Greg Chappell vs Ricky Ponting

[subshakerz]

He was just worn out I think. He'd had the underarm thing in the preceding summer and he's said since then he was mentally shot. It was a weird time in Aus cricket with the putting back together after WSC. Guys were well paid cf before hand, but I think he also had some business interests which he wanted to work on.

Don't get me wrong, he was a properly great player. But for me when you're choosing between players of a similar calibre, that sort of thing comes into it. It doesn't for everyone, but each to their own.

Yeah that doesn't reflect well on him.

 

[shortpitched713]

I'll go Chappell, barely.

 

[subshakerz]

My Aus ranking post Bradman:

Smith
Chappell
Ponting
Border
Waugh
Harvey
Hayden
Clarke
Walters
Simpson

 

[PlayerComparisons]

My Aus ranking post Bradman:

Smith
Chappell
Ponting
Border
Waugh
Hayden
Clarke
Walters
Simpson
Labu?

Harvey should be there between Waugh and Hayden

 

[subshakerz]

Harvey should be there between Waugh and Hayden

Yes true

 

[capt_Luffy]

My Aus ranking post Bradman:

Smith
Chappell
Ponting
Border
Waugh
Hayden
Clarke
Walters
Simpson
Labu?

The players who are without doubt ahead of Labuschagne:


Harvey!!!
Lawry
Morris
Chappelli
Boon
MWaugh
Martyn
O'Neill

 

[subshakerz]

The players who are without doubt ahead of Labuschagne:


Harvey!!!
Lawry
Morris
Chappelli
Boon
MWaugh
Martyn
O'Neill

Yes I forgot Harvey.

 

[Johan]

If you do not take World Series Cricket into account, it's Ponting, more achieved accross conditions and was more dominant until the end of his career. It's still close but I think Ricky wins with an arbitrary restriction that disqualifies the supertests.

With World Series Cricket, Chappell gets a massive three hundred series away from home against ATG bowling, and at that point, Chappell has the ace needed to push him above the Ponting/Root/Kallis/Sangakkara/Dravid tier.

 

[subshakerz]

If you do not take World Series Cricket into account, it's Ponting, more achieved accross conditions and was more dominant until the end of his career. It's still close but I think Ricky wins with an arbitrary restriction that disqualifies the supertests.

With World Series Cricket, Chappell gets a massive three hundred series away from home against ATG bowling, and at that point, Chappell has the ace needed to push him above the Ponting/Root/Kallis/Sangakkara/Dravid tier.

Yes my view too. With WSC he also crosses over 100 tests and it takes care of his lesser career sample. We have to accept WSC.

Ponting sucking in India takes away a SC advantage.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Yea I don’t penalize Chappell for missing tests and playing in WSC