New Yorker
First Class Player
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2015
- Runs
- 3,172
Gibbs is a better odi batsmen than Amla.One can remember his 6 sixes record in WCs against Netherlands and that 175 in greatest odi match of all time beyond the stats. Amla can be considered better than Smith though in odis.
Quite silly. One knock does not a career make. If it did, Afridi would be an ATG.
You remember the dazzle and forget the fizzle.
You forget that the failure of a batsman also has an impact.
Amla's almost preternatural productivity is hugely underrated, as was Kallis.
Gibbs was very good, but the numbers barely merit comparison.
Gibbs Ave 36, SR 83, 21 100's in 248 Matches. Amla Ave 52, SR 89. 23 100's in 137 matches
There is an ocean of difference between a 36 average and a 52 average.
Gibbs was very very good; the fact that Amla is better merely puts his achievement in perspective.