CW's Ranking of Batsmen (Tests)

[Fuller Pilch]

Wisden’s Cricketers of the Decade: AB de Villiers

During his extended peak, AB de Villiers was the most talented cricketer on the planet whose versatility was unrivalled. Ben Gardner profiles one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Decade.Wisden’s decade in review series is brought to you in association with Perry, designers of distinctive...

wisden.com

Yeah but he won that award for one of those more l for his white ball batting, as did VK

 

[gftw]

Simpson - 1
Boycott - 6
Grace - 1
Smith - 1
Flower - 2
Worrell - 2
Trumper - 1
Crowe - 1
Gilchrist - 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
17. Allan Border
18. Jacques Kallis
19. Steve Waugh
20. Ken Barrington
21. Javed Mindad
22. Rahul Dravid
23. Everton Weekes
24. Denis Compton
25. Younis Khan
26. Clyde Walcott
27. Dudley Nourse
28. AB de Villiers
29. Geoffrey Boycott

The vote for the #30 test batsman of all-time begins now.

 

[CricAddict]

Andy Flower

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Barry Richards is better than at least a third of those players already there, but have given up voting for him.

Trumper, Morris, or Greenidge??

Trumper it is.


Actually scrap that. No point in voting for openers.

Chanderpaul, Crowe, May, and Williamson are probably the 4 best remaining middle order players. Plus McCabe, Harvey, and Worrell.

Peter May

 

[ankitj]

Andy Flower

 

[Line and Length]

Bob Simpson

 

[ataraxia]

Simpson

 

[Daemon]

Someone make arguments for Simpson and Trumper

 

[trundler]

Barry Richards is better than at least a third of those players already there, but have given up voting for him.

Trumper, Morris, or Greenidge??

Trumper it is.


Actually scrap that. No point in voting for openers.

Chanderpaul, Crowe, May, and Williamson are probably the 4 best remaining middle order players.

Peter May

He could've been. Shame he didn't play more than 4 tests.

 

[ataraxia]

Someone make arguments for Simpson and Trumper

Trumper was the best.

Simpson averaged 60 opening.

 

[srbhkshk]

Andy Flower

 

[trundler]

Flower

 

[kyear2]

Sir Frank Worrell

 

[Line and Length]

Simpson averaged 60 opening.

Actually I thought it was in the mid 50s. He was a fine opener who, once set, was very difficult to remove.

 

[ataraxia]

Actually I thought it was in the mid 50s. He was a fine opener who, once set, was very difficult to remove.

I think it's 56, but that might (?) be reduced due to 1978.

 

[HookShot]

Yeah but he won that award for one of those more l for his white ball batting, as did VK

‘The Five Wisden Cricketers of the Decade’ were Steve Smith, Ellyse Perry, Virat Kohli, Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers.

https://wisden.com/stories/decade-in-review/the-five-wisden-cricketers-of-the-decade

The ICC had their own ‘Player of the Decade’ competition and from memory Virat Kohli Won the Garry Sobers and ODI awards, and Steve Smith the Test cricket award.

 

[HookShot]

Been voting for May, Kanhai and WG; but if Steve Smith made the Top 10 then I’m going to nominate Virat Kohli.

Sure Smith has the better average but Kohli is equally as good, if not better.

Perfect technique, great to watch, high impact, all class.


Virat Kohli

 

[The Sean]

Victor Trumper

 

[_00_deathscar]

Sure Smith has the better average but Kohli is equally as good, if not better.

In what way?

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Sure Smith has the better average but Kohli is equally as good, if not better.

He's a great player but no lmao