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Best Test Batsman who started his career in the Mid 00s.
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Spark
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Don't really rate Gambhir in the same category as Clarke/Pietersen/ABdeV. Nor does anyone else based on the poll.
Hussey - that entirely depends on what 'best' means. For two-three years he was as good as Ponting was at the time. And Ponting was better than anyone else I have ever seen, so that is extraordinary praise. But to call him the best with his OK-mediocre-holyhellthat'sdire run of form over the last two years is tough.
Pietersen - I have no idea what's happened to him. This should be his time to shine, and he doesn't look like shining. I think he can get back to his "glory" 05-06-07 form again, but I don't think he can reach the kind of phenomenal peak that everyone expected of him. He just has a mental thing, I have no idea why.
Clarke - probably the firmest candidate, for reasons that should be obvious to all. Mostly, however, because he has shown one shining quality above all the others and that is an ability to work feverishly on his own game.
ABdeV - the dark horse. For some reason I can help thinking that he's SA's Clarke and as such could have a stellar 6-7 years.
Hussey - that entirely depends on what 'best' means. For two-three years he was as good as Ponting was at the time. And Ponting was better than anyone else I have ever seen, so that is extraordinary praise. But to call him the best with his OK-mediocre-holyhellthat'sdire run of form over the last two years is tough.
Pietersen - I have no idea what's happened to him. This should be his time to shine, and he doesn't look like shining. I think he can get back to his "glory" 05-06-07 form again, but I don't think he can reach the kind of phenomenal peak that everyone expected of him. He just has a mental thing, I have no idea why.
Clarke - probably the firmest candidate, for reasons that should be obvious to all. Mostly, however, because he has shown one shining quality above all the others and that is an ability to work feverishly on his own game.
ABdeV - the dark horse. For some reason I can help thinking that he's SA's Clarke and as such could have a stellar 6-7 years.
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NUFAN
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Not 100% true as we are allowed only 1 vote. I feel for Gambhir cause he's up against 4 middle order bats and is coming off a pair!
I love AB, but voted for Clarke.
Spark
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Eh, you would've thought that someone would have voted for him based on how polls work out.
Not saying he's a bad player by any means, just that he's not quite in the same league as those three I've named (Hussey because of his age is different)
Prince EWS
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Hmm well if they all retired right now I'd say Hussey. I'd take Clarke ahead of him for a Test starting tomorrow though and I'm confident it'll be Clarke who finishes his career in the highest esteem.
flibbertyjibber
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Pietersen for me but he seems to have lost his focus and at present Clarke is a better player.KP is in danger of throwing away his career the way he is going as he hasn't made a ton for 18 months in any form of the game according to TMS yesterday which for such a good player is an abysmal record despite the months he missed injured.
slowfinger
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Must go for Huss after his P H E N O M I N A L start. And his ability to annoy Pakistan...
tooextracool
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They've all had poor years at some point or another. Clarke was dropped in 2006, ABD was pretty average until 2008, Pietersen has been average since 2008 and Hussey has been average since 2008. Gambhir I dont think is a realistic option because he wasnt a regular till the summer of 2008.
Out of all those names, perhaps Clarke has been the most consistent and he may very well end up being the best out of all of them but Hussey in 2005-06-07 was simply sensational and I think he is still a very good player.
Out of all those names, perhaps Clarke has been the most consistent and he may very well end up being the best out of all of them but Hussey in 2005-06-07 was simply sensational and I think he is still a very good player.
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I'd probably pick AB for a test tomorrow. His fielding inches him ahead of Clarke for mine. They've had remarkably similar records for the past few years. In hindsight Clarke may well be looked on as better because he started much more strongly, but AB's a bit younger so perhaps it'll depend what he does with the extra few years.
But yeah, if they all retired tomorrow it would have to be the Huss.
But yeah, if they all retired tomorrow it would have to be the Huss.
Teja.
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hey gimh pull your head in ok
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Not at all, did very well in India on his debut when Australia needed him, played an important innings earlier this year against NZ when he was coming off a controversy, also made an important 90 odd in the 2nd innings in Lords in Ashes 2005 when Pietersen dropped him. Probably a few others as well.
Was excellent in Ashes 2009 as well, Australia's best batsman.
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Noble One
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I hint a touch of troll in this post.
Clarke would have to be one of the better "pressure" batsman in the Australian lineup currently. Take a look back at some of his centuries over the years, very few come from the stage of 3/200.
GotSpin
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You're becoming a worse poster than dingdong lately