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Junaids said:
Can there only be one all-time great?

I'm inclined to think that Sangakkara is probably the third best left-hander of all time behind Garry Sobers and Graeme Pollock.

I would add that better right-handers are probably Don Bradman and George Headley and Viv Richards.

That would mean that Sangakkara would be the first batsman since Viv Richards to get into the all-time top ten.
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Graeme Pollock was an amazing talent no doubt but unfortunately south africa was banned and he has only 2200 runs so it's hard to accept him there in the list with these greats based on his domestic stats
 
Strike Rate said:
Graeme Pollock was an amazing talent no doubt but unfortunately south africa was banned and he has only 2200 runs so it's hard to accept him there in the list with these greats based on his domestic stats
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I'm going by his performances in Test cricket in the 1960s - 2200 runs was not bad in those days - and his performances against the Rebel West Indians, who arguably had a better attack than any Test team in history apart from the official West Indies of the same era.
 
Romali_rotti said:
This is your problem, you are nothing but a sour grape.. Regardless if Sri Lanka lose this match it doesn't take anything away from this 200 he made. Life is all rosey sunshine when you have match winning bowlers and good to great overall batsmen in your side however you have to respect the player who scores from the other side more as he plays with an inferior support cast than a SA or Australia and the umpires who come to the rescue of you lot.
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I gave him his due diligence in another thread, what sour grapes?
He needs more of this type of innings to move high up my books.
Not necessarily scoring double tons but clutch/important knocks especially away from home.
Despite a higher average than Laxman I still rate him below due to the clutch factor.
India's two victories in SA were due to Laxman's innings.
I mention the two victories/knocks in particular because a clutch knock is not necessarily defined by a ton but by the nature of the pitch and both teams respective totals.
He is even further behind Martyn who could play clutch knocks in any conditions.

Like I said, more of the same and he'll move high up my list.

(Lol at the umpiring decisions though)
 
don;t know about the greatest but certainly the classiest cricketer of his age. went out of t20s with a bang, is in prime form in odis and still wants to retire and is only playing tests because the country wants him to. none of this holding on to play for pointless records a la tendulkar, ponting. the man just too classy for that.

let's not forget the amazing work he does for charity, him representing all cricket players at the icc for almost a decade and his intellect and his ability to speak to an audience.

just the most complete cricketer of his time and is an amazing role model, especially for the sub continent.
 
anuk said:
don;t know about the greatest but certainly the classiest cricketer of his age. went out of t20s with a bang, is in prime form in odis and still wants to retire and is only playing tests because the country wants him to. none of this holding on to play for pointless records a la tendulkar, ponting. the man just too classy for that.

let's not forget the amazing work he does for charity, him representing all cricket players at the icc for almost a decade and his intellect and his ability to speak to an audience.

just the most complete cricketer of his time and is an amazing role model, especially for the sub continent.
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Classy batsman cheats at coin toss in the world cup final and has the nerve to talk about spirit of cricket and collect an award named so but also appeals even when the ball is a metre away from the bat. Yes classy indeed :sanga

Anyway on topic, thats a brave statement to make. People here are forgetting Sobers, Lara, Border, Pollock, etc. Sanga has done well but he hasnt really faced the prime bowlers and lively pitches of the 80s and 90s.
 
Fire Bird said:
Classy batsman cheats at coin toss in the world cup final and has the nerve to talk about spirit of cricket and collect an award named so but also appeals even when the ball is a metre away from the bat. Yes classy indeed :sanga

Anyway on topic, thats a brave statement to make. People here are forgetting Sobers, Lara, Border, Pollock, etc. Sanga has done well but he hasnt really faced the prime bowlers and lively pitches of the 80s and 90s.
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sanga has represented every single test player in front of the icc for almost a decade. his standing in the game is unquestioned. educated, humble, well spoken, magnanimous...really can't think of a cricketer who has had such a high standing in the game recently. he should be ur or ur kids role model really.
 
anuk said:
sanga has represented every single test player in front of the icc for almost a decade. his standing in the game is unquestioned. educated, humble, well spoken, magnanimous...really can't think of a cricketer who has had such a high standing in the game recently. he should be ur or ur kids role model really.
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I'm sure I'm not alone in disliking the way he appeals for clear not-outs. He's done that right through his career.
 
Junaids said:
Can there only be one all-time great?

I'm inclined to think that Sangakkara is probably the third best left-hander of all time behind Garry Sobers and Graeme Pollock.

