CW Best Batsmen 26-50

[Victor Ian]

I find it hard to rate players on a ladder. There is Bradman. Then there is the next bag of maybe 20 who are all rather special. Then there is a huge chest of great players that you can't order at all. I'm sure if you ran this 100 times you'd have 100 different rankings. But, still.... good on you for having a go. Gives me something to read while I wait for a us v sa

 

[Brian Lara]

I find it hard to rate players on a ladder. There is Bradman. Then there is the next bag of maybe 20 who are all rather special. Then there is a huge chest of great players that you can't order at all. I'm sure if you ran this 100 times you'd have 100 different rankings. But, still.... good on you for having a go. Gives me something to read while I wait for a us v sa

To be honest me too, I just thought Mr Mister's forum wide list of best batsmen after Bradman was fascinating so I thought I would try to extend it, but if its too hard for people to try and rank them, then I'll just knock it on the head and not bother doing it. That would be a shame though because I think it would be quite an interesting project on this forum.

 

[jimmy101]

I reckon you should release the list & begin the rankings anyway mate. It'd be a very fun exercise indeed & I'm sure you'll get loads of participants.

 

[Victor Ian]

Defiantly don't want to have put a nail in this. Keep going. The discussions to determine who fits where are worth more than the final list.

 

[Brian Lara]

Australia:
Michael Clarke
Adam Gilchrist
Neil Harvey
Matthew Hayden
Stan McCabe

West Indies:
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Gordon Greenidge
Rohan Kanhai
Clive Lloyd
Frank Worrell

England:
Ken Barrington
Geoffrey Boycott
Denis Compton
Peter May

South Africa:
Hashim Amla
AB de Villiers
Dudley Nourse
Graeme Smith

India:
Virender Sehwag

Pakistan:
Younis Khan
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Mohammad Yousuf

New Zealand:
Martin Crowe

Zimbabwe:
Andy Flower

Sri Lanka:
Mahela Jayawardene

The final cut, time to vote guys!

 

[Burgey]

Lol on there hole all those factors even themselves out after youve played hundred odd tests.
And to say bowling was better 20/30 years ago goes against all logic.

I don’t think it does go against all logic at all. You can have lean decades in terms of the quality of players produced, Be they batsmen or bowlers. I’d say 80s & especially 90s bowling was stronger overall than 2000s bowling, possibly even this decade’s attacks.

 

[jimmy101]

Denis Compton
Ken Barrington
Stan McCabe
Gordon Greenidge
Peter May
Martin Crowe
Rohan Kanhai
Clive Lloyd
Neil Harvey
Dudley Nourse
Frank Worrell
Inzamam Ul-Haq
AB de Villiers
Michael Clarke
Graeme Smith
Hashim Amla
Virender Sehwag
Geoffrey Boycott
Matthew Hayden
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Younis Khan
Mohammad Yousuf
Mahela Jayawardene
Andy Flower
Adam Gilchrist

 

[Zinzan]

Martin Crowe
Denis Compton
Ken Barrington
Peter May
Neil Harvey
Gordon Greenidge
Rohan Kanhai
Stan McCabe
Graeme Smith
Frank Worrell
AB de Villiers
Hashim Amla
Mohammad Yousuf
Virender Sehwag
Geoffrey Boycott
Dudley Nourse
Clive Lloyd
Michael Clarke
Younis Khan
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Matthew Hayden
Mahela Jayawardene
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Andy Flower
Adam Gilchrist

 

[ankitj]

Denis Compton
Ken Barrington
Dudley Nourse
Andy Flower
Younis Khan
Frank Worrell
AB de Villiers
Neil Harvey
Virender Sehwag
Matthew Hayden
Clive Lloyd
Gordon Greenidge
Stan McCabe
Rohan Kanhai
Michael Clarke
Peter May
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Graeme Smith
Mahela Jayawardene
Mohammad Yousuf
Hashim Amla
Adam Gilchrist
Martin Crowe
Geoffrey Boycott


