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Ranking the Batsmen

The Sean

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
silentstriker said:
No offense to Morris, but ahead of Hobbs? No one from the WI pace battery? Barry Richards I wouldn't have in there because of lack of Test matches but I can understand why people rate him so high (I do as well). But at least two clearly better openers than Morris, if not more (Hutton, Hobbs, Gavaskar).
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The Morris thing, as Bradman explained, was that as a selector he always leaned toward a right-hand/left-hand opening batting combination, and his opinion was that Arthur Morris was the greatest left-handed opener ever. I'm surprised he rated B Richards ahead of Hobbs, Hutton or Gavaskar, but I have no doubt his opinion must have been swayed by seeing Richards playing for South Australia at such close quarters when The Don was still heavily involved in SA Cricket.
 
The Sean

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
silentstriker said:
Not to take away anything from Tallon, but all time XI?
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Tallon is another interesting one - looking back at cricket history, Tallon appears in it very briefly, for only 21 Tests, and his rate of dismissals isn't great either. Today we don't rate him particularly highly, but if you read the thoughts of the Australian players who saw him in action in those first few years after WWII, they all say that Tallon at his best was the finest keeper they ever saw. A book written in the 1980s which asked a host of former players, commentators, selectors and writers to choose their all-time Australian XIs ended with only three men being picked in everyone's team - Bradman, O'Reilly and Tallon.
 
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adharcric

adharcric

International Coach
Someone said he's the 3rd greatest batsman ever. Well, definitely not in this list.

The List
1. Don Bradman (AUS)
2. Garry Sobers (WI)
3. Jack Hobbs (ENG)
4. Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
5. Viv Richards (WI)
6. Brian Lara (WI)
7. Sunil Gavaskar (IND)
8. Wally Hammond (ENG)
9. Greg Chappell (AUS)
10. George Headley (WI)
11. Graeme Pollock (RSA)
12. Everton Weekes (WI)
13. Len Hutton (ENG)
14. Steve Waugh (AUS)
15. Clyde Walcott (WI)
16. Ricky Ponting (AUS)
17. Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG)
18. Allan Border (AUS)
19. Rahul Dravid (IND)
20. Javed Miandad (PAK)
21. Victor Trumper (AUS)
22. Ken Barrington (ENG)
23. Geoff Boycott (ENG)
24. Barry Richards (RSA)

The vote for the #25 batsman of all-time begins now.

The Contenders
 
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