(Age 23 onwards)Root > KW > Kohli
KW’s never been good away against the top 4 nations which to me puts him below Root. I think he’s only got 3 tons against them away from home in all and he’s failed in the vast majority of such series.
Obv still a gun though and Kohli’s garbage last few years means he’s last.
Quite harsh to say that Smith is the only successful member of Fab four when the other three have all occupied the top 5 or at the least top 10 rankings consistently.Since Smith ended up being the only successful member of the Fab Four and this topic came up in another thread how do you rate the rest of the guys?
It's an unusual scheduling thing. NZ play so few Tests compared to Ind/NZ/Eng except for this brief period. It weighs far more heavily on his record than it normally would, even for the fairly unusual instance of a player getting Test matches 22 and younger.Not the biggest fan of chopping away his worst bits - playing international cricket early in his career helped him become better. Same reason why people don’t always do it for Tendulkar. Many other players don’t start off red hot either but we don’t lop that part off.
Don’t want to get into the details of his big overseas series because of the sample size but it’s really quite lacklustre for an ATG even after you start counting from 23.
Sadly he’s not got enough of a good body of work against the best away from home. Been sample size owned and that’s just bad luck. Can’t say he’d improve his record given time and then rate him higher based on what’s essentially a forecast.
Overall phenomenal record and I think in between Root and Kohli is fair.
You're essentially marking KW down for playing earlier (and being worse earlier) than others though. He also has 2 more tons than Root in Aus from far less games.Not the biggest fan of chopping away his worst bits - playing international cricket early in his career helped him become better. Same reason why people don’t always do it for Tendulkar. Many other players don’t start off red hot either but we don’t lop that part off.
Don’t want to get into the details of his big overseas series because of the sample size but it’s really quite lacklustre for an ATG even after you start counting from 23.
Sadly he’s not got enough of a good body of work against the best away from home. Been sample size owned and that’s just bad luck. Can’t say he’d improve his record given time and then rate him higher based on what’s essentially a forecast.
Overall phenomenal record and I think in between Root and Kohli is fair.
Should probably get Kane's consent before carrying out this activity.Assuming Tests only, Root clearly the best of the three
It's not even the same reason. For guys like Wasim Akram, Tendulkar, etc it somewhat makes sense because they were playing cricket as teenagers when their bodies aren't even fully developed and when most of their peers are busy masturbating at home.Not the biggest fan of chopping away his worst bits - playing international cricket early in his career helped him become better. Same reason why people don’t always do it for Tendulkar.
Its nearly a third of his matches played!It's not even the same reason. For guys like Wasim Akram, Tendulkar, etc it somewhat makes sense because they were playing cricket as teenagers when their bodies aren't even fully developed and when most of their peers are busy masturbating at home.
Williamson played 8-10 tests before turning 22 (the age at which root and kohli debuted). It's not some massive skew as is being portrayed.