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Rank these legendary batsman

Johan

Johan

Hall of Fame Member
Compton/Barrington
Barrington/Compton
Weekes
Harvey
Walcott
May
Worrell

can go either Compton/Barrington given my mood, can switch Walcott and May given mood
 
Johan

Johan

Hall of Fame Member
ma1978 said:
10 points of average
Harder opponents (May never had to play England)
Fewer centuries in a third less tests
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Your first and last point also have a lot to do with the wickets. Around 1950, the then big three came to a consensus that pitches had become too flat and batsman friendly and had been so for a really long amount of time, since right after the First War, so all three significantly spicened up their pitches. West Indies wasn't a part of this and continued to be a batter paradise for years to come. England, Australia and South Africa recorded some of the lowest scoring matches in the 1950s at 25, 26 and 24 respectively, West Indies was far higher at 38. It was significantly easier to bat in West Indies than in those three countries, Harvey/Hanif/Hutton all show that.
 
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ma1978

International Regular
Johan said:
Your first and last point also have a lot to do with the wickets. Around 1950, the then big three came to a consensus that pitches had become too flat and batsman friendly and had been so for a really long amount of time, since right after the First War, so all three significantly spicened up their pitches. West Indies wasn't a part of this and continued to be a batter paradise for years to come. England, Australia and South Africa recorded some of the lowest scoring matches in the 1950s at 25, 26 and 24 respectively, West Indies was far higher at 38. It was significantly easier to bat in West Indies than in those three countries, Harvey/Hanif/Hutton all show that.
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Actually explains a lot, certainly on reputation which the older the players get the more I value there was no difference
 
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