DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

[Burgey]

Don't think he has a TV gig. Will probably do some radio and Nine weekend sports shows. But that's about it for him I'd say.

 

[ataraxia]

Big names for 87, 86, and 85.

 

[jaideep]

Guessing Alvin Kallicharran for number 84.

 

[h_hurricane]

Fascinating part of this exercise the unending speculation. I would go with Azharuddin.

 

[Burgey]

To the betting shop?

 

[h_hurricane]

To the betting shop?

Haha. I don't think the rating criteria takes care of that.

 

[vcs]

Is there no one who makes it to the Top 100 list in both batting and bowling? Sobers/Imran/Botham?

 

[ataraxia]

Don't think so.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Did Aubrey Faulkner make the bowling list? Think he'd be reasonably close to the top 100 in both

 

[Flametree]

No.92

John Edrich (England) 682

Quality Points: 635
Career Points: 47

Career/Runs: 1966-1971, 5138 (rank 98)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 42.34 (43.54) 39.34 (40.46) 43.07 (37.03) (rank 117)
50 Innings Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1976-1979): 49.85 45.86 44.91 (rank 108)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 41.63 38.30 42.33 (rank 94)
Quality Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate: 46.69 43.69 43.65 (rank 48)

I doubt anyone cares or that it affects the ratings, but Edrich played a lot of tests after 1971...

 

[h_hurricane]

Ravindra Jadeja is going to make a future list to be created 10 years from now.

 

[Flametree]

And he retired in 1976 I think so his 50 innings peak won't have been 1976-1979...

 

[Burgey]

Ravindra Jadeja is going to make a future list to be created 10 years from now.

A future list of what though?

 

[h_hurricane]

A future list of what though?

Top 100 batsmen and Top 100 bowlers - both.

 

[Burgey]

Won’t go close with the bat imo. Might be a shout with the ball if blokes continue to refuse to play him as a slow medium pacer away from home, which is what he really is.

 

[ankitj]

He was already #30 of all time on bowlers' list.

 

[h_hurricane]

Won’t go close with the bat imo. Might be a shout with the ball if blokes continue to refuse to play him as a slow medium pacer away from home, which is what he really is.

He was somewhere around 30 in DoG's bowling list created last year Don't think he will get that bad to the extent that he will be out of top 100 there imo.

With bat, he is not anywhere close yet. Will be interesting to see his progress in the next 5 years.

 

[Logan]

211 wickets at an average of 24 and SR of 60 is good for a spinner

 

[Days of Grace]

Is there no one who makes it to the Top 100 list in both batting and bowling? Sobers/Imran/Botham?

Noone is likely to make the list anytime soon. You would have to average over 40 with the bat and under 30 with the ball, score a great deal of runs and capture a lot of wickets. This has so far been beyond anyone.

Sobers is ranked no.169 in bowling.
Botham and Imran are ranked 196 and 201 respectively in batting.
Kallis is ranked no.189 in bowling.

The closest to achieving it of the current players is Shakib, who is ranked no.171 in batting and no.107 in bowling but it doesn't look like he'll get a chance to improve anytime soon.

 

[Days of Grace]

I doubt anyone cares or that it affects the ratings, but Edrich played a lot of tests after 1971...

Yes, this is what happens when you copy and paste the formatting.

Can any moderator please change Edrich's career to 1963-1976 and his peak to 1966-1971?