Graham Gooch vs Vernon Philander

[capt_Luffy]

Dravid, Kallis, Sanga, G Smith, Root, De Villiers?

Dravid definitely despite himself having a fair few holes away (SA, SL and his Aus average is a bit inflated), Kallis and Graeme Smith around equal. The rest not for me, though Root and ABD are close. Kohli has just too many ATG/near ATG tours.

 

[Bolo.]

Maybe Dravid and Kallis. No to the last three unless you’re just looking at raw averages with no adjustment for era

Root is as close to 100% the same era as you can hope for in a comparison. AB is a big amount of overlap too.

 

[Thala_0710]

Maybe Dravid and Kallis. No to the last three unless you’re just looking at raw averages with no adjustment for era

Root is the same era as Kohli. De Villiers and Smith even with adjustment I'd have over him

 

[capt_Luffy]

Root not for me personally. Have his own much bigger hole and lacks series as good as Kohli.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

I care more about big series/match performances rather than just rating them on averages

 

[Thala_0710]

I care more about big series/match performances rather than just rating them on averages

It's not just averages. Many others have higher away averages than Kohli does, but also these players have well rounded consistent performances in most countries they have travelled too and have many great performances there as well. Hence, I'd go with them

 

[Fuller Pilch]

My second xi for combined Aus-Eng since 1970 might be mostly English players

Gooch
Cook
Gower
Root
Pietersen/Clarke
Botham
Healy
Broad/Gillespie/Hazlewood
Broad/Gillespie/Hazlewood
Lyon
Anderson

Those are very weak batting options at 8. I'd rather have Stokes/Flintoff at 7 with Healy at 8, or Healy at 7 with one of Harris or Mitch J at 8.

 

[andruid]

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