Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka
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i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
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i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
Go suck off Santner you homosaurus.
Neesh is Jesus in black today.
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@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
Go suck off Santner you homosaurus.
Neesh is Jesus in black today.
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
Go suck off Santner you homosaurus.
Neesh is Jesus in black today.
you are honestly the dimmest bloke on here. Even about cricket, which you claim to know something about.
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@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
Go suck off Santner you homosaurus.
Neesh is Jesus in black today.
you are honestly the dimmest bloke on here. Even about cricket, which you claim to know something about.
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
Go suck off Santner you homosaurus.
Neesh is Jesus in black today.
you are honestly the dimmest bloke on here. Even about cricket, which you claim to know something about.
How's Santners comeback going ?
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@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
Go suck off Santner you homosaurus.
Neesh is Jesus in black today.
you are honestly the dimmest bloke on here. Even about cricket, which you claim to know something about.
How's Santners comeback going ?
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
Go suck off Santner you homosaurus.
Neesh is Jesus in black today.
you are honestly the dimmest bloke on here. Even about cricket, which you claim to know something about.
How's Santners comeback going ?
who gives a fuck?
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@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
Go suck off Santner you homosaurus.
Neesh is Jesus in black today.
you are honestly the dimmest bloke on here. Even about cricket, which you claim to know something about.
How's Santners comeback going ?
who gives a fuck?
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
i was about to make a post giving ROssco a serve for getting out at exactly the wrong time, and the new bloke for doing absolutely everything wrong.
And then Neesham goes apeshit.
He's still wildly overrated.
Go suck off Santner you homosaurus.
Neesh is Jesus in black today.
you are honestly the dimmest bloke on here. Even about cricket, which you claim to know something about.
How's Santners comeback going ?
who gives a fuck?
Your ferning is beyond shit in 2019 mariner...
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@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 @Hooroo Different jobs - different eras.
Kane will probably play more than twice the number of test Sir Paddles did - but, a lot less first class cricket.
Received wisdom seems that Kane has already gone past Marty Crowe - but, Marty scored 71 first class centuries - where Kane has just 29 - and that has to be factored into the career equation where the old guys played a lot of non-international first class cricket compared to the guys today.
Sir Paddles has more than 100 first class five-wicket bags.
And Glen Turner did the batting equivalent with centuries......but I think that's only part of the equation when you consider ordinary test batsmen like Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash and Mike Gatting did exactly the same.
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 @Hooroo Different jobs - different eras.
Kane will probably play more than twice the number of test Sir Paddles did - but, a lot less first class cricket.
Received wisdom seems that Kane has already gone past Marty Crowe - but, Marty scored 71 first class centuries - where Kane has just 29 - and that has to be factored into the career equation where the old guys played a lot of non-international first class cricket compared to the guys today.
Sir Paddles has more than 100 first class five-wicket bags.
And Glen Turner did the batting equivalent with centuries......but I think that's only part of the equation when you consider ordinary test batsmen like Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash and Mike Gatting did exactly the same.
Other side of the equation is that someone like Len Hutton made 19 test centuries and these days pretty much anyone with a decent amount of talent who plays for more than a decade is going to be disappointed if they don't get there.
Tom Latham will be disappointed if he doesn't get there.
Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Graeme Smith - all got more than twenty test centuries - but, not guys I think are all-time Greats of the game.
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Only closely aligned to this topic but it needs to go somewhere. Oh how I miss the days of the old Sports Roundup and the Wonderful Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer and the many many enjoyable hours listening to the likes of Peter Sharp and the Scotsman Jim something (forget his last name) from Lancaster Park, Trevor Rigby, Colin Sneddon, Iain Galloway, and there are others whose names I forget at the moment keeping us entertained and up to date on the goings on during all first class domestic cricket in NZ.
Lawn Bowls also had Stu Scott with his informative and entertaining descriptions of bowls matches keeping us up to date with goings on when the NZ Champs started on Boxing Day and went on for about a fortnight when upwards of a couple of thousand guys entered the NZ singles champs about twenty years ago. Hell we were so lucky in the days before Radio Stations were not run by the corporates all competing for the gold medal in the who can air the most advertisements in an hour contest!
Anyway here is the link
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12184893@Higgins You and Frank Greenall are exactly right.
Especially about the therapeutic value of test cricket as played by Geoffrey.
Every time I tune into Radiosport these days I seem to be listening to two fools talking on the margins of sport of which they seem to understand very little.
Except the Driven Hour - when they have expert guests who are evidently paying careful attention to what's going on in the world.
But I don't much like motor-racing.
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@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 @Hooroo Different jobs - different eras.
Kane will probably play more than twice the number of test Sir Paddles did - but, a lot less first class cricket.
