Donald Bradman vs Vivian Richards vs Sachin Tendulkar

[Chrish]

Who is better test batsman?

Let's settle this once and for all.

@Mods, can you please add the public poll?

 

[Leo23]

viv is comfortably below bradman and sachin in tests

bradman played a very long time ago so he should not be compared to players of today or the last 30-40 years

imo tendulkar and lara are the two best test batsmen of the last 30 years closely followed by steve waugh,kallis,gavaskar and sangakkara

my top 10 test batsmen of the last 50 years:

tendulkar
lara
kallis
steve waugh
gavaskar
sangakkara
ponting
miandad
richards
dravid

 

[Chrish]

viv is comfortably below bradman and sachin in tests

Nah..

 

[Proactive_]

Don > Viv > Tendu

 

[Robert]

Never mind who is best, I want to know who is overrated.

 

[Chrish]

Never mind who is best, I want to know who is overrated.

tbh all of them are.. On this forum SRT by Indians and Viv by Pakistanis.

On neutral forum Bradman seems to be over-hyped (you got dudes saying he would average 110 if playing today)

 

[Messiah]

viv is comfortably below bradman and sachin in tests

LOL. If u r just going by averages, sanga has better avg than tendulkar. So he is better?

On topic, bradman > viv > srt. They were respectively one of the best in their generation, except don left his peers far behind

 

[thehub]

Not sure why Viv is there. When it comes to test alone, Viv should not be there in top 3. Viv was more famous to his attacking batting in ODI.

 

[SL_Fan]

Rubbish. Viv certainly has a good case of being the greatest ever modern-day bat. In ODIs he's easily ahead of anyone else. In Tests he's right up there as well. Not to forget he was striking over the 70 mark in Tests as well. Beast!

 

[The_Odd_One]

Bradman and it's not even a contest.

If we consider only modern day batsmen, I will pick Tendulkar.

 

[ChennaiFan]

Sachin was better in tests. However, I like Viv the best for the way he intimidated the bowlers.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Bradman
SRT
Viv

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Donald Bradman will remain the best among all batmen who have ever played cricket due to that monstrous average after good amount of matches, second will be Sir Vivian who played in the era of great fast bowlers yet maintained a wonderful average at very good strike rate and third is Sachin automatically due to the options available.

 

[Sachin136]

Donald Bradman will remain the best among all batmen who have ever played cricket due to that monstrous average after good amount of matches, second will be Sir Vivian who played in the era of great fast bowlers yet maintained a wonderful average at very good strike rate and third is Sachin automatically due to the options available.

Most of those great fast bowlers were in his team.

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

Bradman >>>>> Viv > Sachin.

IMO Viv and Sachin are almost equal and this would be my top 3 batsmen in tests, with Sobers and Hutton slightly behind.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Most of those great fast bowlers were in his team.

Yes, but Australia, Pakistan and England also had great fast bowlers at that time.

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

Most of those great fast bowlers were in his team.

He still had great performances against Imran, Wasim, Lillee, Hadlee, Willis etc. who were all great bowlers.

 

[Chrish]

Viv scored at the SR of 67 without wearing helmet with the average similar to SRT. True he averaged 39 something against his own bowlers in domestic but then again SRT's numbers against McGrath for example aren't that flashy either so..

 

[Leo23]

LOL. If u r just going by averages, sanga has better avg than tendulkar. So he is better?

On topic, bradman > viv > srt. They were respectively one of the best in their generation, except don left his peers far behind

not going by average

the best bowlers of viv's era where in viv's team and his record against them in domestic cricket is ordinary

tendulkar never had the luxury of playing against the poor indian bowlers of his time

he averaged almost 60 in the 90s playing against world class bowlers

if he would have faced indian trundlers he would probably have averaged 70 during that period and score 10 more tons

 

[Sidilicious]

viv is comfortably below bradman and sachin in tests

bradman played a very long time ago so he should not be compared to players of today or the last 30-40 years

imo tendulkar and lara are the two best test batsmen of the last 30 years closely followed by steve waugh,kallis,gavaskar and sangakkara

my top 10 test batsmen of the last 50 years:

tendulkar
lara
kallis
steve waugh
gavaskar
sangakkara
ponting
miandad
richards
dravid

you're rating viv really low. he is just below Tendulkar for me.

bradman should not even be in the contest. he is no. 1. the contest will always be for no. 2

 

[thehub]

He still had great performances against Imran, Wasim, Lillee, Hadlee, Willis etc. who were all great bowlers.

