CW's Ranking of Batsmen (Tests)

[steve132]

Peter May

 

[honestbharani]

SehWAG

 

[OverratedSanity]

Sehwag

 

[Xix2565]

Sehwag

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Sehwag was devastating, but big Matty Hayden was even better, so Hayden.

 

[Daemon]

Yeah I'm probably going Hayden next. Both hard to split for me.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Yeah I'm probably going Hayden next. Both hard to split for me.

Very similar players. A bit loose against the swinging ball but so dominant, aggressive, and intimidating.

 

[gftw]

Chanderpaul - 2
Greenidge - 1
Sehwag - 6
May - 3
Hayden - 1

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
15. Graeme Pollock
16. Kumar Sangakkara
17. Allan Border
18. Jacques Kallis
19. Steve Waugh
20. Ken Barrington
21. Javed Miandad
22. Rahul Dravid
23. Everton Weekes
24. Denis Compton
25. Younis Khan
26. Clyde Walcott
27. Dudley Nourse
28. AB de Villiers
29. Geoffrey Boycott
30. Andy Flower
31. Victor Trumper
32. Bob Simpson
33. Rohan Kanhai
34. Neil Harvey
35. Frank Worrell
36. Joe Root
37. Graeme Smith
38. Virat Kohli
39. Kane Williamson
40. Virender Sehwag

The vote for the #41 test batsman of all-time begins now.

Reply

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Chanderpaul - 2
Greenidge - 1
May - 3
Hayden - 1

Any of those above plus Morris, Harvey, and Crowe would be fine now (as would Barry Richards but that ship has sailed).

 

[miscer]

Can we please say batter and not batsman? Thank you

 

[Daemon]

Hayden

 

[Line and Length]

Peter May

 

[Coronis]

Can we please say batter and not batsman? Thank you

Uh why

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Chanderpaul - 2
Greenidge - 1
Sehwag - 6
May - 3
Hayden - 1

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
15. Graeme Pollock
16. Kumar Sangakkara
17. Allan Border
18. Jacques Kallis
19. Steve Waugh
20. Ken Barrington
21. Javed Miandad
22. Rahul Dravid
23. Everton Weekes
24. Denis Compton
25. Younis Khan
26. Clyde Walcott
27. Dudley Nourse
28. AB de Villiers
29. Geoffrey Boycott
30. Andy Flower
31. Victor Trumper
32. Bob Simpson
33. Rohan Kanhai
34. Frank Worrell
35. Joe Root
36. Graeme Smith
37. Virat Kohli
38. Kane Williamson
39. Virender Sehwag

The vote for the #40 test batsman of all-time begins now.

Reply

Didn’t Neil Harvey made the list?

 

[CricAddict]

Can we please say batter and not batsman? Thank you

Why? They are batsmen only.

 

[CricAddict]

Hayden

 

[OverratedSanity]

Neil Harvey

 

[ataraxia]

Uh why

let's change it so we can vote in Ellyse Perry for #14285

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Neil Harvey was voted in at Number 34 ages ago but has somehow since vanished.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Neil Harvey was voted in at Number 34 ages ago but has somehow since vanished.

Someone should secretly remove that Bradman chap and see if anyone notices.