Top 5 test cricketers since 1970

[Qlder]

Ponting had an epic fall
107 Tests. 179 inn. 9239 runs @ 59.99. 33 tons.
61 Tests. 108 inn. 4139 runs @ 39.79. 8 tons.

Nice manipulation of stats picking a test split that suits you. I could just as easily split his career in half to indicate how consistent he was over both halves of his career

First 84 Tests, 6446 runs @ 54.16, 20 hundreds
Last 84 Tests, 6932 runs @ 49.76, 21 hundreds

 

[Athlai]

Nice manipulation of stats picking a test split that suits you. I could just as easily split his career in half to indicate how consistent he was over both halves of his career

First 84 Tests, 6446 runs @ 54.16, 20 hundreds
Last 84 Tests, 6932 runs @ 49.76, 21 hundreds

Take it the King Sulieman thread ffs

 

[Qlder]

Take it the King Sulieman thread ffs

?

 

[Athlai]

All erroneous splitting careers in half goes here now
"If you love the cricket player, cut their career in half" - King Suliman Benn* | CricketWeb Forum

 

[DrWolverine]

Nice manipulation of stats picking a test split that suits you.

How is it a nice manipulation?

I merely pointed out that he reached his peak average in his 107th Tests and then fell heavily

 

[DrWolverine]

Is it a manipulation if I say Sachin had an average of 56.9 in 177 Tests and then averaged around 20 in his last 23 Tests.

 

[Burgey]

Not so rare air

Smith, 205 innings, 10,140 runs @ 56.33, 35 hundreds
Ponting, 205 innings, 10,357 runs @ 57.86, 36 hundreds

Yeah but the question was if he retired tomorrow.

 

[Athlai]

How is it a nice manipulation?

I merely pointed out that he reached his peak average in his 107th Tests and then fell heavily

His peak average was 96 after 1 Test - his 167 Tests after that he fell quite heavily.

 

[Coronis]

Alright so I’m gonna do this by doing from the match after the 10k rather than innings, cos its easier for me.

Runs after the match they hit 10k

Waugh 12 matches 888 @ 80.73 3 tons 4 fifties
Sangakkara 19 matches 2355 @ 65.42 8 tons 11 fifties
Gavaskar 1 match 117 @ 58.50 1 fifty
Root 34 matches 2957 @ 55.79 9 tons 12 fifties
Lara 20 matches 1953 @ 52.78 8 tons 3 fifties
Kallis 37 matches 3229 @ 52.09 15 tons 8 fifties
Tendulkar 78 matches 5844 @ 48.30 17 tons 27 fifties
Jayawardene 22 matches 1770 @ 45.38 5 tons 10 fifties
Dravid 44 matches 3257 @ 44.61 11 tons 12 fifties
Cook 33 matches 2430 @ 41.19 5 tons 10 fifties
Ponting 50 matches 3336 @ 40.19 6 tons 22 fifties
Border 20 matches 1121 @ 40.04 2 tons 5 fifties
Younis 2 matches 58 @ 14.5
Smith 0 matches 0 @ 0

 

[DrWolverine]

Yes Root will surpass him eventually but Sachin’s runs never cease to surprise me. 5844 runs is almost equal to Aravinda DeSilva’s total runs.

 

[Athlai]

Alright so I’m gonna do this by doing from the match after the 10k rather than innings, cos its easier for me.

Runs after the match they hit 10k

Waugh 12 matches 888 @ 80.73 3 tons 4 fifties
Sangakkara 19 matches 2355 @ 65.42 8 tons 11 fifties
Gavaskar 1 match 117 @ 58.50 1 fifty
Root 34 matches 2957 @ 55.79 9 tons 12 fifties
Lara 20 matches 1953 @ 52.78 8 tons 3 fifties
Kallis 37 matches 3229 @ 52.09 15 tons 8 fifties
Tendulkar 78 matches 5844 @ 48.30 17 tons 27 fifties
Jayawardene 22 matches 1770 @ 45.38 5 tons 10 fifties
Dravid 44 matches 3257 @ 44.61 11 tons 12 fifties
Cook 33 matches 2430 @ 41.19 5 tons 10 fifties
Ponting 50 matches 3336 @ 40.19 6 tons 22 fifties
Border 20 matches 1121 @ 40.04 2 tons 5 fifties
Younis 2 matches 58 @ 14.5
Smith 0 matches 0 @ 0

Smith what a spud

 

[sayon basak]

Alright so I’m gonna do this by doing from the match after the 10k rather than innings, cos its easier for me.

Runs after the match they hit 10k

Waugh 12 matches 888 @ 80.73 3 tons 4 fifties
Sangakkara 19 matches 2355 @ 65.42 8 tons 11 fifties
Gavaskar 1 match 117 @ 58.50 1 fifty
Root 34 matches 2957 @ 55.79 9 tons 12 fifties
Lara 20 matches 1953 @ 52.78 8 tons 3 fifties
Kallis 37 matches 3229 @ 52.09 15 tons 8 fifties
Tendulkar 78 matches 5844 @ 48.30 17 tons 27 fifties
Jayawardene 22 matches 1770 @ 45.38 5 tons 10 fifties
Dravid 44 matches 3257 @ 44.61 11 tons 12 fifties
Cook 33 matches 2430 @ 41.19 5 tons 10 fifties
Ponting 50 matches 3336 @ 40.19 6 tons 22 fifties
Border 20 matches 1121 @ 40.04 2 tons 5 fifties
Younis 2 matches 58 @ 14.5
Smith 0 matches 0 @ 0

Smith's average isn't 0 tbf, it's inderminate.
(0/0≠0)

 

[Coronis]

Smith's average isn't 0 tbf, it's inderminate.
(0/0≠0)

Ah yes, the fun guy at parties.

 

[pardus]

Ponting had an epic fall
107 Tests. 179 inn. 9239 runs @ 59.99. 33 tons.
61 Tests. 108 inn. 4139 runs @ 39.79. 8 tons.

Ponting's stats (when he was at 9239 runs) were even better than Smith's at the same number of runs. And at the end of his career Ponting averaged just above 50. Smith's career so far at least seems to be going along the same path.
IIRC 2007 ODI World Cup was the "border-line" immediately after which both Ponting's and Dravid's careers followed a very similar trajectory (they both literally fell off a cliff). Degradation in their reflxes was discernable even when watching them live back then.

 

[govinda indian fan]

1. Imran( hate to admit but atg allrounder who was also a great captain )
2. Tendulkar (you might say iam a biased indian but sachin was a atg batsman who excelled vs atg bowlers across conditions while carrying weight of a nation)
3. Hadlee ( atg bowler who single handedly won made his team competitive )
4.warne( atg spinner who revived dying art of leg spin)
5. Viv(atg bat who intimidated atg bowlers and made cricket look cool)

 

[shortpitched713]

I mean, Gary Sobers played test cricket til April 1974, so he should probably top everyone's list in this thread tbh.

Eww, you picked a guy whose mostly a batsman.