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Sanga retiring, where does he place?

Sanga retiring, where does he place?

  • 2nd greatest Test batsman ever

    Votes: 3 5.3%
  • Just above Tendulkar and Lara

    Votes: 3 5.3%
  • Same level as Tendulkar and Lara

    Votes: 21 36.8%
  • Just below Tendulkar and Lara

    Votes: 30 52.6%

  • Total voters
    57

cnerd123

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I made one post. Let it go after that.

Atleast it was entertaining with BB and WW. Or rather, atleast I was entertained :ph34r:
 

dontcloseyoureyes

BARNES OUT
Internet is always like this. Live with it. Was there any point of time in the past when CC was very peaceful (the times you were posting)? If there was one, it would have been a very boring era.
Oh thanks for the tips about the internet, I'm very new to it so all of it is appreciated.

There was no time where it wasn't like this, which is why I don't post in it much anymore. The same arguments between the same people for a (literal) decade get pretty stale. Especially when a Tendulkar vs. Lara argument goes on for a page in a (largely) Sangakkara thread with tangential relation to the aforementioned.

Also; holy **** I've been posting here for a decade.
 

CricAddict

Cricketer Of The Year
Oh thanks for the tips about the internet, I'm very new to it so all of it is appreciated.

There was no time where it wasn't like this, which is why I don't post in it much anymore. The same arguments between the same people for a (literal) decade get pretty stale. Especially when a Tendulkar vs. Lara argument goes on for a page in a (largely) Sangakkara thread with tangential relation to the aforementioned.

Also; holy **** I've been posting here for a decade.
Contradicts. Anyways, not interested in this discussion. Just didn't want someone who doesn't post much anymore (as per your words) to undermine those who are taking the efforts to post.
 

OverratedSanity

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Oh thanks for the tips about the internet, I'm very new to it so all of it is appreciated.

There was no time where it wasn't like this, which is why I don't post in it much anymore. The same arguments between the same people for a (literal) decade get pretty stale. Especially when a Tendulkar vs. Lara argument goes on for a page in a (largely) Sangakkara thread with tangential relation to the aforementioned.

Also; holy **** I've been posting here for a decade.
Yeah but we haven't been posting here for a decade have we? Let us be stale and boring eh? We'll get bored soon too, I'm pretty sure :p
 
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NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Contradicts. Anyways, not interested in this discussion. Just didn't want someone who doesn't post much anymore (as per your words) to undermine those who are taking the efforts to post.
In the tradition of great CW posting, my answer is thus: :laugh:
 

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
In answer to the original question, nowhere near as highly as you think he does.

Lara > Tendulkar >>>>>>>>>>>> Sangakkara for me.
 

social

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Brilliant player and one of my favs

Wish Oz could clone him and chuck him in our top order
 

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Sangakarra averages 44.6 outside Asia and versus teams barring Zimbabwe. This includes an average of 40 in England, 35 in South Africa. Even in India, he has an average record. He is amazing in Sri Lanka, Australia and v Pakistan. He was an elegant player to watch. I loved that aspect. For some it was even irritating (the Samiuddin article on it is most interesting). However, he was a player who could have achieved more. Raw numbers wise you can look at the big double centuries and think what more could he have done, but that's not going deep into it. Tendulkar averages 50.90 plus in 70 plus games for the same.
 
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Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Most of the very good subcontinental players I am looking average between 40 and 45 for this except Tendulkar, Gavaskar and Dravid who all average beween 51 and 52. Doesn't mean Sangakarra is bad by any stretch. Jayawardene averages in the low 30s for this, for instance.
 
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Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
We were discussing current Indian players in the tour thread. Their stats:

Rahane 48.6 (13 tests)
Kohli 44.4 (20 tests)
Vijay 34.7 (17 tests)
Rahul 32.5 (2 tests)
Pujara 29.4 (13 tests)
Dhawan 29 (10 tests)
Rohit Sharma 24.9 (11 tests)
Raina 20.7 (9 tests)

Obviously too few tests but it's still interesting to look.
 

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