Top 5 Batsmen on 2000s

[Sanz]

So Who in your opinion make top 5 list ? Please disregard their careers before 2000 (For example If you want to Include SR Tendulkar, count his achievements only since the year 2000).

So who make your list of top 5 Batsmen of the last 9 years ?

Edit :- Oops !! Wrong Forum. Can someome please move the thread to CC ? Thanks.

 

[Top_Cat]

Rick Ponting for mine. Had a phenomenal run.

 

[Athlai]

Tests

Ponting
Yousuf
Kallis
Chanderpaul
Sehwag

ODI

Tendulkar
Ponting
Hayden
Pietersen
Hussey

 

[Sanz]

Rick Ponting for mine. Had a phenomenal run.

That's one.

 

[Precambrian]

Well, tried to divide the decade into two, the first one being from 2000-2005.

Player			Span		Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s	
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	2000-2005	63	108	21	5603	189*	64.40	12288	45.59	17	27	6	632	49	
A Flower (Zim)		2000-2002	24	42	7	2214	232*	63.25	4299	51.50	6	11	1	280	13	
RT Ponting (Aus)	2000-2005	66	112	17	5898	257	62.08	9355	63.04	20	22	5	711	40	
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak	2000-2005	47	78	8	4335	329	61.92	7606	56.99	16	19	5	550	31	
R Dravid (ICC/India)	2000-2005	60	100	14	5305	270	61.68	12013	44.16	14	23	5	676	9	
ML Hayden (Aus)		2000-2005	71	127	12	6633	380	57.67	10745	61.73	24	23	5	813	73	
SR Tendulkar (India)	2000-2005	53	88	9	4482	248*	56.73	8303	53.98	13	18	5	616	14	
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	2000-2005	56	102	2	5631	400*	56.31	9524	59.12	18	17	10	695	49	
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	2001-2004	27	40	11	1573	204*	54.24	3668	42.88	5	4	1	190	1	
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	2000-2005	47	76	7	3717	223	53.86	7422	50.08	13	14	4	477	28	
V Sehwag (ICC/India)	2001-2005	39	64	2	3320	309	53.54	4501	73.76	10	10	5	485	36

 

[Top_Cat]

That's one.

Hah, doh, didn't read the thread title properly.

Ponting
Hayden
Kallis
Sehwag
Lara

 

[Precambrian]

From 1.1.06 to date.

Player			Span		Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s	
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	2006-2007	17	31	4	2156	202	79.85	3548	60.76	9	5	1	269	13	
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2006-2008	23	38	4	2534	287	74.52	4229	59.91	9	8	1	320	6	
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2006-2008	24	40	3	2451	374	66.24	4475	54.77	10	5	5	272	12	
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2006-2008	22	39	9	1921	136*	64.03	4357	44.08	5	15	1	213	7	
RT Ponting (Aus)	2006-2008	26	45	4	2475	196	60.36	4159	59.50	10	10	0	259	12	
Younis Khan (Pak)	2006-2007	19	36	4	1930	199	60.31	3349	57.62	6	9	4	251	4	
MEK Hussey (Aus)	2006-2008	26	42	5	2229	182	60.24	4545	49.04	6	12	2	238	10	
ND McKenzie (SA)	2008-2008	12	19	2	1002	226	58.94	2163	46.32	3	2	1	131	4	
MJ Clarke (Aus)		2006-2008	21	33	5	1608	145*	57.42	3055	52.63	7	6	2	154	4	
A Symonds (Aus)		2006-2008	18	27	5	1168	162*	53.09	1720	67.90	2	8	1	125	21	
JH Kallis (SA)		2006-2008	30	52	6	2349	186	51.06	4941	47.54	8	11	1	280	8

 

[Precambrian]

Hah, doh, didn't read the thread title properly.

Ponting
Hayden
Kallis
Sehwag
Lara

Shocked at the omission of Mohd Yusuf there.

 

[pskov]

Ponting, Kallis and Hayden are the certainties. The other two I would pick are Dravid and Mohammed Yousuf.

 

[Top_Cat]

Shocked at the omission of Mohd Yusuf there.

Not as consistently brilliant as the others over the whole period, for mine. Played on some awfully flat decks and cashed in against some weak opposition, flattering his numbers a bit. Class player but I'd always put him below the guys in my list.

Dravid, also a tough omission. I like attacking players like Sehwag, though.

 

[Prince EWS]

Shocked at the omission of Mohd Yusuf there.

Don't really think he's a cert if you're taking the entire decade into account. He had an awesome, awesome, peak of a couple of years but he was merely "good" outside of that. He's in contention but he's not a definite.

 

[Precambrian]

ODIs since 2000

Player			Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	SR	100	50
MEK Hussey (Aus)	93	71	28	2457	57.13	85.52	2	16
DS Lehmann (Aus)	57	46	14	1551	48.46	83.11	2	9
KP Pietersen (Eng/ICC)	87	78	15	3047	48.36	87.58	7	20
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	206	194	39	7321	47.23	72.72	11	53
MS Dhoni (Asia/India)	125	112	28	3935	46.84	90.89	4	25
MG Bevan (Aus)		110	89	25	2990	46.71	71.15	3	19
SR Tendulkar (India)	190	187	16	7851	45.91	84.05	18	46
ML Hayden (Aus/ICC)	148	143	14	5847	45.32	80.82	10	34
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC)	210	201	23	7905	44.41	84.97	21	47
DR Martyn (Aus)		169	148	44	4616	44.38	77.16	5	33

 

[Precambrian]

Don't really think he's a cert if you're taking the entire decade into account. He had an awesome, awesome, peak of a couple of years but he was merely "good" outside of that. He's in contention but he's not a definite.

Period		Matches	Innings	Nos	Runs	Average	SR	100s	50s
year 2000	12	18	1	839	49.35	39.04	4	2
year 2001	6	10	1	499	55.44	47.34	2	1
year 2002	9	14	2	864	72	62.24	3	4
year 2003	6	9	3	359	59.83	47.73	0	4
year 2004	7	13	0	539	41.46	60.49	2	1
year 2005	7	12	0	617	51.41	51.93	2	2
year 2006	11	19	1	1788	99.33	62.64	9	3
year 2007	6	12	3	368	40.88	53.02	0	2

He had 3 very good years and another 2 good years.

 

[Anil]

for tests, from among ponting; kallis; dravid; hayden; lara; tendulkar; yousuf; hussey; sehwag; laxman

 

[Migara]

Shocked at the omission of Mohd Yusuf there.

And Sangakkara too

 

[Ikki]

1) Ponting
2) Kallis

then it's a mix of Yousuf, Hayden, Dravid, Hussey and Chanderpaul.

I think Ponting is actually the only batsman to average 60 this decade when you take out Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

 

[Beleg]

ponting
kallis
hayden
inzamam
chanderpaul

honourary mention - dravid and sangakkara

 

[kingkallis]

Ponting leads this decade...

Kallis
Hayden
Yousuf
Sangakkara / Dravid / Chanderpaul

 

[PhoenixFire]

Ponting
Kallis
Hayden
Chanderpaul
Sangakkara

 

[Magrat Garlick]

1 Ponting
2 Lara
3 Tendulkar
4 Kallis
5 Hayden

Set up before I looked at the stats, seems fair enough.