CW's Ranking of Batsmen (Tests)

[ataraxia]

FRAUD.

 

[HookShot]

Plus the extra season he lost playing against ROW in unofficial Tests!

Yeah, Chappell averaged 106 for that ROW Vs Australia 1971/72 series. Highest score 197.

Sobers of course scored his brilliant 254 during the Third Test at the MCG. What a knock that was.

 

[gftw]

Pollock - 5
Ponting - 8
Barrington - 1
Border - 2

The List
1. Don Bradman
2. Jack Hobbs
3. Garry Sobers
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Viv Richards
6. Brian Lara
7. Len Hutton
8. Wally Hammond
9. Sunil Gavaskar
10. Steve Smith
11. George Headley
12. Herbert Sutcliffe
13. Greg Chappell
14. Ricky Ponting

The vote for the #15 test batsman of all-time begins now.

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[CricAddict]

Border

 

[Chrish]

Have a hard time seeing Ponting at 14.. At worst, he should still be in top 10 IMO. Personally I am not really feeling this list!

 

[Line and Length]

Barrington

 

[PlayerComparisons]

G.Pollock

 

[OverratedSanity]

Pollock, I guess?

 

[ataraxia]

Border

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Have a hard time seeing Ponting at 14.. At worst, he should still be in top 10 IMO. Personally I am not really feeling this list!

List looks really good to me although I'd probably have a slightly different order. Who exactly out of that top 10 would you take out for Ponting lol? For me Ponting is slightly high and should be around the 15-20 range.

 

[HookShot]

Graeme Pollock.

(Ironically he gets extra points for longevity, and taking on Sylvester Clarke at aged 39)

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Pollock

 

[Immenso]

Pollock

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Have a hard time seeing Ponting at 14.. At worst, he should still be in top 10 IMO. Personally I am not really feeling this list!

I wanted the top 15 to be truly elite with only "2nd to Bradman" candidates. That means Pollock, Barry Richards, Grace, Ranji and Trumper instead of Sutcliffe, Chappell and Ponting.

 

[honestbharani]

Have a hard time seeing Ponting at 14

 

[Fuller Pilch]

And meanwhile Ponting (along with heaps of other gun Aussies) has been left unpicked in the ODI draft despite being top 10 in that format.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Grace shouldn’t be in top 25.He is my no.2 in greatest cricketer anyway .But shouldn’t make this top 25 as it focuses on only tests.Neither should Barry Richards who was undoubtedly the best opener I have ever seen.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Pollock for no.15

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Anyway, Pollock

 

[morgieb]

Graeme Pollock