Kallis Vs Sobers

[kyear2]

Decent fielder? He's an immense fielder in the most important Test fielding position.

Best cricketer I've seen in my lifetime of following cricket; Pollock second and daylight third.

Sounds like something I would say, and all quite true.

11650 test runs @ 56.82 with 38 tons
269 test wickets @ 31.95 with the SR of 67.6
163 fantastic catches

This cant be a joke.

People usually dont put him in the category of Lara, Sachin, Ponting.
People usually consider him to be in the good players category along with Hayden, Dravid, Inzamam, Yousuf, Chanderpaul, Sangakkara, Jayawardene etc but the fact is that he surely deserves a place in 1st tier along with those 3 awesome batters.

You cant single out a player just cause his SR is below 50.

As a complete cricketer he surely sits next to Sir Garfield Sobers.

Not sure I agree with the bottom part, but the rest is true

 

[Coronis]

Sounds like something I would say, and all quite true.



Not sure I agree with the bottom part, but the rest is true

Completely agree with the bottom part, not sure the rest is true.

 

[kyear2]

Completely agree with the bottom part, not sure the rest is true.

I know you love to troll, but if he does sit at the side of Sobers, that puts him top 3 or 4 cricketer of all time?

That would be interesting.

 

[honestbharani]

Best cricketer I've seen in my lifetime of following cricket;

a.k.a 5 years.......

 

[Coronis]

I know you love to troll, but if he does sit at the side of Sobers, that puts him top 3 or 4 cricketer of all time?

That would be interesting.

He’s definitely somewhere 3-5 for me. (in tests)

 

[kyear2]

He’s definitely somewhere 3-5 for me. (in tests)

I've said this before, but the combination of skills that Sobers, Kallis and Hammond possessed are for me, and possibly just me, way more valuable than other types of all rounders or cricketers in general.

ATG batsman
4th or 5th bowler
Elite slip fielder

Sobers just took it a step further being a top 4, top tier ATG batsman, the most versatile of bowlers and in addition to being a top tier slip fielder who also expanded his skill set to leg slip and short leg vs spin.

 

[howitzer]

I've said this before, but the combination of skills that Sobers, Kallis and Hammond possessed are for me, and possibly just me, way more valuable than other types of all rounders or cricketers in general.

ATG batsman
4th or 5th bowler
Elite slip fielder

Sobers just took it a step further being a top 4, top tier ATG batsman, the most versatile of bowlers and in addition to being a top tier slip fielder who also expanded his skill set to leg slip and short leg vs spin.

It's a shame he didn't develop good peak longevity, but Botham would be a bowling version of this with his fielding.