Who is the best No.3 in the world. (SENA)

[vvvslaxman]

Given that in the last 2 years there is not much Test match action i have made it a 5 year window. I suppose KW & Marnus are the top contenders. 

 

 

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Edited June 19, 2021 by vvvslaxman

[vvvslaxman]

When we strictly talk about away performance  Pujara is right up there.

[vvvslaxman]

williamson averages 10 in 5 tests during this time

[R!TTER]

On current form Labu, overall Pujara or Kane!

[Lord]

Why are Kane/Labu not there at all in away list?

[R!TTER]

He's a fan of Pujara?

[Norman]

1.Labuschagne

2. Williamson

3. Pujara

4. Azhar Ali

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156. Zak Crawley 

[vvvslaxman]

12 minutes ago, Lord said:

Why are Kane/Labu not there at all in away list?

 

Originally i used SENA filter. Forgot to remove it. here is the updated away record in the last 5 years.  Williamson averages 34 . 8 points less than Pujara. Labu hardly batted outside. I  won't say Smith is the best no.3 as he is not a no.3. Only in certain scenarios he bats there.

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

There was a time in 2000s when we had Kallis, Dravid, Ponting, Younis, Amla.  NOt quiet the standard we have now.

[R!TTER]

7 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

NOt quiet the standard we have now.

They also feasted on dross pitches, no DRS & umps generally not giving anything out unless it was hitting the middle of middle  

[vvvslaxman]

6 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

They also feasted on dross pitches, no DRS & umps generally not giving anything out unless it was hitting the middle of middle  

Kane is a technically solid player with odd issue with his attempt to run down to third man. Pujara is never going to reach the level of Dravid.  Marnus vs Ponting. No contest. Kallis was a rock solid batsman against any type of bowling.

[Jay]

3 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Kane is a technically solid player with odd issue with his attempt to run down to third man. Pujara is never going to reach the level of Dravid.  Marnus vs Ponting. No contest. Kallis was a rock solid batsman against any type of bowling.

Pujarâ better than dravud vs pace and bounce.

[Jay]

3 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Kane is a technically solid player with odd issue with his attempt to run down to third man. Pujara is never going to reach the level of Dravid.  Marnus vs Ponting. No contest. Kallis was a rock solid batsman against any type of bowling.

All those batsmen from ancient era would struggle vs modern bowling greats. 

 

Bowling is much superior now. 

[vvvslaxman]

56 minutes ago, Jay said:

All those batsmen from ancient era would struggle vs modern bowling greats. 

 

Bowling is much superior now. 

 

How? Ishant played through both eras. He is doing well only now.

[Jay]

44 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

How? Ishant played through both eras. He is doing well only now.

Because he matured and hit his prime now??

 

He also plays with an ATg bowling attack now. 

[vvvslaxman]

7 minutes ago, Jay said:

Because he matured and hit his prime now??

 

He also plays with an ATg bowling attack now. 

 

That makes SMith superior to Tendulkar,  Lara.  It is something to do with woeful technique of modern day batsmen with the exception of a few. Back in the day India would have never lost a Test due to a bowler like Moeen Ali.

[Jay]

17 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

That makes SMith superior to Tendulkar,  Lara.  It is something to do with woeful technique of modern day batsmen with the exception of a few. Back in the day India would have never lost a Test due to a bowler like Moeen Ali.

India drew many tests in those times. 

 

Draw vs suffers twice. 

Draw vs pakistan iirc

Lost to England rofl

 

India have the best record at home under kohli. 

[Jay]

23 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

That makes SMith superior to Tendulkar,  Lara.  It is something to do with woeful technique of modern day batsmen with the exception of a few. Back in the day India would have never lost a Test due to a bowler like Moeen Ali.

Smith is superior to all of them btw. 

[Vilander]

Labu

Kane

Pujara.

[Ankit_sharma03]

8 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

AWAY has SENA filter. AWAY everywhere

Why not west indies - its not that scoring is like walk in park there. Holder, gabriel , roach is a good attack at their home and they use dukes ( not sure currently)