Creme de la Creme: Garry Sobers vs Viv Richards

[centurymaker]

2nd best to Sobers? or to Bradman?

2nd best to Bradman obv

 

[Prince EWS]

Cribb doesn't rate Viv Richards.

Why was I brought into this thread?

 

[benchmark00]

Not denying it boi.

 

[smash84]

Why was I brought into this thread?

To prove your obsession with statistics perhaps

 

[Adorable Asshole]

In my opinion Viv was quite simply the second greatest batsman to ever play the game and I rate him closer to Bradman that most others would. Sobers though was no slouch and I have him rated just below Viv and that is because I believe Viv faced the better bowlers, batted on faster home pitches, dominated the best bowlers and I just believe Sobers batted to much at no. 6 and even though he had the better record he cashed in on some ordinary attacks.
Quite honestly, from all that I have read and seen the only batsmen who can even be rated with them are Bradman himself, Hobbs, Tendulkar Richards and Lara with Chappell, Headley, Hammond and Pollock just behind them.

Lillee rates Sobers, Richards and Richards as comfortably the best 3 batsmen he has bowled to and that covers quite a large era. That in itself speaks volumes.

Which Richards is which?

 

[thierry henry]

Crème de la crème of overrated dickheads amirite bois

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Sobers wasn't a dickhead afaik.

 

[Daemon]

Graeme Cremer better than both