Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
50-60 probably? In his final England series he batted with 51 SR, in 1969 it was also 50, in 1966 England it was 59 but it was the best series of his life, in 1963 England it was 45.
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Steve Smith vs Sachin Tendulkar (after 205 innings)
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subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
So a fair advantage over Hutton even if we give openers credit to be slower.
DrWolverine
International Debutant
Top 6-8 depending on my mood that day
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
True, but Hutton would cancel that advantage out due to the opener tax imo, opening in England is a far harder job than playing 4-5 on 50s/60s Windies wickets which were generally flat.
West Indies: Pitch like those of 60s
It resembles a Kensington Oval pitch of 1960s vintage 'flat and grassless 'and there is a reason for it
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DrWolverine
International Debutant
1.Immediately after the world war
2. The guy who came before him was Superman.
3. The guys who came after him were more flamboyant
sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
Plus was averaging 56 in the 50's while others in his team couldn't average 40.
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sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
Can I see your top 10? Just curious how you fit Gavaskar in the top 6-8.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
> go to West Indies while you're nearing 40Plus was averaging 56 in the 50's while others in his team couldn't average 40.
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> outperform both Weekes and Walcott on their own wickets
> singlehandedly draw a series you were losing 2-0 after two tests
DrWolverine
International Debutant
1. Sachin
2. Sobers
3. Smith
4. Viv
5. Hutton
6. Lara
7. Gavaskar
8. Barrington
9. Kallis
10. Ponting
** Obviously Don is the best but not sure on how to rate or rank pre war cricketers
DrWolverine
International Debutant
Sachin. Viv. Sobers. Smith.
I have them on the same tier.
I usually have Sachin as first.
Viv has no weakness.
Sobers has longevity.
Smith seems to have no weakness in his record for now.
I would have rated Hutton higher but compared to the others he faced less ATG bowlers though he played in tougher conditions
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
don't really think Smith has performed against more ATGs than Hutton tbh
DrWolverine
International Debutant
Ponting. Sanga. Kallis.
Same tier for me.
Same tier for me.
sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
Ok I didn't realize you don't rate older players at all.
sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
Chappell is better than all of them.
DrWolverine
International Debutant
Viv easily faced better competition.
I have few issues with Sobers :
1. Playing a higher proportion of matches against Tier B teams but not exactly minnows.
2. That record against NZ. 12 Tests is a significant sample size as well.
Thala_0710
International 12th Man
Not sure about that. Have all 4 of them in the same tier with Punter>Chappell>Kallis>Sanga for me
DrWolverine
International Debutant
Similar issue like Lillee.
Played 78 out of 87 Tests in Aus, Eng & NZ.
Just 3 Tests in Pak & 1 Test in SL. None in Ind.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Sobers SR is listed at 52-53 by Davis.