Who Is Your Country/Team's Second Best Left-Handed Batsman?

[trundler]

Yeah, fair enough. Kirsten wasn't really all that great in the grand scheme of things and Smith had his issues so G Pollock is still comfortably #1.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah, fair enough. Kirsten wasn't really all that great in the grand scheme of things and Smith had his issues so G Pollock is still comfortably #1.

I think Smith was marginally better than Pollock but it's a tight call, and I do think I probably rate Smith higher than any other regular poster on the entire forum. Both definitely better than Kirsten (who I also rate a bit higher than a lot of people here, but wasn't in their class).

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Gower behind Cook for me.

 

[Prince EWS]

Gower behind Cook for me.

Cook > Leyland > Gower IMO.

 

[The Sean]

Cook > Leyland > Gower IMO.

You've got Paynter thereabouts too don't you, or am I misremembering?

 

[Prince EWS]

You've got Paynter thereabouts too don't you, or am I misremembering?

I had actually forgotten him, but yeah also better than Gower. I find it hard to split those top three and tend to just go for Cook because I think there was a real 'opener tax' in his era (especially playing half his game in England). Gower would be a clear fourth.

 

[BazBall21]

Not sure Cook can emulate Gower's three hundreds against Hadlee at no3 in seaming conditions

 

[Jfry]

Not sure Cook can emulate Gower's three hundreds against Hadlee at no3 in seaming conditions

Or his piloting skills

 

[Migara]

For Sri Lanka best is Sangakkara. Then comes Asanka Gurusinghe. Dimuth, Sanath and Hashan average similar but have poor away averages.

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Saurav Ganguly for India, considering Pant as Numero Uno

 

[andruid]

Hitesh Modi

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hitesh Modi

who is no. 1? Aasif Karim's kid?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Off the top of my head

Michael Clarke rhb/lhb
Adam Gilchrist lhb/rhb
Mike Hussey lhb/rhb
Matthew Hayden lhb/rhb

That is surely a disproportionate amount from the same team and they were all in the junior system more than 2 decades ago

Yeah I've been through this theory on here a few times. Almost all of Australia's left-hand bats are actually right handed.

Other than Gilchrist, Hussey and Hayden, also Taylor, Langer, Rogers, Khawaja, Warner & Head. Would be quicker to say which one's aren't right-handed tbh.

Probably a lot from other countries too. Off the top of my head the obvious (ie most prolific) ones are Lara, Graeme Smith, Chanderpaul, Cook, Kirsten, Sangakkara, Ganguly and probably a whole bunch more. Like probably most of them.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Yeah, fair enough. Kirsten wasn't really all that great in the grand scheme of things and Smith had his issues so G Pollock is still comfortably #1.

If he had started his career in the 00's he would averaged 50 in Test Cricket , born in the wrong era

 

[Dendarii]

Probably a lot from other countries too. Off the top of my head the obvious (ie most prolific) ones are Lara, Graeme Smith, Chanderpaul, Cook, Kirsten, Sangakkara, Ganguly and probably a whole bunch more. Like probably most of them.

Graeme Pollock was also right-handed. So the list of great batsmen who bat left-handed and are actually left-handed seems to be quite a short one.

 

[Coronis]

If he had started his career in the 00's he would averaged 50 in Test Cricket , born in the wrong era

Same with Pollock

 

[andruid]

who is no. 1? Aasif Karim's kid?

Yep

 

[Prince EWS]

Graeme Pollock was also right-handed. So the list of great batsmen who bat left-handed and are actually left-handed seems to be quite a short one.

Lara as well.

Not sure about Sanga.

 

[The Sean]

Lara as well.

Not sure about Sanga.

Yep, Sanga too.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yep

That's really interesting. I haven't really seen him and I imagine it would be hard to judge given how little Kenya get faced with strong opposition these days.

I'm assuming he's not playing cricket overseas, like in England?