Best player never to have got a Test double ton?

[Richard]

Sooo many that could qualify TBH, most already named. Sutcliffe certainly right up there I'd guess.

I'd only go for those who played during "the Test era" (ie, 1902 onwards) and those who had a decent chance to (eg, not Barry Richards).

 

[Jamee999]

Malcolm Marshall

 

[Lillian Thomson]

England:

Abel
Ames
Atherton
Cowdrey
O'Oliviera
Duleepsinghji
Fletcher
Tony Greig
FS Jackson
Jardine
Leyland
CP Mead
Parfitt
Pullar
Ranji
CAG Russell
Stewart
Sutcliffe
G Tyldessley
C Washbrook
F Wooley

If that's Keith Fletcher he made a Test double century.

 

[Richard]

Malcolm Marshall

Yeah, Craigos, you could really have done with a "Test batsman" rather than player TBH.

Though obviously Jamee could do something about that and make all those posts seem silly...

 

[Richard]

If that's Keith Fletcher he made a Test double century.

And countless superior players never did. Which goes to show that bashing rubbish attacks isn't the most important skill in batting.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

And countless superior players never did. Which goes to show that bashing rubbish attacks isn't the most important skill in batting.

I was just pointing out a factual error, I wasn't implying that it made him Arch Duke Ferdinand.

 

[Perm]

Have always thought Jacques Kallis and Michael Vaughan were desperately unlucky not to have struck double centuries, especially when the likes of Gillespie, Vincent and Sinclair have all scored one in recent times.

 

[Craig]

Australia:

WW Bardsley
Lawrence Booth
P Burge
I Chappell
Fingleton
Hassett
Clem Hill
FA Iredale
A Jackson
MacCartney
Miller
NC O'Neill
Redpath
ME Waugh
Woodfull

England:

Abel
Ames
Atherton
Cowdrey
O'Oliviera
Duleepsinghji
Fletcher
Tony Greig
FS Jackson
Jardine
Leyland
CP Mead
Parfitt
Pullar
Ranji
CAG Russell
Stewart
Sutcliffe
G Tyldessley
C Washbrook
F Wooley

India:

M Amarnath
Azhar
Ganguly
Hazare
Merchant
Vengsarkar

New Zealand:

A Jones

Pakistan:

Asif Iqbal
Majid Khan

RSA:

Bland
Kallis
Melville
B Mitchell
HW Taylor

Kepler Wessels (Aus and RSA)

Sri Lanka:

Tillekeratne

West Indies:

Roy Fredericks
Haynes
Kallicharan
Richardson

You bored?

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

To be honest, the fact that Kallis hasn't made a double ton is why I rate him above Dravid - none of those insanely high scores to inflate his average.

Its amazing he can average 58 without a 200 or 300 to increase it.

 

[Pratters]

You bored?

 

[Richard]

To be honest, the fact that Kallis hasn't made a double ton is why I rate him above Dravid - none of those insanely high scores to inflate his average.

Its amazing he can average 58 without a 200 or 300 to increase it.

ITSTL. While Kallis could be considered to be above Dravid in the last 6 years for precisely that reason - astounding consistency (though Dravid's hardly been abysmal either) I'd rate Dravid the better of the pair easily due to the fact he averaged 54 between his 1996 debut and 2001, while Kallis (when you remove his first few abysmal games) averaged just 44.

Kallis was a good Test batsman in said time; Dravid was an exceptional one. And when it comes to bashing weak bowling, they're both phenominal.

 

[Perm]

To be honest, the fact that Kallis hasn't made a double ton is why I rate him above Dravid - none of those insanely high scores to inflate his average.

Its amazing he can average 58 without a 200 or 300 to increase it.

Very interesting reasoning there. Seems as though you rate Kallis higher, despite not having the concentration of Rahul Dravid to make those big scores.

 

[DDRickyDD]

I think Warne is. He got on to 99 in the 2005 Ashes but couldn't get a century

 

[Perm]

I think Warne is. He got on to 99 in the 2005 Ashes but couldn't get a century

We're talking about double centuries here

 

[DDRickyDD]

We're talking about double centuries here

Yes, I know. lol.

 

[Jono]

Glenn Mcgrath ( The thread says best player not best batsman heck i could even say Micheal Jordan being as the thread doesn't even on insist on a cricket player)

Lol, awesome

 

[Jono]

To be honest, the fact that Kallis hasn't made a double ton is why I rate him above Dravid - none of those insanely high scores to inflate his average.

Its amazing he can average 58 without a 200 or 300 to increase it.

It takes talent and application to score a 200 or 300. If you're going to argue that, you may as well remove not outs then.

That being said, I love Kallis, and his lack of a double ton is one of the most confusing things I've ever seen in cricket. Just makes no sense for a guy who can apply himself when batting, and focus so well.

 

[pup11]

Shane Warne

AWTA!

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Jason Gillespie? Oh... wait a minute...

 

[The_Bunny]

Jason Gillespie? Oh... wait a minute...

He has a case for worst batsmen to score a double ton