Where will Steve Smith end up being ranked?

[govinda indian fan]

For me smith would end up as good as lara tendulkar and ponting. Personally i have started watching cricket since 2007 never saw lara or ponting at his peak saw sachin at his second peak from 07-11. For me smith alongside sachin are best i have seen

 

[subshakerz]

second greatest all rounder after gary sobers. It is universally agreed

Nope

 

[Coronis]

Nobody says bumrah is better then botham. Bumarh is fast bowler while sir ian was all rounder cant compere Apple with oranges and yes botham is atg and second greatest all rounder after gary sobers. It is universally agreed

Tell that to the 100 recent meaningless batsman vs bowler threads

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

For me smith would end up as good as lara tendulkar and ponting. Personally i have started watching cricket since 2007 never saw lara or ponting at his peak saw sachin at his second peak from 07-11. For me smith alongside sachin are best i have seen

Above Ponting.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Here's an example. People are fanboying over how much of an ATG Bumrah already is.

Bumrah has 41 Tests, 181 wkts @ 20.06, 11 5fers, 0 10fers

Botham at 41 Tests, 202 wkts @ 21.20, 17 5fers and 4 10fers. He also had 1977 runs @ 32.40 with 8 centuries

You tell me who should be considered greater?

After 41 tests Botham was challenging Sobers and Bradman not Bumrah.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Above Ponting.

Never saw ponting at peak sorry

 

[govinda indian fan]

People sort downplay smith 17 bgt but he was facing two great spinners who have atg record on sub Continental pitches at their peak at their home on absolute minefields. Those pitches were turning so much that even indian batsmen bar sachin and gavskar could have scored.Smith scored 600 runs on them if that is not atg performance wonder what would be

 

[kyear2]

Ponting only topped 60 average in one innings from memory but definitely Ponting and Viv were thought of as brutal high 50's batting gods for most of their career, nothing like their low 50's averages they ended up with because of age

At 35 it's all down hill for Smith from here. Even now at the same number of innings Smith averages 56.40 whereas Ponting was averaging 58.72

Correct, yet Punter is dismissed by a some on the forum.

 

[Coronis]

Correct, yet Punter is dismissed by a some on the forum.

Lets be real, Smith is ahead for multiple other reasons than overall average.

 

[kyear2]

Lets be real, Smith is ahead for multiple other reasons than overall average.

Didn't say otherwise, to me he's a little better than Ponting.

But he's still better than his final average which is rated by many by.