CW chooses the second greatest batsman ever redux, 100 men from 5 eras whittled to 1

[mr_mister]

50 to 25.. 25 to 15... 15 to 6.. 6 to 4.. 4 to 2.. 2 to 1...

After a bit of thought I'm gonna narrow it from 50 to 30, then we can start combining eras earlier so the competition stays fresh.

From 3 groups of 10 then we can go down to 15, 6, 4, 2 and 1.

 

[viriya]

Since you won't budge on the Golden Age, I would replace:

Stewie Dempster
Martin Donnelly
KS Duleep
Vijay Merchant
Vijay Merchant
Michael Slater

with

Desmond Haynes
Stephen Fleming
Richie Richardson
Gundappa Viswanath
Misbah-ul-Haq
Angelo Mathews

 

[viriya]

Didn't average 50 enough?

No, just averaged 30 over 10 tests and picked due to FC records.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Since you won't budge on the Golden Age, I would replace:

Stewie Dempster
Martin Donnelly
KS Duleep
Vijay Merchant
Vijay Merchant
Michael Slater

with

Desmond Haynes
Stephen Fleming
Richie Richardson
Gundappa Viswanath
Misbah-ul-Haq
Angelo Mathews

Dwta

 

[viriya]

Dwta

Slater deserves to be in over Viswanath or Misbah?

 

[mr_mister]

Slater deserves to be in over Viswanath or Misbah?

Slater has a better record than Viswanath. Misbah I agree probably should have made the cut, I'll see what I can do. Stephen Fleming's record isn't that impressive IMO though I know he's well loved

 

[viriya]

Slater has a better record than Viswanath. Misbah I agree probably should have made the cut, I'll see what I can do. Stephen Fleming's record isn't that impressive IMO though I know he's well loved

I think their records are very similar, and Viswanath's is better when you consider the quality of his average innings. Anyway, it's your list.

 

[mr_mister]

Well Slater had to face tougher bowlers

 

[OverratedSanity]

I think their records are very similar, and Viswanath's is better when you consider the quality of his average innings. Anyway, it's your list.

Yeah I think Viswanath probably has a better case. Disagree with the rest though.

 

[viriya]

Well Slater had to face tougher bowlers

I think that's not clear cut. Viswanath faced Lilee, Roberts, Willis etc, and also had more great innings than Slater. His teammates were generally worse too so he had to carry a bigger burden (somewhat similar to what Aravinda did just with Gavaskar to help)

 

[Red]

WG Grace
Arthur Shrewsbury
Archie Maclaren
FS Jackson
CB Fry
Monty Noble
Clem Hill
Tom Hayward
KS Ranji
Victor Trumper

 

[Coronis]

but we are basing this on Test performances.



Golden Age, Heat 1:

WG Grace
Arthur Shrewsbury
Archie Maclaren
FS Jackson
CB Fry
Monty Noble
Clem Hill
Tom Hayward
KS Ranji
Victor Trumper


Simply post who you feel are the top 5 test batsmen from this group

Since you said test so many times.

Ranji
Trumper
Hill
Jackson
Noble

Sorry to the doctor but he just doesn't make the cut.

 

[mr_mister]

only twice ha but perhaps once too many. An it's interesting you're the first person to not include Grace, which I think is correct considering his test record

 

[mr_mister]

Moving right along here folks. I feel a 2 vote gap between 5th and 6th is enough to call time on this one

Round 1, Heat 1:

Bold indicates qualified for round 2

Trumper (11 votes)
Grace (10 votes)
Ranji (10 votes)
Hill (8 votes)
Jackson (5 votes)
Shrewsbury (3 votes)
Maclaren (3 votes)
Fry (3 votes)
Noble (2 votes)
Hayward (0 votes)


Now this next heat will be tricky. Choose the top 5 test batsmen

Round 1, Heat 2:

John Tyldesley
Aubrey Faulkner
Warren Bardsley
Jack Hobbs
Phil Mead
Frank Woolley
Charlie Macartney
Patsy Hendren
Andy Sandham
Herbie Taylor

 

[harsh.ag]

Moving right along here folks. I feel a 2 vote gap between 5th and 6th is enough to call time on this one

Round 1, Heat 1:

Bold indicates qualified for round 2

Trumper (11 votes)
Grace (10 votes)
Ranji (10 votes)
Hill (8 votes)
Jackson (5 votes)
Shrewsbury (3 votes)
Maclaren (3 votes)
Fry (3 votes)
Noble (2 votes)
Hayward (0 votes)

Which **** didn't vote for Grace?

Now this next heat will be tricky. Choose the top 5 test batsmen

Round 1, Heat 2:

John Tyldesley
Aubrey Faulkner
Warren Bardsley
Jack Hobbs
Phil Mead
Frank Woolley
Charlie Macartney
Patsy Hendren
Andy Sandham
Herbie Taylor

Hobbs
Taylor
Don't care.

 

[Coronis]

Which **** didn't vote for Grace?



Hobbs
Taylor
Don't care.

Me, since its test based.

Hobbs
Macartney
Bardsley
Taylor
Hendren

 

[OverratedSanity]

Hobbs
Macartney
Bardsley
Taylor
Woolley

 

[OverratedSanity]

Which **** didn't vote for Grace?

**** you. You're the **** who didn't vote for Macartney.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Hobbs
Taylor
Macartney
Hendren
Faulkner

 

[Victor Ian]

Moving right along here folks. I feel a 2 vote gap between 5th and 6th is enough to call time on this one

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