Pls Afridi and Tendulkar averages have a massive difference despite Tendulkar batting for the entirely of the 90s. And their SR’s are far similar. And Kallis and Buttler’s averages are pretty close despite Buttler being an attacking lower order batsmen.
Buttler averages 39 and Kallis 44 despite Kallis playing in more difficult conditions against more difficult attacks…at times Kallis also had to face new balls…its like comparing Kallis with someone averaging around 50. A difference of 5 can’t be that close … Kallis played majority of his career before the two new ball rule came
Still don’t understand how Kallis SR - 73 and Inzamam SR - 74 has difference
There is a massive difference in their SR’s. And yes Kallis played his career in less batter friendly conditions, but he’s a top order player. Buttler’s a lower order attacking player, more likely to bat for shorter period of times and risk his wicket more. Kallis’s SR is too bad to be a great ODI bat. Try to compare Buttler with other WK bats outside MS Dhoni and ABD.
Dude Afridi averages 23. Tendulkar 44, and 50 as an opener. Plus Tendulkar played a good part of his career(all of the 90s in tougher conditions ran Afridi). Plus Inzi is better than Kallis cause of having a marginally better or similar SR despite debuting earlier+strong WC knockout performances
World Cup performances matters while ranking players. Most ATGs have one or two exceptional WCs. It's more akin to how a great Football World Cup is important for a players legacy. Inzi had that one; Kallis doesn't. And Yashpal Sharma has nothing of any substance except that WC; Inzi isn't like that.
Still averaging 5 less than Kallis despite playing 280 + ODI in the same era of Kallis makes Kallis genuinely more consistent… And having 1 run more as strike rate by just playing 5 years before Kallis…and playing 280+ ODI (11 years of his career) with Kallis isn’t much of a point to say Inzamam is better than Kallis.
Then ABD doesn’t have such a WC performance.. if you’re going to say 2015 WC … then Kallis has 2007 WC
Kohli did good in all of 2019, 2015 and even the 2011 WC. And literally WC performance was one of the biggest reasons why people rated Sachin over Kohli; and ABD lacking one such WC performance is also a big reason why many rate him a bit lower than the Top 3. As for everything; World Cup performance is definitely end all be all, you could still be a great player like Flintoff, etc without having a Great one. That doesn't mean they don't count.
There is a point there, but still i guess it has another point… more lower the order more likely to stay not out.. like Dhoni and Bevan
Then Kallis had good performances in the 99 and 2007 World Cup with 1148 runs @ 45
Have you compared the World Cup performances of Inzamam
I doubt this. Other than the odd minefield, Kallis' conditions were pretty consistently tougher for home batting. There are a lot of bowlers who can do at least one of seam/swing/bounce the ball to a reasonable standard, and they all become serious threats in RSA. Far, far fewer decent spinners.
