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schizophonica @schizophonica.bsky.social · 18h

Sir IVA Richards - 109 N/O for Glamorgan vs Derbyshire at Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd in 1992. Hugh Morris was on 30ish when he came in and Viv got to his 100 first. Dom Cork got smashed everywhere. Then it rained. The Masterblaster.

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 18h

Viv - 138 red-inker at the 1979 WCF. No better.

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Mark Carrington @chbeaumont.bsky.social · 19h

David Gower: elegance defined.

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How’s Stat Podcast @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social · 19h

Love it! Classic font there. Rich Davies in the bears team there RIP

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Ronnie Gill @ronniegill.bsky.social · 20h

I saw Gordon Greenidge bat five or six times and he hit a ton on all but one occasion. The missing knock was when he hit a double ton.

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geoffwilliams54.bsky.social @geoffwilliams54.bsky.social · 20h

The best was probably Sobers, during that summer of 1966, but I've disqualified him for being too good at everything, so it's Viv instead. But my favourite was Aravinda de Silva, who oozed sheer class.

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Kathy Hopper @anfieldkathy.bsky.social · 21h

Joe Root. Seen him a few times for both Yorkshire and England. KP aas good as well but Root is much classier

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Phil Lowthian @phillowthian.bsky.social · 20h

Gordon Greenidge - my favourite to watch Best innings I played against - Steve O’Shaughnessy got a faultless ton against us.

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Paul @rebel77.bsky.social · 21h

I've seen Viv, Tendulkar, Lara, Kallis, Smith etc, but maybe Lara because he was so ruthless and looked so hard to get out once he was in. Gower and Mark Waugh made batting look easy.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.info · 21h

Graham Thorpe. Scoring a hundred in a Sunday league match at the Oval for Surrey against Yorkshire. He got his century with a boundary from the last ball of the innings. Best I played against was an international rugby player. Ireland’s Mike Gibson. He got 80+ not out. Batting with a broken jaw!

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Tom Davies @tomdaviese17.bsky.social · 21h

Tendulkar

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 21h

Was trying to avoid the trap of recency bias and also/alas the only two Joe Root innings I saw live were not good in any sense of the word, but it might be he's the best batter I have seen live, just not when I was there.

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Anna @tgannawade.bsky.social · 22h

Viv. From his walk to the crease you knew something incredible could happen. Massive sense of anticipation before every ball

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Mr @missedmycue.bsky.social · 22h

Best innings I saw in the flesh, was a pretty much faultless double hundred by Daryll Cullinan at Chester-Le-Street versus Durham. Every shot in anger missed a fielder.

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Roger @rogw.bsky.social · 22h

I saw Alvin Kallicharran play for Warwickshire when I was a child in the early 1970s . I knew he was good but didn't really understand!

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Nigel Heaton @central146.bsky.social · 22h

Collis King. Terrified bowlers, didn't take a guard, would often hit his first ball for 6 and liked his rum.

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Dan Liebke @liebcricket.com · 22h

Saw Ponting, Kallis and Lara all in the same Test. But also saw Sachin hit 241*. (Plus, loads of Steve Smith.)

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Nigel Howle @howler123.bsky.social · 22h

Viv Richards

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elbombino.bsky.social @elbombino.bsky.social · 22h

My 6-year-old. The way he hit my finest medium pace table tennis balls down the corridor with his mini bat...so scary! (Especially because I could never hit a single one of the damn table tennis balls he chucked my way - they're tiny!) 2nd place: Steve Waugh at SCG on Jan 3rd 2003. 😁

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I did see Sachin Tendulkar score 150 at Fenners against a Cambridge University Team. Of which over a century was with boundaries.

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Jon Horrocks @horrocksjon.bsky.social · 22h

Seen a lot luckily. Boycott was a far better player than many realise, but I loved watching Sangakkara most. At times looked like he had more time than anyone else. Made things look effortless.

