Top 2 batsmen of each decade since 1970s

[govinda indian fan]

Who are top two batsmen of each decade since 1970s
Imo
70s -1. Viv 2. Gavaskar
80s 1. Viv 2. Border
90s 1. Tendulkar 2.lara
00s 1.ponting 2. Dravid
10s 1. Smith 2. Kohli
20s 1.root 2.Williamson

 

[Johan]

1900s: Trumper, Hill
1910s: Hobbs, Faulkner
1920s: Hobbs, Sutcliffe (seriously close)
1930s: Bradman, Hammond
1940s: Bradman, Compton
1950s: Hutton, Walcott (may seriously close)
1960s: Sobers, Pollock
1970s: Viv, Gavaskar
1980s: Viv, Border
1990s: Sachin, Lara
2000s: Ponting, Dravid
2010s: Smith, Kohli
2020s: Root, Smith

 

[capt_Luffy]

One batsman per decade:

1870s&1880s: Arthur Shrewsbury, WG Grace
1890s: KS Ranjitsinhji, Tom Hayward
1900s: Victor Trumper, Clem Hill
1910s: Jack Hobbs, Aubrey Faulkner
1920s: Herbert Sutcliffe, Wally Hammond
1930s: Don Bradman, George Headley
1940s: Denis Compton, Dudley Nourse
1950s: Len Hutton, Peter May
1960s: Garry Sobers, Ken Barrington
1970s: Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar
1980s: Allan Border, Martin Crowe
1990s: Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara
2000s: Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis
2010s: Steve Smith, Virat Kohli
2020s: Joe Root, Kane Williamson

 

[Gob]

KW averages 42 away with 2 tons. Khawaja has been the second best bat so far in this decade

 

[govinda indian fan]

KW averages 42 away with 2 tons. Khawaja has been the second best bat so far in this decade

Fair point

 

[Fuller Pilch]

1900s: Trumper, Hill
1910s: Hobbs, Faulkner
1920s: Hobbs, Sutcliffe (seriously close)
1930s: Bradman, Hammond
1940s: Bradman, Compton
1950s: Hutton, Walcott (may seriously close)
1960s: Sobers, Pollock
1970s: Viv, Gavaskar
1980s: Viv, Border
1990s: Sachin, Lara
2000s: Ponting, Dravid
2010s: Smith, Kohli
2020s: Root, Smith

???

Probably only 5th for the decade

Root/Williamson
Williamson/Root
Khawaja
Brook
Smith (not far ahead of the likes of Mathews and Head)

 

[govinda indian fan]

???

Probably only 5th for the decade

Root/Williamson
Williamson/Root
Khawaja
Brook
Smith (not far ahead of the likes of Mathews and Head)

Smith averages something like 45 since 2020 while Williamson 60

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Smith averages something like 45 since 2020 while Williamson 60

46.37 / 64.37

 

[Gob]

???

Probably only 5th for the decade

Root/Williamson
Williamson/Root
Khawaja
Brook
Smith (not far ahead of the likes of Mathews and Head)

KW is not clear cut number 2. As mentioned above, he has been pretty meh away from home. I would certainly have Khawaja ahead of him. KW and Smith aren't far apart too although I'll have KW slightly ahead

Brook needs more games

 

[govinda indian fan]

46.37 / 64.37

Thanks

 

[Thala_0710]

Smith averages something like 45 since 2020 while Williamson 60

That avg is made on the back of bullying extremely weak bowling line ups at home.
KW this decade:
Away-
In Eng: 211 runs @38.15
In Ind: 42 runs @21
In SL: 138 runs @34.5
Didn't play in Aus and Sa.

At home:
Vs Aus: 77 runs @19.25
Vs Ind: 97 runs @32.33
Vs Eng: 537 runs @53.7

Credit for playing Eng well at home but that's about it really. Has bashed a lot of minnow or close to minnow level attacks at home and away. Basically whenever he's faced a good bowling line up he hasn't done well, but been Bradmanesque against the weak ones. Don't know if I can have him top 2 based on this.

 

[govinda indian fan]

KW is not clear cut number 2. As mentioned above, he has been pretty meh away from home. I would certainly have Khawaja ahead of him. KW and Smith aren't far apart too although I'll have KW slightly ahead

Brook needs more games

Kane missed india tour. If he would have won it on himself it would have made

That avg is made on the back of bullying extremely weak bowling line ups at home.
KW this decade:
Away-
In Eng: 211 runs @38.15
In Ind: 42 runs @21
In SL: 138 runs @34.5
Didn't play in Aus and Sa.

At home:
Vs Aus: 77 runs @19.25
Vs Ind: 97 runs @32.33
Vs Eng: 537 runs @53.7

Credit for playing Eng well at home but that's about it really. Has bashed a lot of minnow or close to minnow level attacks at home and away. Basically whenever he's faced a good bowling line up he hasn't done well, but been Bradmanesque against the weak ones. Don't know if I can have him top 2 based on this.

Kw has been dravidesque. Milking week attacks and missing against good ones. Atlest dravid has good knocks vs donald Ambrose and shoaib. Kane has been average vs boom Cummins and rabada

 

[Thala_0710]

Kane missed india tour. If he would have won it on himself it would have made
Kw has been dravidesque. Milking week attacks and missing against good ones. Atlest dravid has good knocks vs donald Ambrose and shoaib. Kane has been average vs boom Cummins and rabada

Dravid was great in Eng and Nz conditions. KW hasn't been great away from home in any single challenging condition. The only away country he avgs 40+ in this decade is Pakistan.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Dravid was great in Eng and Nz conditions. KW hasn't been great away from home in any single challenging condition. The only away country he avgs 40+ in this decade is Pakistan.

And pak has arguably worst attack in top 8 nations bar sl with out of form shaheen and inconsistent nassem along with flatest pitches in world.

 

[Thala_0710]

And pak has arguably worst attack in top 8 nations bar sl with out of form shaheen and inconsistent nassem along with flatest pitches in world.

Exactly

 

[Thala_0710]

If we're going off by pure base stats, Sundar is the best player of this decade too because he avgs 42.5 with the bat and 25.6 with the ball

 

[Gob]

Kane missed india tour. If he would have won it on himself it would have made

Judging by his performance there so far, I would not be so certain. Will Young actually had an incredible tour

 

[govinda indian fan]

Think it is close between maindad and border for 80s. Only thing border is bettee is away record

 

[govinda indian fan]

@Johan mate if you don't mind can you plz tell what was viv average during 80s. Statsguru is not working on my phone

 

[Johan]

@Johan mate if you don't mind can you plz tell what was viv average during 80s. Statsguru is not working on my phone

49.16, Javed Miandad is higher (but he's a fraud and a Gower victim) and Allan Border is above, though Viv Richards has higher run per inning than Allan Border.