Ranking the Batsmen

[aussie tragic]

Again I'd go with Hammond, however as people seem to think only latest players are the "greatest", I'll vote for the mighty Viv Richards to at least set the modern record straight

 

[nightprowler10]

Lara.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Richards.

 

[Dasa]

Torn between Viv Richards and Lara for this one.
I'll go Lara, because I've seen his brilliance in person.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Richards. Lara. Richards. Lara.

Richards.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I'll stick with Greg Chappell.

 

[silentstriker]

Richards/Lara random number generator.


Lara it is

 

[Fusion]

Viv Richards

 

[Matt79]

I think it should be Hammond, but I also think that Richards should be ahead of Lara et al, and Viv seems more likely to win that Wally, so my vote is:

Viv Richards

 

[Jasim]

Inzamam-ul-Haq

A great batsman to watch and a real match winner.He is the best as compare to Tendulkar,Dravid,Lara and Ponting in match winning.

 

[silentstriker]

A great batsman to watch and a real match winner.He is the best as compare to Tendulkar,Dravid,Lara and Ponting in match winning.

Ehhh, IMO he is in the third tier of the modern batsmen.

Tier 1: Sachin, Lara
Tier 2: Ponting, Dravid
Tier 3: Inzamam, Kallis, Hayden, Gilchrist


Note that Ponting or Dravid (Ponting especially) might improve to be in the first tier by the time he retires.

 

[nightprowler10]

Ehhh, IMO he is in the third tier of the modern batsmen.

Tier 1: Sachin, Lara
Tier 2: Ponting, Dravid
Tier 3: Inzamam, Kallis, Hayden, Gilchrist


Note that Ponting or Dravid (Ponting especially) might improve to be in the first tier by the time he retires.

Hmm. Where do you rate Yousuf there?

 

[silentstriker]

Hmm. Where do you rate Yousuf there?

Tier 4: Yousuf, Sehwag, Jayawardane (and about 6-8 others)

Yousuf can move up a tier if he does well in South Africa. He's at the edge here.

Also, I am not including Pieterson, Hussey, etc yet until they've played longer.

 

[Matt79]

If Andy Flower's career hadn't been cut short by politics, which tier would you have him in?

 

[silentstriker]

If Andy Flower's career hadn't been cut short by politics, which tier would you have him in?

He's the toughest one. He came to India and just dominated, and I mean completely dominated, the spinners. He made our spinners, who are supposedly the best in the world playing at home, his personal b*****. I've never seen anything like it. And he didn't play in a great team, so I would say somewhere like Tier 2.

I think Gilchrist is more important to his team because of the type of way he plays, and he'd be my wicketkeeper in an all time list, but in terms of purely batsman ship, I think he is ahead.

The thing about Gilchrist is that he has been such a key part of Aussie dominance. Every time they look like they might lose, in he comes and just blasts the opposition. Now that I think about it, I should put both Gilly and Flower in Tier 2. I know Gilchrist hasn't been doing the best as of late, and if he picks up his batting and ends his career anywhere close to his 2000-2004 form, I would put him in Tier 2.

 

[PhoenixFire]

For a while Flower was the best batsman in the world, better than Gilchrist in his prime imo.

 

[silentstriker]

For a while Flower was the best batsman in the world, better than Gilchrist in his prime imo.

Yea, but his prime didn't last as long (perhaps through no fault of his own) for me to pick him over Gilly in an all time team. Plus with the batting you have in an all time team, you want your batsman to come in and be destructive. No one has been as consistently destructive as Gilchrist (Maybe Sir Viv, but thats about it).

 

[PhoenixFire]

Bradman?

 

[silentstriker]

Bradman?

No, not Bradman. He wasn't the most destructive batsman in history. Not really that many before the one-day age.

He might have been destructive for his time, but he played at a time where 2.5 runs per over was the norm in Test cricket.

 

[adharcric]

Richards