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Kev @caoimhin1.bsky.social · 22h

Gower for his elegance, Sir Viv for enjoyment

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Jo Owen @jobloobird.bsky.social · 23h

Brian Lara playing for Warwickshire at the Oval a few weeks after his 501. He scored 70 & Warks won the game (B&H semifinal).

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Graham Ward @yelobeli.bsky.social · 23h

Ben Stokes at Cape Town; unforgettable. Jonny Bairstow's century in the same innings was emotional. Hashim Amla's double century almost completely forgotten in what inevitably burned out into a drawn match.

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SwelterTheChef @swelterthechef.bsky.social · 23h

Graham Gooch.

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Rhys @rhyswl.bsky.social · 23h

Got to see Brian Lara bat at Lords England vs West Indies test match in 2004 which was amazing to see. I think Ashley Giles got him out

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Louisa Whitton @whittipedia.bsky.social · 23h

David Gower, during his golden summer of 1985

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Paul Pudney @ppudney.bsky.social · 23h

Viv Richards

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John Nield @johnnield2.bsky.social · 23h

I know there have been better batters, but I first started watching Derbyshire in 1980, and was lucky enough to see Peter Kirsten score buckets of runs. He made it look effortless.

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David Ross @rossfootball.bsky.social · 23h

Brian Lara is the best batter I've seen on the field but I never got to see him bat, Warks openers sealing victory before Lara needed to be called on. Best actually seen bat is Sir Geoffrey

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John Stockbridge @jstockbridge1.bsky.social · 23h

Ted Dexter.

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 23h

Kp taking the Australian attack apart at Bristol in 2005 was pretty special - but Ian Botham (well past his prime) winning a Benson and hedges game for Worcestershire at Bristol single handed was incredible to a 13 year me - 138 not out, hooked a six to win the game in the last over

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 23h

Ken McEwan.

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Adam @adamfred.bsky.social · 23h

My first day of test cricket was 2nd day of The Oval test in 1976. IVA Richards 291

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Chezdon @chezdon.co.uk · 23h

Chris Gayle. Don't blush baby 😅

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 23h

Sachin, although VVS was also there and he had something special too.

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mattrunsslowly @mattrunsslowly.bsky.social · 23h

Saw Brian Lara dismissed fairly cheaply by Ed Giddins at Hove. Couldn't decide if I was delighted as a Sussex supporter, or gutted not to have seen more of Lara's genius.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Viv. (Honorable mention to KP).

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How’s Stat Podcast @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Friday fun question. Who is the best batter you’ve seen live?

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How’s Stat Podcast @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today’s Googly. Who is this? A 50-over world cup winner, I'm the leading run scorer for my country in that format. I scored a 100 in my 100th test. I have played for Yorkshire, and in the ICL not the IPL.

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Paul Moreau @betterpolo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Would agree with this, especially before Australia became too dominant (even then they drew some great performances fom others). Also, Sri Lanka emerging and Zimbabwe briefly threatening to. Shame England weren't better but they still had some great matches and series.

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think there's also a short period of the 90s where the top end of Test cricket was as competitive (rather than dominated by a team) as it has been in a long time.

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Lejuan @lejuan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

90s - the end of the Windies era, beginning of the Australian era - the re-entry of South Africa - plenty of test cricket in the calendar because no T20 - many all-time greats began their careers in the 90s

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James Welham @jameswelham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Admittedly, the 90s coincided with my teenage years and we always think stuff was best when we were that age, but the bowling tandems in that decade were something else. Wasim/Waqar, Curtly/Courtney, Donald/Pollock, Warne/McGrath.

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Peric 🇺🇦 @pericelekton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They say the Golden Age of Cricket was the late Victorian / Edwardian period, when cricket really was the top sport in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and W.G. Grace had a Beatle-like fame. Whether that includes test cricket is more debatable, of course, because 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 🇦🇺 and 🇿🇦 were then the only test-playing nations.

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Rob Reed @robreed101.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

1970s...the decade of the fast bowler..from the targetted aggression of the aussies to the majestic rise of the west indies. A decade of broken ribs and purple bruises for the brave english batters.

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