The Open 2018

[Lord Tyrion]

Tendulkar has the most test centuries of all time though. So maybe he's the best?

Last one before I get my legs slapped for diverting a thread.

Tendulkar - 200 tests, 51 hundreds, avg 53.78

Bradman - 52 tests, 29 hundreds, avg 99.94

Tendulkar played nearly 4 x as many tests to get under twice as many hundreds. Then there is the average again............

The question in cricket is who is the 2nd best batsman to play the game. That is a cracking debate that is far more difficult than for golf. That is for another thread though (see what I did there mods )

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Great destroyer but still nowhere near The Don. Lara test avg 52.88, Bradman, 99.94. Now that is a slam dunk.

Well yeah......but the equipment was different

 

[Orikoru]

Last one before I get my legs slapped for diverting a thread.

Tendulkar - 200 tests, 51 hundreds, avg 53.78

Bradman - 52 tests, 29 hundreds, avg 99.94

Tendulkar played nearly 4 x as many tests to get under twice as many hundreds. Then there is the average again............

The question in cricket is who is the 2nd best batsman to play the game. That is a cracking debate that is far more difficult than for golf. That is for another thread though (see what I did there mods )

I really don't care - I actually hate cricket.

At least we can all definitely agree on one thing - that Federer is the best tennis player of all time.

 

[Dan2501]

What about Rod Laver? Tennis didn't start in 2003 you know.

 

[Orikoru]

What about Rod Laver? Tennis didn't start in 2003 you know.

Federer has more majors and that's all that matters.

 

[Slime]

As a sportsman, there is only one!
Max Woosnam ..................................... end of.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journal...ks-Woosnams-all-round-talent-to-the-fore.html

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Well yeah......but the equipment was different

I know. Imagine how many runs Bradman would have scored with a modern bat .

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I thought the question raised was around 'the greatest comeback ever', as opposed to 'the greatest ever'

Hence my +1 on Hogan. IMO a much more startling and impressive come-back than that of Tiger Woods.

Though Niki Lauda had an impressive come-back from a horrific near-death crash - though not quite up to that of Hogan IMO.

 

[Jimaroid]

Lance Armstrong was still a pretty good comeback even though he cheated.

 

[Dan2501]

Lance Armstrong was still a pretty good comeback even though he cheated.

Whether he cheated or not is pretty irrelevant in that sport to be fair. What Armstrong managed to accomplish, especially post-cancer and whether juiced to the gills or not is incredibly impressive. He really doesn't get the credit he deserves for what he achieved.

 

[Jimaroid]

That was my point - you don’t have to be made of Teflon to achieve greatness. “Bad” people can do great things too.

I believe Tiger will do the same.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Whilst those for Woods will have studied his career in detail and not been swayed by the media & marketing hyperbole? :thup:

More about the age of the posters than anything else, personally believe it’s pointless argument and totally agree with the post that you can’t compare people from different time periods.

 

[Junior]

As a sportsman, there is only one!
Max Woosnam ..................................... end of.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journal...ks-Woosnams-all-round-talent-to-the-fore.html

Greatest Sportsman of all time........George Digweed. I'll let google do the talking.

 

[Slime]

Greatest Sportsman of all time........George Digweed. I'll let google do the talking.

The shooter?
You're having a laugh.

 

[Deleted member 23270]

I can't believe there hasn't been a mention for Eddie the eagle or Eric the eel :rofl:

 

[Orikoru]

I can't believe there hasn't been a mention for Eddie the eagle or Eric the eel :rofl:

Or that snowboarder girl who managed to enter the winter olympics this year despite doing absolutely no tricks whatsoever.