kyear2
International Coach
At the beginning of his career, the lbw laws were that you couldn't be dismissed if the ball pitched outside of the off stump, was just a different sport.
The levels and standard of professionalism, training and fitness is no where near what it was even in the 80's
The level of competition though is a primary concern. Sobers, Smith, Sangakkara etc have at various times been criticized for some of the bowling attacks they faced and it's nothing compared to whom Hobbs played against.
I'm not saying he's not in the club, he has to be given credit for what he did during his time, but he's not the best after Bradman. Hutton faced so many times of magnitude better bowling than Hobbs did, but that someone isn't taken into account and let's not even start with the attacks Sunny faced.
The levels and standard of professionalism, training and fitness is no where near what it was even in the 80's
The level of competition though is a primary concern. Sobers, Smith, Sangakkara etc have at various times been criticized for some of the bowling attacks they faced and it's nothing compared to whom Hobbs played against.
I'm not saying he's not in the club, he has to be given credit for what he did during his time, but he's not the best after Bradman. Hutton faced so many times of magnitude better bowling than Hobbs did, but that someone isn't taken into account and let's not even start with the attacks Sunny faced.