DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

[Burgey]

Imagine what Malik could have averaged had he not taken the Arthur Ashe.

 

[Days of Grace]

Viv cannot finish ahead of Hobbs and Hutton. They averaged 6 more in harder eras for runscoring.

What makes you think he will?

 

[ataraxia]

I'll try and predict what the top 25 will look like. Can't wait to see how wrong it is:

1) Bradman
2) Sobers
3) Smith
4) Lara
5) Viv
6) Hobbs
7) Hutton
8) Tendulkar
9) Sangakkara
10) Hammond
11) Ponting
12) Chappell
13) Sutcliffe
14) Barrington
15) Kallis
16) Headley
17) Gavaskar
18) de Villiers
19) Border
20) Waugh
21) Weekes
22) Younis
23) Chanderpaul
24) Dravid
25) Miandad

Kohli probably in the 26-30 range.

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[Days of Grace]

He got three positions correct.

 

[Flem274*]

He got three positions correct.

bradman-sobers-smith would not surprise me tbh

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I have a feeling that Grace will finish ahead of Bradman.

 

[stephen]

bradman-sobers-smith would not surprise me tbh

It'll be Bradman and two random players like Kallis and Younis.

 

[jaideep]

He got three positions correct.

My guess is Bradman-Lara-Ponting.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The end result of all of this will not matter anyways.

Every one of these guys chose not to be beta

 

[Days of Grace]

No.88

Tom Graveney (England) 689

Quality Points: 637
Career Points: 52

Career/Runs: 1951-1969, 4882 (rank 69)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 42.92 (44.38) 38.38 (39.69) 47.46 (40.29) (rank 104)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1957-1968): 55.15 50.73 50.47 (rank 67)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 38.31 32.53 44.84 (rank 170)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 39.84 34.70 46.46 (rank 146)

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

No.88

Tom Graveney (England) 689

Quality Points: 637
Career Points: 52

Career/Runs: 1951-1969, 4882 (rank 69)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 42.92 (44.38) 38.38 (39.69) 47.46 (40.29) (rank 104)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1957-1968): 55.15 50.73 50.47 (rank 67)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 38.31 32.53 44.84 (rank 170)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 39.84 34.70 46.46 (rank 146)

I see this photo and my mind goes to Gravy, of the Antigua Recreation Ground.

 

[mr_mister]

What makes you think he will?

Maybe he thinks you're adding style points

 

[Days of Grace]

No.87

Mark Waugh (Australia) 690

Quality Points: 629
Career Points: 61

Career/Runs: 1991-2002, 8029 (rank 41)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 40.77 (41.82) 37.45 (38.42) 50.83 (52.27) (rank 137)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1993-1996): 50.16 48.15 56.86 (rank 87)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 39.55 35.60 50.96 (rank 114)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 44.13 40.60 51.73 (rank 63)

 

[Days of Grace]

Maybe he thinks you're adding style points

If I was, Long Tom and Junior would be much higher up the list.

 

[Days of Grace]

No.86

Chris Gayle (West Indies) 691

Quality Points: 631
Career Points: 60

Career/Runs: 2000-2014, 7214 (rank 44)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 40.07 (42.19) 37.65 (39.64) 55.24 (60.27) (rank 135)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (2007-2013): 50.90 45.81 61.94 (rank 86)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 41.75 39.91 59.58 (rank 73)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 38.84 37.73 57.37 (rank 106)

 

[Coronis]

Chris Gayle above Mark Waugh? Oh I expect a lot of people to love that one.

 

[Burgey]

They’re just different styles of the same frustrating lack of fulfilment.

 

[Days of Grace]

No.85

Ian Chappell (Australia) 691

Quality Points: 639
Career Points: 52

Career/Runs: 1964-1980, 5345

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 41.15 (42.42) 38.12 (39.30) 49.62 (43.58) (rank 128)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1972-1975): 56.12 50.51 52.81 (rank 60)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 41.55 37.83 47.19 (rank 90)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 39.74 36.65 48.52 (rank 122)

 

[Burgey]

Chappelli's average went through the roof after he became skipper. Basically the anti Joe Root.

 

[Days of Grace]

Will he be commentating this summer?