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Weekes vs Walcott
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SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Walcott
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
And it was on the back of an epic series against England as well.
Slifer
International Captain
Cough cough and England right before....
BazBall21
International Captain
Yeah Weekes was still prolific in both series but Walcott was even better
Slifer
International Captain
You know what, you are 100% correct. And both had one good series in England and one awful. Then they both had one awful series in Australia, without any chance to redeem themselves. Still Walcott's performance was otherworldly which is why I give him the edge.
BazBall21
International Captain
That's why I actually always went with Weekes. Because he had a dead-set good tour of England unlike Clyde, whereas both actually did well in the two Walcott magnum opus series'. But Walcott's barrage of hundreds came against much better attacks than the one Weekes beat up in England.
ataraxia
International Coach
I think a lot of people place him 2nd.
a massive zebra
International Captain
kyear2
International Coach
Just a fascinating interview.
"Didn't know if it was Christmas or Easter"
" Throw his a piano and see if that can play that" is crazy, lol
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
a large reason for why I think they're dealt a rough hand in comparison with modern day bats, like, one bad series and it's over for their away numbers, doesn't help that Weekes and Walcott had some bad luck with injuries too.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
Clyde and Everton played 41 tests together, that's a huge amount.
stats.espncricinfo.com
Everton Weekes: 3,877 @ 59.64, 55.3 runs per inning, 12 hundreds and 18 fifties.
Clyde Walcott: 3,477 @ 55.19, 50.3 runs per inning, 14 hundreds and 13 fifties.
funnily, Worrell has the highest average in the games where all three Ws aligned, but eh that also includes the injury ridden 1951 Australia and 1957 England.
Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com
Everton Weekes: 3,877 @ 59.64, 55.3 runs per inning, 12 hundreds and 18 fifties.
Clyde Walcott: 3,477 @ 55.19, 50.3 runs per inning, 14 hundreds and 13 fifties.
funnily, Worrell has the highest average in the games where all three Ws aligned, but eh that also includes the injury ridden 1951 Australia and 1957 England.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
While Tom Graveney says, diplomatically, in his interview with CMJ there that he can't split the three Ws, he did in fact do so on at least one occasion.
In Tom Graveney's Top Ten Cricket Book (one of my all time favourite and most referenced cricket books), published in 1982, his list of the Top Ten Greatest Post-War Batsmen had Walcott at number 6 and Weekes and number 9, while also noting that he agonised over Worrell just missing out.
In Tom Graveney's Top Ten Cricket Book (one of my all time favourite and most referenced cricket books), published in 1982, his list of the Top Ten Greatest Post-War Batsmen had Walcott at number 6 and Weekes and number 9, while also noting that he agonised over Worrell just missing out.