Ponting in top five of all time

[tassietiger]

The thing about Hayden that is surprising is that he's up there despite being pretty poor on his first attempt at Test cricket. It was only when he was recalled a bit later to open alongside our former No. 3 batsman Justin Langer (who now specialising in inspiring deluded forum members' usernames) that he was actually any good. You'd think his first stint would mean a bit.

Anyway, I'm not surprised Punter's up there. Best batsman in the world at the moment, and there's a fair gap before the next one. It's hard to compare batsmen of different eras, as I'm sure Bradman was never around when they had pitches that allowed scores of 6/650+ and 0/403 (still can't get over it, that's huge). But at least you can give him credit for dominating his own era, which he has done pretty comprehensively.

 

[haga_cpm]

What do you think about Sourav Ganguly? Dada is an excellent player but irony of fate he is ignored by Mr. Greg Chappel and Mr. Rahul Dravid.Rahul dravid is most gellous player in India and Mr. Chappel is palying villen role in Indian Cricket.They are really busterd

 

[avk2love]

One thing that would have put Ricky Ponting up higher in the list at 5
would be that he took over as Captain of a very successfull side and
the side continued to be successfull, plus his batting average went up,
which is pretty rare considering how much work-load he has to bare,
plus he's probably the best, if not, the best Captain in the world
and the best batsman at present...

Hayden deserves to be in 15th, if not, a little higher.
I can't see why some would disagree, especially if you've
actually watched his entire career from start to the present.

I do agree though, there are plenty missing from the list..!


PeAcE.
Andrew...

captaining should not be given much importence
if the team is such as even taibu will do a equal job as captain of aus
its a player ranking not a captain ranking

 

[cricket doctor]

.....and why to forget, that pitches these days are much easier for batting. Now, we rarely see a green top wicket in international cricket. So, batting in those days was much difficult than today.

 

[aussie1st]

.....and why to forget, that pitches these days are much easier for batting. Now, we rarely see a green top wicket in international cricket. So, batting in those days was much difficult than today.

Well the top 4 players are from that era so I guess it has that thing right

 

[ronny_kingsley]

I am sure the staticians didnt see or took into account Pontings greta and miraculos record against Indians in India.

 

[avk2love]

i dont think people other than australians rate him good
but for players like lara & tendulkar ........undoubtebly every one from every country rate them high

 

[SaiSrini]

What do you think about Sourav Ganguly? Dada is an excellent player but irony of fate he is ignored by Mr. Greg Chappel and Mr. Rahul Dravid.Rahul dravid is most gellous player in India and Mr. Chappel is palying villen role in Indian Cricket.They are really busterd

For the Humor & Jokes forum in my opinion!

Dada is a great player, but he has a big weakness. He is almost like a sitting duck against short pitches rib cage deliveries! He cant defend them well! He is a great player on the off side and is a good captain, but he doesnt deserve a mention in the Top 20 or Top 30 list of all time players!

 

[avk2love]

what about all time bowler rankings

 

[cricket doctor]

what about all time bowler rankings

Not a good idea at all!!!!!

 

[m_vaughan]

Cant say about all time, but I have to admit that Ricky Ponting is currently the best batsman in the world.

 

[cricket doctor]

Cant say about all time, but I have to admit that Ricky Ponting is currently the best batsman in the world.

Yeap, its true. Dravid is not far away either.

 

[m_vaughan]

Actually I rate Dravid as 2nd best, and Kallis 3rd. These are the top three batsmen in the world currently.

 

[Sureshot]

Meh, WG Grace? Tendulkar? Lara? Lara should be higher than Punter, if not Tendulkar too.

Hammond, Pollock, Pick of about 5 WIndians.

 

[hassan17]

well none have you have mentined inzi well inzi is the most underated player ever even though he is the best batsmen in the world he s leageus ahead of punter