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Two guys who I think most place behind Tendulkar and Lara but ahead of Kallis and Dravid
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Ricky Ponting vs Kumar Sangakkara
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subshakerz
International Coach
Ponting. The best bat of the 2000s.
h_hurricane
International Vice-Captain
weeman27bob
International Regular
I think the one thing that's notable about Sangakkara is how admired he is by all Sri Lankans.
Calm_profit
State Vice-Captain
Even in commentary?
Himannv
International Coach
Pretty sure he's better than Sanga at that as well. That classless nitwit and his fake accent shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a microphone.
TheJediBrah
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Ponting's commentary is the best thing about him. Would never have guessed he was so knowledgable and eloquent about the game during his playing days
subshakerz
International Coach
Nah, its closer than that. Ponting is better but they are in the same league IMO.
BazBall21
International Regular
Ponting because while Sanga was mid in four different countries (albeit small sample in WI), Ricky is very consistent across opponents and conditions with India away the only big hole. It's closer than some are saying though. Sangakkara's record against fast bowling is very good and he was probably ruthlessly prolific for longer. On either side of his monster 2002-2007 peak, Ponting averaged 44 and 40 respectively. Whereas Sanga averaged 64 in the final 60% of his Test career, albeit with plenty of access to minnow bullying.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
So did Ponting.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yeah it's definitely a lot better than his captaincy was.
BazBall21
International Regular
True actually
Himannv
International Coach
And yet he was a far better captain than the fraud he's being compared with here.
Red_Ink_Squid
Cricketer Of The Year
Sanga was a very fine batsman. But Ponting didn't bully Himannv in high school.
It's a tough choice.
It's a tough choice.
Himannv
International Coach
Nah, it's not close. Ponting is clearly superior. Not sure how anyone can see it differently tbh.
subshakerz
International Coach
Its close based on record. However, having watched them both, I know Ponting is better.
Ponting in the mid-2000s was the most dominant batsman I can remember.
shortpitched713
International Captain
Voted for Sanga, for very obvious reasons. If you only include a comparable period (so excluding the 90s for Ponting, where his average was lower anyway), Sanga's average is still over 5 points higher than Ponting. Add to that the fact that for some ****ing reason ( I wonder why, maybe a certain theory of mine is proving true ), Ponting is obliterating in this poll and I vote for those behind in such circumstances and this one becomes a no-brainier for mine.
This is made more impressive by the fact that for over a third of his Test career Sanga was also keeping, which seems to have a significant impact on batting production for the vast majority of keeper-batsmen, so for me Sanga has to be the most consistently underrated batsmen among what I'd call the ATG second tier.
( Also guys, lets get Gilly involved in this player comparison thread which does not include him. I'm sure we'll go over a lot of new ground, and people will have an open minded discussion based on merits of arguments, as opposed to being dug in and stubbornly supporting whichever preconceived notion they bring into the discussion. )
This is made more impressive by the fact that for over a third of his Test career Sanga was also keeping, which seems to have a significant impact on batting production for the vast majority of keeper-batsmen, so for me Sanga has to be the most consistently underrated batsmen among what I'd call the ATG second tier.
( Also guys, lets get Gilly involved in this player comparison thread which does not include him. I'm sure we'll go over a lot of new ground, and people will have an open minded discussion based on merits of arguments, as opposed to being dug in and stubbornly supporting whichever preconceived notion they bring into the discussion. )