Received wisdom seems that Kane has already gone past Marty Crowe - but, Marty scored 71 first class centuries - where Kane has just 29 - and that has to be factored into the career equation where the old guys played a lot of non-international first class cricket compared to the guys today.
Sir Paddles has more than 100 first class five-wicket bags.
And Glen Turner did the batting equivalent with centuries......but I think that's only part of the equation when you consider ordinary test batsmen like Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash and Mike Gatting did exactly the same.
Other side of the equation is that someone like Len Hutton made 19 test centuries and these days pretty much anyone with a decent amount of talent who plays for more than a decade is going to be disappointed if they don't get there.
Tom Latham will be disappointed if he doesn't get there.
Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Graeme Smith - all got more than twenty test centuries - but, not guys I think are all-time Greats of the game.
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 @Hooroo Different jobs - different eras.
Kane will probably play more than twice the number of test Sir Paddles did - but, a lot less first class cricket.
Received wisdom seems that Kane has already gone past Marty Crowe - but, Marty scored 71 first class centuries - where Kane has just 29 - and that has to be factored into the career equation where the old guys played a lot of non-international first class cricket compared to the guys today.
Sir Paddles has more than 100 first class five-wicket bags.
And Glen Turner did the batting equivalent with centuries......but I think that's only part of the equation when you consider ordinary test batsmen like Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash and Mike Gatting did exactly the same.
Other side of the equation is that someone like Len Hutton made 19 test centuries and these days pretty much anyone with a decent amount of talent who plays for more than a decade is going to be disappointed if they don't get there.
Tom Latham will be disappointed if he doesn't get there.
Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Graeme Smith - all got more than twenty test centuries - but, not guys I think are all-time Greats of the game.
Is there a bit of a hint it's starting to come back the other way though? I had a feeling that averages and hundreds scored were starting to come back.
A quick blat on statguru shows me that over the past 2 years, for guys that played at least 10 tests over the time, 7 averaged over 50, while 14 averaged 40-49. 3 guys averaged 60+. The guys averaging 50+ scored 35 hundreds
The 2 years prior to that, the numbers were 15 at 50+, and 9 in the 40-49 bracket. 6 guys averaged 60+, and the guys averaging 50+ scored 74 hundreds.
Looks like about the same number of guys score 40+, but the numbers getting significantly higher averages has dropped right back. Now this isn't taking a lot of variables in to play, so it's a very simplistic metric to use, but perhaps we are starting to see a bit of equalisation creep back in to the game?
By the way, in the "last 2 years" figures above, the guys above 60 are Smith, Kohli and Kane. Who comes in next? Fucking Henry Nicholls.
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@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 @Hooroo Different jobs - different eras.
Kane will probably play more than twice the number of test Sir Paddles did - but, a lot less first class cricket.
Received wisdom seems that Kane has already gone past Marty Crowe - but, Marty scored 71 first class centuries - where Kane has just 29 - and that has to be factored into the career equation where the old guys played a lot of non-international first class cricket compared to the guys today.
Sir Paddles has more than 100 first class five-wicket bags.
And Glen Turner did the batting equivalent with centuries......but I think that's only part of the equation when you consider ordinary test batsmen like Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash and Mike Gatting did exactly the same.
Other side of the equation is that someone like Len Hutton made 19 test centuries and these days pretty much anyone with a decent amount of talent who plays for more than a decade is going to be disappointed if they don't get there.
Tom Latham will be disappointed if he doesn't get there.
Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Graeme Smith - all got more than twenty test centuries - but, not guys I think are all-time Greats of the game.
Is there a bit of a hint it's starting to come back the other way though? I had a feeling that averages and hundreds scored were starting to come back.
A quick blat on statguru shows me that over the past 2 years, for guys that played at least 10 tests over the time, 7 averaged over 50, while 14 averaged 40-49. 3 guys averaged 60+. The guys averaging 50+ scored 35 hundreds
The 2 years prior to that, the numbers were 15 at 50+, and 9 in the 40-49 bracket. 6 guys averaged 60+, and the guys averaging 50+ scored 74 hundreds.
Looks like about the same number of guys score 40+, but the numbers getting significantly higher averages has dropped right back. Now this isn't taking a lot of variables in to play, so it's a very simplistic metric to use, but perhaps we are starting to see a bit of equalisation creep back in to the game?
By the way, in the "last 2 years" figures above, the guys above 60 are Smith, Kohli and Kane. Who comes in next? Fucking Henry Nicholls.
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 @Hooroo Different jobs - different eras.
Kane will probably play more than twice the number of test Sir Paddles did - but, a lot less first class cricket.
Received wisdom seems that Kane has already gone past Marty Crowe - but, Marty scored 71 first class centuries - where Kane has just 29 - and that has to be factored into the career equation where the old guys played a lot of non-international first class cricket compared to the guys today.
Sir Paddles has more than 100 first class five-wicket bags.
