Rahul Dravid vs Ab De Villiers

[Narayana]

Who is better test batsmen?

Abd Averaged 40+ in all major countries.
Dravid struggled in sl,aus,sa.

 

[Johan]

De Villiers played too low in internationals to be rated above Dravid.

 

[Narayana]

De Villiers played too low in internationals to be rated above Dravid.

Yes, he retired before his downfall.

 

[Rob Wesley]

Dravid.

AB batted below Smith, Amla and Kallis and that is a privilege so considering that, he would often have easier life coming to bat at 250/3.

 

[capt_Luffy]

ABD is my 2nd favourite cricketer I saw most of the career of, but here it's Dravid. ABD just didn't played long enough.

 

[Johan]

AB over him against express pace but Dravid wipes against almost everything else.

 

[blackdevil95]

Dravid.

AB batted below Smith, Amla and Kallis and that is a privilege so considering that, he would often have easier life coming to bat at 250/3.

Dood. AB has the highest average in the batting collapses among SA batsmen even better than Kallis and Amla. LMAO

 

[blackdevil95]

Dravid if longevity considered. Else AB

 

[Rob Wesley]

Dood. AB has the highest average in the batting collapses among SA batsmen even better than Kallis and Amla. LMAO

show me the stats

 

[Rob Wesley]

ABD is my 2nd favourite cricketer I saw most of the career of, but here it's Dravid. ABD just didn't played long enough.

what number you got AB in your all time batting list?

 

[capt_Luffy]

what number you got AB in your all time batting list?

29

 

[Johan]

what number you got AB in your all time batting list?

not even close to sniffing my top 20

 

[blackdevil95]

show me the stats

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/1alu6c5

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Rahul

 

[Johan]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/1alu6c5

That's good for my Root agenda, but Inzamam Ul Haq better in tough conditions than Brian Lara? bleh

 

[blackdevil95]

That's good for my Root agenda, but Inzamam Ul Haq better in tough conditions than Brian Lara? bleh

Of course. There is one more link to another post in the first comment. That was analysed by another guy. Check that as well. You can see AB much above Kallis and Amla.

 

[centurymaker]

If Aus score 400 and bowl out Ban or WI for 150 and 190, it will be considered as a difficult pitch. A pitch with sub 25 avg.

400 + 150 + 190 = 740 / 30


So this type of analysis is BS because if there is enough discrepancy in the quality between two sides, then the net avg could very easily end up being low.

 

[capt_Luffy]

If Aus score 400 and bowl out Ban or WI for 150 and 190, it will be considered as a difficult pitch. A pitch with sub 25 avg.

400 + 150 + 190 = 740 / 30


So this type of analysis is BS because if there is enough discrepancy in the quality between the sides, then the net avg could very easily end up being low.

Take the last Aus/SL Test for an example. Depicts it perfectly

 

[centurymaker]

A good modification to this is to add the condition that - 'none of the innings have a total above 300 runs'.

 

[centurymaker]

This way we can ensure that lopsided contests are removed