NZ v SA Test Series
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@No-Quarter said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@MN5 said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@No-Quarter said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@Duluth said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@Chris-B. said in NZ v SA Test Series:
Interesting thing in Kane vs Smith is that Kane is a year younger and only three hundreds behind. He started quite a bit younger for NZ, as a less complete batsman, so his average is probably compromised a bit by that.
But Smith started batting at 8 as a specialist spinner? If Kane's average was 'compromised', so was Smith's
@Chris-B. said in NZ v SA Test Series:
Smith is certainly a cut above his teammates, but in his era people like Voges and Handscombe have also constructed hugely impressive averages.
The surprising thing about the list of highest averages is how few modern players are in the top 20
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/282910.htmlVoges is an anomaly but most of the extremely high averages come from a long time ago. The modern guy who stands out on the list is Sangakkara, having that average across a huge number of games is incredible.
Even more remarkable about Sanga's record is that he was a Keeper for a lot of that. His batting average, if memory servers me correctly, improved a lot when he gave up the gloves. I have him as the greatest player of the modern era.
Is that counting Lara and Tendulkar?
Yes. Gayle too, as controversial as you may find that.
Now you're just talking shit.
My order would be Lara, Tendulkar, Sanga and then Gayle.
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Last couple of wickets go down pretty quickly and we don't quite have a 200 lead and don't really get the very quick 50 odd runs I was hoping we might get from Colin, Henry, Patel and Wagner.
Still - weather permitting, 136 overs left in the game (I think) and should take the Jaapies at least 60 overs to get past our lead. So we've probably got nearly 110 overs to bowl them out.
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@MN5 said in NZ v SA Test Series:
For a pretty shit cricketer CDGH is really good.
His test batting and bowling averages are currently pretty close to Sir RJ Hadlee's!
Meanwhile poor old de Bruyn gets run out in shambolic circumstances.
He's watching the ball and runs straight into Amla and they both fall over - leaving Theunis stranded.
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@Chris-B. said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@MN5 said in NZ v SA Test Series:
For a pretty shit cricketer CDGH is really good.
His test batting and bowling averages are currently pretty close to Sir RJ Hadlee's!
Meanwhile poor old de Bruyn gets run out in shambolic circumstances.
He's watching the ball and runs straight into Amla and they both fall over - leaving Theunis stranded.
Exactly my point. Outstanding for a guy who we all had pegged as the 'classic' bits and pieces NZ 'all rounder'
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@MN5 said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@Chris-B. said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@MN5 said in NZ v SA Test Series:
For a pretty shit cricketer CDGH is really good.
Exactly my point. Outstanding for a guy who we all had pegged as the 'classic' bits and pieces NZ 'all rounder'
Ahh - you're actually being serious?
It was possibly better when I thought you were joking!
I'll believe in him more if he's got the same bowling average and lifted the batting into the 30s after 30 tests.
