Chappell vs Border vs Taylor vs Waugh vs Ponting.

I'd be interested to know how people rank these five outstanding Aussie players in terms of captaincy and batting.

For me, batting-wise:

Chappell
Ponting
Waugh
Border
Taylor

It's difficult to split Waugh and Border.

In terms of captaincy, I'm not so sure. Some Australians could probably do that list a lot better.

Which Chappell?

Greg. Obviously.

I expect the strino's may be like this:

Border
Chappell
Ponting
Waugh
Taylor

Border
Taylor
Waugh
Chappell
Ponting

I would have Ponting as the best captain and batsmen. But I know for a fact no-one would agree with me.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Greg. Obviously.

you said in terms of 'captaincy & batting'

Not so obvious is it then?

JKLever wrote:

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Greg. Obviously.

you said in terms of 'captaincy & batting'

Not so obvious is it then?

Well yes, it was. Mainly because you'd have to nuttier than a macademia to rank Ian Chappell top of the batting list, ahead of Ponting et al.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Greg. Obviously.

you said in terms of 'captaincy & batting'

Not so obvious is it then?

Well yes, it was. Mainly because you'd have to nuttier than a macademia to rank Ian Chappell top of the batting list, ahead of Ponting et al.

Why mention captaincy then?

Brass Monkey wrote:I expect the strino's may be like this:

Border
Chappell
Ponting
Waugh
Taylor

Border
Taylor
Waugh
Chappell
Ponting

Those look like Leo's lists to me. He loves Border like a son should love his dad.

I remember OP often touting Ponting as the BABSB (Best Australian batsman since Bradman) on C4 so he'd disagree with the first.

JKLever wrote:

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Greg. Obviously.

you said in terms of 'captaincy & batting'

Not so obvious is it then?

Well yes, it was. Mainly because you'd have to nuttier than a macademia to rank Ian Chappell top of the batting list, ahead of Ponting et al.

Why mention captaincy then?

What?

I want to know, in the opinion of the forum, which of those 5 players was the best bat and which of those 5 players was the best captain. S'not that difficult to understand dude!

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Greg. Obviously.

you said in terms of 'captaincy & batting'

Not so obvious is it then?

Well yes, it was. Mainly because you'd have to nuttier than a macademia to rank Ian Chappell top of the batting list, ahead of Ponting et al.

Why mention captaincy then?

What?

I want to know, in the opinion of the forum, which of those 5 players was the best bat and which of those 5 players was the best captain. S'not that difficult to understand dude!

Tis I tell thee! I Chappell was considered a better captain than Greg was he not?

Just think a lot of them appreciate not only his immense batting in a team of shit but also his hardline captaincy, in a team of shit.

JKLever wrote:

Tis I tell thee! I Chappell was considered a better captain than Greg was he not?

Jebus Chrisates JKL! He's picked the same 5 bats who were captains, Chappelli was a better captain, but he's not trying for that, he's trying for those specific 5.

Brass Monkey wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Tis I tell thee! I Chappell was considered a better captain than Greg was he not?

Jebus Chrisates JKL! He's picked the same 5 bats who were captains, Chappelli was a better captain, but he's not trying for that, he's trying for those specific 5.

Well he could've bloody well said it was Greg in the first place.

It would have ruined my 'surname list' aesthetic.

Batting

Waugh
Border
Chappel
Ponting
Taylor

Captaincy not sure

Don't quote me wrote:

Captaincy not sure

I'd put Chappellg bottom of the captaincy for the obvious, underarm shite. Richie rinsed him at the end.

Batting

GSC
Punter
AB
Tugga









Tubby

Captaincy

Tubby
Tugga
AB
GSC



Punter

Brass Monkey wrote:

Don't quote me wrote:

Captaincy not sure

I'd put Chappellg bottom of the captaincy for the obvious, underarm shite. Richie rinsed him at the end.

Even allowing for the under-arm incident - Greg was a fairly ordinary captain. Ian, however, was different class (as a skipper)

So I hear Baz, haven't been able to quantify as I've only seen highlights, albeit half hour a day, of Chappelli and his captaincy.

Brass Monkey wrote:So I hear Baz, haven't been able to quantify as I've only seen highlights, albeit half hour a day, of Chappelli and his captaincy.

I saw most of the 1977 series - and he suffered in comparison with Brearley, but then most captains did. He spent most of that series walking around with a world-weary resigned expression.

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Batting-wise:

Chappell
Border
Waugh
Ponting
Taylor

Captaincy-wise:

Taylor
Waugh
Chappell
Ponting
Border

Best captain: Taylor
Worst captain: Ponting

Best batsman: Ponting
Worst batsman: Waugh

Steve Waugh was a better bat than Mark Taylor surely?