Best batsman of modern era

Lara and Tendulkar are undoubtely the best here. End of story.

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Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi This is why democracy is one of the worse systems

Originally posted by 143no Have a look at the way some of the indians go on about sachin, I doupt they could stop at just 1 vote. I enjoyed watching Lara more than Tendulkar, Lara just tore attacks apart.,

Both of them tore attacks apart. However I rate Tendulkar more partley because he was clearly better in the shorter version of the game.

in my opinion kalis is not in the same league as tendulkar and lara, i am just wondering why ponting is not present in that pole, those three are by far the best modern day batsmen. kalis inzi and dravid are way behind talent and skill wise. there has certainly been some diluded people voting.

I dont get this whole 'Kallis is so defensive' tag line. His batting strike rate is a whisker worse than nathan astles (who is meant to be aggresive) in ODI's, and something like only 5 less than Astles SR in tests.

Can't say i blame him for playing like he did today, even with a massive lead like that when wickets are falling you want to stop that happening and hang around, and someone like boucher didn't exactly got for his shots either.

yeh i colud deffinitly see them losing from that position, kalis is boring to watch, good player but he is no great. tendulkar lara and ponting for me. probably in that order. even though i do like watching lara as i am a left hander aswell, but tendulkar is class.

lara is but a distant memory tendulkar is still impressing to this day, unfortunatly for the australian bowlers.

i think it is a tough one to call 143no, they both played with alot of flare, tendulkar still does, lara was amazing tendulkar still is.

to be honest it is difficult to choose between them and many people will be divided but for me tendulkar edges it as he is still going and answering what ever critics are out there, 42 one day centuries and god knows how many times he was out in the 90's, not helped by a few dubious decisions. you got to admire and envy the guy he is a true great.

Edited by hanif - 04 March 2008 at 12:06am

Hanif, I didn't mean to say Lara is better incase is that you think I mean. I don't bother to choose between them by the way. All is know, Lara is in a class of his on when he gets going!

This poll is absurd! How can the likes of kallis, dravid and ul haq be added yet ponting is not? For anyone to put those 3 batsmen ahead of ponting is an indication of bias and lack of cricket knowledge. Ponting has done things the others can only dream of. Just for the record the 3 geatest batsmen of the modern era pick themselves. 1 lara, 2 ponting, 3 tendulkar. the others dont even come close. A note must be made of tendulkar though as he has never won matches or totally blitzed seriers as lara and ponting have, a fact highlighted in that tendulkar has never scored 500 runs in a test seriers despite playing 159 tests. Tendulkar also constantly fails to score in important matches or when his team needs him to as compared to lara and ponting who have done it consistently. I still rate tendulkar but with a question mark possibly. So there you have it! the argument is closed! Lara Ponting and tendulkar, are the best! Only Hayden could be added. To say kallis, dravid or ul haq shows your complete ignorance and subjective bies.

Kallis is a pretty good batsman considering he has 200 test wickets too matey!
You are right, Ponting should be on that list... not that any one cares about stupid polls. However Sachin is far and away the best batsman of the last 20 years. Viv Richards and Sachin Tendulkar are the best batsmen of the modern era in my opinion. Ponting and Lara are second to them.

Dhoni just showed to everyone that batsman comming lower down the order seldom get opportunity to hit centuries, so players like Steve,Bevan,Inzi and many more lower down the order palyers will not score that much centuries/runs. However rarely you will find players like Sachin and Lara who come at the top hit the winning runs or stay till the end, so if you feel they are not match winners then it is wrong. Just if you see the statistics you will see that all these players are matchwinners. When they perform their team wins.