Comments on: The 10 Greatest Batsmen Ever

By: mayank

mayank — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:56:47 +0000

dada is best as captain . as batsman and as a cricter …………. he is also come back king if dada is nit retieret than definetly on no. 2 after sachin check it ……. till before 2005 records …
sachin
s.d.bradman
s.ganguly
r.dravid
g.sobbers
b.c.lara
s.gavaskar
v.v.richards
a.border
r.ponting

By: Hungriheart

Hungriheart — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:12:05 +0000

Mean batting average in 1930-31
Mean batting average in 2000-31

Average:
Sachin-55
Kallis-57

Don Bradman-99
Second best Hammond-58

Lol

Don is undisputed number 1
BCCI has money
We Indians have media

But fact remains Sachin is just as great as Gavaskar,Lara.He has played some 200 matches.Pointing would score that many runs if he played 200 tests.Same with Lara or Kallis or Sangakkara

Don is undisputed number 1

Pressure-Does Sachin have pressure?He has not won a single test match as far as I know

Don:
Great Depression
Cricket administrators begged him to play after World War so cricket can have credibility
His first two children were still born

By: Xyzzy

Xyzzy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:17:14 +0000

I agree that Tendulkar should be on the list. Frankly his omission is quite embarrassing.

Having said that, you’re only showing your own ignorance by questioning Bradman as the greatest of all time. As I’ve said above, you can’t argue with runs scored. Bradman has an average 40 runs clear of anyone else. How can you argue against that? The aim of the game is to score runs and, on average, Bradman scored a century every-single- time he batted (nearly!).

Bradman played in an era where the standard of excellence for a batsman were pretty much as they are today – a test average of above 50 was excellent. It isn’t as if Bradman played in an era of higher averages across the board – he didn’t. If you’re going to make that argument, you could easily also make the argument that Tendulkar has amassed a large part of his average on sub-standard Sub-Continental pitches against spin. But that would be churlish!

You’ve pointed out that Bradman made his score in far fewer matches than in the modern era. Just a little thought should reveal the reason – no air travel in that era! One might reasonably argue that having to endure weeks at sea prior to playing touring matches is a far more difficult preparation than a few hours of air travel today. Therefore it could just as easily be argued that it was more difficult to make runs on tour then than it is today.

Again, here it is:

Test Averages

Tendulkar – 56.35 (at time of writing)

Bradman – 99.94

The numbers don’t, can’t, lie!

By: Xyzzy

Xyzzy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:58:20 +0000

How can you argue against a batting average? Isn’t that the standard by which batsmen are measured? Is not the purpose of the game to score runs? It doesn’t matter how “pretty” you look as a batsman, your first and frankly only duty is to….

… score runs.

By that measure Bradman is the best. You really can’t argue against the figures. Tendulkar is a fine selection in his rightful place as the SECOND greatest batsman of all time.

By: S. Singh

S. Singh — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:29:09 +0000

Who is that joker? Tendulkar not even in the top ten! He’s completely insane, or totally biased.
By the way, Bradman was so great because of mediocre bowling. If he’d had to face speed merchants like Hall, Holding, etc., it would have been a different outcome.

By: Vikash

Vikash — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:52:05 +0000

Wisden top 100 Test Cricket innings featuring all time great innings till 2011.none of Sachin’s innings are there in the list

Wisden top 100 Test innings

Thanks
Vikash

By: bhuwan

bhuwan — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:27:47 +0000

dear,do u know who is sachin tendulkar..better i should asj u what is cricket?

By: Akshay Srivastava

Akshay Srivastava — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:19:54 +0000

Sachin is the best batsman ever in cricket history and 10 greatest batsmen list without sachin is foolish.

By: Muhammad Imran

Muhammad Imran — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:11:09 +0000

What are you going to say?
You cannot rate Sachin higher than Bradman and Lara in test cricket. In ODI cricket he is the number 1

By: lachlan

lachlan — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:15:28 +0000

No Pressure!! You are a moron. He had the whole country’s pressure on him everytime he batted, not to mention the captaincy a type of pressure Tendulkar couldn’t handle.