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Top 20 greatest batsmen of all time
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Adorable Asshole
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Except unlike u he played Tests
Coronis
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He played one series against a **** attack in his home conditions and wasn’t even the top runscorer for his team. Sure. Bloke should be a top 20 batsman of all time.
Adorable Asshole
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Highest average in WSC. 79.14. Almost 23 more than the second Greg Chappell.
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Where have I seen this list before?
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
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
ZK$
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This looks pretty similar to my top 20 actually. I probably wouldn’t have Barrington in the top 20 though. Headley and Pollock are hard to rank as well.
Adorable Asshole
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ZK$
U19 Cricketer
Sutcliffe is hard to rank as well. His era seems to have been very easy to bat in.
Adorable Asshole
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Coronis
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Adorable Asshole
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subshakerz
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There is no point doing a top ten as we don't know where Smith ends up.
Bradman obviously no.1
The rest of the top five should be Tendulkar, Sobers, Viv and Hobbs and you can rearrange them in any order frankly as they are all close enough.
Lara too flawed for the top five ever.
Bradman obviously no.1
The rest of the top five should be Tendulkar, Sobers, Viv and Hobbs and you can rearrange them in any order frankly as they are all close enough.
Lara too flawed for the top five ever.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
And Lara has played the most flawless innings than the "top five"
Also Gavaskar > Sobers. Opener > No.6
Coronis
International Coach
And I count the IPL as tests so.. I guess that’s a stalemate.
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Williamson
Crowe
Turner
Donnelly
Taylor
Dempster
Conway
Jones
(the exciting) Sutcliffe
Reid (JF)
Mitchell
Richardson
Wright
Ryder
Fleming
Watling
Latham
Coney
2 from McCullum/Astle/Nicholls/Blundell
Crowe
Turner
Donnelly
Taylor
Dempster
Conway
Jones
(the exciting) Sutcliffe
Reid (JF)
Mitchell
Richardson
Wright
Ryder
Fleming
Watling
Latham
Coney
2 from McCullum/Astle/Nicholls/Blundell
TheJediBrah
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Craig McMillan has a few of those covered
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
On talent, but not performance.
Burgey
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You would hope and think not