ok since you guys are so into statistics:
lara vs hayden:
who's got more runs in test matches
who's got the higher of the test scores
who's got more centuries
who's got more half-centuries
who was rated higher by Wisden in their century analysis
WHO IS NEVER GOING TO GET A 400?
only to one of the above questions is the answer: Hayden (you know which...)
also WHO IS THE ONLY one OUTSIDE OF MR 99.94 BRADMAN to get 2 triple centuries?????????????????????
look, Ricky Ponting will go down as great, Adam Gilchrist likewise, McGrath and Warne already are, but of the rest...they're just good! They may seem great now, but look 10 yrs after their careers are over. You'll remember Hayden and Boof and all the rest, but us international supporters will remember Warne, Murali, BRIAN Charles, Dravid, Gilchrist, Tendy, McGrath, Vaas, Kumble... and maybe Ponting, Chanderpaul as great but no Hayden, Langer....(there's a reason Hayden has only played about 5 years of continuous cricket...that rules him out as a great player in anyones book!)