DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

[h_hurricane]

Simpson should be in somewhere in the next 2-3 spots. Not much between him and Lawry.

 

[Burgey]

Lawry a chronically under rated player tbh.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

VVS is still greater than Cheteshwar imho

 

[Days of Grace]

No.61

Aubrey Faulkner (South Africa) 724

Quality Points: 689
Career Points: 35

Career/Runs: 1906-1924, 1754 (rank 189)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 49.11 (40.79) 44.93 (37.32) 50.85 (51.14) (rank 34)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1906-1924): 49.11 44.93 50.85 (rank 134)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 48.37 45.03 49.60 (rank 29)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 47.09 43.84 50.45 (rank 40)

 

[aussie tragic]

Pretty cool that his whole career is considered his peak

 

[ankitj]

Wow, Faulkener is ranked over likes of Greenidge, Crowe and Laxman!

 

[OverratedSanity]

So Pujara > Laxman. That probably means Pujara is only behind Tendulkar, Gavaskar, Dravid and Sehwag among Indian batsmen.

Think he'll maintain his spot by the end of his career? I can see him dropping a few spots just like many current players tbh.

 

[h_hurricane]

If Pujara finishes his career with 9K runs @ 47 for instance and plays a crucial role in one more overseas victory, wouldn't he have a good chance of still be ahead of Laxman ?

 

[OverratedSanity]

If Pujara finishes his career with 9K runs @ 47 for instance and plays a crucial role in one more overseas victory, wouldn't he have a good chance of still be ahead of Laxman ?

I'm talking about in this statistical exercise, not in terms of general opinion.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Also, I can see sehwag finish very high in this. Top 15-20 a serious possibility.

 

[h_hurricane]

I was also thinking from the statistical perspective only. Career length is given around 10% weightage here, so he will obviously improve in that regard. (This should be one of the reasons why Simpson ,I assume he will come soon, is ahead of Lawry).
Pujara might fall short if his average nose dives and strike rate(one of the parameters here) goes down. It will be interesting 5 years down the line nevertheless.

 

[aussie tragic]

Not a big fan of the career length having such a large rating impact in these things actually. Bradman played only 52 tests in 20 years and so many others impacted by world wars, apartheid, WSC break away and general low number of tests for some countries. Doesn't make them a lesser batsman than someone who had an uninterrupted run in a side.

Loving this thread though

 

[MrPrez]

Faulkner is the man.

 

[Burgey]

If Pujara finishes his career with 9K runs @ 47 for instance and plays a crucial role in one more overseas victory, wouldn't he have a good chance of still be ahead of Laxman ?

He was so good last summer. Just brilliant to watch.

 

[Days of Grace]

No.60

Seymour Nurse (West Indies) 725

Quality Points: 698
Career Points: 27

Career/Runs: 1960-1969, 2523 (rank 308)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 45.76 (47.60) 44.91 (46.72) 61.79 (53.14) (rank 29)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1961-1969): 46.04 45.12 63.63 (rank 115)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 50.26 50.26 62.45 (rank 9)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 41.38 41.38 58.74 (rank 73)

 

[mr_mister]

Pretty random. But cool nonetheless

 

[Coronis]

Due to his strike rate I presume.

 

[Days of Grace]

Ranking in the top 10 for away record certainly helps.

 

[Coronis]

Ranking in the top 10 for away record certainly helps.

Oh wow didn’t notice that. Impressive.

 

[mr_mister]

No idea his career average was so high too.

47.6 puts him above Kanhai, Lloyd and Greenidge yet he has nowhere near their reputation, obviously coz he only played 29 tests. But still that away record is solid as