DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

[Days of Grace]

Dexter ahead of May and Compo a surprise

Compton hasn’t come up yet.

May suffers because of his away record (something the official ICC ratings don’t take into account).

 

[Coronis]

Hill still yet to come isn’t he?

 

[h_hurricane]

One fascinating part of this exercise is, the guess work around players who have not appeared yet. Are they going to come soon or are they not going to make top 100 ? Example, Simpson, Hill.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

No.57

Stan McCabe (Australia) 730

Quality Points: 703
Career Points: 27

Career/Runs: 1930-1938, 2748 (rank 313)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 45.25 (48.21) 41.60 (44.32) 64.39 (61.07) (rank 46)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1930-1938): 51.06 46.98 63.21 (rank 81)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 50.23 43.75 69.59 (rank 11)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 46.13 42.91 65.00 (rank 36)

Marnus ohhh, looking dapper

 

[mr_mister]

No way Hill misses out

 

[Coronis]

No way Hill misses out

Oh definitely not. Interesting to see the gap between him and Trumper though.

 

[Days of Grace]

No.54

Adam Gilchrist (Australia) 741

Quality Points: 697
Career Points: 44

Career/Runs: 1999-2008, 5475 (rank 111)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 44.64 (47.60) 38.03 (40.56) 72.86 (81.94) (rank 56)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (2000-2003): 57.11 44.54 74.57 (rank 53)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 46.97 40.15 72.61 (rank 30)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 41.33 35.70 75.32 (rank 79)

 

[Days of Grace]

No.53

Doug Walters (Australia) 741

Quality Points: 689
Career Points: 52

Career/Runs: 1965-1981, 5357 (rank 70)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 47.01 (48.26) 41.75 (42.86) 55.54 (49.35) (rank 43)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1965-1971): 55.48 49.93 53.69 (rank 65)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 38.85 35.76 54.52 (rank 115)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 43.41 39.02 54.69 (rank 72)

Imagine Walters and Gilchrist batting together.

 

[ankitj]

Half way through his career, Gilchrist would have ranked in top 20 or so. Think a relatively short career by number of years hurts him too.

 

[mr_mister]

Minor point but I'm surprised his 50 innings peak starts from 2000 not 1999 considering he opened his career with 81 and 149* against Pak in late '99

 

[honestbharani]

No.83

Mohammad Azharuddin (India) 692

Quality Points: 635
Career Points: 57

Career/Runs: 1984-2000, 6215 (rank 53)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 42.49 (45.04) 39.89 (42.28) 56.75 (57.82) (rank 77)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1985-1990): 47.25 45.36 58.22 (rank 112)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 33.99 32.31 57.92 (rank 204)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 40.64 38.53 63.14 (rank 89)

Guy managed to fix matches as well as his receding hair.

 

[h_hurricane]

Minor point but I'm surprised his 50 innings peak starts from 2000 not 1999 considering he opened his career with 81 and 149* against Pak in late '99

The only reason one could think of is, his performance at the end of that peak period in 2003 would have surpassed those.

 

[honestbharani]

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)

What was his bowling ranking?

 

[Burgey]

Couple of proper swashbucklers in Gilly and Doug. Complete box office. Walters is often overlooked in discussions of great players, but a great player he certainly was. Record in England lets him down, but made a ton in a session on two occasions in his career.

 

[ataraxia]

I seriously want BJ Watling up next.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I seriously want BJ Watling up next.

I had to read this more than once.

 

[Coronis]

Has Flower been posted?

 

[Days of Grace]

Half way through his career, Gilchrist would have ranked in top 20 or so. Think a relatively short career by number of years hurts him too.

After 47 matches, before the beginning of India in Australia 2003/04, Gilchrist had an overall rating of 842, good enough for 15th!

 

[Days of Grace]

What was his bowling ranking?

548 (rank 215).

 

[honestbharani]

548 (rank 215).

wow..