Best batsman after Lara and Sachin

[Deja moo]

Why do people rate Gibbs so high ?

 

[FRAZ]

Why do people rate Gibbs so high ?

Because he seemed quite "high" recently . and he seemed quite "high " when he sunk the ship of Cronje and could'nt get out before 10 runs...

 

[Dar]

Hannan Sarkar

 

[nookie_lk]

Hannan Sarkar

ur kidding right ?

 

[Waughney]

Ponting/Dravid then Hayden. IMO at the moment Ponting & Dravid are a lot better than Sachin and probably better than Lara.

 

[marc71178]

ur kidding right ?

No worse than Jayasuriya.

 

[nookie_lk]

that shows how stupid u are

 

[Dasa]

^I don't think there is any need for that.
I would agree anyway, I cannot see how anyone can rate Jayasuriya ahead of Ponting, Dravid, Kallis, Hayden, Chanderpaul etc etc.

 

[Dar]

My serious answer is Ponting as much as i hate to admit it, in fact at the moment he'd be ahead of Lara and Tendulkar but over the las ten years or so those two have been considered the great players of the generation

 

[a10khan]

forget abt lara n sachin.. steve waugh was the best batsman of his generation... its all abt temperament...

 

[Deja moo]

forget abt lara n sachin.. steve waugh was the best batsman of his generation... its all abt temperament...

......and scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test , which he hasnt done even once in his entire career.

 

[FRAZ]

"FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ", No leg pulling
Even some people like me still think that Dravid is better than Sachin in certain cases ....

 

[FRAZ]

If some one sees Khan as the member name then it is not necessary to trip the posts of the new guy . He may be a Khan from The eastern part of South Asia ..
Any ways a10khan , Welcome to this CW community and I hope you are gonna enjoy this as much As we all do ...

 

[Deja moo]

If some one sees Khan as the member name then it is not necessary to trip the posts of the new guy . He may be a Khan from The eastern part of South Asia ..
Any ways a10khan , Welcome to this CW community and I hope you are gonna enjoy this as much As we all do ...

I mentioned that Steve Waugh has never scored a century in the 4th innings of a test.

Do you have a problem with me saying that Fraz ?

 

[FRAZ]

I mentiones that Steve Waugh has never scored a century in the 4th innings of a test.

Do you have a problem with me saying that Fraz ?

Lol
Deja dude , how are you ?
and as for the question you asked then , certainly
" NO "

 

[marc71178]

......and scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test , which he hasnt done even once in his entire career.

Yes, but 30 tons in his side's first innings means that the Aussies haven't actually had to bat 4th that often.

 

[FRAZ]

lolololol
yeah tell him

 

[Waughney]

FRAZ what's up with you? Everyone's entitled to their opinion.

 

[FRAZ]

Nuthin Man . Just Nuthin . Trust Me ...

 

[Deja moo]

Yes, but 30 tons in his side's first innings means that the Aussies haven't actually had to bat 4th that often.

Actually , the Aussies have had to bat 4th as many as 116 times in the 168 matches SRW played in.

Steve Waugh scored the following in his 4th innings outings:

10 , 19 , 26 , 3 , 21* , 4 , 4* , 4 , 47* , 26 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 14 , 18 , 6 , 34 , 27 , 15* , 30* , 28 , 15 , 18* , 38 , 24 , 1* , 67 , 14 , 14 , 6 , 80.


Steve Waugh has batted 31 times in those matches with 613 runs at an average of 25.54 with 2 fifties and the highest score of 80 coming in his last ever innings.

Australia have won 10 , drawn 8 and lost 13 of those 31 tests when Steve Waugh batted in the 4th innings.

And most of those 10 victories came after the 99 WC.

Prior to the 99 WC , aus managed to win just 2 , draw 6 and lose 10 of the 18 tests when Steve waugh batted in the 4th innings.

31 innings isnt a few by any means , and points to a certain deficiency.