I would add that better right-handers are probably Don Bradman and George Headley and Viv Richards.

That would mean that Sangakkara would be the first batsman since Viv Richards to get into the all-time top ten.
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Sanga ahead of Lara ? Seriously ?
 
Varun said:
I'm sure I'm not alone in disliking the way he appeals for clear not-outs. He's done that right through his career.
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he is a master of his craft. there are no half measures with him.
 
biggestdravidfan said:
Sanga ahead of Lara ? Seriously ?
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Unquestionably.

Lara was lazy as Sangakkara was disciplined.

Cruised for years, as his team lurched from defeat to defeat, then as soon as Hayden took his record for all-time highest Test score he woke up and took it back within months.

Which served only to show how little he had tried over the years.
 
Fire Bird said:
LOL keep your advice to yourself buddy. I have role models and that is my dad, my mother, my grandmother and my brother. I don;t need an outside figure let alone someone peddling some spirit of cricket nonsense like Sanga. With all the good qualities you have listed, has it ever occurred to you that it may have been a PR move. Sanga strikes me as a dishonest person. Go ahead make him a role model for you and your kids. Who knows your kids may start appealing for bump balls and cheat at the toss :uakmal And don't tell anyone who their or kids role models should be. You sound presumptuous.
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ur loss bro. :misbah

sanga is the best role model possible from cricket.
 
anuk said:
not everybody can ball tamper to gain an advantage :srt
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Atleast he doesnt pretend to be high and mighty while collecting a spirit of cricket award and also while doing his dirty business on the cricket field.
 
anuk said:
don;t know about the greatest but certainly the classiest cricketer of his age. went out of t20s with a bang, is in prime form in odis and still wants to retire and is only playing tests because the country wants him to. none of this holding on to play for pointless records a la tendulkar, ponting. the man just too classy for that.

let's not forget the amazing work he does for charity, him representing all cricket players at the icc for almost a decade and his intellect and his ability to speak to an audience.

just the most complete cricketer of his time and is an amazing role model, especially for the sub continent.
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Most of the Asian cricketers do that.
 
Junaids said:
Unquestionably.

Lara was lazy as Sangakkara was disciplined.

Cruised for years, as his team lurched from defeat to defeat, then as soon as Hayden took his record for all-time highest Test score he woke up and took it back within months.

Which served only to show how little he had tried over the years.
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Man seriously sometime I just dont get your posts. Lara is in an untouchable league, he faced Mcgrath, Donald, Pollock, Wasim, Waqar etc all when those bowlers were at their peaks. Yeah its all good that Sanga is performing well, when the wickets have mellowed down a lot and the quality of bowling has gone down substantially. Not taking anything away from Sangakarra, he is one of my favorite bats but saying he is better than Lara ? Ohh Pleaseeee....
 
spiderreddy said:
Most of the Asian cricketers do that.
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Yeah but they dont advertise how charitable they are like PR campaigner Sanga. You would never see any Asian great talk about spirit of cricket and appeal when clearly not out, acting like the umpire has ripped them off, suggesting the batsman to walk even when not out, ask bwler to bowl no balls to prevent opponent from getting century.
 
Fire Bird said:
Yeah but they dont advertise how charitable they are like PR campaigner Sanga. You would never see any Asian great talk about spirit of cricket and appeal when clearly not out, acting like the umpire has ripped them off, suggesting the batsman to walk even when not out, ask bwler to bowl no balls to prevent opponent from getting century.
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Also Sanga-Sehwag-Randiv. Spirit of cricket, indeed!
 
Fire Bird said:
Yeah but they dont advertise how charitable they are like PR campaigner Sanga. You would never see any Asian great talk about spirit of cricket and appeal when clearly not out, acting like the umpire has ripped them off, suggesting the batsman to walk even when not out, ask bwler to bowl no balls to prevent opponent from getting century.
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Yeah that was pretty bad by Sanga, he is not a classy player that's for sure.. Still a great batsmen nevertheless..
 
Romali_rotti said:
Man seriously sometime I just dont get your posts. Lara is in an untouchable league, he faced Mcgrath, Donald, Pollock, Wasim, Waqar etc all when those bowlers were at their peaks. Yeah its all good that Sanga is performing well, when the wickets have mellowed down a lot and the quality of bowling has gone down substantially. Not taking anything away from Sangakarra, he is one of my favorite bats but saying he is better than Lara ? Ohh Pleaseeee....
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If you think I'm harsh on Sachin, don't get me started on Lara!