And Glen Turner did the batting equivalent with centuries......but I think that's only part of the equation when you consider ordinary test batsmen like Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash and Mike Gatting did exactly the same.
Other side of the equation is that someone like Len Hutton made 19 test centuries and these days pretty much anyone with a decent amount of talent who plays for more than a decade is going to be disappointed if they don't get there.
Tom Latham will be disappointed if he doesn't get there.
Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Graeme Smith - all got more than twenty test centuries - but, not guys I think are all-time Greats of the game.
Is there a bit of a hint it's starting to come back the other way though? I had a feeling that averages and hundreds scored were starting to come back.
A quick blat on statguru shows me that over the past 2 years, for guys that played at least 10 tests over the time, 7 averaged over 50, while 14 averaged 40-49. 3 guys averaged 60+. The guys averaging 50+ scored 35 hundreds
The 2 years prior to that, the numbers were 15 at 50+, and 9 in the 40-49 bracket. 6 guys averaged 60+, and the guys averaging 50+ scored 74 hundreds.
Looks like about the same number of guys score 40+, but the numbers getting significantly higher averages has dropped right back. Now this isn't taking a lot of variables in to play, so it's a very simplistic metric to use, but perhaps we are starting to see a bit of equalisation creep back in to the game?
By the way, in the "last 2 years" figures above, the guys above 60 are Smith, Kohli and Kane. Who comes in next? Fucking Henry Nicholls.
I think it's ebbing towards the bowlers again. Smith aside the ridiculous averages are dipping a bit.
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@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 @Hooroo Different jobs - different eras.
Kane will probably play more than twice the number of test Sir Paddles did - but, a lot less first class cricket.
Received wisdom seems that Kane has already gone past Marty Crowe - but, Marty scored 71 first class centuries - where Kane has just 29 - and that has to be factored into the career equation where the old guys played a lot of non-international first class cricket compared to the guys today.
Sir Paddles has more than 100 first class five-wicket bags.
And Glen Turner did the batting equivalent with centuries......but I think that's only part of the equation when you consider ordinary test batsmen like Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash and Mike Gatting did exactly the same.
Other side of the equation is that someone like Len Hutton made 19 test centuries and these days pretty much anyone with a decent amount of talent who plays for more than a decade is going to be disappointed if they don't get there.
Tom Latham will be disappointed if he doesn't get there.
Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Graeme Smith - all got more than twenty test centuries - but, not guys I think are all-time Greats of the game.
Is there a bit of a hint it's starting to come back the other way though? I had a feeling that averages and hundreds scored were starting to come back.
A quick blat on statguru shows me that over the past 2 years, for guys that played at least 10 tests over the time, 7 averaged over 50, while 14 averaged 40-49. 3 guys averaged 60+. The guys averaging 50+ scored 35 hundreds
The 2 years prior to that, the numbers were 15 at 50+, and 9 in the 40-49 bracket. 6 guys averaged 60+, and the guys averaging 50+ scored 74 hundreds.
Looks like about the same number of guys score 40+, but the numbers getting significantly higher averages has dropped right back. Now this isn't taking a lot of variables in to play, so it's a very simplistic metric to use, but perhaps we are starting to see a bit of equalisation creep back in to the game?
By the way, in the "last 2 years" figures above, the guys above 60 are Smith, Kohli and Kane. Who comes in next? Fucking Henry Nicholls.
I think it's ebbing towards the bowlers again. Smith aside the ridiculous averages are dipping a bit.
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 @Hooroo Different jobs - different eras.
Kane will probably play more than twice the number of test Sir Paddles did - but, a lot less first class cricket.
Received wisdom seems that Kane has already gone past Marty Crowe - but, Marty scored 71 first class centuries - where Kane has just 29 - and that has to be factored into the career equation where the old guys played a lot of non-international first class cricket compared to the guys today.
Sir Paddles has more than 100 first class five-wicket bags.
And Glen Turner did the batting equivalent with centuries......but I think that's only part of the equation when you consider ordinary test batsmen like Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash and Mike Gatting did exactly the same.
Other side of the equation is that someone like Len Hutton made 19 test centuries and these days pretty much anyone with a decent amount of talent who plays for more than a decade is going to be disappointed if they don't get there.
Tom Latham will be disappointed if he doesn't get there.
Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Graeme Smith - all got more than twenty test centuries - but, not guys I think are all-time Greats of the game.
Is there a bit of a hint it's starting to come back the other way though? I had a feeling that averages and hundreds scored were starting to come back.
A quick blat on statguru shows me that over the past 2 years, for guys that played at least 10 tests over the time, 7 averaged over 50, while 14 averaged 40-49. 3 guys averaged 60+. The guys averaging 50+ scored 35 hundreds
The 2 years prior to that, the numbers were 15 at 50+, and 9 in the 40-49 bracket. 6 guys averaged 60+, and the guys averaging 50+ scored 74 hundreds.
