Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020

[Chris B.]

In the spirit of KP, here's a quick cricket quiz for the downtime.

Of the 10 guys with the highest ever batting averages in NZ first class cricket, six could readily form the top order of our greatest XI (I'd be pretty happy with it). Three are pretty much household names, but had pretty minor test careers. And one is obscure as fuck (at least to me).

Can you name them (bonus point if you can get them in order)?

No googling!

(Edit: minimum 3000 runs and also edit - must have played test cricket to exclude newbies like Conway)

[dogmeat]

rigor turner kane crowe taylor Sutcliffe latham reid (the younger) Jones Fuck Knows Fleming?

edit: I did a @booboo didn't read 1st class ….

[canefan]

@Chris-B

Skippy, Hick, Crowe, Taylor, Andrew Jones, Turner.....

[canefan]

I suppose guys like Kane haven't played much first class cricket

[booboo]

@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

I suppose guys like Kane haven't played much first class cricket

Test matches count for First Class don't they?

[canefan]

@booboo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

I suppose guys like Kane haven't played much first class cricket

Test matches count for First Class don't they?

do they? I would imagine there guys back in the day who tore it up during the non-international season, much easier to average high in home conditions against non-test attacks

[dogmeat]

@canefan like 2m Peter? Someone who played forever and was OK at 1st class level.

Trying to think of some of the old timers who played for decades like Congdon but can't imagine their average got high enough.

[Chris B.]

Yes - Test matches are included in your first class average.

Turner, Kane, Crowe, Sutcliffe, Skippy so far.

[canefan]

@Chris-B said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

Yes - Test matches are included in your first class average.

Turner, Kane, Crowe, Sutcliffe, