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

[mr_mister]

yeah well even if Smith bats like ass the rest of his career he'll still have 15 test tons to his name

his batting average might drop or whatever but yeah it's just as likely not to

 

[DriveClub]

Amla
Abd
Steve Smith
Kane will
Root

 

[Mike5181]

Kane Williamson
Joe Root
Steve Smith
Hashim Amla
Alastair Cook

Comparing openers and middle-order bats is quite hard.

 

[mr_mister]

part of the territory i'm afraid. after this i'll be choosing 100 bowlers from history and quickies will stand up alongside spinners

 

[jimmy101]

Hashim Amla
AB De Villiers
Virat Kohli
Kane Williamson
Ajinkya Rahane

 

[honestbharani]

Amla
AB
Kane
Root
Cook

 

[harsh.ag]

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

 

[harsh.ag]

Hard to pick two between Smith, Root and Williamson.

 

[marc71178]

Hashim Amla
Alastair Cook
AB De Villiers
Kane Williamson
Joe Root

 

[Zinzan]

Hashim Amla
Ross Taylor
AB De Villiers
Kane Williamson
Joe Root

Not biased at all....

 

[Howe_zat]

Joe Root
Joe Root
Joe Root
Joe Root
Joe Root

also Amla, Cook, AB, Williamson

 

[mr_mister]

Hard to pick two between Smith, Root and Williamson.

that's why I went all 3. I'll tip to my hat to any Englishmen humble enough to admit Smith is worthy of this top 5

Please don't turn this into a 'my country is better' thing voters, I've already seen lots of 'x beat y so that's proof this forum is bias toward <insert country>' and other such tripe

 

[weldone]

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

 

[Brian Lara]

Amla
De Villiers
Root
Smith
Williamson

 

[Victor Ian]

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

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Amla
Cook
ABdV
Smith
Williamson

 

[oitoitoi]

Think it's too early in their careers to include some of the players on the shortlist tbh. In 5 years Kohli and Root could well have surpassed a lot of guys.

Hashim Amla
Alastair Cook
AB De Villiers
Kane Williamson
Steve Smith

 

[Zinzan]

Surprised so many have omitted Joe Root albeit the stiff competition.

 

[Coronis]

Cook is ****.

Amla
AB
Kane
TPC
Root

 

[viriya]

Hashim Amla
Alastair Cook
AB De Villiers
Kane Williamson
Steve Smith