Lol at akram and Willis. Akram during Viv time was just mindless fast bowler. He was nothing great until beginning of 90s. Trust me on this. Willis was not great at all. Yes he was a good bowler like kapil with slightly more pace and bounce.

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

Lol at akram and Willis. Akram during Viv time was just mindless fast bowler. He was nothing great until beginning of 90s. Trust me on this. Willis was not great at all. Yes he was a good bowler like kapil with slightly more pace and bounce.

Willis was certainly a great bowler. Fine on Akram... he hit his peak in 89.

 

[Protea Fan]

Tendulkar travelled more in a few months than the Don did in a decade, played in varying conditions of over 50 Test grounds as opposed to Bradman's ten, reinvented himself in multiple formats while enduring the unrelenting scrutiny of the media and millions of fans across the world

Sachin stood tall in the 2-3 competitive era's.So easily sachin for his unbelievable longevity consistency and insane versatility

 

[boomboomcheema]

Did Viv face any quality spinners and how good was he against them ?

 

[Leo23]

you're rating viv really low. he is just below Tendulkar for me.

bradman should not even be in the contest. he is no. 1. the contest will always be for no. 2

i don't rate viv very highly in tests

imo he was a luxury test batsman who never faced most of the best bowlers of his time because they were in his team and had the license to play attacking cricket because his team was unbeatable

in an inferior team he would have had to curb his attacking instincts which would have tested his defensive game which was not that strong

as a pure test batsman i would rank him below the names i mentioned

in odis there is no doubt that he is the greatest ever

 

[thehub]

i don't rate viv very highly in tests

imo he was a luxury test batsman who never faced most of the best bowlers of his time because they were in his team and had the license to play attacking cricket because his team was unbeatable

in an inferior team he would have had to curb his attacking instincts which would have tested his defensive game which was not that strong

as a pure test batsman i would rank him below the names i mentioned

in odis there is no doubt that he is the greatest ever

Spot on.

 

[Gilly]

Most of those great fast bowlers were in his team.

Yes its true that Viv did not have to face his own bowlers, but were they really that good since they didnt have to bowl to Viv.

So they cancel each other out, none of them were any good because they didnt face each other.

lol

 

[Harsh Thakor]

Unfair to obliterate Brian Charles Lara who at his best may have been the greatest ever. In test cricket he challenged Bradman more than Sachin or Viv compiling mammoth scores more than any batt ever,Scoring at a devastating rate and single handedly shouldering the burden of the weakest of batting sides.Lara was more mercurial than any batsmen for a prolonged period ,singelhandedly turning matches more than anyone.Just see Lara's best batting efforts compared to anyone and his average percentage score of team's total.

 

[thehub]

Unfair to obliterate Brian Charles Lara who at his best may have been the greatest ever. In test cricket he challenged Bradman more than Sachin or Viv compiling mammoth scores more than any batt ever,Scoring at a devastating rate and single handedly shouldering the burden of the weakest of batting sides.Lara was more mercurial than any batsmen for a prolonged period ,singelhandedly turning matches more than anyone.Just see Lara's best batting efforts compared to anyone and his average percentage score of team's total.

How many matches did he single handedly turn? Why no mention about his inconsistency? Those 2 400s were not selfish innings? Why many of his teammates had issues with him if he was really a team player?

 

[sachin100]

Unfair to obliterate Brian Charles Lara who at his best may have been the greatest ever. In test cricket he challenged Bradman more than Sachin or Viv compiling mammoth scores more than any batt ever,Scoring at a devastating rate and single handedly shouldering the burden of the weakest of batting sides.Lara was more mercurial than any batsmen for a prolonged period ,singelhandedly turning matches more than anyone.Just see Lara's best batting efforts compared to anyone and his average percentage score of team's total.

May be u haven't seen sachin stats in 1990 s when he is a one man team and he was averaging 60.

How many match winning innings he has played? May be 2 in one series that too at home.

Wi are a far better side than india until early 2000 when both walsh and ambrose both played.

He is a selfish player as well which is showed in his highest knocks where he played only for his score

 

[Cric1234]

Tendulkar batted most of his career at no4 averaging over 54 in the same period Kallis averaged almost 62 at no4 and Tendulkar not Kallis is compared to Bradman as the best of all time.

 

[Ab Fan]

Dont know.