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

[Prince EWS]

Laxman over Mahela really shows the aussie bias in this thread. Not surprising.

You do realise I'm Australian, right?

 

[viriya]

You do realise I'm Australian, right?

Aussie bias != being Australian

Some enlightened ones are without bias.

 

[Howe_zat]

You do realise I'm Australian, right?

He admitted it!

 

[viriya]

The bias comes about because Jayawardene averaged 60 in Sri Lanka, but 40 Away from home. An Away average of 40 is actually pretty good, but put Mahela up against a decent bowling attack and his average plummets to 27.

So bias works both ways.

(But yeah, Jayawardene should be close to Laxman in the voting)

Why couldn't Laxman dominate at home like Mahela? It seems when people evaluate players away records are all that matters.

 

[Noble One]

Mohammad Yousuf
Kumar Sangakarra
Virender Sehwag
Younus Khan
Michael Clarke

 

[mr_mister]

Yes there's too little time per heat. If someone wants to vote in all heats then he can't love his sleep as much as I do.

noted, i'll slow it down for round 2.

 

[kingkallis]

Michael Hussey
Mohammad Yousuf
Kumar Sangakarra
Younus Khan
Graeme Smith

 

[mr_mister]

5th and 6th tied. Need some more votes

 

[DriveClub]

Sangakkara
Younus Khan
Graeme Smith
Kevin Pietersen
Michael Clarke

 

[DriveClub]

Did I save the day?

 

[watson]

Graeme Smith - 15 Tests against India, no 100s, average 38. Top score 73 in India.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Graeme Smith - 15 Tests against India, no 100s, average 38. Top score 73 in India.

Stop posting completely irrelevant stats

 

[honestbharani]

Kumar Sangakarra
Kevin Pietersen
Virender Sehwag
Younus Khan
Graeme Smith

 

[mr_mister]

Round 1, Heat 10:

Kumar Sangakkarra (17 votes)
Younus Khan (17 votes)
Virender Sehwag (11 votes)
Kevin Pietersen (10 votes)
Graeme Smith (9 votes)
Michael Clarke (7 votes)
Mohammad Yousuf (7 votes)
Michael Hussey (3 votes)
Misbah Ul-Haq (1 vote)
Thilan Samaraweera (0 votes)



Round 1, Heat 11:

Hashim Amla
Ross Taylor
Alastair Cook
AB De Villiers
Virat Kohli
Kane Williamson
Ajinkya Rahane
Steve Smith
David Warner
Joe Root

 

[Noble One]

Hashim Amla
Alastair Cook
AB De Villiers
Kane Williamson
Steve Smith

 

[OverratedSanity]

Amla
de Villiers
Taylor
Cook
Williamson

 

[mr_mister]

this one's gonna be interesting. will leave it open the full 24 hours


Amla
Cook
Root
Williamson
Smith

 

[OverratedSanity]

Vote Taylor you heathens.

 

[morgieb]

Hashim Amla
Alastair Cook
AB De Villiers
Kane Williamson
Steve Smith

Tough, because too many of these guys are only just getting started and we don't know how they'll end up.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Hashim Amla
Alastair Cook
AB De Villiers
Kane Williamson
Steve Smith

Tough, because too many of these guys are only just getting started and we don't know how they'll end up.

Then vote for Ross goddammit