George Headley — was he really tested by the best attacks?

* Headley only played in 22 tests.

* No way a batsman can be deemed an all time great after playing in only 22 tests.

* 16 of Headley's 22 tests were played against England---and he dominated the Pommies averaging 71.23 with 8 hundreds and 5 fifties.

* But against the Aussies Headley only averaged 37.33 in 5 tests---although he did score 2 hundreds against them.

BOTTOM LINE:

* Headley put up great numbers in his 22 tests----you can't deny that----but he should never make an all time WI team

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22 tests is not enough.


Rev

Yes he was tested by the BEST ATTACKS OF HIS TIME. And yes he is a great.

He never played South Africa :

Pakistan was not partitioned as yet ...

He is ONLY a romantic notion by the freed slaves of the Caribbean !


P.S.: He was born in Panama , Central America ;D

Born in Panama, where his father had helped to build the Canal,

Headley was taken to Jamaica at the age of 10 to perfect his English :

- Spanish had been his first tongue -

and to prepare to study dentistry in America. 

Ended up speaking Rasta creole : bumbaklaat !    ::LOL:: ::LOL::

One of his sons, Ron, an opening batsman, played twice for  West Indies in  England in  1973,

and his grandson Dean played Test cricket for England....

R.I.P George Headley

10 test centuries in 22 test matches does not make him great  because your book no one is great unless he is Indo and name Chanderpaul

hahahahaha : ramesh , I had wondered whappen to you ...

Extrapolate the figures . If he had played 110 test matches he would have scored  50 test centuries