Top 50 Greatest test batters

[Sliferxxxx]

You're wrong. Sachin has two series versus McWarne. Lara three.

My mistake I should've clarified better. I was following up on your post about 50+ averaging series by listing 50+ series with atleast One great bowler. Then I listed those vs at least two. I didn't take their stage of career into consideration (the bowlers). For example, I gave credit to Sachin for 90s series vs Murali even though 90s Murali wasn't remotely close to 2000s Murali. Did similar for Lara vs Pollock and Viv vs a young Akram.

 

[Johan]

Gooch didn't even make the CW top 50 last year

Gooch is better than a lot of names here.

 

[Johan]

I don't think anyone had Worrell remotely above Weekes or Walcott, think he was seen pretty clearly as the worst of the three as a batsman, the real debate was always Walcott vs Weekes.

 

[Sliferxxxx]

I don't think anyone had Worrell remotely above Weekes or Walcott, think he was seen pretty clearly as the worst of the three as a batsman, the real debate was always Walcott vs Weekes.

Agreed.

 

[Johan]

29:30, Tom Graveney ranks the Ws.

 

[DrWolverine]

Number of series averaging 50 (not counting single tests):
Tendulkar 37/66
Lara 17/35
Viv 14/29
Smith 17/36

Percentage of series averaging 50+ :
Sachin : 56%
Lara : 48%
Viv : 48%
Smith : 47%

 

[DrWolverine]

Kane Williamson: 86.7%


Kane Williamson: 66.7%

No one cares about Kane Williamson man.

 

[subshakerz]

Worrell, Weekes and Walcott at the end of top 50 while Chanderpaul in top 30 is a war crime, Compton and May are not even there!

He managed to put Cook there in the top 30 but no Gooch in the top 50 hahaha

 

[Johan]

Sobers considers Weekes the best he ever saw alongside Sunny.

What people don’t understand is that Viv has a special talent, an ability you cannot teach people. Great players such as Viv and Everton Weekes and certain others can do things with a cricket ball that the average or even good cricketer cannot do.

it seems like, Bradman considered Weekes of a similar class as IVA Richards and Sobers

In more recent years West Indians such as Weekes, Sobers and Richards have on occasions played at the highest level with something approaching contemptuousness in the way they have dismissed the ball with apparent ease to the boundary

 

[MasterBlaster24]

I don't think anyone had Worrell remotely above Weekes or Walcott, think he was seen pretty clearly as the worst of the three as a batsman, the real debate was always Walcott vs Weekes.

Weekes is better than other 2ws,imo.

 

[Johan]

He managed to put Cook there in the top 30 but no Gooch in the top 50 hahaha

what a joke

 

[Johan]

Weekes is better than other 2ws,imo.

I think Weekes>Walcott>Worrell too Yeah

 

[kyear2]

Sobers' 226 at Bourda was under a similar context of one great bowler and a flatter wicket, so was the 178* at Bourda against India or the 153 at Sabina Park against India, not enough of a reason to just ignore the runs imo.

Wow, never said ignore.

Though I tend to overlook all the triples.

I was defending Hutton on here long before you joined, I greatly admire him as a batsman.

4 is too high.

 

[kyear2]

Sachin’s consistency does not surprise me.
I am just surprised that Sobers is quite low whether the bar was average of 40+ or 50+.

Sobers started his career as a spin bowling teenager, took 4 years to get on track as a self taught batsman.

He then broke down from the bowling load over the last 3 or so.

 

[kyear2]

I rate Punter very highly. Have him only behind Bradman and Smith among aussies. At around 12-13 for me. I have Dravid, Hammond and Chappell all in the 15-20ish range.

Ok, I do recall you calling Chappell or Hammond over rated, so just curious.

 

[kyear2]

Wait I must've missed something, how the f is Chanderpaul above the likes of Steve Waugh, Sehwag, Kanhai, Lloyd etc.

Becuse the list lacks context.

 

[kyear2]

Sobers considers Weekes the best he ever saw alongside Sunny.



it seems like, Bradman considered Weekes of a similar class as IVA Richards and Sobers

Sobers called Weekes the best batsman he had seen, Bradman thought Weekes was better than Headley.

 

[DrWolverine]

Sobers started his career as a spin bowling teenager, took 4 years to get on track as a self taught batsman.

He then broke down from the bowling load over the last 3 or so.

I agree. But every batsman has his share of excuses.

Between 1992-2011, Sachin averaged more than 40+ in 17 out of 20 years. That’s 85%.