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Two very successful careers of great longevity and loads of run churning, decide
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Jack Hobbs vs Sachin Tendulkar
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Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Pretty close. Hobbs by a razor thin margin because of his exploits on sticky wickets.
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a massive zebra
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Hobbs
- Tendulkar was uber consistent but didn't really have any dominant era defining series in Tests. Hobbs was more impactful, passing 500 runs in four series compared to none for Tendulkar, despite the fact that Tendulkar played more than three times as many Tests.
- In the pre WWI era there was a greater gap between Hobbs and the next best batsman than between Tendulkar and other world leading batsmen of the 1990s/2000s such as Lara, Waugh, Ponting, Sangakkara etc.
- Hobbs overall average is higher despite playing in a much lower scoring era pre war and having to deal with sticky wickets, which Tendulkar did not have to deal with and on which Hobbs was possibly the best player ever.
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Miniscule gaps for me but I have Hobbs > Sobers > Tendulkar.
Really comes down to personal preference imo, all 3 are practically interchangeable and amazing. Lucky for us they all played different roles and we can fit all 3 together with Bradman in an XI
What do you think now?
Coronis
International Coach
I think it don’t matter if you’re black or white, or in full colour.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I think Hobbs gets opener points but I always find it hard to rate comparable careers over the ones I have seen. Except with Sobers, Bradman and Marshall, I guess.
subshakerz
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Tendulkar of course. The complete bat.
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Should Hobbs get opener points? In the days before as swing bowling became mainstream, batting against the new ball didn't pose any unique threat. 'The best batsman opens' was the adage in those days. I don't think Australia had any notable pace or swing bowlers before or after Gregory and McDonald, who played 2 series together against Hobbs in 1921 before McDonald decided to become a pro in England. England had Barnes, Hirst, Tate and Larwood but part timer medium pacers like McCabe opened the bowling before spinners took over for Australia for most of the inter War period.
h_hurricane
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It is reasonable to rate Hobbs higher but the stats about 500 runs per series is a function of how many tests they play in a series and not the length of their career. Hobbs had 9 series in which he played at least 5 tests (one of them was 6 tests). Tendulkar had only 3 series which were 5 tests long.
There were several series which were of 3 or 4 tests in which he scored 400+ runs (highest being 493 in Australia 2007-08), some of which could have translated into 500+, had the series been longer.
OverratedSanity
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Sobers, Tendulkar, Viv , Hobbs (and now, Smith) are the strongest contenders for the best after Bradman spot. Not much between them overall, some very strong arguments for each.
honestbharani
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1. Bradman
2. Sobers
3. Lara
4. Sachin
5. Viv
Genuinely not sure where to put Hobbs and Smith. Maybe Hobbs at 5 and Smith at 6 above Viv for now.
Slifer
International Captain
Disagree with this. Each of the batsmen battling it out with Sachin for 2nd best has a monster series or two and the likes of Viv, Lara, Smith had monster series in series with fewer than 5 tests. Even Tendulkar's own teammate Dravid managed a 500+ series.
Patience and Accuracy+Gut
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1.Bradman
2.Hobbs
3.Sobers
4.Smith
5.Hammond
Hobbs/Sobers are interchangeable in my list.Sachin is at no.6 or may be above Hammond at 5.
2.Hobbs
3.Sobers
4.Smith
5.Hammond
Hobbs/Sobers are interchangeable in my list.Sachin is at no.6 or may be above Hammond at 5.
Silver Line
U19 Debutant
pretty sure you read this before, but here you go again, hammond is at best comparable to Inzi, root, hussey etc. the overrating of past batsmen
and underrating of modern counterparts.not sure why you think hammond bashing weak ass SA, Ind, NZ in the 1930s should be considered in his stats ffs lol
your example of series win whatever, bruh even West Indies of today beat England in England not even a year ago and havent done anything remarkable since. Those teams in the 1930s were like Ireland tier or even worse. Hammond aint close.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Finally a good post from you.pretty sure you read this before, but here you go again, hammond is at best comparable to Inzi, root, hussey etc. the overrating of past batsmen
not sure why you think hammond bashing weak ass SA, Ind, NZ in the 1930s should be considered in his stats ffs lol
your example of series win whatever, bruh even West Indies of today beat England in England not even a year ago and havent done anything remarkable since. Those teams in the 1930s were like Ireland tier or even worse. Hammond aint close.
Coronis
International Coach
The simple fact that you think comparing Hammond to Inzamam, Root and Hussey is good stuff invalidates your opinion.