The greatest left handed batsman

[usy]

I voted lara, but really Saeed Anwar for me.

NO offence but Saeed Anwar was way better then Sourav Ganguly as looking at the poll.

 

[puddleduck]

I voted Sobers, but I was kind of influenced by the other aspects of his game. The more I think about it, the more I think I would vote Lara... Although the more I think about that, the more I think nah stick with Sobers...

So basically, for me Sobers or Lara, I'm happy to have voted for either one. This list is definately missing some players though, Pollock should be on there, whilst Gower is definately better than Smith. Despite his occasional lapses in concentration that saw him all too often gift his wicket away. I don't agree with Ganguly being on the list ahead of those chaps, fair enough he has done well in the Odi arena, but that is where he is protected from the short ball

 

[cricket_lover]

Anwar is a fine batsman, i always admired him, very elegant. I don't know if we can compare him with Ganguly (not that ganguly is better) but they are kind of different players, yet both have grace.

Ganguly is probably in top 10, definitely in top 15...but Sobers, Pollock, Lara, Kallicharan, Gilchrist are way ahead.

 

[Indiangod]

I voted for Sobers, but if G Pollock was in that poll, then I would have voted for him, G pollock is the best leftie ever in my opinion.

 

[IloveGilly]

This was created mid 2004...why is Smith in there and no Gilchrist or Hayden back then?

 

[kuttakumar]

Voted for Ganguly of course. Why is there no Gilly in the list?????????

 

[anakwalajinn]

This is like a million year old thread.. :

 

[tassietiger]

who do u think has been the greatest left handed batsman of all time?

The fact that you put Smith there made me laugh, so I picked him.

 

[WG.]

1.Lara
2.Pollock
3.Gower

 

[Muhammad Asif]

Anwar is a fine batsman, i always admired him, very elegant. I don't know if we can compare him with Ganguly (not that ganguly is better) but they are kind of different players, yet both have grace.

Ganguly is probably in top 10, definitely in top 15...but Sobers, Pollock, Lara, Kallicharan, Gilchrist are way ahead.

well i think its irfan pathan

Voted for Ganguly of course. Why is there no Gilly in the list?????????

the guy who made pool must be from india i think
thats the reason he did not include our great bats man anwar also

dont mind please if he rember to put ganguly in there then how come he forgot to put anwar and gilcritch

 

[cricket_lover]

well i think its irfan pathan




the guy who made pool must be from india i think
thats the reason he did not include our great bats man anwar also

dont mind please if he rember to put ganguly in there then how come he forgot to put anwar and gilcritch

for the first time, i have to agree with that (though we already mentioned that)...

But please type in English...its Gilchrist, and "remember"...

This thread is going nowhere..

Statistically, its Lara. I would rather put Gary Sobers as the greatest cricket ever, and G. Pollock as the unlucky genius.

 

[IloveGilly]

I just think its too hard to compare generation by generation and because the world has seen so much of Lara we'd probably most likely go with him.

 

[viral1991]

Well, of course its me! .. No No, I think its Lara & Gangz!

This is like a million year old thread.. :

Wow, PlanetCricket is the oldest site in the universe! :

 

[angryangy]

The fact that you put Smith there made me laugh, so I picked him.

lol same. Not a very well researched poll.

 

[James219]

That is, without doubt, the worst poll I've ever seen. I mean, Smith and Ganguly, what the? :confused:
And cricket_lover, I don't know if you could fairly say that Lara takes it 'statistically' over Sobers, the average is generally the most reliable in telling the tale, and the latter has the higher one.....
But milestones/statistical records become unbelievably irrelevant over time, because if you did use them as a mechanism for comparison, Kallis would be almost as good as Sobers, if not better....