Best test match number 3 since 1970?

[England First]

Watching Williamson over the last month has inspired this thread. He’s incredible but he has some massive opposition at number 3. A prime Richards 76-82. Prime Ponting. My personal favourite is Dravid. And in tests it’s hard to look past Rahul.

 

[Flem274*]

sangakkara for me, as much as i love ponting and dravid. it could just be recency in the memory but that man was imperious no matter where in the world he was playing. his ton against bondy on a green one is probably the best knock i've ever seen in nz, and he followed it up a bit later with the hobart ton.

 

[England First]

sangakkara for me, as much as i love ponting and dravid. it could just be recency in the memory but that man was imperious no matter where in the world he was playing. his ton against bondy on a green one is probably the best knock i've ever seen in nz, and he followed it up a bit later with the hobart ton.

Could Kane catch him in your mind?

 

[Flem274*]

yeah he is a chance, but kane is mid-career so it's hard to compare him to guys who are all done. kane could go full abdv and retire on us every five seconds, go on a bradman imitation run, forget how to hold the bat or fully retire to pursue and adult entertainment career.

 

[trundler]

Kane looks pretty solid technically but he hasn't done much in Asia. Hopefully the upcoming tour of Pakistan will change that but for that reason he's lower down the order for me.

 

[Flem274*]

a couple of series winning tons in the uae, debut ton in india and a ton during captaincygate reassures me it's a statistical quirk rather than an issue though ashwin got on top of him in india 2016.

 

[Red]

 

[Athlai]

I voted Kane because of course I would but probably Sanga

 

[honestbharani]

Lara

 

[Coronis]

Richards and Lara (especially) played most of their innings at other spots in the order so I’m going to exclude them. I’d say Sanga personally. Williamson could catch him you never know, depends how the rest of his career goes.

 

[aussie tragic]

Viv Richards obviously, however:

1970s - Ian Chappell
1980s - Viv Richards
1990s - Lara
2000s - Ponting
2010s - Sangakkara

 

[harsh.ag]

Taking into consideration their primes, consistency, the era, the opposition bowling, the techniques etc

1. Lara
2. Williamson
3. Viv
4. Sanga
5. Ponting
6. Dravid
7. Younis
8. Amla

 

[Prince EWS]

Richards and Lara (especially) played most of their innings at other spots in the order so I’m going to exclude them. I’d say Sanga personally. Williamson could catch him you never know, depends how the rest of his career goes.

Yeah I voted for Lara but in hindsight probably shouldn't have given he only played about a quarter of his career in the position.

 

[Dan]

The stats don't lie - Jason Gillespie.

 

[Flem274*]

ponting and dravid getting a little undersold in here. they were absolute monsters.

 

[hendrix]

Dravid was always my favourite but would have to say that Sangakkara and Williamson have probably surpassed him now.

 

[Daemon]

Williamson hasn't really played enough. Also quite a big HTB compared to a lot of the others on that list.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Dravid was always my favourite but would have to say that Sangakkara and Williamson have probably surpassed him now.

Sanga definitely, but KW only has half the games/runs right now.

 

[England First]

Richards and Lara (especially) played most of their innings at other spots in the order so I’m going to exclude them. I’d say Sanga personally. Williamson could catch him you never know, depends how the rest of his career goes.

That’s where viv Richards battered in his prime though isn’t it? And also it’s debatable that it was where prime lara battered also. So I had to include both.

 

[England First]

This current form from Williamson is just so ridiculously good. He’s right up there.