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

[Prince EWS]

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Andy Flower

 

[OverratedSanity]

Tendulkar
Lara
Dravid
Inzy
Flower

Anwar, Kirsten and Martyn pretty unlucky. Waugh and Slater are massively overrated.

 

[mr_mister]

if Slater had converted half of his 90s into 100s his record would look amazing(much like Stephen Fleming, if 80+/90+ scores were tallied for whatever reason in a separate column)

it still looks pretty damn good for an opener in the 1990s IMO

 

[mr_mister]

I've decided I've now got enough worthy names for a magical '11th' heat so there will be 110 people in this and round 2 will have 55 players.

5 heats of 11 with the top 6 in each one advancing, giving us 30 for round 3

 

[jimmy101]

Mark Waugh
Saeed Anwar
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid

 

[viriya]

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Andy Flower
Inzamam Ul-Haq

 

[viriya]

Waugh and Slater are massively overrated.

You're damn right they are.

 

[mr_mister]

i'm gonna have a vote myself


Sachin
Lara
Flower
Dravid
Slats

 

[Noble One]

Inzamam Ul-Haq
Andy Flower
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid

 

[mr_mister]

so just a reminder there will now be 11 heats

Round 1, Heat 8 (of 11)

Lara (13 votes)
Tendulkar (13 votes)
Dravid (11 votes)
Inzy (10 votes)
Flower (9 votes)
Waugh (3 votes)
Slater (3 votes)
Anwar (2 votes)
Martyn (0 votes)
Kirsten (0 votes)


Round 1, Heat 9 (of 11)

Shiv Chanderpaul
Matt Hayden
Justin Langer
Stephen Fleming
Ricky Ponting
VVS Laxman
Adam Gilchrist
Marcus Trescothick
Jacques Kallis
Mahela Jaywardene

 

[Noble One]

i'm gonna have a vote myself


Sachin
Lara
Flower
Dravid
Slats

Slater over Inzamam is an interesting call. I'd probably rate Slater as the weakest of the 10 batsman listed.

Whilst Slater was terrific entertainment value and good for beating up on England, I never considered him amongst the top echelon of 90s batsman.

 

[Noble One]

Shiv Chanderpaul
Matt Hayden
Ricky Ponting
Jacques Kallis
Mahela Jaywardene

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ponting
Kallis
Hayden
Gilchrist
VVS

 

[morgieb]

Shiv Chanderpaul
Matt Hayden
Ricky Ponting
VVS Laxman
Jacques Kallis

 

[viriya]

Jacques Kallis
Shiv Chanderpaul
Ricky Ponting
Matt Hayden
Mahela Jayawardene

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Hayden
Ponting
Kallis
Langer
Chanderpaul

 

[weldone]

Tendulkar
Lara
Dravid
Flower
Inzy

 

[harsh.ag]

Round 1, Heat 9 (of 11)

Shiv Chanderpaul
Matthew Hayden
Justin Langer
Stephen Fleming
Ricky Ponting
VVS Laxman
Adam Gilchrist
Marcus Trescothick
Jacques Kallis
Mahela Jaywardene

Where is Sanga btw?

 

[morgieb]

Round 1, Heat 9 (of 11)

Shiv Chanderpaul
Matthew Hayden
Justin Langer
Stephen Fleming
Ricky Ponting
VVS Laxman
Adam Gilchrist
Marcus Trescothick
Jacques Kallis
Mahela Jaywardene

Where is Sanga btw?

Next heat? He made his debut after most of these guys bar Trescothick and is also younger than them.

 

[mr_mister]

Done on Fc debuts, Trescothicks was surprisingly in 92. Sanga will feature in the next heat don't worry no big names are missing