CW's Ranking of Batsmen (Tests)

[harsh.ag]

Worrell

 

[Bitmap]

Worrell

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Worrell

 

[The Sean]

As Alan Davidson said: "capital S, capital I, capital R."

Frank Worrell

 

[Lillian Thomson]

David Gower.

 

[honestbharani]

As Alan Davidson said: "capital S, capital I, capital R."

But that just spells JADEJA.

 

[vedantshah]

I came across a thread of this being done about 15 years ago, so thought it would be interesting to do it again to see how the results may change. The goal of this exercise will to come up with an official CW list of test batsmen. I will probably go till at least #25, but possibly more. I'll also skip #1, since its pretty obvious who would win that one.

The List
1. Don Bradman

List your #2 test batsmen of all time.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Are Hayden/Sehwag/GSmith being ridiculously underrated by this thread?

 

[Xix2565]

I mean you can say that for quite a bit of people.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Yes. So are Bruce Mitchell, Arthur Morris, Hanif Mohammed, and obviously Barry Richards (who should have been top 10-15).

I think we need a separate list for openers.

 

[bagapath]

Barry Richards (who should have been top 10-15).

in a poll for First Class cricketers B Richards will break into the top 50. in the tests he should not be considered.

G Smith and Hayden played 100+ tests and averaged 48/51 playing all over the world against so many bowlers from different generations. Their achievements should not be diluted by bringing in a 4 text wonder to the discussion.

 

[HookShot]

Peter May

 

[Lillian Thomson]

in a poll for First Class cricketers B Richards will break into the top 50. in the tests he should not be considered.

G Smith and Hayden played 100+ tests and averaged 48/51 playing all over the world against so many bowlers from different generations. Their achievements should not be diluted by bringing in a 4 text wonder to the discussion.

Good point. Barry was a great batsman but never mastered using a mobile phone.

 

[ankitj]

Frank Worrell

Why isn't he in the list already

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Chanderpaul

 

[gftw]

Are Hayden/Sehwag/GSmith being ridiculously underrated by this thread?

I think the order after like the first 25 or like the ATGs just becomes somewhat meaningless. I think I'll just end this one soon and start an openers list.

 

[gftw]

Chanderpaul - 2
Worrell - 9
May - 2
Crowe - 1
Gower - 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 Miandad
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
30. Andy Flower
31. Victor Trumper
32. Bob Simpson
33. Rohan Kanhai
34. Frank Worrell

The vote for the #35 test batsman of all-time begins now.

 

[trundler]

Inzi

 

[ankitj]

Matthew Hayden

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Joe Rooooooooot.