Harsh Thakor
First Class Star
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- Oct 1, 2012
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I'm amazed that in terms of overall percentage of aggregate runs and centuries in winning causes Gordon Greenidge has the best statistics by any West Indian batsmen 14 out of his 19 centuries have been registered in winning causes as against 12/26 of Sobers, 12/24 of Viv Richards etc.Unlike George Headley , Viv Richards ,Everton Weekes Gary Sobers ,Rohan Kanhai and Clive Lloyd ;Greenidge has scored more runs in test wins than in test matches not won.Gordon has a higher average in wins unlike Weekes,Lara and Viv Richards .Out of a total of 7558 runs Greenidge has accounted for 0ver 4600 in wins,about 68% of his total run ggregate.Headley,Lara,Weekes,Sobers and Kanhai have higher averages in won games but lower percentage winning aggregate.George Headley has a phenomenal average of 95 but a relatively lower aggregate of runs scoring less than a thousand test runs in a winning cause out of a total of 2156.
Morally still I consider Viv or Lara ahead as match-winners and arguably even Sobers but based on pure stats in my book Greenidge is the best Calypso batsmen of them all as a match-winner.At his best in the mid 1980's Gordon was the best batsmen in the world like when registering 2 double centuries in England.It is a revelation that all of Greenidge's double hundreds have been in winning causes.Greenidge was at his best unlike Viv when West Indies under Clive Lloyd's astute leadership was arguably the best team of all time.For some time Greenidge was close to the most complete batsmen after Barry Richards whir could could blend attacking agression with watertight technique in perfect proportion.Many experts placed Greenidge in their all time xi as he could be a match-winner.I don't discard the fact that figures of WSC supertests from 1977-79 would have boosted Viv statistically as a match winner increasing his average and percentage aggregate of runs in wins.It would have been a similar case adding Gary Sobers scores for rest of the world aginst England and Australia.Still statististically Gordon would have the edge in winning causes.Another cause could be that Greenidge was at his best when West Indies was at it's absolute prime .launching a ten record wining streak of 11 test wins.Viv and Gary were not at their best in the pinnacle of West Indian cricket.
GORDON GREENIDGE IN GAMES WON
Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
won match 1974-1991 57 97 12 4653 226 54.74 14 18 6 view innings
lost match 1974-1991 14 28 0 434 56 15.50 0 1 2 view innings
drawn match 1976-1991 37 60 4 2471 154* 44.12 5 15 3 view innings
VIV RICHARDS RECORD IN WON GAMES
won match 1974-1991 63 90 8 4300 291 52.43 12 22 4 view innings
lost match 1974-1991 19 38 0 1197 177 31.50 2 7 4 view innings
drawn match 1975-1991 39 54 4 3043 232 60.86 10 16 2
CLIVE LLOYD
won match 1966-1984 43 63 6 3337 242* 58.54 10 16 3 view innings
lost match 1968-1985 22 43 1 1351 178 32.16 2 7 1 view innings
drawn match 1967-1984 45 69 7 2827 157 45.59 7 16 0 view innings
EVERTON WEEKES
won match 1948-1958 16 23 2 1403 156 66.80 5 6 0 view innings
lost match 1950-1958 15 30 1 784 94 27.03 0 8 6 view innings
drawn match 1948-1958 17 28 2 2268 207 87.23 10 5 0 view innings
GARY SOBERS
won match 1956-1974 31 46 6 3097 365* 77.42 12 11 1 view innings
lost match 1954-1974 25 49 2 1274 113 27.10 1 5 7 view innings
tied match 1960-1960 1 2 0 146 132 73.00 1 0 0 view innings
drawn match 1955-1974 36 63 13 3515 226 70.30 12 14 4 view innings
BRIAN LARA
won match 1992-2005 32 52 4 2929 213 61.02 4387 66.76 8 16 1 389 30 view innings
lost match 1992-2006 63 126 0 5316 226 42.19 9283 57.26 14 22 13 712 34 view innings
