CW Ranks the Batsmen

[Xuhaib]

Lara
Punter

 

[bagapath]

Hutton (Len)
Gavaskar (Sunil)

 

[SJS]

Trumper

 

[fredfertang]

1. Herbert Sutcliffe
2. Brian Lara

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Lara
G. Chappell

 

[adharcric]

1. Hutton
2. Chappell

Lara - 14
Chappell - 11
Hutton - 4
Trumper/Ponting - 3
Sutcliffe/May - 2
Gavaskar/Macartney - 1

 

[The Sean]

1. Lara
2. Hutton

 

[Michaelf7777777]

1. Bert Suttcliffe (NZ)
2. George Headley (WI)

 

[Evermind]

1) J Minshull
2) Pattenden

Everyone since then is garbage.

Greatest match ever played with the greatest players ever

 

[DaRick]

1) Ricky Ponting
2) Len Hutton

 

[nightprowler10]

Lara
Chappell

 

[Slifer]

Lara
G Chappell

 

[G.I.Joe]

Ponting
Lara

 

[silentstriker]

Chappell
Hutton

 

[weldone]

1. Leonard Hutton
2. George Headley

 

[Evermind]

Seriously now:

1) Ponting
2) Lara

 

[BoyBrumby]

1) BCL Lara
2) KS Ranjitsinhji

I have nothing but the purest love in my heart for Brian Charles, so will keep voting until he's in & Ranji's dominance over his peers is really quite an eye-opener. Test averages from the 1890s.

This again.

Urge people to check Ranji's figures too, he should be getting more votes than he is IMHO.

In Victor Trumper's profile on cricinfo (lifted from Wisden) it says "Trumper at the zenith of his fame challenged comparison with Ranjitsinhji.", suggesting that just to get close to Ranji was a mark of batting greatness.

 

[adharcric]

Yeah, highly recommend Ranji and Pollock (in addition to those that are receiving votes) for the next few positions.

Lara - 24
Chappell - 15
Huttong/Ponting - 9 each
Sutcliffe - 4
Trumper - 3
Headley/May - 2
Gavaskar/Macartney/Ranji - 1

 

[zaremba]

Ranji
Lara

 

[steve132]

Headley
Lara