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[petehosk]

Lots of discussions at present about best test batsmen.
So thought I would start a little topic so that people can list their top 15 TEST batsmen.
So don't worry about bowlers!!

[shaqharris]

Botham,
Wg grace ,
Pointing
Lara ,
Chaunderpaul ,
Pietersen ,
Langer ,
Cook ,
Trott ,
Strauss,
Hayden,
Bell ,
Trescothick ,
Clarke

[Bruce]

Botham,
Wg grace ,
Pointing
Lara ,
Chaunderpaul ,
Pietersen ,
Langer ,
Cook ,
Trott ,
Strauss,
Hayden,
Bell ,
Trescothick ,
Clarke

No Tendulkar? Dravid?

[PedalsMcgrew]

Bradman
Hobbs
Dravid
Ponting
Kallis
Lara
Sachin
Viv Richards
Hammond
Border
Compton

[langer17]

That's his list, yours obviously will differ.

[Bruce]

That's his list, yours obviously will differ.

Fair comment, But the first man to reach 15,000 test runs? How do you leave that man out?

[Buzz]

with some help of the test rankings here are the all time best batsmen (note the very notible omissions of Lara and some short Indian bloke...)

1 961 D.G. Bradman AUS 961 v India, 06/02/1948
2 945 L. Hutton ENG 945 v West Indies, 30/03/1954
3 942 J.B. Hobbs ENG 942 v Australia, 19/08/1912
3 942 R.T. Ponting AUS 942 v England, 01/12/2006
5 941 P.B.H. May ENG 941 v Australia, 23/08/1956
6 938 C.L. Walcott WI 938 v Australia, 11/06/1955
6 938 I.V.A. Richards WI 938 v England, 27/03/1981
6 938 K.C. Sangakkara SL 938 v England, 01/12/2007
6 938 G.S. Sobers WI 938 v India, 13/01/1967
10 935 M.L. Hayden AUS 935 v England, 07/11/2002
10 935 J.H. Kallis SA 935 v New Zealand, 18/11/2007
12 933 Mohammad Yousuf PAK 933 v West Indies, 27/11/2006
13 927 E.D. Weekes WI 927 v New Zealand, 03/03/1956
13 927 R.G. Pollock SA 927 v Australia, 19/02/1970
15 922 A.D. Nourse SA 922 v England, 07/06/1951
15 922 K.D. Walters AUS 922 v South Africa, 19/02/1970

However if you look by best average (sachin is there at 16!)
DG Bradman (Aus)
RG Pollock (SA)
GA Headley (WI)
H Sutcliffe (Eng)
E Paynter (Eng)
KF Barrington (Eng)
ED Weekes (WI)
WR Hammond (Eng)
IJL Trott (Eng)
GS Sobers (WI)
JB Hobbs (Eng)
KC Sangakkara (SL)
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)
CL Walcott (WI)
L Hutton (Eng)
SR Tendulkar (India)

then by most hundreds
SR Tendulkar (India)
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)
RT Ponting (Aus)
R Dravid (ICC/India)
SM Gavaskar (India)
BC Lara (ICC/WI)
SR Waugh (Aus)
ML Hayden (Aus)
DG Bradman (Aus)
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)
KC Sangakkara (SL)
AR Border (Aus)
GS Sobers (WI)
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak)
GS Chappell (Aus)
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
IVA Richards (WI)

and finally by most runs
SR Tendulkar (India)
R Dravid (ICC/India)
RT Ponting (Aus)
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)
BC Lara (ICC/WI)
AR Border (Aus)
SR Waugh (Aus)
SM Gavaskar (India)
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)
S Chanderpaul (WI)
KC Sangakkara (SL)
GA Gooch (Eng)
Javed Miandad (Pak)
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak)
ML Hayden (Aus)
VVS Laxman (India)
IVA Richards (WI)

as a result of these lists... I have come up with my 15 names...

[richthekeeper]

Bruce, you've missed the point. Test BATSMEN.

Take McGrath, Lee, Warne, Murali, Flintoff, Botham and Gayle out for starters. And Punter #1? You're having a laugh.

[shaqharris]

No Tendulkar? Dravid?

Notice I only have 14 hahah add tendulkar and that's my 15 lol

[Alvaro]

Glenn McGrath
Gerhardus Liebenberg
Aftab Habib
Andy Lloyd
Courtney Walsh
Phil Tufnell
Steve James
Peter George
Imran Farhat
Vikram Rathour
Doug Marillier
Mark Vermuelen
Gavin Hamilton
Chris Adams
Aakash Chopra

[Joe]

Bradman
Sachin
Richards
Lara
Jayasuria
Hobbs
Hutton
Dravid
Cook
Hammond
Ponting
Gilchrist
Kallis
Sangakkara
Hayden

[Buzz]

Ok in order - based on the above numbers plus the fastest to 6000 test runs (bradman scored 6994) Ponting has the most wins so that should also be relevant...

but here is my 15. I can't believe who is at 1 - the only person in all 5 lists!!

KC Sangakkara
DG Bradman
IVA Richards
JH Kallis
ML Hayden
RT Ponting
SR Tendulkar
BC Lara
GS Sobers
R Dravid
SM Gavaskar
AR Border
Inzamam
JB Hobbs

[Alvaro]

How many runs scored at SSC?

[thecord]

My top 15 in no particular order

Tendulkar
Dravid
Lara
Kallis
V Richards
Sobers
Sangakarra
Ponting
Bradman
Hammond
Hobbs
Gavaskar
Miandad
Hutton
Jayawardene

[Buzz]

How many runs scored at SSC?

only 1943
which is somewhat less than the 2697 scored by DPMD Jayawardene 9or the 2015 scored by Gooch at Lords.