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CW's Ranking of Batsmen (Tests)

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U19 12th Man
Sangakkarra - 5
Kallis - 1
Barrington - 2
Richards - 2
Walcott - 1
Grace - 2
Border - 2
Miandad - 1
Weekes - 1

The List
1. Don Bradman
2. Jack Hobbs
3. Garry Sobers
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Viv Richards
6. Brian Lara
7. Len Hutton
8. Wally Hammond
9. Sunil Gavaskar
10. Steve Smith
11. George Headley
12. Herbert Sutcliffe
13. Greg Chappell
14. Ricky Ponting
15. Graeme Pollock
16. Kumar Sangakkara

The vote for the #17 test batsman of all-time begins now.
 

PlayerComparisons

International Vice-Captain
Is Barrington underrated? I didn't realize his stats were so good. Average of about 70 away from home over a solid sample size...

Average of 70 in Australia, 84 in Bangladesh, 52 in England, 96 in India, 74 in New Zealand, 73 In Pakistan, 102 in South Africa, and 44 in West Indies.
 

Lillian Thomson

Hall of Fame Member
Is Barrington underrated? I didn't realize his stats were so good. Average of about 70 away from home over a solid sample size...

Average of 70 in Australia, 84 in Bangladesh, 52 in England, 96 in India, 74 in New Zealand, 73 In Pakistan, 102 in South Africa, and 44 in West Indies.
Particularly impressive in Bangladesh considering it didn't even exist, never mind play Test Cricket.
 

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
Barrington has always fascinated me - he was clearly very much admired and respected as a player in his time, but from everything I've ever read his reputation was well below his statistical record.

It seems he was rated very highly as an anchor, an accumulator, a base around which to build. But the real plaudits were always reserved for the dazzling strokeplayers and/or technically classic batsmen, of which Barrington seems to have been neither.
 

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