2024 Ranking of Batsmen Poll

[bagapath]

Gilchrist
Hill
Sehwag

 

[howitzer]

Greenidge
Hill
Flower

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Trumper
Worrell
Hill

 

[Line and Length]

20 voters this round. Hopefully we can keep this sort of participation until the final round. 18 different nominations (and only 17 places remaining).

21 - Boycott; 17 - Greenidge; 15 - Trumper; 13 - Sehwag; 12 - Worrell; 10 - Flower; 6 - Amla; 5 - Hill; 4 - Kanhai;
3 - Inzamam-ul-Haq, Lloyd, Gilchrist; 2 - Simpson, Ranjitsinjhi; Paynter, Hayden. May, Chanderpaul.

Three openers in this round, with mixed fortunes. Boycott and Trumper both drop 5 spots on the 2022 poll while Greenidge climbs 7 places, passing fellow openers (Sehwag and Hayden) on his way up.

Voting is now open for places 37 to 39.

	*Current player	Tests	Runs	Average	Centuries	Usual Batting Position	2022 Rank
1	D. Bradman	52	6996	99.94	29	3	1
2	S. Tendulkar	200	15921	53.79	51	4	4
3	J. Hobbs	61	5410	56.95	15	Opener	2
4	G. Sobers	93	8032	57.78	26	5 & 6	3
5	L. Hutton	79	6971	56.67	19	Opener	7
6	B. Lara	131	11953	52.89	34	4	6
7	V. Richards	121	8540	50.24	24	3 - 5	5
8	*S.Smith	109	9685	56.97	32	4 & Opener	10
9	S. Gavaskar	125	10122	51.12	34	Opener	9
10	W. Hammond	85	7249	58.46	22	3 & 4	8
11	H. Sutcliffe	54	4555	60.73	16	Opener	12
12	G. Headley	22	2190	60.83	10	3	11
13	R. Ponting	168	13378	51.85	41	3	14
14	J. Kallis	166	13289	55.37	45	3 & 4	18
15	G. Chappell	87	7110	53.86	24	4	13
16	A. Border	156	11174	50.56	27	4 - 6	17
17	K. Sangakkara	134	12400	57.41	38	3	16
18	G. Pollock	23	2256	60.97	7	4	15
19	S. Waugh	168	10927	51.06	32	5	19
20	K. Barrington	82	6806	58.67	20	3 & 4	20
21	R. Dravid	164	13288	52.31	36	3	22
22	E. Weekes	48	4455	58.62	15	4	23
23	D. Nourse	34	2960	53.82	9	4	27
24	Javed Miandad	124	8832	52.57	23	4	21
25	Younis Khan	118	10099	52.06	34	4	25
26	C. Walcott	44	3798	56.69	15	3 or 5	26
27	*K.Williamson	100	8743	54.99	32	3	39
28	*J.Root	140	11736	49.73	31	4	36
29	*V.Kohli	113	8848	49.16	29	4	38
30	G. Smith	117	9265	48.26	27	Opener	37
31	AB de Villiers	114	8765	50.66	22	5 & 6	28
32	D. Compton	78	5807	50.06	17	4	24
33	N. Harvey	79	6149	48.42	21	3 & 4	34
34	G. Boycott	108	8114	47.73	22	Opener	29
35	G. Greenidge	108	7558	44.72	19	Opener	42
36	V. Trumper	48	3163	39.05	8	Opener	31

 

[Sunil1z]

Inzy
Sehwag
Hayden

 

[Teuton]

Kanhai
Chanderpaul
Worrell

 

[Line and Length]

Worrell
Kanhai
Flower
(I'll drop my Paynter nomination until later)

 

[capt_Luffy]

Kanhai
Worrell
Hill

 

[OverratedSanity]

Hashim Amla
Andy Flower
Martin Crowe

 

[OverratedSanity]

shut up

Edit: not me

 

[Bitmap]

Kanhai
Worrell
May

 

[trundler]

Hashim Amla
Andy Flower
Martin Crowe

+1

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Sehwag
May
Hayden

 

[CricAddict]

Flower
Sehwag
Lloyd

 

[Xix2565]

Amla
Sehwag
Crowe

 

[BazBall21]

May
Kanhai
Crowe

 

[howitzer]

Hill
Flower
May

 

[centurymaker]

Sehwag
Amla
Flower

 

[ma1978]

Sehwag
Lloyd
Hayden

 

[Coronis]

Simpson
Flower
Hayden

I’d rather vote Hill at this point to see him next to Trumper but I’ll continue my policy of voting for who I rate the highest of the remaining available players.