Who were the top 5 test cricketers from 1946 to 1969 (a 25-year span)?

[DrWolverine]

*excluding Don Bradman

 

[Johan]

Hutton is a given, then Miller and Sobers are also given, then Trueman and Lindwall. Really wanted to sneak in Davidson and Compton but failed.

 

[DrWolverine]

Gary Sobers
Len Hutton
Ken Barrington
Fred Trueman
Keith Miller

 

[Thala_0710]

Sobers and Hutton are certainties. Then Lindwall, Trueman and Miller for me with Barrington and Davidson having outside shouts depending on how high you rate them.

 

[ataraxia]

Is Hutton a certainty? Only played 9 years in this time.

 

[Johan]

Is Hutton a certainty? Only played 9 years in this time.

Miller and Lindwall played one more, all a very similar amount

 

[sayon basak]

Hutton is a given, then Miller and Sobers are also given, then Trueman and Lindwall. Really wanted to sneak in Davidson and Compton but failed.

Sobers ahead of Trueman?

 

[DrWolverine]

No one is ahead of Sobers during that period.

 

[Johan]

Sobers ahead of Trueman?

Uhm, Yeah obviously, Sobers ahead of every person to play Cricket not named Sir Donald Bradman

 

[sayon basak]

No one is ahead of Sobers during that period.

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.

 

[Johan]

Maybe the worst Declaration of all time imo, this is far worse than Nasser choosing to bowl at the Gabba. Sobers, in his hubris, lost West Indies the entire series.

 

[ma1978]

Sobers
Miller
Trueman
Hutton
Worrell - because being a great cricketer isn’t always about the cricket

 

[DrWolverine]

being a great cricketer isn’t always about the cricket

Off-field legacy can enhance a reputation, but greatness is built on performance.

 

[ma1978]

Off-field legacy can enhance a reputation, but greatness is built on performance.

Worrell was a great performer too

 

[DrWolverine]

Worrell was a great performer too

Yes but not top five

 

[Cricket Bliss]

Sir Garfield Sobers
Sir Leonard Hutton
Keith Miller
Ray Lindwall
Alan Davidson

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Sobers
Miller
Hutton
Lindwall
Trueman

 

[Coronis]

I have an interesting conundrum. Whilst I rate Davidson above Trueman, for this poll, I would be more likely to vote for Trueman over Davidson if that was the choice. Specifically because if I think about the question “who was the best over x time period?” Total output/longevity over that period becomes a bigger factor to me. Does that sound reasonable? Or am I being crazy and self-contradictory.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Tyson
Trueman
Lindwall
Adcock
Pollock, P

 

[shortpitched713]

I have an interesting conundrum. Whilst I rate Davidson above Trueman, for this poll, I would be more likely to vote for Trueman over Davidson if that was the choice. Specifically because if I think about the question “who was the best over x time period?” Total output/longevity over that period becomes a bigger factor to me. Does that sound reasonable? Or am I being crazy and self-contradictory.

Yeah, the time period stuff can really throw a spanner in things.

I just picked the best players I guess, although Hutton did lose some Tests if only using this period.