DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

[Gob]

Interesting top 10 ahead.

Was just sitting thinking about the names of the guys to come, and realised that no batsman is perfect. When one goes through the top 10 batters, they all have something in in their records or career that can be pointed at as a demerit.

Just using the Windies guys. Viv had a relatively short peak, Lara was not always the most consistent and sometimes didn't always seem as mentally engaged as he should have been. Sobers batted at 6 way more that anyone in the top 10. We know why, but he still did.

Its not just batting bro its life

 

[TheJediBrah]

Was just sitting thinking about the names of the guys to come, and realised that no batsman is perfect. When one goes through the top 10 batters, they all have something in in their records or career that can be pointed at as a demerit.

Bradman?

 

[Logan]

Not even Bradman. In 80 innings, Bradman made 7 ducks. That’s a surprisingly high 8.75%.

ABD : 2%
Hammond : 2.85%
Barrington : 3.82%
Sachin : 4.25%
Gavaskar : 5.65%
Ponting : 5.75%
Kallis : 5.95%
Lara : 7.33%

 

[sunilz]

Bradman?

He will certainly have the perfect record because the best bowler he faced according to DOG' test bowling ratings was at 31st position.
You can scroll at the bottom of this thread in Similar thread sections to find DOG's test bowling ratings

 

[Days of Grace]

Update

11 WR Hammond 856
12 JH Kallis 853
13 H Sutcliffe 852
14 RT Ponting 849
15 SM Gavaskar 834
16 ED Weekes 833
17 V Kohli 832
18 R Dravid 825
19 SR Waugh 824
20 S Chanderpaul 820
21 AB de Villiers 817
22 GS Chappell 816
23 Younis Khan 810
24 AR Border 810
25 RG Pollock 809
26 V Sehwag 808
27 GA Headley 807
28 CL Walcott 806
29 AD Nourse 801
30 Inzamam-ul-Haq 801
31 DPMD Jayawardene 792
32 Mohammad Yousuf 790
33 ML Hayden 788
34 JE Root 781
35 Javed Miandad 778
36 CH Lloyd 775
37 MJ Clarke 773
38 DA Warner 773
39 A Flower 772
40 RB Kanhai 770
41 KS Williamson 769
42 HM Amla 765
43 G Boycott 764
44 GC Smith 758
45 DCS Compton 756
46 RN Harvey 755
47 AN Cook 753
48 MEK Hussey 753
49 GA Gooch 749
50 C Hill 747
51 RB Simpson 746
52 KP Pietersen 745
53 KD Walters 741
54 AC Gilchrist 741
55 ER Dexter 736
56 PBH May 730
57 SJ McCabe 730
58 FMM Worrell 728
59 MC Cowdrey 727
60 SM Nurse 725
61 GA Faulkner 724
62 CG Greenidge 722
63 CA Pujara 722
64 WM Lawry 722
65 VVS Laxman 720
66 DI Gower 719
67 VT Trumper 717
68 B Mitchell 717
69 RB Richardson 716
70 PA de Silva 715
71 Saeed Anwar 712
72 JL Langer 711
73 TT Samaraweera 708
74 MD Crowe 706
75 LRPL Taylor 704
76 EJ Barlow 702
77 DL Amiss 702
78 Zaheer Abbas 701
79 AD Mathews 700
80 Misbah-ul-Haq 700
81 GP Thorpe 699
82 AR Morris 696
83 M Azharuddin 695
84 DR Martyn 695
85 IM Chappell 694
86 CH Gayle 694
87 ME Waugh 694
88 TW Graveney 693
89 G Kirsten 692
90 Saleem Malik 692
91 EH Hendren 690
92 JH Edrich 685
93 GR Viswanath 684
94 SM Katich 683
95 NC O'Neill 683
96 HW Taylor 681
97 MA Taylor 681
98 DC Boon 681
99 DB Vengsarkar 679
100 Hanif Mohammad 679

 

[kyear2]

Bradman?

No.

But wouldn't get into that again.

 

[trundler]

Surely Borington is up next

 

[kyear2]

Its not just batting bro its life

So true.

Sports wise, Djokovic comes fairly close. Kareem maybe.

 

[Logan]

I am curious about number 2 and number 3. Any guesses? Mine would be Smith and Sobers.

 

[ankitj]

Bradman?

Record on sticky wickets. I have heard bit about that.

 

[honestbharani]

Cant face short bowling. Average went down 50%. A glorified Raina!!

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

Perfect is a very high bar, a perfect batsman would not have an average because they would never get out.

 

[kyear2]

Perfect as doesn't have holes in their record or something one can point at that was a detriment.

 

[ankitj]

Bradman was 99.94% perfect.

 

[Migara]

Viv would be in top 5, as SRs have made in to the equation. Next would be Sangakkara or Barrington.

 

[Burgey]

Surely Borington is up next

Boredulkar, surely.

 

[Coronis]

I want Button.

 

[Burgey]

I reckon Button will be in the top three to five. Bloke has a crazy record.

 

[kyear2]

I reckon Button will be in the top three to five. Bloke has a crazy record.

Would like to say top 5, but at this point. Really not sure of anything.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Bradman was 99.94% perfect.

Averages are not calculated percentages. They don't have an upper limit.