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

[mr_mister]

Kallis
Ponting
Sanga
Sachin
Lara

 

[weldone]

Tendulkar
Lara
Dravid
Sanga
Kallis

 

[Howe_zat]

Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting
Jacques Kallis
Kumar Sangakkarra

 

[Gob]

Tendulkar
Lara
Ponting
Kallis
Sangakkara

 

[DriveClub]

Sachin
Lara
Ponting
Sanga
Dravid

 

[Brian Lara]

Very surprised Weekes beat out Border in votes, and mildly surprised Pollock was beaten by Chappell.

Mr_mister, how is it that sehwag has been left out and G. Smith is in when he was comfortably outvoted in the last round?

On topic:

Tendulkar
Lara
Sangakkara
Ponting
Kallis

 

[honestbharani]

Clyde Walcott
Everton Weekes
Gary Sobers
Greg Chappell
Viv Richards


EDIT: oops, guess that ship's already sailed. Will vote on the new list in a min.

 

[honestbharani]

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting
Jacques Kallis
Kumar Sangakkarra

 

[honestbharani]

And OS, I dont think of KW and Amla as very similar players at all. Maybe you mean their roles are similar for their sides. I am reading this half asleep anyways, but to me, they are very different players and I feel KW is better.

 

[viriya]

accidental double post...

 

[viriya]

And OS, I dont think of KW and Amla as very similar players at all. Maybe you mean their roles are similar for their sides. I am reading this half asleep anyways, but to me, they are very different players and I feel KW is better.

FWIW, I think Kane is tracking to have a better overall career than Amla:
cricrate | Hashim Amla vs Kane Williamson - Test Batting

I wouldn't pick him now though.

Please reply here for any ratings related comments.

 

[AndrewB]

Tendulkar, Lara, Dravid, Ponting, Sangakkara

 

[Mike5181]

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting
Kumar Sangakkarra
Jacques Kallis

 

[Zinzan]

Very surprised Weekes beat out Border in votes, and mildly surprised Pollock was beaten by Chappell.

Not surprised at either of those... in fact it would have been surprising if it were the other way around, especially Chappell vs. Pollock. Pollock to many (especially of that vintage) was the greatest left-handed batsman ever to play the game. These sort of comments by former players don't go unnoticed.

 

[Zinzan]

In order...


Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid = Kumar Sangakkara

Literally had to flip a coin between Dravid, Sanga & Kallis.... Kallis drew the short straw. So even those 3 imo.

People need to watch that Kallis documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gI-6PntDE0to) understand the way he played and to realise he'd likely have been far more dashing had he been in the Australian set-up for example

 

[viriya]

People need to watch that Kallis documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gI-6PntDE0to) understand the way he played and to realise he'd likely have been far more dashing had he been in the Australian set-up for example

One of the amazing things about Kallis is that he only got 2 doubles in his career but still managed a 55+ average. Model of consistency.

 

[Victor Ian]

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting
Jacques Kallis
Younus Khan
Kumar Sangakkarra
Kevin Pietersen
Graeme Smith
Hashim Amla

 

[DriveClub]

Wait are we only considering batting? Because otherwise Kallis's bowling puts him on top of all the others

 

[Burgey]

Absolute travesty The One True AB didn't go through, with Gavaskarn't, Pollock and Weekes (to a lesser extent) making it.

Anyway

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting
Jacques Kallis
Younus Khan
Kumar Sangakkarra
Kevin Pietersen
Graeme Smith
Hashim Amla

 

[morgieb]

Wait are we only considering batting? Because otherwise Kallis's bowling puts him on top of all the others

Yes. We're voting on the Greatest Batsman of all-time, not the greatest cricketer