Having been brought up on the guts, determination and application of Fredericks, Richards and eventually Haynes (after a bit of a lazy start), I ended up unbelievably angry at Lara's attitude, and I haven't mellowed towards him yet.

The generation before played every match like a battle to prove themselves.

There is a reason why I call Tendulkar and Lara "Dumb and Dumber".
 
Junaids said:
If you think I'm harsh on Sachin, don't get me started on Lara!

Having been brought up on the guts, determination and application of Fredericks, Richards and eventually Haynes (after a bit of a lazy start), I ended up unbelievably angry at Lara's attitude, and I haven't mellowed towards him yet.

The generation before played every match like a battle to prove themselves.

There is a reason why I call Tendulkar and Lara "Dumb and Dumber".
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Because they weren't playing so many international matches in a calender year.
 
soso_killer said:
Not necessarily scoring double tons but clutch/important knocks especially away from home.
Despite a higher average than Laxman I still rate him below due to the clutch factor.
India's two victories in SA were due to Laxman's innings.
I mention the two victories/knocks in particular because a clutch knock is not necessarily defined by a ton but by the nature of the pitch and both teams respective totals.
He is even further behind Martyn who could play clutch knocks in any conditions.

Like I said, more of the same and he'll move high up my list.

(Lol at the umpiring decisions though)
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I will give Sanga a higher spot than VVS. There was one comparison going on earlier involving Sanga, MoYo and VVS,

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...ohammad-Yousuf-Kumar-Sangakkara-or-VVS-Laxman!

What do you think about MoYo? I don't rate MoYo high due to his inability to play well on turning tracks(Ind/SL) or on bouncy tracks(SA/Aus). MoYo was not good against best bowling sides even at home. VVS and Sanga don't have that kind of weakness.
 
Buffet said:
I will give Sanga a higher spot than VVS. There was one comparison going on earlier involving Sanga, MoYo and VVS,

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...ohammad-Yousuf-Kumar-Sangakkara-or-VVS-Laxman!

What do you think about MoYo? I don't rate MoYo high due to his inability to play well on turning tracks(Ind/SL) or on bouncy tracks(SA/Aus). MoYo was not good against best bowling sides even at home. VVS and Sanga don't have that kind of weakness.
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Never rated MoYo any more than Mahela.
He was never good against good bowling attacks (a la Inzy), he had a freakish year were he scored 2 billion runs and that's it.
YK on the other hand is a different beast altogether
 
And why do you rate Sanga higher than VVS, just curious? [MENTION=97523]Buffet[/MENTION]
 
^ Whattay question :)))

Haters gonna hate I guess.
 
Another top knock by the great man. Was great to watch. Hats off!
 
Great player but I've got Sobers and Lara ahead of him.
 
Defn not! Top 5 may be but not best left hand batsman.Lara for me.
 
soso_killer said:
And why do you rate Sanga higher than VVS, just curious? [MENTION=97523]Buffet[/MENTION]
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:))) Just pick another sport to follow. Cricket certainly aint your thing. And I see any reason for you to follow the SA choker team either.
 
^ And I DON'T see any reason for you to follow the SA choker team either.

WTH happened to editing option ?? :mv
 
Despite the stats id rate Lara higher then sanga purely because he was a batsmen who should he could dominate the best bowlers around the world on a regular basis. Some of Laras best inns were when he took Mcgrath/warne... murali etc.. apart in testing conditions which was just a joy to watch. Sanga isnt to far behind interms of overall quality as a player though.
 
McGarrett said:
:))) Just pick another sport to follow. Cricket certainly aint your thing. And I see any reason for you to follow the SA choker team either.
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See, for the sheer mountain of runs he has made Sanga should be unanimous choice. But he made a hell lot of easy runs and also often failed to score big where it mattered. For example, even though on paper Sanga has had very impressive stats between 2008-2014 (he is touted as a super player for this period) , he averages only 39 outside Asia during this period, at the same time averaging 72odd at home and minnows combined. Which is why comparison with Laxman is not out of place, because Laxman made more runs against tougher opponents. Sanga has more quantity compared to Laxman, but does he have the quality of runs Laxman made? That is the question. Not every one agrees Sanga's quantity is enough to place him above Laxman.
 
