Virender Sehwag is the best opening batsman of all time

The amount of runs he scores, and the speed at which he scores them, makes him a batsman that is matched in history possibly by only Bradman, Lara, and Viv Richards.


Discuss.

Henry wrote:The amount of runs he scores, and the speed at which he scores them, makes him a batsman that is unmatched in history possibly by only Bradman, Lara, and Viv Richards.


Discuss.

Unmatched?

How often did Sehwag face McGrath at the Gabba?

DJ_Smerk wrote:How often did Sehwag face McGrath at the Gabba?

Whats that go to do with anything? How often did Viv Richards face Mcgrath at the Gabba? Does it make him a lesser batsman because he never did?

Henry wrote:

DJ_Smerk wrote:How often did Sehwag face McGrath at the Gabba?

Whats that go to do with anything? How often did Viv Richards face Mcgrath at the Gabba? Does it make him a lesser batsman because he never did?

I have no idea, erm, yes?

The amount of runs he scores, and the speed at which he scores them, makes him a batsman that is matched in history possibly by only Bradman, Lara, and Viv Richards.

Lara's S/r was only near about 60, I believe. Nowhere near Sehwag's.

Though I still think he isn't even India's best ever opener, let alone world's best ever.

I think Richards' strike rate was calculated recently to only be about 60 as well.

Wherever Sehwag faced McGrath or Warne, he didn't do too badly.

SG wrote:Though I still think he isn't even India's best ever opener, let alone world's best ever.

What more does he have to do? Sunny had the same average but his strike rate was about 40 runs per 100 balls less than Sehwag.

I mean, I just want to roll around laughing, but it's such a ridiculous thing to say that I'd rather just say that I love to watch him bat and ignore the topic. Again, no offence to him, but he just flayed a bunch of shit bowlers on a dead deck. Flays them like noone in the world today, though.

Angelo Mathews is not shit.

He's good enough to play for Essex.

Henry wrote:The amount of runs he scores, and the speed at which he scores them, makes him a batsman that is matched in history possibly by only Bradman, Lara, and Viv Richards.


Discuss.

Yeah but they weren't openers.

spangler wrote:Angelo Mathews is not shit.

He's good enough to play for Essex.

Well, I'd better hedge my bets because he made a few runs - but he looks like "Supergash - The Revenge Of The Shitheap"

Brass Monkey wrote:I mean, I just want to roll around laughing, but it's such a ridiculous thing to say that I'd rather just say that I love to watch him bat and ignore the topic. Again, no offence to him, but he just flayed a bunch of shit bowlers on a dead deck. Flays them like noone in the world today, though.

His record is good against every team in every country.

Henry wrote:
His record is good against every team in every country.

I'd suggest that it's probably the easiest time to be an opener now than in the last 50 years. The decks, not just in India, are usually top notch and the bowlers are pretty poor. I still haven't seen him play many chanceless innings when something isn't in the batsman's favour.

Again, I'm not denigrating him from a talent perspective or from a stance where he's not right up there with his peers, I just think to say that about him is an outlandish statement.

Sunnii for me.

1st inngs FTB

Nath wrote:1st inngs FTB

Who? Sunni or Shagger?

I hope he makes it to 401 tomoz.

Imagine he got out on 399..

Bradman wrote:

Nath wrote:1st inngs FTB

Who? Sunni or Shagger?

the Wag

DJ_Smerk wrote:Imagine he got out on 399..

He'd have a unique record.

Bradman, Lara and Sehwag have all scored three triple-centuries. Sehwag is 16 runs away from a very special record.

And Lara came close in Sydney. Mind you Bradman came close a few times.