Headley vs Sangakkara vs Chappell

[MasterBlaster24]

Better test batter?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Headley

 

[Johan]

Headley

 

[DrWolverine]

It’s not fair to call someone who played 20 Tests better than someone who played 87 Tests or 134 Tests and ended up with similar numbers.

 

[Johan]

years played is the best metric anyway, Pollock and Headley can't control the number of matches they get, they played years upon years of Cricket and should be (and are) judged for that, their FC exploits prove their international records weren't just flukes.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

“A guy who’s played that many tests and ended up with those numbers is disappointing.”- Probably Sanga’s dad

All subjective

 

[capt_Luffy]

It's Headley

 

[DrWolverine]

Headley was unlucky that he did not play many Tests but impossible to judge him based on just 11 away Tests.

 

[DrWolverine]

“A guy who’s played that many tests and ended up with those numbers is disappointing.”- Probably Sanga’s dad

All subjective

This despite his son ending with the highest average among batsmen who have debuted in last 70 years.

 

[Johan]

he had more great serieses in those 6 tests in England than Chappell and Sangakkara managed with a dozen or so very rough. He has one more hundred in England than Sangakkara while playing 11 less innings, insane.

 

[DrWolverine]

 

[vidiq]

Headley> Chappell > Sangakkara

 

[Coronis]

This despite his son ending with the highest average among batsmen who have debuted in last 70 years.

I believe you have forgotten a few players.

 

[DrWolverine]

I took 5000 runs as minimum criteria and only Barrington(1955) & Sobers(1954) average more than him

 

[Coronis]

I took 5000 runs as minimum criteria and only Barrington(1955) & Sobers(1954) average more than him

So less than 70 years for Kenny B

 

[DrWolverine]

Barrington made his debut in June 1955
So what I told will be true in a month

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Sanga