Kane Williamson vs Joe Root

[Athlai]

Player A is better because I've watched those games on my TV and Player B doesn't exist

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Over the last 10 years

One of them has averaged 50.90 with 28 100s from 123 tests, whilst the other has averaged 66.35 with 27 100s from 67 tests.

Yea it’s not close. The difference in average will continue to increase with Mccullum turning Root into a slogger.

Root vs Ross Taylor will be a better comparison IMO.

 

[Athlai]

Ross is Boss but come on now

 

[Bolo.]

Yea it’s not close. The difference in average will continue to increase with Mccullum turning Root into a slogger.

Root vs Ross Taylor will be a better comparison IMO.

Its close.

With the caveat that Kane has been ****ed around by scheduling, Root has been better away. I'm voting Kane, cos i think the caveat is big. But close.

 

[Athlai]

It was Root two years ago IMO, might be him again two years from now

 

[Flem274*]

Tbh the more I get old and boring the more I think we're just hair splitting between most 50+ batsmen.

I deal with a lot of hair splitting in my job and often the smart move is to look at the big picture. In this case, this is a bowlers era and Smith is the undisputed champ with 3 bridesmaids and Babar closing in on that group plus a couple of dudes making shorter term big statements.

We don't have the sample size to separate these guys and thst includes Kohli too, despite his big average gap.

 

[Athlai]

Tbh the more I get old and boring the more I think we're just hair splitting between most 50+ batsmen.

I deal with a lot of hair splitting in my job and often the smart move is to look at the big picture. In this case, this is a bowlers era and Smith is the undisputed champ with 3 bridesmaids and Babar closing in on that group plus a couple of dudes making shorter term big statements.

We don't have the sample size to separate these guys and thst includes Kohli too, despite his big average gap.

Do you reckon Lara/Tendulkar are above Kohli?

 

[thierry henry]

Kane can fail miserably in all his remaining "tough assignments" while remorselessly pounding Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh at home, and I'll still rate him higher cos we'll probably still need his runs to win those tests

 

[Bahnz]

Tbh the more I get old and boring the more I think we're just hair splitting between most 50+ batsmen.

I deal with a lot of hair splitting in my job and often the smart move is to look at the big picture. In this case, this is a bowlers era and Smith is the undisputed champ with 3 bridesmaids and Babar closing in on that group plus a couple of dudes making shorter term big statements.

We don't have the sample size to separate these guys and thst includes Kohli too, despite his big average gap.

Don't think Babar's particularly close to the big 4 tbh. Don't get me wrong, fine player but he's never displayed the kind of sustained brilliance that each of the big 4 have managed at different stages of their careers and I think his career average of 45 reflects that.

 

[Calm_profit]

Kane can fail miserably in all his remaining "tough assignments" while remorselessly pounding Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh at home, and I'll still rate him higher cos we'll probably still need his runs to win those tests

This aged well.

 

[Johan]

Root, this isn't close respectfully.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Tbh the more I get old and boring the more I think we're just hair splitting between most 50+ batsmen.

I deal with a lot of hair splitting in my job and often the smart move is to look at the big picture. In this case, this is a bowlers era and Smith is the undisputed champ with 3 bridesmaids and Babar closing in on that group plus a couple of dudes making shorter term big statements.

We don't have the sample size to separate these guys and thst includes Kohli too, despite his big average gap.

Babar is ****ing miles off.

 

[_00_deathscar]

It’s clearly Root. Fine player

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Babar is still only 29 tbf. Hopefully he peaks in his 30s.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Root is in his peak now and clearly better but until around 2021 he was a very good pretty fifty specialist and one of the most frustrating batsmen in the world.

 

[Majestic]

Post 2000 debut,

Sangakkara
Younis
Sehwag
G Smith
de Villiers
Clarke
Pietersen
Amla
Cook
Smith
Kohli
Root

All these names are better batters than Williamson.
Among those who are below Williamson and world class:-

Hussey
Warner
Taylor
And whoever comes after or I missed.

 

[Johan]

I'd say Root and Williamson were relative until 2018, giving it to Root by a little, Williamson was then ahead of a few years but Root ended the comparision in last few years

 

[thierry henry]

This aged well.

Why are you saying this after an away series

 

[thierry henry]

Seriously how have I copped a ‘this aged well’ when there have been zero tests played which my post applied to since I made it. Whole forum’s cooked.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Honestly, complaining about KW's away record; and then putting Sehwag ahead of him is REALLY baffling to me......