Best batsman after Lara and Sachin

[Hero_Don]

Dravid and Ponting are clearly the next best, followed by Hayden.
I cant tell wheater Dravid or Ponting is better because I havent seen that much of him

 

[Neil Pickup]

Once again Chanderpaul sneeks under the radar...

Also, why is Kallis in the 3rd grouping?? Surely he's better than Kirsten, Thorpe and Fleming at the very least.

Chanders I missed by accident.

Kallis remains in Group 3. I would far rather see Kallis come out to the wicket as a bowler than either Kirsten, Thorpe or Fleming.

 

[Bazza]

Despite the fact Kallis averages 52, Kirsten 45, Thorpe 42 and Fleming 38? :duh:

 

[Neil Pickup]

Yes. Remind me of Graeme Smith's average.

 

[Richard]

And until it comes down you've got no grounds criticising him.
How can everyone possibly rate Stephen Waugh's deeds so low? For me he slips into the Tendulkar, Lara group - those 3 are a class above anything.
Maybe I'll do a Neil-impression grouping sometime.

 

[Pratters]

How can everyone possibly rate Stephen Waugh's deeds so low? For me he slips into the Tendulkar, Lara group - those 3 are a class above anything.

Waugh is definitely in the top bracket like Lara and Tendulkar as one of the greats of the game.

I was talking of the players who can become greats 'players for the future' as I put on the post. So Waugh doesnt come into the discussion at all according to me like Lara and Tendulkar dont.

 

[Shane Warne]

Despite the fact Kallis averages 52, Kirsten 45, Thorpe 42 and Fleming 38? :duh:

yea your right, the kid who said otherwise needs to put the crackpipe down. kallis owns kirsten thorpe n flem

 

[michael_vaughan]

hi

well i think the best batter after Lara and Sachin is michael vaughan

jane

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Re: hi

well i think the best batter after Lara and Sachin is michael vaughan

jane

Avoiding all bias I'm sure...

 

[michael_vaughan]

hi

Avoiding all bias I'm sure...

cause i am

jane

 

[Shane Warne]

the answer is, dravid

 

[kashikooler979]

Dravid, Ponting and Kallis

 

[Sanz]

I would put Dravid and then Hayden as the next best batsmen after Sachin & Lara. Ponting has not done too well in India in last couple of series he has played and I would wait till the recent India-Aus series to put him above Hayden. If he does well (which I am sure) then he is right up there.

 

[steds]

One of Ponting, Sarwan, Dravid, Laxman, Vaughan, SS Das(don't laugh), Jacques Rudolph, Inzamam

 

[marc71178]

Sureky the best batsman after Lara and Tendulakar would be the person who's best suited to sitting hours waiting for his turn, knowing he's next in, seeing as if those 2 get going they could bat all day without getting out?

 

[cbuts]

i odnt understand how so many internationals rate flemming so high - he is so increadibly average with the bat. i dont think smith is giong to go on and be as good as some he think. we showed how to crumble him and unless he can fix this emotinoal problem he has he is never gonna be sucesful, both aussie and enlgnad im sure will expliot this weakness in his game

 

[Sudeep]

Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis come in the next for me.

 

[aussie_beater]

Ponting has been around for ages remember he started early and has faced Wasim, Waqar ambrose etc.. and done extremly well against them.

Ponting's stat's against Pakistan are very good he avrages around 75 and almost all of those run's have come against Pakistan attack's with Akram, Waqar, Shoaib etc..

Actually in tests Ponting has played Akram only in the 1999 series in Aus.That series wasn't very spectacular for Ponting except for a 197 he scored at Perth. And he played Waqar in that series and later in the series which was played in SL and Sharjah when Waqar was pretty much on his way out.

And the same can be said about his record against WI till the Ambrose and Walsh combination was around. He averaged below 40 against WI in that period as against his current average of over 60 against WI.

 

[Jnr.]

well i think the best batter after Lara and Sachin is michael vaughan

jane

What, don't you think that Michael Vaughan is better than BCL and SRT?

 

[FRAZ]

For me Sanath Jayasuriya . Boy this guy reminded us the good o days of viv atleast for some period of time .........