Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
he's also better than Ricky "I can't play in india to save my life" Ponting etc
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Sunil Gavaskar vs Ricky Ponting
- Thread starter DrWolverine
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Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
At least Ponting could score a ton in India.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
atleast Root can average 35 in Australia, Ponting averages 24 in India smh
Thala_0710
State Captain
Made a thread for this debate too
govinda indian fan
State Captain
Cant believe people calling sunny fair wether batsmen. When india scored 400 thrice in fourth innings ( only team to do so) sunny was top scorer. Sunny scored 96 in his last match on rank turner. Think only few batsmen stood out against top class opponents like him
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sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
I wonder what'd that prove.
govinda indian fan
State Captain
He is no way a fair wether batsmen like @kyear2 says
DrWolverine
International Regular
Great against the good bowlers
Good against the great bowlers
Pretty much like everyone else
Good against the great bowlers
Pretty much like everyone else
capt_Luffy
International Coach
I think this single quote sums it up perfectly. Every Great batsmen performs Great and against Great mostly in friendlier in conditions; and you can count on them to have a few ATG innings when the going gets tough, the latter Gavaskar has as well like 221 Eng or 96 Pak
DrWolverine
International Regular
Hutton faced tougher conditions
Not sure he faced the elite bowling that Viv, Sunny or Sachin did
Not sure he faced the elite bowling that Viv, Sunny or Sachin did
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
I always thought this was common sense, India and Pakistan are both slow and obviously Gavaskar would develope his style to suit that, saying he's fair weather doesn't mean anything because Ponting, Kallis, Sangakkara are all fair weather and have more holes in their record than Gavaskar, who was actually competent in ENA and ABSOLUTELY dominated on slower wickets, anywhere in the world against any bowling.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
He faced one of the greatest bowling lineups of all time in Ashes 47, 48, 50 and 53 in the form of the invincibles, the latter two serieses were played on extremely bowler friendly wickets, Hutton made
1,735 runs @ 57.83 in 36 innings.
second best batter was Denis Compton with 1,308 runs @ 40.87, though he was injured in 1950, he still only gets 1,255 runs @ 50.2, every other English batter averaged below 40, mostly under 35, Compton also completely was outperformed by miles by Hutton in the difficult tours/serieses.
Nothing else needs to be said, really.
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subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
If you are going to average 35 but not score a ton, might as well average 24.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
he'll score a ton this year, I'll come back to this after it
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Maybe.
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Why is Hobbs better?
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
better peak, more longevity and didn't lose the hook/pull shot due to the war. Hutton might've been better had he not lost half his hand to the second world war.
DrWolverine
International Regular
Hobbs’ pre-war record is simply amazing