Harsh Thakor
First Class Star
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2012
- Runs
- 3,520
- Post of the Week
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best test batsmen at no 5 .on order of merit.
1.Steve Waugh
2.Alan Border
3 Frank Worrell
4.Colin Cowdrey
5.Clive Lloyd
6.Andy Flower
7.Zaheer Abbas
8.Mohammad Azharrudin
9.A.B.Devilliers
10.Michael Clarke
11.Shivnaraine Chanderpaul
12.Samaweera
Steve Waugh is rated at the top ahead of Border because he performed better at no 5 although overall Border was better.Border scored a great bulk of his runs also at no 3 and no.5.Border was the ultimate player to bat for your life even if Steve Waugh had a greater contribution in wins.He was more prolific than Waugh against great bowling although Waugh was a more fluent strokemaker.Both were like architects and soldiers moulded into one.Frank Worrell took cricketing art and grace to regions of the sublime and was close to the most complete batsmen ever Worrell mastered the seaming English wickets outscoring Walcott and Weekes .On his day Cowdrey could join the gods of Olympus with his amazing stroke execution and timing as he displayed in Kingston ion 1959-60 and when scoring 102 out of 191 at Melbourne in 1954.Best no 5 against great pace bowling.Clive Lloyd was consistency personified as a skipper particularly towards the end .He was an epitome of power hitting the ball as hard as any great left-hander.At his best dominated bowling at its deepest depth,carrying a bat like a bludgeon.Andy flower posessed the class of a Viv Richards or Greg Chappell with an amazing array of strokes and singlehandedly carried the mantle of Zimbabwean cricket like George Headley did for West Indies 7 decades ago.Worrell , Zaheer Abbas and Azharrudin were elegance and artistry personified.. On a flat track Zaheer could overshadow even Viv Richards and was the best player of spin in his era.Azhar's glance or flick had the touches of batting genius Ranjitsinghji A.B.Devilliers took batting domination to the regions of divinity like Viv Richards on his day.For a while Clarke was the most evergreen and dominant batsmen at no 5 having a great aggregate staging the best team in the world,South Africa. Although Chanderpaul was unorthodox or a somewhat freak in batting style his figures were simply phenomenal.Samaweera was one of the greatest props of Sri Lankan batting in his time participating in a world record stand for the 5th wicket of 437 runs.
1.Steve Waugh
2.Alan Border
3 Frank Worrell
4.Colin Cowdrey
5.Clive Lloyd
6.Andy Flower
7.Zaheer Abbas
8.Mohammad Azharrudin
9.A.B.Devilliers
10.Michael Clarke
11.Shivnaraine Chanderpaul
12.Samaweera
Steve Waugh is rated at the top ahead of Border because he performed better at no 5 although overall Border was better.Border scored a great bulk of his runs also at no 3 and no.5.Border was the ultimate player to bat for your life even if Steve Waugh had a greater contribution in wins.He was more prolific than Waugh against great bowling although Waugh was a more fluent strokemaker.Both were like architects and soldiers moulded into one.Frank Worrell took cricketing art and grace to regions of the sublime and was close to the most complete batsmen ever Worrell mastered the seaming English wickets outscoring Walcott and Weekes .On his day Cowdrey could join the gods of Olympus with his amazing stroke execution and timing as he displayed in Kingston ion 1959-60 and when scoring 102 out of 191 at Melbourne in 1954.Best no 5 against great pace bowling.Clive Lloyd was consistency personified as a skipper particularly towards the end .He was an epitome of power hitting the ball as hard as any great left-hander.At his best dominated bowling at its deepest depth,carrying a bat like a bludgeon.Andy flower posessed the class of a Viv Richards or Greg Chappell with an amazing array of strokes and singlehandedly carried the mantle of Zimbabwean cricket like George Headley did for West Indies 7 decades ago.Worrell , Zaheer Abbas and Azharrudin were elegance and artistry personified.. On a flat track Zaheer could overshadow even Viv Richards and was the best player of spin in his era.Azhar's glance or flick had the touches of batting genius Ranjitsinghji A.B.Devilliers took batting domination to the regions of divinity like Viv Richards on his day.For a while Clarke was the most evergreen and dominant batsmen at no 5 having a great aggregate staging the best team in the world,South Africa. Although Chanderpaul was unorthodox or a somewhat freak in batting style his figures were simply phenomenal.Samaweera was one of the greatest props of Sri Lankan batting in his time participating in a world record stand for the 5th wicket of 437 runs.
