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[stevie]

Who do people think has been the best international batsmen of the last couple of  years? Post odi and test.

My Test batsmen would be chanderpaul because he has really held the west indies side together and is  little bugger to get out. His concentration is immense and hasn't been caught up in the rapid increase of odi's and 2020's. He still scores his runs at his pace and you know if you get him out, you have actually got him out, he hasn't got himself out generally with a loose shot.

ODI's is a bit harder for me as i don't really follow it but McCullum for me has really come of age and is a force to be reckoned with.

[VIVIAN]

Chanderpaul has to be up there ..

[Coach]

Chanda or Mike Hussey ? the fella has only averaged 70 odd! ha but no Chandapaul wins for me in Tests odi is trick as noone has really set the world on fire but AB de villiars?

[irwinster]

has to be chanderpaul for international closely followed by hussey imo.. odi is a tough one like i mean yuvraj has gotta be my choice

[AtBalfour]

Until he recently retired- Sourav Ganguly has had a fairytale comeback and backed that up with tons of runs including more than 5 hundreds and a double, averaging very high.

For me, Yuvraj has to be ODI choice, when he is in form, even the best cannot keep up with him, doesn't matter whether its Freddie or Ashraful bowling at him.

Viru Sehwag or Michael Hussey get my vote in the Tests.

More recently though, serious talent has emerged- Shakib, JP Duminy, Gautam Gambhir, Marsh, Clarke just to name a few- these will surely be the names being branded about in this sort of topic in a few years time.

[irwinster]

Duminy has been fantastic in the aussie games and gambhir has impressed me so much, so gifted and so calm

[kaz]

husseys had an awful year. my top 5 are (in no particular order)

Smith
Sangakkara
Chanderpaul
Clarke
Pieterson

[Coach]

We are not talking abou tis year alone the he was incredible last year

[kaz]

not really, averaging 45 odd last two years combined. sangakkara averages 70 + in the same period and chanderpaul 100+.

[kaz]

just checked on statsguru, jawawardene averages 75+ in the last two years as well

[Coach]

ok since 2005 he has averaged 60?

[kaz]

10th batsmen in averages since 2005 and 13th in most runs. sorry for the stats overload;p