CW chooses the second greatest batsman ever redux, 100 men from 5 eras whittled to 1

[marc71178]

I've considered AB to be slightly ahead of Viv as ODI goat ever since he hit the fastest ton. In many ways he is as dominant compared to his peers as Viv was.

And as per usual, you're full of ****.

 

[weldone]

I've considered AB to be slightly ahead of Viv as ODI goat ever since he hit the fastest ton. In many ways he is as dominant compared to his peers as Viv was.

Kohli is very close to AB for years now.

 

[honestbharani]

Sobers
Lara
Hobbs

 

[Noble One]

Sobers, Richards, Lara.

 

[Brian Lara]

Sobers
Richards
Tendulkar

 

[viriya]

Kohli is very close to AB for years now.

A 10 point difference in SR is huge imo.

 

[Burgey]

I've considered AB to be slightly ahead of Viv as ODI goat ever since he hit the fastest ton. In many ways he is as dominant compared to his peers as Viv was.

Is he really? There's a lot of blokes who score very quickly these days in ODIs. It's a wonderful achievement, don't get me wrong, but are you really putting him ahead purely because of balls faced in one dig as a defining moment? Didn't de Villiers score that ton with SA already having a mile of runs on the board? I genuinely can't recall tbh

 

[viriya]

Is he really? There's a lot of blokes who score very quickly these days in ODIs. It's a wonderful achievement, don't get me wrong, but are you really putting him ahead purely because of balls faced in one dig as a defining moment? Didn't de Villiers score that ton with SA already having a mile of runs on the board? I genuinely can't recall tbh

Im not saying just because of that knock.. around that time his batting reached a different level that he has generally stayed in since.

Even though I pick him over Viv now it is close enough that either one has a good argument imo. Even Sachin had an argument - but there is distance after the top 3.

 

[watson]

All this is a moot point really as all of Tendulkar, Richards and AB de Villiers would be in any sane persons ATG ODI first XI.

 

[Zinzan]

Not if we're discussing who's the best and by what margin it's not moot...

 

[Victor Ian]

Jack Hobbs
Wally Hammond
Garry Sobers
Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara

 

[doesitmatter]

Sachin
Sobers
Viv.. I like Lara but went with Viv..I went with ability against real pace..

 

[Slifer]

Sachin
Richards
Sobers

 

[Zinzan]

Wasn't it 24 hours per round?

 

[mr_mister]

yeah but thought it'd be nice to give the final a little longer. Will close it up soon


My votes btw:

Sobers
Sachin
Hobbs

 

[mr_mister]

as I was going thru, scrolling down and counting votes Zinzan's extraordinarily incorrect count halfway through threw me off and I had to start again lmao



So it's done and I guess it's unanimous that Sobers is the second best lol.


Sobers (25 votes)First
Hobbs (16 votes)Second
Sachin (13 votes)Third
Lara (10 votes)
Viv (10 votes)
Hammond (1 vote)

 

[Coronis]

Sounds about right, gj Sobers, unexpected winner.

 

[jimmy101]

That looks about right to me. I like how Viv & Lara are equal on points.

 

[watson]

A little different to these 'second best' polls from a few years ago;


Tendulkar > Richards > Sobers

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/59341-best-after-don-52.html



Tendulkar > Sobers > Richards/Hobbs

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/68419-2nd-best-batsman-ever.html



Richards/Hobbs > Sobers

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/29145-who-s-2nd-greatest-test-batsman-alltime.html

 

[ankitj]

According to Wisden some time in 2002: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisden_100#Top_5_Test_batsmen