IndianWillow said:
See, for the sheer mountain of runs he has made Sanga should be unanimous choice. But he made a hell lot of easy runs and also often failed to score big where it mattered. For example, even though on paper Sanga has had very impressive stats between 2008-2014 (he is touted as a super player for this period) , he averages only 39 outside Asia during this period, at the same time averaging 72odd at home and minnows combined. Which is why comparison with Laxman is not out of place, because Laxman made more runs against tougher opponents. Sanga has more quantity compared to Laxman, but does he have the quality of runs Laxman made? That is the question. Not every one agrees Sanga's quantity is enough to place him above Laxman.
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Could not have put it any better, its all about quality knocks really. Sanga has not played enough of these knocks for me.
 
IndianWillow said:
See, for the sheer mountain of runs he has made Sanga should be unanimous choice. But he made a hell lot of easy runs and also often failed to score big where it mattered. For example, even though on paper Sanga has had very impressive stats between 2008-2014 (he is touted as a super player for this period) , he averages only 39 outside Asia during this period, at the same time averaging 72odd at home and minnows combined. Which is why comparison with Laxman is not out of place, because Laxman made more runs against tougher opponents. Sanga has more quantity compared to Laxman, but does he have the quality of runs Laxman made? That is the question. Not every one agrees Sanga's quantity is enough to place him above Laxman.
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Not sure what you are on about there.

Laxman has 7 100s in 102 innings outside the SC. Of the 4 100s in Aus 3 were at the SCG and 1 at Adelaide. Also 2 in WI. Can hardly be considered foreign conditions those. Then 1 at Napier. He has no 100s in SA or Eng.

Sanga has 7 100s in 65 innings outside the SC. He has 100s everywhere except WI and has scored 150+ against all teams. Sanga is so far ahead that it'll just be a complete waste of time to do any more comparisons.

Also it's not 2008 it's around mid 2006 that Sanga took off. He has averaged over 62 against the top 7 teams since then (66 at home, 57 away and 62 neutral plus 56 outside the SC and 65 in the SC).

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...6;spanval2=span;template=results;type=batting

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...6;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

As for the easy runs bit even when you excl Bangla and Zimboks he averages over 55 in the 1st/2nd innings against the top 7 teams and 53 in the 3rd/4th innings. Also averages 72 in wins and 64 in draws against the top 7. So much for the easy runs. Lost count of the number of times he has bailed SL out of trouble.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...orderby=default;template=results;type=batting

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...orderby=default;template=results;type=batting
 
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SL_Fan said:
Not sure what you are on about there.

Laxman has 7 100s in 102 innings outside the SC. Of the 4 100s in Aus 3 were at the SCG and 1 at Adelaide. Also 2 in WI. Can hardly be considered foreign conditions those. Then 1 at Napier. He has no 100s in SA or Eng.

Sanga has 7 100s in 65 innings outside the SC. He has 100s everywhere except WI and has scored 150 against all teams. Sanga is so far ahead that it'll just be a complete waste of time to do any more comparisons.

Also it's not 2008 it's around mid 2006 that Sanga took off. He has averaged over 62 against the top 7 teams since then (66 at home, 57 away and 62 neutral plus 56 outside the SC and 65 in the SC).

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...6;spanval2=span;template=results;type=batting

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...6;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

As for the easy runs bit even when you excl Bangla and Zimboks he averages over 55 in the 1st/2nd innings against the top 7 teams and 53 in the 3rd/4th innings. Also averages 72 in wins and 64 in draws against the top 7. So much for the easy runs. Lost count of the number of times he has bailed SL out of trouble.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...orderby=default;template=results;type=batting

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...orderby=default;template=results;type=batting
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His hate for Sanga is well known. Poor guy must have had a heart-attack when Sanga cracked that double ton to put SL on the top.
 
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soso_killer said:
And why do you rate Sanga higher than VVS, just curious? [MENTION=97523]Buffet[/MENTION]
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VVS was sure a gun players who was consistently good everywhere and against everyone. Bloke could play against good bowling attacks and produce great knocks. I know 80 runs can be more valuable than 150 at times and he did plenty of those.

I rate Sanga higher due to his propensity to make it big when he scores. You could argue that it's possible to do it when you bat at 3 and not possible when you bat at 6 but not many players who bat at 3 can play big knocks. I don't rate Sanga higher than VVS against good attacks but Sanga has scored runs against better attacks as well so he is not sitting ducks. I could see why many of you may rate VVS higher. Pretty much the same crowd rate VVS higher than Dravid but I disagree there as well.

