Viv Richards vs steve smith

[capt_Luffy]

I can do that but if I'm to do that I'd have to go through every tour game or game he played against them, confident?

Confident, not necessarily. Interested, yes.

 

[Johan]

Confident, not necessarily. Interested, yes.

oh **** I counted on you saying no

but well, this evening I'm a little too cooked to do much due to two days no sleep, I'll add this to the list for Post-Trumper projects.

 

[kyear2]

including WSC (Lillee and Imran played it), Viv's numbers would be

3,513 @ 49.47, with 8 tons.

for reference, Sachin against the elite ATGs of his time (McG, Amb, that Pakistani ball tamperer, Donald, Steyn)

2,679 @ 39.98, with 9 tons

Lara against great bowlers of his time (pakistan ball tampering duo, Donald, McGrath)

3,116 @ 40.46, with 6 tons

not half bad for a goober like Viv

That's pretty damn impressive.

 

[Johan]

That's pretty damn impressive.

very good, dare I say.

 

[shortpitched713]

Well lemme look at this a bit more indepth.

(I’m only looking at post-WWI, we all know wickets before then were more bowling friendly)

Overall batting average post WWI - 30.54 (if I took the overall test average including pre war, the 2020’s would be considered average and every other decade besides the 50’s batting friendly)

Batting Averages by Decade post WWI

1920s - 31.88
1930s - 31.12
1940s - 34.26
1950s - 27.38
1960s - 30.81
1970s - 30.76
1980s - 30.45
1990s - 29.45
2000s - 32.02
2010s - 31.12
2020s - 28.68

From this I have deduced..

Greatest batsman in the toughest era - Walcott in the 50’s 3129 @ 61.35
Greatest bowler in the toughest era - Johnston in the 40’s 54 @ 18.51

40s to 50s was a crazy drop...

 

[Coronis]

40s to 50s was a crazy drop...

Indeed.