Wally Hammond vs Brian Lara

[DrWolverine]

Failed marriage life. Failed business.
Suffered financial trouble.
Second best in what he was good at.

 

[sayon basak]

Second best in what he was good at.

Wouldn't call that a failure.

 

[DrWolverine]

Wouldn't call that a failure.

Yeah but he hated Don

 

[Johan]

Failed marriage life. Failed business.
Suffered financial trouble.
Second best in what he was good at.

Hutton beats his ass

 

[DrWolverine]

Most runs in Test series(How record progressed)
1911 : Jack Hobbs - 662 runs in 5 Tests & 9 inn
1924 : Herbert Sutcliffe - 734 runs in 5 Tests & 9 inn

Wally Hammond arrived with a bang - 905 runs in 5 Tests in 1928 and was ready to take over as the best.

Next year Donald George Bradman happened - He scored 974 runs in 5 Tests 7 innings with 4 centuries and closed all arguments on who was the best ever

 

[sayon basak]

Top 100 performance from Brian Lara (DoG):-
153* vs Australia in Bridgetown (1999)
213 vs Australia in Kingston (1999)
182 vs Australia in Adelaide (2000)

 

[kyear2]

tbf he deserves it for being rated above Hutton in batting by many

Don't think anyone here rates Hammond over Hutton as a batsman.

 

[DrWolverine]

Top 100 performance from Brian Lara (DoG):-
153* vs Australia in Bridgetown (1999)
213 vs Australia in Kingston (1999)
182 vs Australia in Adelaide (2000)

I saw two of them and one of them is in my Top 5 knocks.

 

[Johan]

Don't think anyone here rates Hammond over Hutton as a batsman.

there are a few

 

[sayon basak]

I saw two of them and one of them is in my Top 5 knocks.

Which one?

The 153* actually comes 4th all time.

 

[Johan]

where do people have Hammond's batting? surely above Ponting?

 

[sayon basak]

DoG Ratings:
Brian Lara= 881.9
Wally Hammond= 844.1

Wisden Ratings:
Brian Lara= 886
Wally Hammond= 856

PEWS Ratings:
Brian Lara= 2.91
Wally Hammond= 3.28

ICC Average Ratings:
Brian Lara= 783.55
Wally Hammond= 745.4

 

[kyear2]

Pretty sure everyone knew Hammond was a fan of the ladies and picked up some souvenirs along the way.

 

[sayon basak]

Pretty sure everyone knew Hammond was a fan of the ladies and picked up some souvenirs along the way.

Shared this because I liked the way the unnamed cricketer was quoted.

 

[kyear2]

where do people have Hammond's batting? surely above Ponting?

I have him a few places above Punter.

 

[Johan]

Pretty sure everyone knew Hammond was a fan of the ladies and picked up some souvenirs along the way.

Hammond was a rich Western European in 1930s, it's almost expected I feel like.

 

[sayon basak]

Hammond was a rich Western European in 1930s, it's almost expected I feel like.

Wasn't he handsome too?

 

[kyear2]

Would pick Lara if just judging batting, but Hammond with all skills considered.

My only push back to that would be that Lara too was a special slip catcher, not in Hammond's league, but close enough.

But they are really close for me. Literally have Lara 14th and Hammond 15th all time, both ahead of Kallis and Hutton

 

[Johan]

Wasn't he handsome too?

Yeah. had a huge nose tho.

 

[sayon basak]

Yeah. had a huge nose tho.

Isn't big nose good?