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Len Hutton vs Viv Richards

Hutton or Richards

  • Hutton

  • Richards

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kyear2

kyear2

International Coach
Very easy.
One dominated like no other, one was oft criticized for not dominating opposing attacks like he could and should have, even the weaker ones.

And I love Hutton, but that was his downside.
 
ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
Hutton is in general badly rated on CW tbh. There are some who inexplicably place him above Hobbs, and there are others who seemingly don't rate him at all. In my view, there's a big gap between Hutton/Sobers and all "modern" batters aside Tendulkar. They rise above their compatriots in a way that none other than Smith have achieved in the post-war period. To put Viv on that same level requires a big stretch IMO.

I wonder the degree to which opener tax is applicable to him. He did after all face the first great new-ball pairing (with success).
 
Johan

Johan

International 12th Man
going with Viv after thinking about it, finest player ever of fast bowling and I don't think Hutton has enough of an edge against spin to negate it.

and I'm probably the biggest Hutton fanboy on the site.
 
BazBall21

BazBall21

International Captain
kyear2 said:
Very easy.
One dominated like no other, one was oft criticized for not dominating opposing attacks like he could and should have, even the weaker ones.

And I love Hutton, but that was his downside.
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I voted for Viv but "very easy" does a disservice to Hutton. His resume is virtually flawless except the post-war strike rate when in actual fact he did well to adjust to a War-inflicted injury. It made him a more rigid batsman, but he was still very effective.
 
Coronis

Coronis

International Coach
BazBall21 said:
I voted for Viv but "very easy" does a disservice to Hutton. His resume is virtually flawless except the post-war strike rate when in actual fact he did well to adjust to a War-inflicted injury. It made him a more rigid batsman, but he was still very effective.
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He may have had to change his batting a bit but based on the available data he had a similar SR pre-war.
 
DrWolverine

DrWolverine

U19 Cricketer
BazBall21 said:
I voted for Viv but "very easy" does a disservice to Hutton. His resume is virtually flawless except the post-war strike rate when in actual fact he did well to adjust to a War-inflicted injury. It made him a more rigid batsman, but he was still very effective.
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Wasn’t batting slowly just a norm back then?
 
BazBall21

BazBall21

International Captain
Coronis said:
He may have had to change his batting a bit but based on the available data he had a similar SR pre-war.
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Fair enough. I might well have been told a myth. It's not really a big issue in tests though when you're still scoring heavily in tough conditions and against some good attacks.
 
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