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

[Zinzan]

Is it 6 again? If only 5, leave out Laxman....

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Martin Crowe
Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting
VVS Laxman

 

[mr_mister]

yeah, every heat this round is 6.

 

[Prince EWS]

You really think Chappell's test resume is less impressive?

He was obviously awesome while he was playing, but I'm a big longevity guy, especially when it comes to finding a way to separate the Test careers of the very top guys. The couple of years he missed due to WSC just compounded what was a relatively short career compared to many of the other greats. If I could've considered other cricket he definitely would've been in, but looking at Tests alone I don't think he contributed as much as Harvey. He was in a strong field too -- I'm kind of surprised I didn't end up voting for him in Round 2, but that's the way it fell.

 

[Prince EWS]

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Steve Waugh
Ricky Ponting
Shivnarine Chanderpaul

 

[viriya]

Round 2, Heat 3:


Sobers (19 votes)
Richards (19 votes)
Gavaskar (18 votes)
Pollock (14 votes)
Chappell (14 votes)
Border (14 votes)
Miandad (9 votes)
(Harvey 2 votes)
Greenidge (2 votes)
Barrington (2 votes)
Lloyd (0 votes)


Round 2, Heat 4:

Martin Crowe
Steve Waugh
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Andy Flower
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Matt Hayden
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
VVS Laxman
Ricky Ponting


choose your top 6

They keep getting harder and harder

I voted for Lloyd...

 

[viriya]

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ricky Ponting
Andy Flower

 

[morgieb]

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting
Steve Waugh
Rahul Dravid
Andy Flower

Reasonably comfortable with the first 5, last spot could've gone a few ways though.

 

[Zinzan]

Lol @ Andy Flower being a better Test batsman than Crowe. One of the better examples of when stats really do lie for mine, due to eras, bowling attacks, not-outs etc... but each to their own

 

[DriveClub]

Sachin
Lara
Ponting
Dravid
Shiv chanders
VVS

 

[mr_mister]

I voted for Lloyd...

ah okay, he was the last guy I tallied votes for and I got lazy coz I knew he didn't have many so just guessed 0

 

[mr_mister]

Sachin
Dravid
Crowe
Waugh
Ponting
Lara

 

[Coronis]

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Steve Waugh
Ricky Ponting
Shivnarine Chanderpaul

While I disagree about Chappell, I agree about these blokes.

(this for me too)

 

[Mike5181]

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting
Rahul Dravid
Steve Waugh
Shivnarine Chanderpaul

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lara
Tendulkar
Ponting
Dravid
Waugh
Crowe

 

[honestbharani]

Martin Crowe
Steve Waugh
Andy Flower
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting

 

[Burgey]

Leaving Greg out was the toughest call. However, had Doug Walters been in the mix I might have voted for him! I just don't have that much love for Greg Chappell to be honest.

I was at the SCG when he was caught behind first ball off Colin Croft in the middle of his seven duck season. No one could ****ing believe it when it was happening. Was a ridiculous run of outs. I think he got over it when the Windies physio asked him if he was actually watching the ball, and he realised he wasn't.

 

[watson]

Soft spot for Chanderpaul because of longevity, average etc. But just can't nominate him for aesthetic reasons.


Martin Crowe
Steve Waugh
Andy Flower
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting

 

[harsh.ag]

Round 2, Heat 4:

Martin Crowe
Steve Waugh
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Andy Flower
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Matt Hayden
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
VVS Laxman
Ricky Ponting

 

[Burgey]

Round 2, Heat 4:

Martin Crowe
Steve Waugh
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Andy Flower
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Matt Hayden
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
VVS Laxman
Ricky Ponting

Yeah I'll have that too please

 

[ankitj]

Where is Jacques Kallis?