Narayana
U19 Cricketer
Overtone is bowling 145+ kmph at the moment, they might pick him
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Gary Sobers vs Steven Smith
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Narayana
U19 Cricketer
So Barrington was the best batter of that era?
DrWolverine
International Regular
Bradman was undoubtedly the best batsman of his era and light years ahead of his peers unlike Sobers whose contemporary was just as good as him.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
Sobers was overwhelmingly seen as the Greatest of that era, nobody was really close.
DrWolverine
International Regular
Barrington doesn’t have the longevity. He was unfortunate to have started his real career at the age of 28 and then retired due to health issues.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
Jacques Kallis>Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar tier take
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Archer is still a thing?
Narayana
U19 Cricketer
In last ashes , Robinson destroyed their top orders in a green Pitch, he got Smith on a duck.
And aus batsmans are great against left arm pace bowlers.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
in T20Is, Yes
DrWolverine
International Regular
The difference between Don & Hammond is huge. The difference between Lara & Kallis is small.
The difference between Sobers & Barrington during his playing days wasn’t that much. Ken was unfortunate to have had a late start & premature retirement.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Blatantly untruetop 4 is hard, He could never play South Africa as they were racist and refused to play anyone but the English and the Australians.
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by this, the top three teams he can face are England and Australia, both with good bowlers.
4,724 runs @ 53.7 average, 14 hundreds.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
wait what
Narayana
U19 Cricketer
I don't know about his test future, i thought he will play all formats as he has come back from the long break.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
They also played NZ.
iirc tho NZ was the first to refuse to play a series against them in the 60’s (don’t quote me on that)
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
who remembers NZ
Narayana
U19 Cricketer
If sobers is considered as a better test batsmen than Barrington only because of longevity, then why Kallis is not considered as better test batsmen than sobers?
168 test vs 98/100 test.
DrWolverine
International Regular
Barrington played for less than 10 years
Sobers played for 20+ years
That’s longevity. Not just matches alone.
Sobers played for 20+ years
That’s longevity. Not just matches alone.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
Sobers is considered better than Barrington because Sobers was far more dominant and flamboyant, plus Sobers played for 20 years from 1954 to 1974 while Kallis for 18.