each of the following imo:
Hobbs, Lara, Smith, Viv, Hutton and Sobers

Bradman is 1

Hobbs is 2

that much is clear for me, You can argue for any of Hutton, Sachin, Viv, Sobers for number 3, all are practical equals and only seprated by personal preferences

Smith and Lara a little behind but exceptionally close to that tier.

 

[subshakerz]

skeptic lmao, I rate the man at #3, I hate him having the most illiterate and braindead fanbase of any Cricketer. "Cricket bdfore 1990 suck!" "2014 forward was flat!", "2020s bats can't bat!" and an endless list of stupidity.

"Smith being better is just not real!" as if a person who holds Akram over Ambrose has the right to talk about what's real and what's not

Are you talking about me or CM? I rate Akram below Ambrose.

Anyways back on topic Sachin is better than McGrath

 

[Johan]

That's a poor argument though as Sachin's average at home in the 2000s is actually lower than his overall average

Sigh

I can start knocking away flat wicket hundreds one by one, y'know that right

 

[Thala_0710]

Bradman is 1

Hobbs is 2

that much is clear for me, You can argue for any of Hutton, Sachin, Viv, Sobers for number 3, all are practical equals and only seprated by personal preferences

Smith and Lara a little behind but exceptionally close to that tier.

Don't agree completely but fine

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Who is rated as the second greatest batsman outside of CW?

 

[Johan]

Are you talking about me or CM? I rate Akram below Ambrose.

Anyways back on topic Sachin is better than McGrath

Keep up with the conversation

And Nah, McGrath is better, bowler impact cancels longevity, and he's just plain better after that

 

[Thala_0710]

Who is rated as the second greatest batsman outside of CW?

Sachin and rightly so

 

[subshakerz]

He’s comparable to Hobbs, Sobers, Lara and Richards - not Smith. Smith wasn’t elite for long enough

Smith was. He has had roughly as many quality years as Lara or Richards I think.

 

[Johan]

Who is rated as the second greatest batsman outside of CW?

country by country dependent, I assume Sachin in India, probably Viv in Australia and England, Idk about South Africa and West Indies

 

[subshakerz]

Keep up with the conversation

And Nah, McGrath is better, bowler impact cancels longevity, and he's just plain better after that

I hate that. Might as well not rank any bat over a top bowler then.

 

[Thala_0710]

Sigh

I can start knocking away flat wicket hundreds one by one, y'know that right

Can do that for every bat ever including Bradman tbh

 

[sayon basak]

Who is rated as the second greatest batsman outside of CW?

Don Bradman.

 

[Johan]

He’s comparable to Hobbs, Sobers, Lara and Richards - not Smith. Smith wasn’t elite for long enough

Yeah lol, as if Viv was, ludricous. Lara sus too

 

[Thala_0710]

country by country dependent, I assume Sachin in India, probably Viv in Australia and England, Idk about South Africa and West Indies

I don't think Viv would beat Sachin in Australia

 

[subshakerz]

Bradman is 1

Hobbs is 2

that much is clear for me, You can argue for any of Hutton, Sachin, Viv, Sobers for number 3, all are practical equals and only seprated by personal preferences

Smith and Lara a little behind but exceptionally close to that tier.

So Smith is a tier below Tendulkar. Got it.

 

[Thala_0710]

Don Bradman.

That might actually be true lol

 

[PlayerComparisons]

I feel Sachin will always be rated as #2 due to the run tally and also since there’s a lot of footage of him

Not on these forums but just by the majority of cricket fans