Richard Hadlee VS Jacques Kallis

[kyear2]

Fair, although Hadlee's bowling & Kallis' batting and you're arguably rivalling Bradman as the greatest cricketer of all time, and streets ahead of Sobers.

Hadlee's bowling added to Kallis's batting and catching isn't rivalling anyone.

Greatest cricketer in history, period.

 

[kyear2]

I'm firmly of the opinion that Bradman, statistically, literally shouldn't exist and is the greatest outlier in any major sport.

That being said, if a cricketer ever comes along averaging 55 with the bat in the top order, taking the new ball and averaging 22 while picking up 5 wpm, and racking up crazy catching numbers in the slips as well - all over the course of an 18-20 year career - I'd be prepared to say they don't just rival Bradman as the greatest ever but are the new all time number one.

Ahh, you said it before me.

And it wasn't just the crazy catching numbers, it was the crazy catches.

But yeah, that's unfathomable.

 

[sayon basak]

A batting average of 27 and a bowling average of 34?

Which team?

 

[kyear2]

Confession - when I slip into hours of boredom at work - I fantasize that player is me. Sometimes I’m averaging 100/10 and sometimes 50/20. Either way a traumatic Pant injury or something happens towards the end of my career and then a make a miraculous recovery after ~2 years and prove once and for all I am the GOAT. Then I finally get another customer.

Then I’m a racing driver. Brmmm brrmmmm

Aren't we all F1 drivers when driving down a relatively winding hill?

Especially after a good qualify session?

 

[shortpitched713]

A batting average of 27 and a bowling average of 34?

Which team?

Zimbabwe

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Better numbers than Moeen Ali 68 tests and Mitch Marsh 46

About the same as Mitch Santner 30 tests

 

[kyear2]

Zimbabwe

Not sure that's a flex tbh.

 

[reyrey]

Craig white was an all rounder who had a batting average was 24 and a bowling average of 38, but was pretty valuable player for England for a short while. Bowled really well in unfriendly pace bowling conditions and added some much needed battling depth.

If he was playing now I'd probably pick him in every Test team except the Australian one. Unsure about NZ as I don't really know their best bowling line up right now.