CW Ranks the Batsmen

[SJS]

Walcott

 

[The Sean]

1. Clyde Walcott
2. Steve Waugh

 

[Noble One]

Very happy for Richards to make his way through. Been voting for him since about position 13/14.

1. S Waugh
2. Walcott

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Kallis
Walcott

 

[nightprowler10]

Inzamam
Dravid

This.

 

[pasag]

Waugh
Dravid

 

[stephen]

Nourse
Walcott

 

[NUFAN]

Ken Barrington - Almost 7000 runs at an average over 58, legend.
Steve Waugh - It's tough though, was he really that much better then Hayden and Gilchrist..

 

[adharcric]

No love for Merchant? Bit surprised but then again, Dravid's generally rated higher and he's struggling to make the list.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Kallis
Dravid

 

[DaRick]

1) Ken Barrington
2) Clyde Walcott

 

[honestbharani]

i love sehwag. but thought gilly has played more match winning, series turning knocks in tests. 2 or may be 3 of sehwag's hundreds have actually contributed to test victories. you can add to that list the 83 against england last year also. whereas gilly has actually played 7,8 knocks more than viru that have really put australia in driver's seat. some of them have actually turned the series around. also you can slot sehwag with hayden, greenidge and, even, smith as an aggressive opener. but never before have we had a batsman who could walk in at 5 down and hit the leather ball to all corners of the park consistently and cleanly against anyone anywhere and still average 47 at an unheard of 80+ SR. sehwag is a wonderful, wonderful player. but we should cherish gilly even more.

as for the inclusion walcott, dravid, kallis, s.waugh, b.richards and may be a few more such champs, they all have legit claims. just that with the unique qualities of gilly's batsmanship combined with his test and one day records for a decade of serious international cricket, he should be given an inch of extra space IMO.

McWarne would probably have something to do with a number of Gilly's knocks being matchwinning...

 

[bagapath]

McWarne would probably have something to do with a number of Gilly's knocks being matchwinning...

agree, but he has changed many games and won a few on his own. more than the 3 or 4 sehwag can lay claim to.

 

[fredfertang]

Ken Barrington
CB Fry

 

[adharcric]

Just two spots remaining.

1. Don Bradman
2. Jack Hobbs
3. Garry Sobers
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Viv Richards
6. WG Grace
7. Wally Hammond
8. Brian Lara
9. Greg Chappell
10. Len Hutton
11. George Headley
12. Sunil Gavaskar
13. Herbert Sutcliffe
14. Ranji
15. Ricky Ponting
16. Victor Trumper
17. Everton Weekes
18. Graeme Pollock
19. Javed Miandad
20. Allan Border
21. Dennis Compton
22. Barry Richards
23. Clyde Walcott

The vote for the #24 batsman of all-time begins now.

 

[pietersenrocks]

Ken Barrington
Dravid

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Kallis
Dravid

 

[pasag]

Hill
Dravid

 

[nightprowler10]

Inzamam
Dravid

 

[DaRick]

1) Ken Barrington
2) Andy Flower

Flower is a novel one, but he was often part of a fairly weak Test team, didn't have a batsman in remotely the same class as him, had to come from Zimbabwean club cricket and yet still averaged 52. That's very, very impressive.