David Gower vs Alastair Cook

[PlayerComparisons]

Two elegant stroke-makers

 

[BazBall21]

Gower for me.

 

[Johan]

love Gower but he doesn't have the body of work to go over Cook for me.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

love Gower but he doesn't have the body of work to go over Cook for me.

Do you rate Cook higher than Gooch?

 

[Johan]

Do you rate Cook higher than Gooch?

Not at all, Gooch decently ahead of Cook who ahead of Gower by a very small margin for me.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Not at all, Gooch decently ahead of Cook who ahead of Gower by a very small margin for me.

I rate Gooch and Gower next to eachother

 

[Johan]

I rate Gooch and Gower next to eachother

You've Gooch lower than I do

 

[capt_Luffy]

You've Gooch lower than I do

Fair. We probably have Gower at around equal

 

[Johan]

@capt_Luffy Cook or Sehwag

 

[Coronis]

Two more quality players that struggled in New Zealand

Yep

 

[Johan]

wow never knew Gower barely played in NZ, he definitely did have the upper hand on Hadlee in England tho

 

[PlayerComparisons]

It shocked me to see that Cook actually had a higher PEWS standardized average than Gooch and Gower

 

[Johan]

voting Gower as Gower doesn't deserve a thrashing here

 

[Prince EWS]

love Gower but he doesn't have the body of work to go over Cook for me.

But you voted for Gower anyway? Lol

 

[sayon basak]

Not at all, Gooch decently ahead of Cook who ahead of Gower by a very small margin for me.

 

[sayon basak]

But you voted for Gower anyway? Lol

voting Gower as Gower doesn't deserve a thrashing here

 

[Coronis]

voting Gower as Gower doesn't deserve a thrashing here

Stupid reason to vote an option.

 

[Qlder]

Stupid reason to vote an option.

I just vote for the player I liked watching the most, so Gower it is

 

[Johan]

Stupid reason to vote an option.

it looks pretty to me damnit!

 

[BazBall21]

It's interesting that Gower is clearly rated a rung below Greenidge, Lloyd, Crowe and indeed Gooch too on here. Fairly similar numbers to each in a similar era. Home conditions not particularly easy, didn't hide down the order and rack up red inkers.

I suspect his average v WI is the main reason why and that's partially why I've always rated Gooch ahead of him, but Gower did well against them away at least. Not a total failure so could clearly handle them to some extent.

I myself would probably rate him 5th out of those 5, but rate him higher than the median and would rank him ahead of Cook.