Jacques Kallis vs Ricky Ponting

[subshakerz]

Ponting rather easily. The only thing that makes it closer is that Kallis ended better. But Ponting was a more dangerous bat.

 

[Coronis]

Ponting rather easily. The only thing that makes it closer is that Kallis ended better. But Ponting was a more dangerous bat.

More dangerous for Australia, sure.

 

[Bolo.]

Kallis rather narrowly. The only thing that makes it close is that Ponting started better. But Kallis was a more reliable bat.

 

[kyear2]

Hey, I am not a Ponting hater!!! Why would I be???
Anyways @Johan , you can feel free to share this info here.

You definitely are, embrace it.

Subz and Ashwin
PEWS and Coronis for Viv and Lillee

Etc etc.

 

[kyear2]

Ponting rather easily. The only thing that makes it closer is that Kallis ended better. But Ponting was a more dangerous bat.

Basically

 

[PlayerComparisons]

You definitely are, embrace it.

Subz and Ashwin
PEWS and Coronis for Viv and Lillee

Etc etc.

None of them are haters lol. They just don’t rate those players as highly as others do.

 

[sayon basak]

None of them are haters lol. They just don’t rate those players as highly as others do.

I could use this as the definition of hate and you can do nothing about it.

 

[Johan]

None of them are haters lol. They just don’t rate those players as highly as others do.

everyone is a hater at heart, you just need to grow into the maturity to embrace it etc

 

[Johan]

Think I can be objective with every player bar Chanders and Pietersen, same thing as @PlayerComparisons with Root, tho tbh, hurt a lot being brutally honest with Punter but doable

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Wouldn’t say I’m not objective with any player. Prehaps Boycott if I had to pick one though.

 

[Johan]

Eh, feel like you go with the flow a lot if you catch my meaning.

 

[sayon basak]

Eh, feel like you go with the flow a lot if you catch my meaning.

No. He voted for Ashwin against Holding.

Also he would choose brook over woakes.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

No. He voted for Ashwin against Holding.

Also he would choose brook over woakes.

Nah I’d choose Woakes. No one beats Woakes except Jadeja and maybe Ashwin.

 

[Johan]

No. He voted for Ashwin against Holding.

Also he would choose brook over woakes.

Ok he might be a cocaine addict just like us

 

[sayon basak]

Nah I’d choose Woakes. No one beats Woakes except Jadeja and maybe Warner.

Yeah.

 

[ankitj]

The only thing that makes it closer is that Kallis ended better.

You have started acknowledging this. That's progress

 

[ankitj]

everyone is a hater at heart, you just need to grow into the maturity to embrace it etc

Everyone has to be a hater because at the end all cricketers suck once you apply the correct set of stat filters.

 

[subshakerz]

You have started acknowledging this. That's progress

I think I acknowledged this sometime ago.

Let's break it down.

Ponting had a better start to his career than Kallis, and then was notably ahead in his peak. Ponting's decline started around 2007/8, but Kallis had his own dip around 2008. However, unlike Ponting who had a long decline, Kallis had a revival period of 29 tests before dipping again at the end of his career.

So Kallis really only could be rated ahead of Ponting 2009 onwards, a period of 29 tests which isnt enough to overhaul Ponting's superiority before that.

 

[sayon basak]

Everyone has to be a hater because at the end all cricketers suck (except for Jadeja, Woakes ,Warner and Rubel) once you apply the correct set of stat filters.

100% agree.
@capt_Luffy we got our fav 4.

 

[Johan]

Everyone has to be a hater because at the end all cricketers suck once you apply the correct set of stat filters.

Everyone I like gets the filters that make them look better and everyone I dislike gets the filters that make them look worse