Placing our bets on "Test Cricket's Young Fab Four"

[Spikey]

yeah but 6 people voted for someone who literally can't score a ton

 

[Slifer]

9 people voted for a filthy cheat.

Filthy cheat or not he's still the best of the fab 4. No amount of cheating or overall bad tour is going to change that atm.

 

[ankitj]

Seeing this thread bumped up almost made me cry.

 

[harsh.ag]

Filthy cheat or not he's still the best of the fab 4. No amount of cheating or overall bad tour is going to change that atm.

Yeah, he's gonna turn it around in the series against India.

 

[vic_orthdox]

At least he got in trouble for ball tampering, not placing bets...

 

[weldone]

Just realized I didn't vote on this - probably rebelling against exclusion of Rahane

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

What's TPC?

Tampering **** & ****?

 

[Adders]

yeah but 6 people voted for someone who literally can't score a ton

Hard working honest 50's mate.........a lot to love and respect about them

 

[Cabinet96]

Putting aside the severe damage this has all done for Smith's image, I wonder how big an impact missing 12 months of cricket in his prime will have when we compare these four at the end of their careers.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

What's TPC?

Tampering **** & ****?

The Professional Cheat

 

[Victor Ian]

Tape particles cheat

 

[Zinzan]

Putting aside the severe damage this has all done for Smith's image, I wonder how big an impact missing 12 months of cricket in his prime will have when we compare these four at the end of their careers.

Might have some impact vs. Root & Kohli, but none vs. Williamson.

Smith will probably still play more tests than KW in the next 2 years, in spite of missing 12 months. That’s how ludicrous the test cricket situation has become in NZ in recent years & the reason KW can’t really be compared with the other 3 in any meaningful terms.

 

[Athlai]

KW is now the best batsman in the world.

 

[straw man]

Everyone loves declaring in this thread that X no longer belongs in the fab 4 so here's my go

Williamson barely plays test cricket any more
Root can't buy a hundred
Smith cheated
Kohli will always be stalked by I've Had Enough... Virat Kohli

#FabZero

 

[Bahnz]

What's TPC?

Tampering **** & ****?

That Porcine ****

 

[Athlai]

Post 2015 World Cup

ODI

Kohli 3051 @ 80.28 SR 97.78 (Away 1562 @ 91.88 SR 99.61)
Root 2649 @ 63.07 SR 91.88 (Away 1150 @ 70.56 SR 86.77)
Williamson 2470 @ 49.40 SR 84.21 (Away 1150 @ 52.27 SR 88.05)
Smith 1882 @ 42.77 SR 84.01 (Away 859 @ 33.03 SR 75.41)

Kohli Root and Williamson are also #1,2,3, Smith #13 for most runs scored of all players in this period.

T20I

Kohli 1011 @ 56.16 SR 143.20 (Away 395 @ 65.83 SR 149.05)
Williamson 876 @ 33.69 SR 121.83 (Away 208 @ 23.11 SR 124.55)
Root 560 @ 40 SR 129.62 (Away 168 @ 42 SR 112)
Smith 263 @ 32.87 SR 135.56 (Away 161 @ 32.20 SR 137.60)

Kohli #3, Williamson #6, Root #24, Smith #90 for most runs scored of all players in this period

Tests

Root 4020 @ 53.60 (Away 1762 @ 50.34)
Smith 3895 @ 68.33 (Away 2060 @ 57.22)
Kohli 3007 @ 61.36 (Away 945 @ 47.25)
Williamson 2282 @ 60.05 (Away 1084 @ 63.76)

Root #1, Smith #2, Kohli #5 and Williamson #11 for most runs scored of all players in this period

Arbitrary all Test/ODI/T20I

Away

Smith 3080 @ 45.97
Root 3059 @ 55.61
Kohli 2902 @ 67.48
Williamson 2442 @ 50.87

#1, 2, 3 and 5 of all players respectively (Warner 4th at 2787 @ 38.70)

Home/Away/Neutral

Root 7229 @ 55.18
Kohli 7069 @ 67.32
Smith 6040 @ 55.41
Williamson 5628 @ 49.36

#1, 2, 3 and 5 of all players respectively (Warner 4th @ 5874 @ 46.61)

 

[Bolo]

Kohli is ridiculous in limited overs. Knew he was murdering it, but I assumed he was riding home results to some extent. Not so.

 

[harsh.ag]

How good are the Fab Four (& Pujara) at occupying the crease

 

[Coronis]

Joe Root doesn’t deserve a place in the fab four tbh.

 

[Chrish]

Enjoy watching Kane Williamson the most.. Just look at that balance. Every stroke is in perfect harmony.