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

[Magrat Garlick]

Hammond
Hutton
Compton
Headley
Weekes
Walcott

 

[viriya]

Wally Hammond
Bruce Mitchell
George Headley
Dudley Nourse
Everton Weekes
Len Hutton

 

[AndrewB]

Hammond, McCabe, Headley, Hutton, Compton, Weekes

 

[harsh.ag]

Nourse getting less love than I thought he would.

 

[NUFAN]

Hammond
Headley
Hutton
Compton
Walcott
Weekes

 

[Victor Ian]

You don't know what '451' was in reference to?

He did, but I don't. Fill me in please.


Wally Hammond
Bill Ponsford
Bruce Mitchell
Stan McCabe
George Headley
Dudley Nourse
Len Hutton
Denis Compton
Frank Worrell
Clyde Walcott
Everton Weekes


edit: I have dumped Compton in favour of Nourse. Compton was a Haydenesque home track bully.

 

[mr_mister]

isn't it his big partnership with Bradman?

 

[viriya]

Nourse getting less love than I thought he would.

Here was my first selection of the lot.

 

[Zinzan]

He did, but I don't. Fill me in please.

Was the highest Test partnership for any wicket for close to 60 years until eclipsed by Crowe and Jones in 1991 5th Test: England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 1934 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[honestbharani]

Wally Hammond
Stan McCabe
George Headley
Frank Worrell
Clyde Walcott
Everton Weekes

 

[Coronis]

Hammond
Hutton
Headley
Nourse
Walcott
Weekes

 

[Victor Ian]

Nourse getting less love than I thought he would.

He was hopeless in the subcontinent. Couldn't score a run there to save his life.



(I am guilty of ignorance. This guy is pretty gun - i adjusted my votes)

 

[Brian Lara]

Wally Hammond
Bill Ponsford
Bruce Mitchell
Stan McCabe
George Headley
Dudley Nourse
Len Hutton
Denis Compton
Frank Worrell
Clyde Walcott
Everton Weekes

 

[watson]

He was hopeless in the subcontinent. Couldn't score a run there to save his life.



(I am guilty of ignorance. This guy is pretty gun - i adjusted my votes)

Dudley Nourse only played in South Africa (ave 59) and England (ave 47)

 

[mr_mister]

first time everyone got at least 2 votes, tough heat indeed lots of variety in the votes


Round 2, Heat 2:

Headley (15 votes)
Hammond (15 votes)
Hutton (14 votes)
Walcott (9 votes)
Weekes (9 votes)
Compton (7 votes)
Nourse (6 votes)
Worrell (4 votes)
McCabe (3 votes)
Ponsford (3 votes)
Mitchell (2 votes)


Round 2, Heat 3:

Neil Harvey
Ken Barrington
Gary Sobers
Graeme Pollock
Greg Chappell
Clive Lloyd
Sunil Gavaskar
Javed Miandad
Gordon Greenidge
Viv Richards
Allan Border




another ridic tough heat, good luck finding a top 6

 

[morgieb]

Sobers
Pollock
Chappell
Richards
Gavaskar
Border

 

[OverratedSanity]

Holy **** that's tough

Sobers
Chappell
Gavaskar
Pollock
Richards
Border

 

[mr_mister]

Sobers
Pollock
Chappell
Gavaskar
Richards
Miandad

 

[Zinzan]

This is getting brutal...who to leave out...

Garry Sobers
Graeme Pollock
Viv Richards
Sunil Gavaskar
Javed Miandad
Ken Barrington


So so rough on the 3 Aussies; Chappell, Harvey & Border, but what can I tell you...

 

[jimmy101]

Garry Sobers
Graeme Pollock
Sunil Gavaskar
Javed Miandad
Gordon Greenidge
Viv Richards