2024 Ranking of Batsmen Poll

[centurymaker]

Tendulkar
Vivian Richards
Sobers

(post 1950s)

 

[_00_deathscar]

Being the moderator, you can obviously remove troll votes. But accusing Tendulkar votes as fake votes is unfair. It is not as if there is no bias from non-Tendulkar or non-Ashwin/Jadeja voters.

Yep, that’s crazy. How is voting for Sachin a fake or troll vote?

 

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Yep, that’s crazy. How is voting for Sachin a fake or troll vote?

It's not. But excluding Bradman and including Jadeja is.

 

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If I over-reacted to the troll/fake/joke votes, I apologise for taking an obvious bait. My thanks go to the 27 members who voted in a sensible manner and also to the member who deleted their 'joke' vote.
I've included the offending votes because, as one poster said, it's a democracy. Hopefully we will maintain a good number of voters posting in good faith to counter any mischief-makers.
The results of Stage 1:
81 - Bradman; 35 - Tendulkar; 34 - Hobbs; 20 - Sobers; 5 - Jadeja; 4 - Richards; 3 - Voges, S.Smith; 2 - Lara

Tendulkar is up 2 places on the '22 poll while Hobbs drops one spot.

Voting is now open for positions 4-6

		Tests	Runs	Average	Centuries	Usual Batting Position
1	D. Bradman	52	6996	99.94	29	3
2	S. Tendulkar	200	15921	53.79	51	4
3	J. Hobbs	61	5410	56.95	15	Opener

 

[Sunil1z]

Sobers
Lara
Smith

I would like to make myself clear. It is Steve Smith not Dwayne Smith

 

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Being the moderator, you can obviously remove troll votes. But accusing Tendulkar votes as fake votes is unfair. It is not as if there is no bias from non-Tendulkar or non-Ashwin/Jadeja voters.

I certainly don't accuse Tendulkar votes as being fake, He warrants the position received. However, without the troll votes he and Hobbs would have tied but, by virtue of volume of votes, he would still be second on a countback.

 

[Sunil1z]

I certainly don't accuse Tendulkar votes as being fake, He warrants the position received. However, without the troll votes he and Hobbs would have tied but, by virtue of volume of votes, he would still be second on a countback.

Let it go man . I was joking earlier

 

[_00_deathscar]

It's not. But excluding Bradman and including Jadeja is.

So how is that relevant to voting for Sachin? It’s clearly Bradman who would get excluded - given he’d pick up enough votes elsewhere anyway and everyone basically considers him number 1 (although not as good as Jadeja).

 

[_00_deathscar]

Next in line:
Jadeja
Hobbs
Smith (Steve)

 

[honestbharani]

Sobers
Lara
Hutton

 

[ma1978]

Richards
Sobers
Lara

 

[Bolo.]

Hutton
Gavaskar
Sobers

 

[Sunil1z]

Next in line:
Jadeja
Hobbs
Smith (Steve)

I think we should stop it now . We are destroying chance of 1 deserving player . Not everyone is Bradman .

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Sobers
Richards
Lara

 

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@_00_deathscar Let's keep our comments to the debate thread. That's directed at both of us and others.
By the way, Hobbs (in your votes) is already elected.

 

[ataraxia]

Sobers
Hutton
Viv

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Viv
Sobers
Hutton

 

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Sobers
Hutton
Lara

 

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Sobers
Viv
Hutton

 

[Burgey]

Sobers
Hutton
Hammond