Looks like about the same number of guys score 40+, but the numbers getting significantly higher averages has dropped right back. Now this isn't taking a lot of variables in to play, so it's a very simplistic metric to use, but perhaps we are starting to see a bit of equalisation creep back in to the game?
By the way, in the "last 2 years" figures above, the guys above 60 are Smith, Kohli and Kane. Who comes in next? Fucking Henry Nicholls.
I think it's ebbing towards the bowlers again. Smith aside the ridiculous averages are dipping a bit.
there are a lot of very good attacks around at the moment.
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Our keeper looks as coordinated as a third grader.
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The fuck is going on?
Go have a beer and sit on the mower for an hour and all hell breaks loose....
Wicket please lads, and be quick about it.
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@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 @Hooroo Different jobs - different eras.
Kane will probably play more than twice the number of test Sir Paddles did - but, a lot less first class cricket.
Received wisdom seems that Kane has already gone past Marty Crowe - but, Marty scored 71 first class centuries - where Kane has just 29 - and that has to be factored into the career equation where the old guys played a lot of non-international first class cricket compared to the guys today.
Sir Paddles has more than 100 first class five-wicket bags.
And Glen Turner did the batting equivalent with centuries......but I think that's only part of the equation when you consider ordinary test batsmen like Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash and Mike Gatting did exactly the same.
Other side of the equation is that someone like Len Hutton made 19 test centuries and these days pretty much anyone with a decent amount of talent who plays for more than a decade is going to be disappointed if they don't get there.
Tom Latham will be disappointed if he doesn't get there.
Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Graeme Smith - all got more than twenty test centuries - but, not guys I think are all-time Greats of the game.
Is there a bit of a hint it's starting to come back the other way though? I had a feeling that averages and hundreds scored were starting to come back.
A quick blat on statguru shows me that over the past 2 years, for guys that played at least 10 tests over the time, 7 averaged over 50, while 14 averaged 40-49. 3 guys averaged 60+. The guys averaging 50+ scored 35 hundreds
The 2 years prior to that, the numbers were 15 at 50+, and 9 in the 40-49 bracket. 6 guys averaged 60+, and the guys averaging 50+ scored 74 hundreds.
Looks like about the same number of guys score 40+, but the numbers getting significantly higher averages has dropped right back. Now this isn't taking a lot of variables in to play, so it's a very simplistic metric to use, but perhaps we are starting to see a bit of equalisation creep back in to the game?
By the way, in the "last 2 years" figures above, the guys above 60 are Smith, Kohli and Kane. Who comes in next? Fucking Henry Nicholls.
I think it's ebbing towards the bowlers again. Smith aside the ridiculous averages are dipping a bit.
there are a lot of very good attacks around at the moment.
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@Chris-B said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 @Hooroo Different jobs - different eras.
Kane will probably play more than twice the number of test Sir Paddles did - but, a lot less first class cricket.
Received wisdom seems that Kane has already gone past Marty Crowe - but, Marty scored 71 first class centuries - where Kane has just 29 - and that has to be factored into the career equation where the old guys played a lot of non-international first class cricket compared to the guys today.
Sir Paddles has more than 100 first class five-wicket bags.
And Glen Turner did the batting equivalent with centuries......but I think that's only part of the equation when you consider ordinary test batsmen like Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash and Mike Gatting did exactly the same.
Other side of the equation is that someone like Len Hutton made 19 test centuries and these days pretty much anyone with a decent amount of talent who plays for more than a decade is going to be disappointed if they don't get there.
Tom Latham will be disappointed if he doesn't get there.
Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Graeme Smith - all got more than twenty test centuries - but, not guys I think are all-time Greats of the game.
Is there a bit of a hint it's starting to come back the other way though? I had a feeling that averages and hundreds scored were starting to come back.
A quick blat on statguru shows me that over the past 2 years, for guys that played at least 10 tests over the time, 7 averaged over 50, while 14 averaged 40-49. 3 guys averaged 60+. The guys averaging 50+ scored 35 hundreds
The 2 years prior to that, the numbers were 15 at 50+, and 9 in the 40-49 bracket. 6 guys averaged 60+, and the guys averaging 50+ scored 74 hundreds.
Looks like about the same number of guys score 40+, but the numbers getting significantly higher averages has dropped right back. Now this isn't taking a lot of variables in to play, so it's a very simplistic metric to use, but perhaps we are starting to see a bit of equalisation creep back in to the game?
By the way, in the "last 2 years" figures above, the guys above 60 are Smith, Kohli and Kane. Who comes in next? Fucking Henry Nicholls.
I think it's ebbing towards the bowlers again. Smith aside the ridiculous averages are dipping a bit.
there are a lot of very good attacks around at the moment.
Hence anyone averaging 40+ in the 80s being a fucken good player.
