which is the better batting lineup?

[marc71178]

More of a difference for me is that the Indian line up doesn't even have a settled list of 7 names.

 

[weldone]

So, like many here, you could say it's Gilchrist that swings it for the Aussies.

Yeah.

Here is another approach:

Gambhir (6.5/10)
Sehwag (8/10)
Dravid (8.5/10)
Tendulkar (9.5/10)
Laxman (7.5/10)
Raina (5/10)
Dhoni (5/10)
Total (50/70)

Langer (7/10)
Hayden (8/10)
Ponting (9/10)
Martyn (6.5/10)
Waugh (9/10)
Katich (6/10)
Gilchrist (8/10)
Total (53.5/70)

Without the difference between Gilchrist and Dhoni (3 points), it's mighty close till now.

 

[miscer]

Yeah.

Here is another approach:

Gambhir (6.5/10)
Sehwag (8.5/10)
Dravid (8.5/10)
Tendulkar (9.5/10)
Laxman (8/10)
Raina (5/10)
Dhoni (5/10)
Total (51/70)

Langer (7/10)
Hayden (8/10)
Ponting (9/10)
Martyn (6.5/10)
Waugh (9/10)
Katich (6/10)
Gilchrist (8/10)
Total (53.5/70)

Without the difference between Gilchrist and Dhoni (3 points) India has the better lineup. Gilchrist tilts it towards australia and even then it's too close to call.

fixed. laxman's performance in clutch scenarios cant be overstated. and sehwag is better than hayden period.

Sehwag is so much better than hayden that if you ignore sehwag's average at home he still averages as much as hayden. (sehwag's away average: 50.6, hayden overall:50.7 not to mention the 80+ strike rate).

 

[weldone]

(disclaimer: the followings are my perceptions, don't start crying if they don't match with yours )

Yeah.

Here is another approach:

Gambhir (6.5/10)
Sehwag (8/10)
Dravid (8.5/10)
Tendulkar (9.5/10)
Laxman (7.5/10)
Raina (5/10)
Dhoni (5/10)
Total (50/70)

Langer (7/10)
Hayden (8/10)
Ponting (9/10)
Martyn (6.5/10)
Waugh (9/10)
Katich (6/10)
Gilchrist (8/10)
Total (53.5/70)

Without the difference between Gilchrist and Dhoni (3 points), it's mighty close till now.

fixed. laxman's performance in clutch scenarios cant be overstated. and sehwag is better than hayden period.

Sehwag is so much better than hayden that if you ignore sehwag's average at home he still averages higher than hayden. (sehwag's away average: 53, hayden overall:50).

.

 

[marc71178]

Personally I don't Sehwag and Hayden can be compared until Sehwag retires - who's to say he won't have a form slump as Hayden did and end up averaging 50 or less?

 

[Prince EWS]

Personally I don't Sehwag and Hayden can be compared until Sehwag retires - who's to say he won't have a form slump as Hayden did and end up averaging 50 or less?

Meh I think I'm pretty much ready to call that one now. I don't really take Hayden's last little blip into consideration when I rate him as a Test cricketer; he was finished. If you ignored that and Sehwag retired now, I'd still take Sehwag.

I don't think it's necessarily a big enough gap to demand a difference in points when rating them out of 10, but it's there.

 

[marc71178]

Yes, if Sehwag were to retire now (or at any point whilst still at the top of his game) then you'd have to say he'll go down in history as a better player, but until he does finish, we won't know how his career pans out.

 

[Jono]

Surely not close at all? We're talking about Steve Waugh, right?

Surely we have to take the time in which this batting lineup batted together?

Hence 2002-04 Steve Waugh is nothing on 2009-10 Laxman.

 

[Jono]

I dunno about Gambhir, because 1. he's never batted outside the sub-continent

Interesting that New Zealand is now in the sub-continent.

 

[weldone]

Meh I think I'm pretty much ready to call that one now. I don't really take Hayden's last little blip into consideration when I rate him as a Test cricketer; he was finished. If you ignored that and Sehwag retired now, I'd still take Sehwag.

I don't think it's necessarily a big enough gap to demand a difference in points when rating them out of 10, but it's there.

Yep, this.

 

[Teja.]

The completing career thing only matters to me if the player currently playing has played lesser than the retired player. But, In this case that is not true. Despite playing 3-5 tests in the 90s, Hayden played pretty much his entire career between 2000-2008. Sehwag has played for a similarly long period(if not more).

 

[centurymaker]

Sehwag might retire on a high when considering the sort of player he is. He won't try to hang on like Dravid imo