sayon basak
First Class Debutant
Yeah
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Burgey
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You reckon Joe Root is a better cricketer than Ashwin, Jadeja and Stokes? For real?
sayon basak
First Class Debutant
Root is better than Stokes
sayon basak
First Class Debutant
He will obviously surpass ponting. Only needs 1643 runs
sayon basak
First Class Debutant
33 ig?
sayon basak
First Class Debutant
I meant surpassing by runs
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Yes, he'll be 34 in December. He's the youngest of the fab 4:
Kohli DOB: 5 Nov 88
Smith DOB 2 June 89
Williamson DOB: 8 Aug 90
Root DOB: 30 Dec 90
Coronis
International Coach
So to surpass Sachin he needs ~4200 runs. His current average runs per test is 83.8. So if that trend continues, he’d need to play 50 more tests. England play 9 more tests this year and likely (?) 10+ tests in future years, so he’d need to play til he’s 38-39. Definitely not out of the realm of possibility.
sayon basak
First Class Debutant
He scored 83.8 runs per tests and has played 140 tests in 12 years. If he plays for 5 more years then his estimated run in this period would be 83.8*(140/12)*5~4800......yeah unlikely but not impossible either
14k+ runs is probable tho
Coronis
International Coach
Well looking at recent quality batsmen’s retirement ages..He scored 83.8 runs per tests and has played 140 tests in 12 years. If he plays for 5 more years then his estimated run in this period would be 83.8*(140/12)*5~4800......yeah unlikely but not impossible either
14k+ runs is probable tho
Bell 32
Cook 33
Pietersen 33
(actually Root might be done before years end…)
de Villiers 34
Clarke 34*
Amla 35
Sanga 37
Taylor 37
Warner 37
Younis 39
Chanderpaul 40
Misbah 42
So he’d have to be on the upper end of the spectrum. Though, for a batsman of his quality a later age should be fine. iirc everyone was surprised when Sanga (the best bat on this list) retired so young.
BazBall21
International Vice-Captain
Yeah. And he did beat each of them on here in head-to-head polls.
PlayerComparisons
International Regular
He’s rated a lot higher on CW than he is outside of CW tbf. Very few cricket fans outside of CW would rate him higher than guys like ABD/Kohli/Ashwin.
Pap Finn Keighl
International Debutant
Smith
Rest
Rest
sayon basak
First Class Debutant
But that doesn't make Stokes better than root...don't really think people outside cw rank Stokes ahead of root (I'm not sure)
PlayerComparisons
International Regular
I think they do but I agree it doesn’t matter. I was just pointing out that CW polls don’t really reflect public opinion.
sayon basak
First Class Debutant
Completely agree.....ig out of CW nobody would rate Younis that high.And Pietersen is rated much higher.
Thala_0710
School Boy/Girl Captain
1. Smith
2. Root
3. Ashwin
4. Williamson
5. Jadeja
6. Younis
7. Amla
8. Pietersen
9. Stokes
10. Shakib
2. Root
3. Ashwin
4. Williamson
5. Jadeja
6. Younis
7. Amla
8. Pietersen
9. Stokes
10. Shakib
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Silver Silva
International Debutant
1.Steve Smith
2.Joe Root
3.Ravi Ashwin
4.Ravindra Jadeja
5.Younis Khan
6.Kane Williamson
7.Hashim Amla
8.Ben Stokes
9.Kevin Pietersen
10.Shakib Al Hasan
