Don Bradman vs Garry Sobers

[subshakerz]

Again, WI with Roach, Holder and Joseph does have a half decent bowling attack. So if some great fails there and his team losses/draws the series; he should definitely be penalized. More so, an attack of Bruce Taylor (aka proto Bond) and Dick Motz is actually quite good. If his record in NZ doesn't counts, then India and Pakistan shouldn't count as well.

I mean, Sobers against NZ to me is a minor blemish at most then. I take Tendulkar and Hobbs as better away. Even Viv.

 

[capt_Luffy]

I mean, Sobers against NZ to me is a minor blemish at most then. I take Tendulkar and Hobbs as better away. Even Viv.

It's a little more than minor to me, but definitely not something huge.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Sobers low key has a pretty unimpressive away record for an ATG.

It’s the major reason I have Sachin and Viv as smidge ahead of him, as a bat

 

[OverratedSanity]

Australia were one of the only two very strong opposition in his time and he only averaged 43 vs them and 46 in Australia. It's a perfect good record but not particularly amazing by ATG standards at all.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Australia were one of the only two very strong opposition in his time and he only averaged 43 vs them and 46 in Australia. It's a perfect good record but not particularly amazing by ATG standards at all.

Really good point. It’s really annoying when this goes unmentioned during comparisons of Sobers with other bats

 

[capt_Luffy]

Really good point. It’s really annoying when this goes unmentioned during comparisons of Sobers with other bats

Yeah, re Sobers I think now he is taking quite a heavy beating not completely deserving..... Some of his best works also came in matches which are no longer considered Tests, like RoW vs Australia and England games, in both of which he top scored and have absolute classics like the 254 vs peak Lillee.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Outside that he did dominate the Indian quartet and was amazing vs Trueman and Co

 

[ma1978]

Bradman is the greatest sportsperson who has lived, forget cricket. No one has been that relatively dominant not just in their time but in a historical context

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Bradman is the greatest sportsperson who has lived, forget cricket. No one has been that relatively dominant not just in their time but in a historical context

Let me introduce you to a fella named Johnny Sins…

 

[ma1978]

Let me introduce you to a fella named Johnny Sins…

Ron Jeremy > Johnny Sins

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Ron Jeremy > Johnny Sins

A wild Peter North appears…

 

[sayon basak]

Ron Jeremy > Johnny Sins

This deserves a poll

 

[Coronis]

Let me introduce you to a fella named Johnny Sins…

Ron Jeremy > Johnny Sins

A wild Peter North appears…

Dominance isn’t always an attractive quality. See: Bradman








Though for me it is.

 

[Migara]

Sobers

 

[Migara]

This deserves a poll

Mandingo takes the cake.
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He rather destroys the "cake"

 

[Migara]

11 Sobers vs 11 Bradmans would be a draw


Irresistible force vs Immovable Object, probably on a wet wicket Sobers would win against Bradman

11 Sobers will massacare 11 Bradman's bowling. Sobers was way aggressive batsman than Bradman.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

11 Sobers will massacare 11 Bradman's bowling. Sobers was way aggressive batsman than Bradman.

The stalemate is that Bradman expects a 100 every time he walks to bat. So 11 Bradman's would score like 1000 or something lol

 

[Migara]

The stalemate is that Bradman expects a 100 every time he walks to bat. So 11 Bradman's would score like 1000 or something lol

Against Bradman's bowling it would probably need 3 Sobers' to score 1000 in double quick time.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Against Bradman's bowling it would probably need 3 Sobers' to score 1000 in double quick time.

Hence why I say it will be a draw

 

[Migara]

Bradman is the greatest sportsperson who has lived, forget cricket. No one has been that relatively dominant not just in their time but in a historical context

Jahangir Khan heavily disagrees. The biggest outlier in men's sports. There is a Aussie lady who sis the same in squash who was even a bigger outlier.