24 | P J Cummins* | Australia | matches 8 to 59 | 234W | 11-5W | 21.59 | 44.81 |
25 | M A Holding | West Indies | matches 8 to 59 | 233W | 13-5W | 21.76 | 47.22 |
I think if you go back a little you can sacrifice some batting for better bowlingKallis 60th Test+52 5303 runs @ 70.70, 109 wickets @ 32.30
It's more just using Bradman's career as a definitive length of time that people don't bicker about not being enough Tests. Bradman still the GOAT by an order of magnitude even with others being given this massive benefit of just their peak.If only Bradman had the same benefit of just picking best sequence of tests. I mean just take out Bradman's first and last test and he then has 50 tests, 6977 runs @ 104.13
Start your own thread ffs we measure in Bradmans hereThink older guys, especially older fast bowlers are hard done by a hard 52 Test requirement. Something around 35-40 Tests for them seems a lot more fair. Thinking of Alan Davidson and Wes Hall in particular with pretty decent length careers, but fall afoul of a "Bradman"
Don't say I've never thought of older time players.
Pollock is so gunPollock (06 Aug 1998 - 23 Oct 2003)
1844 @ 36.88, 227 @ 19.20