5 best current test Batsmen?

[thatoneguy]

in your opinion who are the 5 current best test batsmen, there are two locks in ABD and Sanga but who else, mine would be:
ABD
Sanga
McCullum
S. Smith or Warner
Amla

This would be my 5 in any order.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

in your opinion who are the 5 current best test batsmen, there are two locks in ABD and Sanga but who else, mine would be:
ABD
Sanga
Amla
S. Smith
Matthews

This would be my 5 in any order.

Warner for Smith

 

[viriya]

cricrate | Current Top Test Batsmen

 

[cnerd123]

cricrate | Current Top Test Batsmen

I just knew that you'd link to your site as soon as I saw the thread title lol.

FWIW, Test batting stats for the last 12 months:

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Swingpanzee]

AB
Amla
Warner
Williamson
Sanga
Kohli (just to satisfy Jono)

Not in order.

 

[Adgey]

Kohli
AB
Amla
Sanga
Smith

No order

 

[Howe_zat]

Actually think the ICC player rankings do a pretty good job here, though they're dodgy lower down.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Smith
Warner
Sangakkara
Kohli
de Villiers

(trade in Clarke obviously, if he's fit)

 

[Teja.]

Sanga
de Villiers
Amla
Warner
Younus Khan
Chanderpaul

 

[Coronis]

Warner
Sanga
Younis
Smith
de Villiers

 

[Spark]

sanga, amla, abdv, younis, warner/smith/kohli/williamson/idgaf though i have clarke in there if fit

 

[Jono]

AB
Sanga
Amla
McCullum
Warner

5th one is hard, could be Kohli, Smith or Williamson tbh.

 

[Tec15]

AB
Amla
Sangakara
Err, um,
Younis Khan
Chanderpaul.

 

[Pratters]

AB
Amla
Sangakarra
Steve Smith
Younis Khan

I am not big on Chanderpaul. I don't like how he always comes in at 5 and is just playing to save the team and a not out realistically. I am loving how Steve Smith is developing. I am big on Kane Williamson as well. I would have had him in the top 5 but it would be insane to not have Younis Khan in there given his recent performances. Kohli, I will wait for a bit. The England series was an anomaly maybe but it was a really terrible series for him. Maybe in a year, with more consistent test performances, I will have him there. Kohli's reach is spectacular. Where people can just about leave a ball, he can comfortably play shots without stretching himself much.

 

[Pratters]

AB has been developing into the superstar of our generation. If he was an Indian, he would have been hailed as the new Tendulkar already. AB is such a star.