From his 151 at Cape Town until his ton for Hughesy (36 tests) he scored just under 3500 @ 59, with 13 tons (7 of which were >150) and only 6 50s (4 of which were 70+ or not out). Just ridiculous. You could get him early, but once he got to about 40 it was too late. He was just on another level entirely once he got going.Yeah Clarke had by far the biggest peak I've seen, except perhaps MoYo who had that period of 12 months where he averaged 100.
But Clarke was on another level in 2012. Belting out double hundreds for fun.
Crazy that Clarke's peak is basically still < Smith's career lolFrom his 151 at Cape Town until his ton for Hughesy (36 tests) he scored just under 3500 @ 59, with 13 tons (7 of which were >150) and only 6 50s (4 of which were 70+ or not out). Just ridiculous. You could get him early, but once he got to about 40 it was too late. He was just on another level entirely once he got going.
Smith doesn't get out cheaply as often. Clarke's conversion of anything over 50 into way huge though was stupidly good.Crazy that Clarke's peak is basically still < Smith's career lol
Smith in the last 5 years - 4686@72
Really?Smith doesn't get out cheaply as often. Clarke's conversion of anything over 50 into way huge though was stupidly good.
Don't get me wrong Smith's a better bat by a long way, but those 2012 double and triple hundreds from Clarke were brutal poetry.
In terms of just pure treating the bowlers like they were there for nothing other than to support the creation of his masterpiece then sure God-mode Clarke was something else. Lara and Viv probably the only other two in my lifetime in the same class.Really?
Dunno man still feel like Clarke is the master and Smith is the apprentice
Was he ranked No. 1 in '93 (assuming he became No. 1 in 2010)? That's surprising, I'd have thought he would have got there in the late '90s.Tendulkar's second peak post 2007 was one of the most satisfying things I've ever watched as an Indian fan. After being written off by loads of people at various times in 03-06, he didn't just get back in form, he became the no.1 batsman in the world again (17 years after he first got there, which is absolutely insane), all culminating in the team's rise to no.1 and the WC win.
The upturn in form probably started on the 07 England tour, but this was probably his best stretch during that period : 2800 runs@72 with 12 tons, averaged 80 vs Aus, 77 vs a SA team with Steyn at his absolute peak.
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1994.Got bck to no.1 in 2010 but stayed there till early 2011 I think.Was he ranked No. 1 in '93 (assuming he became No. 1 in 2010)? That's surprising, I'd have thought he would have got there in the late '90s.
Pretty much right: he had a 6 year run (Dec 2003-Dec 2009) in which he scored 13 hundreds (in 54 matches): the first 11 were all 150+ (including two 300s and three more 200s); the last two were 131 and 293.Yeah Sehwag converted 11 consecutive 100s into 150s or something crazy like that in 2008-10
There aren't many blokes I've watched who, when they're at their best, look like it doesn't matter what's bowled to them. Not talking in terms of overall records, but just the feeling that you can bowl them a ****ing great nut or a piece of **** ball, and in that moment/ innings they'll hit either one for four. They seem to have some ridiculous extra gear no one else does. Blokes like Tendulkar, Ponting, Kallis, Sanga, Gavaskar, TOTAB, TPC - great players with better records, but not quite utterly god-like in the moment like some other blokes.Smith doesn't get out cheaply as often. Clarke's conversion of anything over 50 into way huge though was stupidly good.
Don't get me wrong Smith's a better bat by a long way, but those 2012 double and triple hundreds from Clarke were brutal poetry.