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Graeme Pollock vs Ricky Ponting

Graeme Pollock vs Ricky Ponting

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ma1978

International Regular
I think the perception of Ponting on this board bs the real world is probably the widest of any cricketer

Akram second
 
Gob

Gob

International Coach
I hope this is for batting only and not for test batting otherwise selecting a bloke who has 20 tests over another with, what, 160? Is insanity
 
Coronis

Coronis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Gob said:
I hope this is for batting only and not for test batting otherwise selecting a bloke who has 20 tests over another with, what, 160? Is insanity
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I tend to agree kind of.

Then again, what would you say about Pollock vs Jayawardene or Chanderpaul?
 
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ma1978

International Regular
Coronis said:
I tend to agree kind of.

Then again, what would you say about Pollock vs Jayawardene or Chanderpaul?
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once people are in the same tier of quality is where longevity and sample size matters

I think it’s hard to argue that pollock is in some tier above Ponting
 
kyear2

kyear2

Hall of Fame Member
ma1978 said:
I think the perception of Ponting on this board bs the real world is probably the widest of any cricketer

Akram second
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I don't get the Ponting slander on here, dude was a legitimate beast and was mentioned in the same breath at times with Sachin and Lara.

ma1978 said:
once people are in the same tier of quality is where longevity and sample size matters

I think it’s hard to argue that pollock is in some tier above Ponting
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Yeah, they are very much either in the same tier or adjacent to each other.
 
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Bolo.

International Captain
ma1978 said:
once people are in the same tier of quality is where longevity and sample size matters

I think it’s hard to argue that pollock is in some tier above Ponting
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As test bats, Ponting obilerates guys like Pollock and Headley to me if we are judging on test career including longevity.

If we ignore longevity, Ponting is much closer to the Chanders or Jayawardene league than he is to Pollock.

Coronis raises an interesting point. If we consider Ponting ahead, we probably should do for bats we don't consider as good as him.
 
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