drawn match 1990-2006 36 54 2 3708 400* 71.30 6083 60.95 12 10 3 458 24
ROHAN KANHAI
won match 1958-1974 27 42 1 2404 256 58.63 5 11 4 view innings
lost match 1957-1974 20 40 2 1340 153 35.26 4 4 3 view innings
tied match 1960-1960 1 2 0 69 54 34.50 0 1 0 view innings
drawn match 1957-1974 31 53 3 2414 158* 48.28 6 12 0 view innings
GEORGE HEADLEY
won match 1930-1954 5 9 1 766 270* 95.75 4 1 0 view innings
lost match 1930-1939 9 18 1 589 107 34.64 3 1 2 view innings
drawn match 1930-1948 8 13 2 835 223 75.90 3 3 0 view innings
Morally still I consider Viv or Lara ahead as match-winners and arguably even Sobers but based on pure stats in my book Greenidge is the best Calypso batsmen of them all as a match-winner.At his best in the mid 1980's Gordon was the best batsmen in the world like when registering 2 double centuries in England.It is a revelation that all of Greenidge's double hundreds have been in winning causes.Greenidge was at his best unlike Viv when West Indies under Clive Lloyd's astute leadership was arguably the best team of all time.For some time Greenidge was close to the most complete batsmen after Barry Richards whir could could blend attacking agression with watertight technique in perfect proportion.Many experts placed Greenidge in their all time xi as he could be a match-winner.I don't discard the fact that figures of WSC supertests from 1977-79 would have boosted Viv statistically as a match winner increasing his average and percentage aggregate of runs in wins.It would have been a similar case adding Gary Sobers scores for rest of the world aginst England and Australia.Still statististically Gordon would have the edge in winning causes.Another cause could be that Greenidge was at his best when West Indies was at it's absolute prime .launching a ten record wining streak of 11 test wins.Viv and Gary were not at their best in the pinnacle of West Indian cricket.
GORDON GREENIDGE IN GAMES WON
Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
won match 1974-1991 57 97 12 4653 226 54.74 14 18 6 view innings
lost match 1974-1991 14 28 0 434 56 15.50 0 1 2 view innings
drawn match 1976-1991 37 60 4 2471 154* 44.12 5 15 3 view innings
VIV RICHARDS RECORD IN WON GAMES
won match 1974-1991 63 90 8 4300 291 52.43 12 22 4 view innings
lost match 1974-1991 19 38 0 1197 177 31.50 2 7 4 view innings
drawn match 1975-1991 39 54 4 3043 232 60.86 10 16 2
CLIVE LLOYD
won match 1966-1984 43 63 6 3337 242* 58.54 10 16 3 view innings
lost match 1968-1985 22 43 1 1351 178 32.16 2 7 1 view innings
drawn match 1967-1984 45 69 7 2827 157 45.59 7 16 0 view innings
EVERTON WEEKES
won match 1948-1958 16 23 2 1403 156 66.80 5 6 0 view innings
lost match 1950-1958 15 30 1 784 94 27.03 0 8 6 view innings
drawn match 1948-1958 17 28 2 2268 207 87.23 10 5 0 view innings
GARY SOBERS
won match 1956-1974 31 46 6 3097 365* 77.42 12 11 1 view innings
lost match 1954-1974 25 49 2 1274 113 27.10 1 5 7 view innings
tied match 1960-1960 1 2 0 146 132 73.00 1 0 0 view innings
drawn match 1955-1974 36 63 13 3515 226 70.30 12 14 4 view innings
BRIAN LARA
won match 1992-2005 32 52 4 2929 213 61.02 4387 66.76 8 16 1 389 30 view innings
lost match 1992-2006 63 126 0 5316 226 42.19 9283 57.26 14 22 13 712 34 view innings
drawn match 1990-2006 36 54 2 3708 400* 71.30 6083 60.95 12 10 3 458 24
ROHAN KANHAI
won match 1958-1974 27 42 1 2404 256 58.63 5 11 4 view innings
lost match 1957-1974 20 40 2 1340 153 35.26 4 4 3 view innings
tied match 1960-1960 1 2 0 69 54 34.50 0 1 0 view innings
drawn match 1957-1974 31 53 3 2414 158* 48.28 6 12 0 view innings
GEORGE HEADLEY
won match 1930-1954 5 9 1 766 270* 95.75 4 1 0 view innings
lost match 1930-1939 9 18 1 589 107 34.64 3 1 2 view innings
drawn match 1930-1948 8 13 2 835 223 75.90 3 3 0 view innings
