mr_mister
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These 4 guys all averaged around 50, similar to some of their peers from the 90s/00 but are all considered a tier below the likes of Sachin, Ponting, Lara, Kallis, Sanga, Younis Khan etc. None of these 4 ever get much of a look in in drafts for example compared to Kallis and Sanga
There are various reasons for why they are held a tier below but yeah out of these 4 guys from the best of the rest, how do you rank them?
Mo-Yo's big thing is he was only ever really elite for one year, though it happened to be arguably the most productive year of test batting in history, so that's something
Mahela has the reputation of hometrack bully, but looking at his record it's not that bad really. He fared poorly in Pakistan and Australia averaging around 32 in each from 29 and 16 tests. But in South Africa, England and India he averaged 57, 58 and 67 from 13, 19 and 10 tests. And of course those 3 nations produced a variety of different batting conditions due to the different pitchs and bowling makeups of their nations at that time. Averages of 48 in NZ and 44 in WI are also arguably above par.
Of course 23 of his 34 tons came at home in SL, so he clearly was most comfortable at home, but it's not like he was useless everywhere except there.
Chanderpaul on CW has the reputation as a red inker, a selfish player chasing not outs to bolster his average. Sometimes he apparently would sacrifice the number 11, taking a single off the first ball of an over to put them on strike, and make it really obvious what he was doing. But he averaged over 42 against every country except Zim and had to hold the WI on his shoulders after Lara's retirement in 06 to his final test in 2015, so he probably deserves more credit than he gets for a man who got 30 test tons @ 51. Maybe his ugly stance contributes to things. He also did pretty poorly in Australia but averaged 46 away overall.
Lastly, Inzy, I'm not sure. Possibly his weight and perceived laziness gets him marked down in some people's eyes? Like al these guys he did poorly in Australia but did pretty well overseas overall, averaging 45.
So how do they stack up against one another CW?
There are various reasons for why they are held a tier below but yeah out of these 4 guys from the best of the rest, how do you rank them?
Mo-Yo's big thing is he was only ever really elite for one year, though it happened to be arguably the most productive year of test batting in history, so that's something
Mahela has the reputation of hometrack bully, but looking at his record it's not that bad really. He fared poorly in Pakistan and Australia averaging around 32 in each from 29 and 16 tests. But in South Africa, England and India he averaged 57, 58 and 67 from 13, 19 and 10 tests. And of course those 3 nations produced a variety of different batting conditions due to the different pitchs and bowling makeups of their nations at that time. Averages of 48 in NZ and 44 in WI are also arguably above par.
Of course 23 of his 34 tons came at home in SL, so he clearly was most comfortable at home, but it's not like he was useless everywhere except there.
Chanderpaul on CW has the reputation as a red inker, a selfish player chasing not outs to bolster his average. Sometimes he apparently would sacrifice the number 11, taking a single off the first ball of an over to put them on strike, and make it really obvious what he was doing. But he averaged over 42 against every country except Zim and had to hold the WI on his shoulders after Lara's retirement in 06 to his final test in 2015, so he probably deserves more credit than he gets for a man who got 30 test tons @ 51. Maybe his ugly stance contributes to things. He also did pretty poorly in Australia but averaged 46 away overall.
Lastly, Inzy, I'm not sure. Possibly his weight and perceived laziness gets him marked down in some people's eyes? Like al these guys he did poorly in Australia but did pretty well overseas overall, averaging 45.
So how do they stack up against one another CW?
