GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Great to see @Son Of Coco voting against Brook, yesterday must have been a hard day for him
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Harry Brook vs Viv Richards
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PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
Seems like a very close comparison
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Needs to change his name in order to beat Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards.
Cherrington needs to go
Cherrington needs to go
DrWolverine
State Vice-Captain
As of now they are having similar careers.
Harry Brook
37 innings. 2208 runs. Avg of 63.09. 8 centuries.
Viv Richards
37 innings. 2213 runs. Avg of 63.23. 8 centuries.
Harry Brook
37 innings. 2208 runs. Avg of 63.09. 8 centuries.
Viv Richards
37 innings. 2213 runs. Avg of 63.23. 8 centuries.
kyear2
International Coach
That's wild.
DrWolverine
State Vice-Captain
Let us wait for him to actually finish his career. Simply saying he will never be able to as good as Viv when he is just starting his career is biased.
Coronis
International Coach
iirc Viv wasn’t subpar in England or against multiple opposition at this point in his career
PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
He’ll end up as better than Steve Smith but worse than Tendulkar
DrWolverine
State Vice-Captain
Including the current century.
For now Brook is on 2210 runs.
OverratedSanity
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That means Viv only scored 16 tons in his last 145 innings? What a loser
kyear2
International Coach
Before I saw the thread pop up, was sitting here thinking I just don't see it.
Despite what two posters in particular think, Viv had a pretty good technique.
DrWolverine
State Vice-Captain
Viv played 121 Tests including 11 Tests in 1976.
Scored 20% of his runs and 30% of centuries of his career in just one year(1710 runs & 7 centuries)
DrWolverine
State Vice-Captain
Viv reached his career high average of 64 in his 37th innings. Harry Brook is now playing his 37th innings so let us see how he ends up.
Steve Smith reached an average of 64.95 in his 121st innings so reaching a peak higher than Steve will be amazing.
Johan
International Debutant
He has a flawed front foot game and has shown problem on turners while Viv at a similar stage absolutely murderered the Quaret on spin friendly wickets, and Root is far inferior to Viv who has decisively outplayed Brook in England.
kyear2
International Coach
Spent two years of his prime playing WSC, which he dominated.Viv played 121 Tests including 11 Tests in 1976.
Scored 20% of his runs and 30% of centuries of his career in just one year(1710 runs & 7 centuries)
Played no minnows, played in one of the 3 toughest batting eras. Was still the best batsman of the 80's.
kyear2
International Coach
???
Johan
International Debutant
Wasn't referencing you, dunno why PC and DrW thinks Viv and Harry at these stages of their career were comparable
PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
Pretty confident Brook can become Englands first 50+ averaging batsman since the 1950s and will have a well rounded record.
Looking forward to watching him bat in Australia and South Africa.
Looking forward to watching him bat in Australia and South Africa.