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Sunil Gavaskar vs Ricky Ponting
- Thread starter DrWolverine
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Sliferxxxx
First Class Debutant
Lol
shortpitched713
Cricketer Of The Year
Hayden = Hutton
probably, if Hutton plays his cards right.
probably, if Hutton plays his cards right.
sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
Weird coming from someone who rates Hayden ahead of Tendulkar.
kyear2
Hall of Fame Member
Was literally the worst attack ever.
Even after that series he wasn't rated by anyone.
capt_Luffy
International Coach
Except yk..... He literally played for World XI based on this single series, and Garry Sobers rated him as the very best batsman he has Ever Seen, very much in this very ****ing series. It's pathetic at this point lol
kyear2
Hall of Fame Member
You mean when he was in India?
He's also called Weekes the best he's ever seen.
Think he's also called Gupte the greatest spinner?
Sunny relatively recently also called Garry the best batsman he's ever seen, and specially said over Sachin and Virat of all people.
Are you going with that?
That's why people go with consensus and not one person.
Lillee said Barry was better and wasn't kissing up to anyone. So did Thompson. Graeme Pollock and Mike Procter also called Barry the best batsmen they've ever seen.
The list for Barry is actually longer than Sunny's.
Bradman also called him the best opener he'd seen.
Do you want me to keep going?
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
No he isn't, he's above Ponting but let's not overrate him to Sachin tier
Thala_0710
State Captain
He's in the tier between
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
perhaps
capt_Luffy
International Coach
Yes he is.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
No he isn't
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Lara isn't Sachin tier and Gavaskar isn't Lara tier.
capt_Luffy
International Coach
Tell me a single reason why you would rate Lara definitely a tier ahead of Sunny, except 99 and 02.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
99 and 02
capt_Luffy
International Coach
Higher peaks and longer periods of relative mediocrity (still better than Viv though)
Thala_0710
State Captain
Lara could dominate the bowling in a way Sunny couldn't and when he was absolutely on it, come up with special innings/series that Sunny didn't.
Saying all this, I don't have them in separate tiers but if I do someday, that would be my argument.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
Nah Viv's better than Lara.
capt_Luffy
International Coach
I generally genuinely don't like the dominance argument. Specifically, I don't want my opener to dominate at all, rather play as many deliveries as possible; unless it's someone like Sehwag. Special Series is fair, a big reason why I infact rate him higher, but he also had a longer slump.