Best Batter

Inzamam and Lara both had fantastic years, I relly don't think i can make up my mind on that.

Hussey has not even played much. By the end of the series against South Africa we will know his true potential.Lara can score big scores in any part of the world as well as inzamam. Hussey has just played one of the mildest attacks he will ever play in his life

The best batsman , surely it's a personal thing and subjective?

I don't go by statistics when I GO to a test match , I savour the brilliance of the players in front of me.

I've watched test cricket around the world avidly for 35 years , it's 45 years since my 1st test. In that time I've seen absolutely beautiful innings by so many players of different nationalities and everyone is a warm memory.

Some gifted players have done it more than others and given me so many smiles as I walked back to my car at the end of a day's play. They are too many to mention and I don't care what anyone else thinks , on THAT particular day this man was THE best player on the planet.

Some names from my time in England , in no particular order -
     
           Gary Sobers , Geoff Boycott , Graeme Pollock , Rohan Kanhai , Ian Chappell , Sunil Gavaskar , Colin Cowdrey , Barry Richards , Viv Richards , Greg Chappell , Colin Milburn , David Gower , Mark Waugh , Gordon Greenidge , Martin Crowe , Ted Dexter , Graham Gooch , Allan Border , Javed Miandad , Mike Proctor , Clive Lloyd.

I've left out so many from pre-1982 , there's just so many lovely batsmen I can't recall as I type from that golden age from about 1960...

Then after 1982 there's so many more !!!

Tendulkar , Lara , all the names you younger people are familiar with , but whoever your favourite is , on any particular day good players become great and play like gods - that's the beauty of cricket.

Even Don Bradman got a duck , isn't that what makes cricket beautiful?

Originally posted by saadadvanced7 I am right, not must be right. Is there any batsman who is performing as well as Inzamam right now. The only one I can think of Hayden.

Hi Saad ,, to sad to say this

my votes for Hussey ,, 19 matches this year in ODI and averaging about 123 runs is very very good by any stds .. So he is not only best batsman for Aussies but he is currently best ODI batsman in World.

Even in tests he is avraging about 120 in 3 tests which is also the best test average this year , I mean Year 2005.

Atleast for the Year 2005 the best batsman award for both Tests and ODI should go to "Mike Hussey".

While Inzi has about 80 in tests and 50 in ODI's.

Even dhoni has about 49 in ODI's and there are quite a few who average about 50 this year.

So there are lot of people performing like Inzi . Sorry no credits for Inzi ,, coz Hussey has robbed the limelight this Year.  

 

yes u must be right saad

probably is he cant bat he has to retire

yes i think inzi worlds greatets player now adays

Originally posted by saadadvanced7 No way graeme smith. The best batter ever is Donald Bradman, and the best batter today is obviously Inzamam, he has proved that. He averaged an extraordinary 107 in the England/Pakistan test series that just passed.

I feel sad when people consider just a series or a particular year to label someone as Best batsman,,,

yes Inzi is performing very well recently .... .

and as of today INZI is undoubtedly the best batsman but it is just recently.

Sorry ,, Hayden had an amazing year in 2001/2002 ,,, again in test he is picking up with 4 back to back centuries.

Even our own[expelled] Ajay jadeja had 150+ avg in series and in next series that just followed ,, he hit 300 odd runs without getting out ...

These petty once in a while performance doesnt make LEGENDS.

you can call someone like Hanif Mohammed a Legend [in fact he is a living legend] ,, see his record and overall performance ..

So how many times I have to re-iterate the same thing ,,, Pls pls pls ,,, before labeling someone as the "Best batter"  see the record over considerable amount of time ... Greats are considered if they consistently perform for more than a DECADE or two ,, else only the  country to which the player belongs will remeber him ,, and not the entire cricketing faternity.

Edited by krisdy

Smith is good but he is no where near Inzamam right now. Inzamam stands as the best batter today. He is just amazing.

No way graeme smith. The best batter ever is Donald Bradman, and the best batter today is obviously Inzamam, he has proved that. He averaged an extraordinary 107 in the England/Pakistan test series that just passed.