CW's Ranking of Batsmen (Tests)

[gftw]

Lara - 12
Smith - 1
Hammond - 1
Gavaskar - 1
Hutton - 5

The List
1. Don Bradman
2. Jack Hobbs
3. Garry Sobers
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Viv Richards
6. Brian Lara

The vote for the #7 test batsman of all-time begins now.

 

[trundler]

Hutton

 

[ankitj]

Are we not voting for Smith because he is still playing?

 

[Nikhil99.99]

George Headley

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Hammond

 

[Coronis]

Hammond

 

[Nikhil99.99]

That might very well hold for England, for Australia Bradman will completely skew this stat towards matches where he got out early. For most practical purposes, this is Bradman's average in matches where Bradman didn't score runs.

This is 100 percent true. I did another calculation and bradmans average is 70 odd with over 2000 runs.When considering the matches where bradmans score are removed from the team total.And calculating in the pitch where his team mates struggled .Only in those instances where the team got all out.
For eg-removing his 212 out of teams 425 odd,his 299 not out of teams 513 from team total.As everyone else except him struggled.That’s some serious performance.don’t think anyone batting in good enough batting line in history average would touch anything close to 50.May be around 45 odd Imo.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

7,8,9 imo should be-Headley,smith,Hutton (in no particular order).

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I agree with the top 6, though not the order, after that there's a few candidates.

Chappell G

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Sunil Gavaskar

 

[kyear2]

Hutton

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Headley

 

[Slifer]

Hutton

 

[kyear2]

7,8,9 imo should be-Headley,smith,Hutton (in no particular order).

Agree with this. Should be Hutton, Smith, Headley imo

 

[Bitmap]

Hutton

 

[PlayerComparisons]

I think all of Hammond, Gavaskar, and G.Chappell should be ahead of Headley and G.Pollock for having complete careers/good sample sizes

 

[kyear2]

I think all of Hammond, Gavaskar, and G.Chappell should be ahead of Headley and G.Pollock for having complete careers/good sample sizes

Look at the length of Headley's career.

 

[Line and Length]

Hutton (closely followed by two other 'H's ... other than Harris)

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Look at the length of Headley's career.

Yeah its just the sample size issue. Both Headley and Pollock were obviously still good enough to where they should be in like the top 15 and ahead of guys like border/miandad/ponting/sanga but Id have them just slightly behind Gavaskar, Hammond, G.Chappell.

 

[The Sean]

Walter Hammond