DrWolverine
International Vice-Captain
Test batsmen
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Choose one combo : Root & Sachin vs Ponting & Lara
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Root is too far behind the other 3, so Ponting & Lara
Johan
International Coach
Root far behind Ponting is peak nostalgia wanking
capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
SRT over Lara and Root over Ponting, so yeah pretty straightforward
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
I mean everyone on here wanks on Root lately so I’m glad there’s some backlash
Johan
International Coach
literally who?
wait a second, are you still salty about Root being rated above Kenny B?
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Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Nah. He just ain’t top 20 material and I see people having him 15th etc
Johan
International Coach
You bozos ranked him behind Kohli in the 2024 poll, stop understating modern bats.
sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
Good catch.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
He was ranked ahead of Kohli? Also fun fact I never voted for Kohli in that poll, I did vote for Root the round he got in.
Johan
International Coach
ok but they shouldn't be that close. and Good, You will see the light one day.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
I see the light every day, because I’m in Australia, not England
Johan
International Coach
decent oneI see the light every day, because I’m in Australia, not England
kyear2
Hall of Fame Member
This for me
kyear2
Hall of Fame Member
How though?
He's the type of batsman who could turn the tide of a game in a session, taking on anyone when in the mood.
A batsman for whom there was BAB discussion. I'll easily take him over any of the other fraud 4.
Johan
International Coach
first of all, I do rate Ponting but being grouped with Lara and Sachin is just nonsense.
short peak that basically coincided with having the strongest batting unit in history, retirement of all the great bowlers and flattening of wickets rapidly, was not good when he didn't have that unit and had multiple issues in his game with fast spin and swing movement, generally not a fan of vertical movement. Didn't even play that fast either. Him being far ahead of Root is a fantasy, cannot be explained.
I think he is better than Kallis but only marginally.
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Ponting was superb.
When I consider MOB post Viv, he's probably 5th for me:
Tendulkar/Smith
Lara/Sangakkara
Ponting
Great player
When I consider MOB post Viv, he's probably 5th for me:
Tendulkar/Smith
Lara/Sangakkara
Ponting
Great player
Johan
International Coach
Smith is miles better, if not a league.