2nd Greatest Test Batsman of All-Time

[King Pietersen]

Pietersen will be up there at the end of his career, will easily be England's greatest ever batsman. Sehwag won't. Sehwag will end his career as a very fine attacking opening batsman, not one of the greats. I'd be surprised if he ends his career with a record significantly better than it is at the moment, whereas KP's getting better and better.

 

[Leggie]

I reckon Sehwag's got 1 more triple century up his sleeve. But yeah, I reckon Pietersen will be better overall at the end of his carreer.

 

[sohum]

I went with Sachin just because I've seen only 3 guys in that list play. It'd be better to break it down by generations--maybe decades or 25-year chunks.

Ponting's inclusion in the list is not laughable in the least. He could well take over Sachin and stake a strong claim for second-best Test batsman. However, I'd pay money to watch Sachin any day.

 

[mukund_nadkarni]

Sachin Tendulkar. With Sir Viv Richards not far behind.

 

[RoboRocks]

Maybe he was Dravid-esque? Not many shots, but legendary concentration, and fed off poor deliveries whilst keeping good ones at bay?

I've yet to read the book I've got for Christmas, which John Arlott wrote on him. But he could be aggressive and play shots since he did that in his early days. In fact, I've heard that Hobbs was considered by Australians to be similar to Victor Trumper on the famous 1912 tour of Australia, the one being where Hobbs and Rhodes made their partnership of 323.

After the war he looked at his batting and was more circumspect and waited for the bad ball as you said Zorax, something Steve Waugh did in the 1990's, and it helped him on uncovered pitches.

He played straight early on in his innings and would be able to judge the line and length. I've heard he was able to adjust if he found himself in the wrong position, which is what Bradman was able to do.

 

[Leicester Fox]

Shame he lost 6 years to the war, same with the Don. I wonder what would happen to most modern players if you took years of their prime out of the equation.

 

[aussie_ben91]

It's a shame Ponting failed in India, otherwise I would've selected him.

Ponting's lowest average against a country is 47, which is nothing short of outstanding.

Though, TBH. Steve Waugh and Matthew Hayden weren't all that far behind Ponting.

 

[King Cricket]

I wish Barry Richards played some more tests. Then he could have been well in that list as well.

 

[Dare]

I know that George Headley didn't play much test cricket but he deserves a mention somewhere. He like most of the batsman during his era missed allot of cricket because of WW2 but was still one of the greatest batsman of his time. The black Bradman.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Just out of curiousity, did Bradman go to war?

aussie_ben91 added 34 Minutes and 6 Seconds later...

Whatever my age was, atleast i was not a noob like you.

:laugh

Typical 10 year olds response.

 

[King Cricket]

^Typical one year old response :

 

[aussie_ben91]

Surely Jacques Kallis should atleast deserve a mention in the poll. Afterall, he has the highest average of any batsman in the history of the game to have scored over 10,000 International runs in all forms of the game.

http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru...0;qualval1=runs;template=results;type=batting

 

[manee]

And why are we combining Tests, ODIs and T20s in statistical analyses now?

 

[aussie_ben91]

And why are we combining Tests, ODIs and T20s in statistical analyses now?

I think that it is a very relevant point when discussing the 2nd best batsman of alltime.

 

[manee]

I think that it is a very relevant point when discussing the 2nd best batsman of alltime.

The thread title is "2nd Greatest Test Batsman of All-Time" though.