Sunil Gavaskar vs Len Hutton

[Coronis]

One of the greatest debut ever ( still standing record )

What still standing record? He didn’t even make a ton on his debut

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

What still standing record? He didn’t even make a ton on his debut

Debut series

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Hutton pretty clearly. He missed some of his peak years as well which might have affected his average.

 

[Johan]

Hutton forever. He is the Glenn McGrath of batting, ridiculously consistent and not effected by the era change at all.

 

[shortpitched713]

Gavaskar
Hayden
Hutton
Sehwag

The top 3 in this group definitely separate themselves from Sehwag. That top 3 is what I am confident as being the triforce of excellent opening performance in different ways. Gavaskar is the best though. I wonder if any opener will reach those heights going forward. Or maybe it really is becoming a cannon fodder batting spot which is growing less important over time?

 

[Johan]

The top 3 in this group definitely separate themselves from Sehwag. That top 3 is what I am confident as being the triforce of excellent opening performance in different ways. Gavaskar is the best though. I wonder if any opener will reach those heights going forward. Or maybe it really is becoming a cannon fodder batting spot which is growing less important over time?

Geoffrey is definitely better than Sehwag

 

[shortpitched713]

Geoffrey is definitely better than Sehwag

Let me be clear, I don't have a moral qualm in not rating Boycott.

I do take his teammates at their word when they say he had a selfish approach which was costing them, and they even actively ran him out, in what must be an unprecedented incident. If that's not grounds to be suspicious of an individual's run scoring record, I don't know what is.

 

[Johan]

Let me be clear, I don't have a moral qualm in not rating Boycott.

I do take his teammates at their word when they say he had a selfish approach which was costing them, and they even actively ran him out, in what must be an unprecedented incident. If that's not grounds to be suspicious of an individual's run scoring record, I don't know what is.

Nah it was just a one time thing where England believed it would rain and Boycott thought it wouldn't rain, Boycott and Botham had an argument about rain during the match, at the end I think it didn't rain so...He actually has played lots of match winning knocks, was a very gutsy player, ready to take on Lillee/Hogg and the Windies quaret when he was aging and reaching his 40s.

a fun fact would be, when Geoffrey Boycott scored a hundred, England never lost.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

a fun fact would be, when Geoffrey Boycott scored a hundred, England never lost.

Yeah.. He takes 3 days to score a 100.

 

[Johan]

Yeah.. He takes 3 days to score a 100.

45% of Geoffrey's tons led to wins, 17% of Gavaskar's hundreds led to wins.