Best Batsman of 2006

   The fact that Ponting also captains and is a brilliant fieldsman, means that he is doing a lot more , which can somewhat affect his full batting capacity. Ponting has to compete with the likes of Hayden, Langer, Martyn, Gilchrist and Hussey for runs. A little bit more threatening then say Younis and Inzi. If Yousuf played against Aust. in a test in 2006 and scored a 190 odd then I would concede to the fact that he is not the best, because I believe the best batsmen in the world is Ponting, no matter what and it would take a mighty feat by Yousuf against an excellent side to sway me.

Edited by MiNiWaRnEy - 26 November 2006 at 12:44am

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MiNiWaRnEy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Banned Ricky Ponting for PM Joined: 14 December 2005 Posts: 2395	Topic: Best Batsman of 2006 Posted: 25 November 2006 at 8:23am
	The fact that Ponting also captains and is a brilliant fieldsman, means that he is doing a lot more , which can somewhat affect his full batting capacity. Ponting has to compete with the likes of Hayden, Langer, Martyn, Gilchrist and Hussey for runs. A little bit more threatening then say Younis and Inzi. If Yousuf played against Aust. in a test in 2006 and scored a 190 odd then I would concede to the fact that he is not the best, because I believe the best batsmen in the world is Ponting, no matter what and it would take a mighty feat by Yousuf against an excellent side to sway me. Edited by MiNiWaRnEy - 26 November 2006 at 12:44am

wiseguy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Banned Joined: 16 December 2005 Location: Pakistan Posts: 2032	Posted: 25 November 2006 at 7:40am
	Ponting as a captain can decide for as many outings as he needs and if Vivian's record on his mind , we might well see him batting another 4 times, so for 600 odd runs he needs a megre 150 per innings and thats really on the cards looking at the english bowling resources, so its not a race which has finished as yet. Yousaf will have two more innings and if he also scores 150 each he will be beyond the reach of Ponting. Lets see on whom the luck smiles. Ponting has already gained the covetted honour of best player, I am not sure how , may be he averaged better than yousaf at the time of decision, as I know for sure yousaf has been the leading scorer for last 6/7 months, or may be his captaincy added points to his selection as the best, or yousaf beared prevented him, but that would always be confusing!
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MiNiWaRnEy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Banned Ricky Ponting for PM Joined: 14 December 2005 Posts: 2395	Posted: 25 November 2006 at 3:49am
	It's hard to say, the catch that Gilly just took off Clark to get Hoggard has just about confirmed the fact that a follow-on is about to occur and England are still over 400 runs behind! I think Yousuf has had a good run of form, and has had an awesome year.. but I think it is a form thing, he is not a prodigy like Punter and is not the most exciting player to watch, but my word what a year he has had... so many runs, very effective... maybe Ponting should grow a beard !

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3938	Posted: 25 November 2006 at 3:17am
	Well, lets look at Ponting's record this year. Taking into tally his 196 against England in the first inning of the first Ashes Test, he's got 998 runs this year in 12 innings. He has a maximum of 7 innings left this year. To beat Vivian Richard's record, Ponting needs to score around 715 more runs in a maximum of 7 innings. That's not a lot to ask from a batsman who's performing as good as Ponting right now. So its possible that Ponting might break Vivian Richard's record of 1710 Test Runs in a calender year. But it depends on how many times he gets to bat. If England continue playing the way they're playing right now, Australia will only need to bat once in every match because England will lose every match so horribly. I know I'm being harsh on England but look at what they're doing in the current test. They're obviously going to be forced to follow-on and if they bat well in their second inning, they'll be lucky to avoid an innings defeat. Edited by saadadvanced7 - 25 November 2006 at 3:19am
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vize Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Square Leg Joined: 29 April 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 332	Posted: 24 November 2006 at 9:15pm
	I don't know who was the best test batsman, it is a tough one to decide. Undoubtedly Yousuf has had an excellent year with the bat, as you guys said he is not far from breaking the record for the most runs ever in a calendar year. The only problem is that Ponting has also had an excellent year, While Yousuf has scored 7 centuries this year, Ponting has scored 6. He also has got a lot of runs this year and he has 3 more test matches this year, Yousuf may break the record,but there is a chance Ponting will beat the record directly after that, Anyways, well done to both batsman, they are in my book by far and away the two beat batsmEn of the year. In response to Mani's question about averaging 200 in a series, I am not sure how many people have done it before but I do know Bradman did it in 1932 against South Africa in a 5 test series.

mAni_paKi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Extra Cover Joined: 05 April 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 622	Posted: 23 November 2006 at 10:59pm
	Obviously Yousef will break these records very easily,unfortunate for him that he misses out his Double hundred for thrice in this year now.I feel if he would have get thoise double hundered then he was going to claim that Best Batsmen Award(Test).He is in brilliant form middeling the ball very well and having the Average oif 200 plus ina aseries is fantastic.isn't this another record?
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DRAVID FAN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Middle-Order Batsman Joined: 27 November 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3635	Posted: 23 November 2006 at 9:26pm
	But unfortunately Ponting got the Award, but I'd have to agree, Yousuf was the best batsman of the year. I'm sure that he will easily break both those records.

saadadvanced7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Banned 4000 Test Runs Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3938	Posted: 23 November 2006 at 6:06pm
	The year's coming to an end so lets see who you guys think was the best [Test] batsman of this year. For me, the only and the obvious choice is Mohammad Yousuf. His record speaks for itself. He needs approx. 150 runs in one test to beat Viv Richard's record tally of 1710 runs in one year. You might say that more tests are played these days so obviously its easier to score more runs. BUT Vivian Richards achieved the feat in 19 innings, and so far Mohammad Yousuf has played 17 innings. He has only 2 more innings left to have a go at Richard's record. Along with that, Yousuf has already equalled Viv Richard's and Arvinda De Silva's record of most Test centuries in one year (7). So if he scores one more century in the last test, he will also break that record. Keep up the great work Yousuf!
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