Also, you still need to give credit for runs at home. Yes, it may be easier for Sanga to score runs at home but he has so many runs that it can't be simply ignored specially when he has done fine away as well. Sanga does have a situation where he didn't do that well in some countries or against some oppositions but over all I give it to Sanga. Also, VVS played for a gun batting unit but that's not the case with Sanga. Not a huge factor but something to consider.
 
Buffet said:
VVS was sure a gun players who was consistently good everywhere and against everyone. Bloke could play against good bowling attacks and produce great knocks. I know 80 runs can be more valuable than 150 at times and he did plenty of those.

I rate Sanga higher due to his propensity to make it big when he scores. You could argue that it's possible to do it when you bat at 3 and not possible when you bat at 6 but not many players who bat at 3 can play big knocks. I don't rate Sanga higher than VVS against good attacks but Sanga has scored runs against better attacks as well so he is not sitting ducks. I could see why many of you may rate VVS higher. Pretty much the same crowd rate VVS higher than Dravid but I disagree there as well.

Also, you still need to give credit for runs at home. Yes, it may be easier for Sanga to score runs at home but he has so many runs that it can't be simply ignored specially when he has done fine away as well. Sanga does have a situation where he didn't do that well in some countries or against some opposition but over all I give it to Sanga. Also, VVS played for a gun batting unit but that's not the case with Sanga. Not a huge factor but something to consider.
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Scoring runs at home is important but certain countries are easier to bat on than others and have a propensity of producing disgraceful pitches India are also in that cue especially in ODi's, Australia are slowly joining that group.
Scoring away is so important, especially against the top teams. He has not played any match defining knocks in Australia, England or SA if anything Mathews won them the series in England and we have people complaining about a lack of a supporting cast. If anything Sanga is the one who disappeared when the pressure cooker was on.

I don't rate this guy above Smith let alone Lara.
 
I wonder what Sangakkara has to achieve more to be rated by a few people. This is just absurd.

The man is a legend and an all-time great.
 
soso_killer said:
Scoring runs at home is important but certain countries are easier to bat on than others and have a propensity of producing disgraceful pitches India are also in that cue especially in ODi's, Australia are slowly joining that group.
Scoring away is so important, especially against the top teams. He has not played any match defining knocks in Australia, England or SA if anything Mathews won them the series in England and we have people complaining about a lack of a supporting cast. If anything Sanga is the one who disappeared when the pressure cooker was on.

I don't rate this guy above Smith let alone Lara.
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Well, I wasn't really comparing them based on averages. Just a different opinion.

I agree, Sanga is not in the class of Lara. I don't think that folks, who watch cricket seriously, will rate them together.
 
Mamoon said:
I wonder what Sangakkara has to achieve more to be rated by a few people. This is just absurd.

The man is a legend and an all-time great.
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Maybe the standards of batting in Pakistan are so low that they find the likes of Sanga and Inzi and MoYo so special ? Sanga is the greatest left handed Asian batsman . Without a doubt. But the way some hype to the levels of Sachin and Lara or the greatest batsman ever from Asia is just wrong. Sachin , Gavaskar , Dravid and Miandad are comfortably better than him.
 
Junaids said:
I'm going by his performances in Test cricket in the 1960s - 2200 runs was not bad in those days - and his performances against the Rebel West Indians, who arguably had a better attack than any Test team in history apart from the official West Indies of the same era.
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Pollock's achilles heel was spin. Was never tested against it. As a matter of fact we know South Africans suck against spin.
 
biggestdravidfan said:
Maybe the standards of batting in Pakistan are so low that they find the likes of Sanga and Inzi and MoYo so special ? Sanga is the greatest left handed Asian batsman . Without a doubt. But the way some hype to the levels of Sachin and Lara or the greatest batsman ever from Asia is just wrong. Sachin , Gavaskar , Dravid and Miandad are comfortably better than him.
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Sangakkara is a level above Inzamam and MoYo. He's better than any Pakistan batsman ever and only Miandad gives him a real tough fight, but I think Sangakkara shades it.

He's a level above Laxman as well and pretty much comparable to Dravid, but yes he's no Tendulkar and Gavaskar will be rated highly by many people as well.

Sangakkara is special and definitely an ATG.
 
If not Tests he is defo the greatest left handed ODI batsman ever..
 
