What would Bradman average if he played in a typical (i.e. neither batsman or bowler favored) period of the modern era (1970 - current)?

[JBMAC]

He was just the right combination of great batsman and fit.

Everybody else was terrible. I’ve seen the footage.

And I have seen it in person and some posters here are just waffling about rubbish

 

[_00_deathscar]

So? Plenty of players have averaged around 60 at that point in their careers. And he had multiple contemporaries averaging 50.

Lets see Bradman was averaging 100 and his contemporaries 60…. slight difference

This was his argument:
We've NEVER had a player in the modern era bat over 60 (well not until we see Kamindu Mendis) over a really large full career sample size, and here comes a player who is comfortably in the upper mid 60s, imagine how much we'd be sucking him off. Arguably I think there would be a stronger ferver to anoint that player as the batting GOAT than the actual Bradman.

Ponting, Smith and quite a few others as you mentioned at some point with enough tests played

 

[_00_deathscar]

More than 40 tests back.

Has it been that long already?

 

[sayon basak]

Has it been that long already?

It was 4/5 years ago iirc. Smith probably still was averaging 60 in the match both him and Labuschagne hit double tons.

 

[Daemon]

And I have seen it in person and some posters here are just waffling about rubbish

I played against him.

 

[Shri]

And I have seen it in person and some posters here are just waffling about rubbish

wow jbmac is a bjp supporter

 

[ankitj]

Absolutely agree. Bradman would still be four standard deviations above the rest. Just look at the footage, the bowling that he dominated was top class. I see no reason to believe he wouldn't have absolutely dominated Holding, Marshall, Garner, Roberts, Walsh, Ambrose, Akhtar, Wasim, Waqar, Younis, Steyn, Morkel, Donald, Pollock, Bumrah, Archer, Rabada, Broad, Anderson, Murali, Warne, Kumble, Ashwin, and anyone else naive enough to bowl to him.

Being 4 standard deviations away from mean has same probability in every era. That's why it's called "standard". If it's shocking that anyone can be 4 SD away from mean in this era, it's equally shocking that anyone was hundred years ago.

 

[Coronis]

This was his argument:
We've NEVER had a player in the modern era bat over 60 (well not until we see Kamindu Mendis) over a really large full career sample size, and here comes a player who is comfortably in the upper mid 60s, imagine how much we'd be sucking him off. Arguably I think there would be a stronger ferver to anoint that player as the batting GOAT than the actual Bradman.

Ponting, Smith and quite a few others as you mentioned at some point with enough tests played

The whole point is its not comparable to averaging 100 when the next best player averages 60

 

[honestbharani]

I played against him.

Nah you gotta offer proof.


Bradman says Tendulkar played a lot like him.

Tendulkar played with and against Krish Srikkanth.

Krish Srikkanth would have played against his son Aditya at home.

I have played against his son Aditya.


Therefore, I have played against Bradman.