PlayerComparisons
International Captain
Thorpe: 6744 runs @ 44.67
Jayawardene: 11814 runs @ 49.85
Martyn: 4406 runs @ 46.38
How would you rank them?
Jayawardene: 11814 runs @ 49.85
Martyn: 4406 runs @ 46.38
How would you rank them?
I think Jayawardene gets more grief than most for being a HTB. Why does he get called out to such a degree (when people bother thinking about him at all) while other with similar home/away splits get left alone? He's got the extra issue of only being good in Asia tbf, but his home/away isn't crazy unusual.Tough call between Thorpe and Jayawardene for me. Heart wants me to go for Thorpe but I'm thinking Jayawardene probably did enough over a long enough period of time to be ahead of him despite the HTB issues.
Yea his home away split isn’t any worse than Clarke or Pietersen or Laxman and he’s got far more runs than those guys. He also scored multiple tons in England, NZ and Australia so not like was useless outside AsiaI think Jayawardene gets more grief than most for being a HTB. Why does he get called out to such a degree (when people bother thinking about him at all) while other with similar home/away splits get left alone? He's got the extra issue of only being good in Asia tbf, but his home/away isn't crazy unusual.
His split is 'worse' than Pieterson and Laxman, but this is mainly due to being better at home, which is a obviously a positive. He's close to Clarke, plus a few more from recent years. Hussey, Hayden and kohli off the top of my head. And his split is better than some like Warner and Rohit who do get stick for it.Yea his home away split isn’t any worse than Clarke or Pietersen or Laxman and he’s got far more runs than those guys. He also scored multiple tons in England, NZ and Australia so not like was useless outside Asia
He averaged almost 10 runs lower than Laxman outside Asia. Home-away split isn't what usually matters, outside the subcontinent is where the challenge lies when talking of truly challenging conditions.Yea his home away split isn’t any worse than Clarke or Pietersen or Laxman and he’s got far more runs than those guys. He also scored multiple tons in England, NZ and Australia so not like was useless outside Asia
Thorpe was a very good all-round batsman but the lack of big hundreds hurt him. Mahela is one of the greatest against spin.I think both Mahela and Thorpe are underrated.
Thorpe was easily the best England bat for a good while and I feel he would have a better record in a slightly stronger team. His record is pretty good in most countries and his average only dropped a bit against SA and ZIM (surprisingly). There are very few players I've seen play Murali well when touring here and he's one of the rare few. My only criticism of him is that I feel he didn't score more against weaker opposition consistently enough and dominate more.
Mahela is just unbelievably good against spin in general and he's probably the most talented batter we've ever produced all things considered. He was a bit too vulnerable to the moving ball outside his off stump and didn't do enough to work around that weakness so there are just so many instances of him being caught behind while on a relatively low score. When the conditions suited him and when he was set, he could probably score a double hundred with a blindfold on. He has the natural ability to score all round the wicket and picks the gaps in the field with zero effort. Probably one of the best batsmen to watch while in full flow.
He'd have played a lot more Tests if England's selectors hadn't been such ****wits, particularly during the first two thirds of his career. So much chopping and changing meant he missed a lot of games he should have been playing.Thorpe might only have like 10 hundreds if Eng played as many tests as SL
I don’t agree that’s what matters but it’s all pretty subjectiveHe averaged almost 10 runs lower than Laxman outside Asia. Home-away split isn't what usually matters, outside the subcontinent is where the challenge lies when talking of truly challenging conditions.