Is this the worst "Best test batsman of all time" list?

[Burgey]

Actually, had he been one place higher I'd have enjoyed the list more, if only to see @Burgey's reaction.

Fmd imagine anyone ranking Jayawardene > TOTAB. Not even his mother would do that. Mahela a nice bloke but doesn’t belong in the top 30

 

[Line and Length]

Interestingly Hobbs, Gavaskar, Hutton and Sutcliffe occupy consecutive spots. I would have expected Hobbs to be a bit higher.

I agree that Sangakarra and Kallis are too high

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Missing Barry Richards, but otherwise okay.

 

[GIMH]

The Canadian that I regularly score at 30 runs an over with on stick cricket mysteriously excluded

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I have a great idea for a thread why doesn't everyone list their Top 30 batsmen of all time and we can discuss them in detail.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

It says since 1900 so that excludes Grace, but Trumper is a big omission.

 

[GIMH]

I have a great idea for a thread why doesn't everyone list their Top 30 batsmen of all time and we can discuss them in detail.

Joe Root
Alastair Cook
Jonny Bairstow
Andrew Flintoff
Ben Stokes
Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss
Ian Bell
Shahid Afridi
Kevin Pietersen
Graeme Thorpe
Nasser Hussain
Paul Collingwood
Matt Prior
Ravi Bopara
Ollie Pope
Zak Crawley
Michael Atherton
Rob Key
Mark Butcher
Geraint Jones
Jonathan Trott
Stuart Broad
Alec Stewart
Eoin Morgan
Jos Buttler
Michael Carberry
David Gower
Mike Gatting
Luke Wright

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

*uses 96.2% of brainpower to come up with a clever joke*

No Jadeja?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Joe Root
Alastair Cook
Jonny Bairstow
Andrew Flintoff
Ben Stokes
Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss
Ian Bell
Shahid Afridi
Kevin Pietersen
Graeme Thorpe
Nasser Hussain
Paul Collingwood
Matt Prior
Ravi Bopara
Ollie Pope
Zak Crawley
Michael Atherton
Rob Key
Mark Butcher
Geraint Jones
Jonathan Trott
Stuart Broad
Alec Stewart
Eoin Morgan
Jos Buttler
Michael Carberry
David Gower
Mike Gatting
Luke Wright

At least Afridi is rated accurately.

 

[Everton Seymour]

Headley should easily be top 15.

With just 22 Tests played? That's nowhere near enough

 

[BazBall21]

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There are so many dealbreakers in there

 

[BazBall21]

Williamson 9 spots over Waugh Jayawardene is #19. Hayden #22. These are just the ones that are borderline offensive though there are many more nonsensical entries.

Kane, Hayden, MoYo, Mahela, etc all too high to an offensive extent. Sanga as high as 3rd too is also a dealbreaker.

 

[BazBall21]

I have a great idea for a thread why doesn't everyone list their Top 30 batsmen of all time and we can discuss them in detail.

I’ll do it

 

[Athlai]

Not that bad tbh.

 

[ataraxia]

Not that bad tbh.

Yeah, it's above average, but indeed quite bad for something which involves thought. I was expecting more of a sportskeeda-type list with #8 and #9 being Gautam Gambhir and Sam Curran

 

[Xuhaib]

Not the worst i have seen

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Harvey not making top 50 is probably the biggest exclusion apart from Trumper.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

With just 22 Tests played? That's nowhere near enough

Of course it is.G Pollock should be too.
Barnes and O'Reilly both played 27 tests and they are clearly in the top 10-12 bowlers of all time.

Barry Richards should be in the top 20 and he only played 4 tests.

 

[Coronis]

Its really sad. When I was young, I eemember reading cricket books and really loving Barry Richards. Thanks to CW I kinda hate him now.

 

[ankitj]

Not the worst list