To be honest, the man has 3 back to back World Cup centuries. Where does that leave this debate?
 
Sa ga is better then Tendulker & Grame pollock is not fit to lace his boots. Only played handful of games in a country where society is divided apartheid.
They did not play West Indies, rebel tour started in mid seventies. He only played in sixties test cricket.
 
The best left-handed I have ever seen. No Pakistani batsmen comes close to Sanga's batting.He is an absolute legend
 
Garry Sobers is arguably the greatest ever batsman after Donald Bradman, bar none. Don't even compare any modern day batsman with Sobers. Nothing against Sanga, he's a brilliant batsman.
 
How can we say he is the greatest "ever" when 99% have probably not even seen 50-60 years of cricket here? Yes we could base it on stats but even stats can be misleading.
 
Kiri said:
To be honest, the man has 3 back to back World Cup centuries. Where does that leave this debate?
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3 back to back 100s is a great achievement stats wise.but we can't ***** with stats alone.in this world cup bucket loads of runs has been scored at rapid pace with bowlers firmly taking a back seat . to put things in perspective , in AUS back in 92, several matches were won with teams defending even 4.2 runs/over totals. such is the balance shift between bat and ball now a days.but Sanga's achievement is brilliant for sure.
 
Kiri said:
To be honest, the man has 3 back to back World Cup centuries. Where does that leave this debate?
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3 back to back 100s is a great achievement stats wise.but we can't ***** going by stats alone.in this world cup bucket loads of runs has been scored at rapid pace with bowlers firmly taking a back seat . to put things in perspective , in AUS back in 92, several matches were won with teams defending even 4.2 runs/over totals. such is the balance shift between bat and ball now a days.but Sanga's achievement is brilliant for sure.
 
Is Kumar Sangakkara the best batsman in the world right now?

It's something serious I want to discuss with you guys. He's the number 1 ranked Test batsman. He retired from T20s by capturing the T20 World Cup for Sri Lanka in his last ever T20I. In ODIs, he bowed with scoring 4 centuries in a row. He is the first person to ever do it. The first person to also ever do it in a World Cup. He's bowed out as the number 2 ranked batsman in ODIs.

I feel he's gone out of ODIs as an ATG (leave that as a discussion for another day) and out of T20s as a hero for Sri Lanka. He's still a king in the Test Arena.

So now for my question, is he the best batsman right now..taking in all formats into account..or do others like Kohli, AB or Amla beat him to it?
 
He can't be the best when he's retired from both one day formats. He's one of the top three along with Amla and ABD in the test format, for sure.
 
sanga is best only in test. Btw i want [MENTION=4542]MO[/MENTION]ds to merge all the threads related to sanga and make it a 'mega-thread'. The way we have a dedicated mega thread for Kohli and sachin, sangakarra too deserves a mega thread.
 
Neferpitou said:
AB in all formats.
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In T-20, his record is not near the best in the last 5 years. I will pick him before anyone else even in T-20 but just adding his historical performance in the last 5 years.
 
Behind Abd.. Him and Amla are interchangeable in test
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Best in Tests.

Overall best is ABD.
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No batsman come even close to the stylish the maestro the Legend Mr Sangakara
The reason being his consistencey across all formats the sheer passion of his to the craft of batting is highly admirable , his is simply the best , i am telling you this guy is pure class on and off the field
People like ABD and Kohli are no doubt very good but they have a lot to catch up , consistencey determines great from the greatest and guy has bucket loads of it
 
mobz84 said:
No batsman come even close to the stylish the maestro the Legend Mr Sangakara
The reason being his consistencey across all formats the sheer passion of his to the craft of batting is highly admirable , his is simply the best , i am telling you this guy is pure class on and off the field
People like ABD and Kohli are no doubt very good but they have a lot to catch up , consistencey determines great from the greatest and guy has bucket loads of it
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And de Villiers isn't consistent?
 
mobz84 said:
HippoSucks said:
And de Villiers isn't consistent?[/QUOTE

He is but he has to maintain it for another 7 odd years to be classed as a true great , dont get me wrong ABD is one of my favourite player
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de Villiers has played around 30 less tests than Sangakarra. I think it is fair to extrapolate that he isn't going to stop performing within the next few years until he catches up with Sangakarra (especially since Sangakarra is retiring this year).
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Beyond the Boundary: Lost in the Shadows: Pakistan's Search for Cricketing Identity (by Mamoon)
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