Who's the 2nd greatest test batsman of alltime?

[Matt79]

BTW Bhupinder... for including Trumper, Grace and Headley.

Although I fear Archie Mac will want to know why Clem Hill was left out.

 

[Ikki]

A question: is there a batsmen other than Bradman who has played more than 20 tests and has more centuries than fifties? Headley seems to have too.

 

[grecian]

No Imran Khan?!?!?

I think he's turning over a new leaf. Good for him

Hobbs for me. IVA was the best I saw too, Sachin and Brian come next, in no particular order.

I think if I could go back in time to watch anyone bat, I would choose Hammond, by all accounts the type of batsman I would of enjoyed seeing the most

 

[Burgey]

No Imran Khan?!?!?

Stole my thunder, dammit.
BTW, BPS's list is PDG.

 

[archie mac]

I read it wrong and voted who I thought was the 2nd best batsman, not just in Tests

 

[shortpitched713]

Lara is the best out of those I've seen by a decent margin, although Tendulkar is fairly close. Both of them compare pretty well statistically with the greats of all time as well, tbh.

 

[Richard]

BTW, BPS's list is PDG.

Vijay Merchant FTW. An oft-forgotten brilliant but fairly anonymous nonetheless player.

No-one who's played more than a handful comes so close to Bradman's First-Class record, averaging in the 70s, and despite playing most of his Test cricket in his late 30s still averages "only" 47 there, which I think is a remarkable achievement.

Very probably IMO the fourth giant along with Hammond, Bradman and Headley of that time.

 

[archie mac]

Vijay Merchant FTW. An oft-forgotten brilliant but fairly anonymous nonetheless player.

No-one who's played more than a handful comes so close to Bradman's First-Class record, averaging in the 70s, and despite playing most of his Test cricket in his late 30s still averages "only" 47 there, which I think is a remarkable achievement.

Very probably IMO the fourth giant along with Hammond, Bradman and Headley of that time.

I read where he was hit in the mouth, spat some teeth out, brushed them off the pitch with his bat and faced up again

 

[Richard]

Never heard that before TBH - shows Botham wasn't the first to do it if so tho.

Don't know what I feel more though - sick at the thought of that happening or admiration for Vijay at doing that.

 

[archie mac]

Never heard that before TBH - shows Botham wasn't the first to do it if so tho.

Don't know what I feel more though - sick at the thought of that happening or admiration for Vijay at doing that.

I was cleaned up once, could not wait to get off the field tbh

 

[Goughy]

A question: is there a batsmen other than Bradman who has played more than 20 tests and has more centuries than fifties? Headley seems to have too.

Michael Vaughan and Ashwell Prince (of the top of my head). Sure there must be many more

 

[silentstriker]

Yea, Merchant (IMO) would have been right up there, but unfortunately he did not get the chance to play many Tests and thus I have to say he was probably a better version of Barry Richards (who himself could have been one of the great batsman of all time if his career wasn't cut short).

 

[Dan]

1.Don Bradman

2.Phil Tufnell
3.Monty Panesar
4.Peter Such
5.Ian Salisbury

I always knew england spinners were better batters than bowlers.

 

[Balram]

Walter Hammond by all reports was as good as Bradman for parts of his career.

 

[funnygirl]

Sir Viv Richards is the greatest .

 

[Matt79]

BTW Bhupinder... for including Trumper, Grace and Headley.

Although I fear Archie Mac will want to know why Clem Hill was left out.

But thumbs down for no Hammond....

 

[pup11]

Its not an easy choice to make but i think Tendulkar is probably the 2nd best batsman in the history of the game, his batting-record is better than any other batsmen in the history of the game but that is not the only reason why i rate him so highly.
Almost through the 90's Tendulkar carried the whole Indian team on his shoulders and the pressure of expectations was huge on him and still he kept on performing like a true genius that he is.

 

[thierry henry]

at Richards leading this poll

I voted for my other great West Indian whipping boy Sobers tbh, on the basis that he must've been a really, really good bat for people to overlook his insipid bowling and still rate him the best all-rounder ever

 

[Ikki]

Michael Vaughan and Ashwell Prince (of the top of my head). Sure there must be many more

Vaughany? Ain't that a kick in the head...

 

[honestbharani]

Lara is the best I have seen. Sachin comes close, but still, Lara is the best I have seen.


btw, the "I have seen" indicates that this is just MY opinion.