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

[harsh.ag]

Round 5, Heat 2:

Greg Chappell
Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting

 

[watson]

Toss-up between Richards and Chappell for the third spot. Chappell was probably the better player of genuine fast-bowling at his peak (1975-1980), but overall I can't go past Viv.


Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Viv Richards

 

[weldone]

Tendulkar
Lara
Richards

 

[kingkallis]

Richards
Lara
Tendulkar

 

[AndrewB]

Richards, Tendulkar, Lara

 

[viriya]

Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara

 

[Brian Lara]

Richards
Tendulkar
Lara

 

[jimmy101]

Richards
Tendulkar
Lara

This

 

[marc71178]

Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting

 

[mr_mister]

Well that round was a little pointless. I feel this has gone long enough, so let's have the final commmence now.


Round 5, Heat 2:


Lara (19 votes)
Sachin (18 votes)
Richards (15 votes)
Ponting (3 votes)
Chappell (2 votes)




Round 6, The final 6!:

vote for your top 3


Jack Hobbs
Wally Hammond
Gary Sobers
Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara


vote for your top 3

 

[morgieb]

Jack Hobbs
Gary Sobers
Sachin Tendulkar

Can't really complain much about that Top 6. Thanks for running this, mr_mister.

 

[Burgey]

Sobers
Hobbs
Hammond

 

[Coronis]

Hobbs
Sobers
Tendulkar

Sorry Wally

Started this thinking it would end at a final 5, expected all these blokes here but Lara. Was very pleasantly surprised people chose Hammond over Hutton.

 

[chasingthedon]

Hobbs
Sobers
Lara

Cheers for all the hard work.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Sobers
Tendulkar
Richards

 

[watson]

Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
John Berry Hobbs
Brian Charles Lara

 

[Red]

Jack Hobbs
Wally Hammond
Gary Sobers
Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara

 

[Red]

People who think Viv is "overrated" in tests…why?

 

[fredfertang]

People who think Viv is "overrated" in tests…why?

Probably because they first saw him towards the end of his career

Lara
Sobers
Hobbs

 

[Zinzan]

People who think Viv is "overrated" in tests…why?

I mentioned he was only because I know he loved to dominate attacks, which might not always have been to his teams advantage, but honestly that could just be an assumption and I could be dead wrong.

Perhaps older posters like Burgey might be able to confirm whether or not he could play the long match-saving innings if required.