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Viv Richards vs Sunil Gavaskar

Who is the better test batsman?

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kyear2

kyear2

International Coach
HouHsiaoHsien said:
Imran, Lillee, Akram, Thommo, Botham, Willis, Holding all considered Richard the undisputed supreme and waxed lyrical to great extents about him(Lillee called him the Supreme player, Botham and Willis were unwilling to believe that Bradman was better than Viv, Holding considers Viv even better than Lara and Sachin, same for Imran, Akram also rated him the best etc)
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Yes, some still believe that this man is somehow a "distinct level" below Tendulkar and Hobbs.
 
kyear2

kyear2

International Coach
subshakerz said:
Yes. I said that by the end of 2022 he would be no.2 if he kept his scoring up and many here agreed. He didn't though and has had a dip so I rate him no.6 after Bradman, Sachin, Hobbs, Sobers and Viv. However, many here have downgraded him far too much.

I used to bash Smiths home record as inflated and he has relatively less exposure to ATG pacers (still believe that) but still believe that being the top bat of this era and near flawless record gives him the top tier secured.

Smith is a notch above Lara, etc and the rest.
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Again, based on?
 
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Swamp Witch Hattie

School Boy/Girl Captain
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Cricketer Of The Year
subshakerz said:
Better peer rating, no major technical weakness, all round superior record especially away.
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Conduct a vote on Smith and Kohli and Kohli will likely come out at top in the larger cricket fraternity. Even among experts. I remember hearing about a talk show with Botham and 3 such famous ex-cricketers. They ranked the fab 4, and not even a single one of them ranked Smith at top.
 
DrWolverine

DrWolverine

First Class Debutant
capt_Luffy said:
Conduct a vote on Smith and Kohli and Kohli will likely come out at top in the larger cricket fraternity. Even among experts. I remember hearing about a talk show with Botham and 3 such famous ex-cricketers. They ranked the fab 4, and not even a single one of them ranked Smith at top.
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Smith’s batting style is not visually pleasing.

Maybe they considered all formats while speaking
 
Coronis

Coronis

International Coach
capt_Luffy said:
Conduct a vote on Smith and Kohli and Kohli will likely come out at top in the larger cricket fraternity. Even among experts. I remember hearing about a talk show with Botham and 3 such famous ex-cricketers. They ranked the fab 4, and not even a single one of them ranked Smith at top.
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When?
 
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subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
capt_Luffy said:
Conduct a vote on Smith and Kohli and Kohli will likely come out at top in the larger cricket fraternity. Even among experts. I remember hearing about a talk show with Botham and 3 such famous ex-cricketers. They ranked the fab 4, and not even a single one of them ranked Smith at top.
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I don't think that is true among the actual current players in terms of ranking Kohli over Smith.

I remember around Ashes 2019 and they were talking about him as next after Bradman.
 
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