Edit: Very difficult to make up mind about rankings of this set. I'll probably keep editing till edit button is available.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Denis Compton
Neil Harvey
Younis Khan
Ken Barrington
Dudley Nourse
Frank Worrell
Martin Crowe
Rohan Kanhai
Inzamam ul_Haq
Stan McCabe
Gordon Greenidge
Peter May
Hashim Amla
Andy Flower
Graeme Smith
Clive Lloyd
Virender Sehwag
Michael Clarke
AB de Villiers
Geoffrey Boycott
Matthew Hayden
Mohammad Yousuf
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Mahela Jayawardene
Adam Gilchrist

 

[kingkallis]

Younis Khan
Denis Compton
Dudley Nourse
Ken Barrington
Graeme Smith
Neil Harvey
Peter May
Geoffrey Boycott
Martin Crowe
AB de Villiers
Frank Worrell
Hashim Amla
Michael Clarke
Stan McCabe
Adam Gilchrist
Rohan Kanhai
Gordon Greenidge
Inzamam ul Haq
Mohammad Yousuf
Virender Sehwag
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Mahela Jayawardene
Andy Flower
Matthew Hayden
Clive Lloyd

 

[jaideep]

AB de Villiers
Younis Khan
Peter May
Ken Barrington
Inzamam Ul Haq
Dudley Nourse
Dennis Compton
Neil Harvey
Matthew Hayden
Clive Lloyd
Hashim Amla
Andy Flower
Mohammad Yousuf
Frank Worrell
Rohan Kanhai
Adam Gilchrist
Virender Sehwag
Geoffrey Boycott
Stan McCabe
Gordon Greenidge
Graeme Smith
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Mahela Jayawardene
Martin Crowe
Michael Clarke

 

[Teuton]

Ken Barrington
Neil Harvey
Denis Compton
Mahela Jayawardene
Matthew Hayden
Dudley Nourse
Rohan Kanhai
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Geoffrey Boycott
Younis Khan
Clive Lloyd
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Mohammad Yousuf
Andy Flower
Frank Worrell
Peter May
Gordon Greenidge
Virender Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Hashim Amla
Graeme Smith
Michael Clarke
Martin Crowe
Stan McCabe
Adam Gilchrist

 

[Zinzan]

Stop rating Crowe so low you assholes

 

[ankitj]

Stop rating Crowe so low you assholes

Honestly I tried. But I can't seem to find a good reason to rate him much higher than others except Wasim Akram's lofty compliments.

 

[randycricfreak]

Younis Khan
Ken Barrington
Matthew Hayden
Virender Sehwag
Mahela Jayawardena
Neil Harvey
Dennis Compton
Frank Worrel
Shiv Chanderpaul
Greame Smith
Martin Crowe
Rohan Kanhai
Michael Clarke
Mohammed Yousuf
Stan McCabe
Dudley Nourse
Peter May
Gordon Greenidge
Hashim Amla
AB de Villiers
Geoffrey Boycott
Clive Lloyd
Inzamam Ul Haq
Adam Gilchrist
Andy Flower

 

[weldone]

Frank Worrell
Denis Compton
Ken Barrington
Neil Harvey
Peter May
Younis Khan
Rohan Kanhai
Gordon Greenidge
Martin Crowe
Dudley Nourse
Hashim Amla
Geoffrey Boycott
Inzamam ul Haq
Stan McCabe
Andy Flower
Graeme Smith
Clive Lloyd
Virender Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Mahela Jayawardene
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Adam Gilchrist
Mohammad Yousuf
Matthew Hayden
Michael Clarke

This was tough.

 

[Brian Lara]

Great lists so far guys, keep them coming!

 

[Tom Flint]

If there was a list of 50 best bowlers ever, would someone like kumble make the cut?

 

[Brian Lara]

He’d probably be in my 50.

Is 10 lists really all we can get? This is quite a poor effort even for cricketweb standards of participation.