Why Steve Smith is still the undisputed second greatest Test batter of all time?

[Narayana59]

If zimbabwe, Bangladesh aren't minnows then Sangakkara and Kallis>>>>> sachin.

 

[mominsaigol]

What's the Zimbabwe is a goat team nonsense?

Zimbabwe of the old are better then today but they still suck lol. And joe root nor Steve smith have played against much minnows to begin with.

Throughout their career they have faced superior attacks to any era Zimbabwe lol.

 

[mominsaigol]

I cant stop laughing..according to India, zimbabwe was not a minnow loooll

Zimbabwe was never not a minnow. They were always a crap side that had at best one or 2 purple patch moments.

Their old side is > their current era side but its irrelevant.

People need to stop underestimating root and smith. Ironically their favourite team to bash has been India lol. Current India > Any era Zimbabwe.

Root and Smith have hardly played vs Zimbabwe, if they did their avg would be 60+ by now. Infact root and smith have hardly played vs Minnows to begin with.

 

[Major]

Zimbabwe was never not a minnow. They were always a crap side that had at best one or 2 purple patch moments.

Their old side is > their current era side but its irrelevant.

People need to stop underestimating root and smith. Ironically their favourite team to bash has been India lol. Current India > Any era Zimbabwe.

Root and Smith have hardly played vs Zimbabwe, if they did their avg would be 60+ by now. Infact root and smith have hardly played vs Minnows to begin with.

These guys will go to any extent to justify their lunacy.
I still cant stop laughing that indians see Zimbabwe amongst a top cricket nation.

 

[mominsaigol]

These guys will go to any extent to justify their lunacy.
I still cant stop laughing that indians see Zimbabwe amongst a top cricket nation.

It's because @Narayana59 exposed 3 key stats.

No 1, bowling in this era is easier in test hence lower economy and lower rates of draws while batting is harder. Shahid Afridi a tulla avg 37 in test cricket in Sachin era lol.

No 2, Sachin avg 51 excluding minnows bashing, which is the same as root avg 51. Infact root avg 53 vs Non minnows and his 51 avg is due to those rubbish industrial fan tests vs Pakistan and Bangladesh.

No 3 Steve Smith has avg 57+ in 74 out of his 119 tests as compared to sachin avg 9x. Sachin avg 9x, but 6 of them were vs zimb and Bangladesh lol, while all 74 of smith's avg were achieved against england, nz, aus, sa, india, Pakistan, Wi, Sri Lanka.

The only team Steve smith failed was vs Bangladesh on doctored industrial fan pitches.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

These guys will go to any extent to justify their lunacy.
I still cant stop laughing that indians see Zimbabwe amongst a top cricket nation.

When it comes to discussing Pakistani bowlers taking wickets in that era then they will say Zimbabwe was a minnow again.

These guys are a very slippery bunch.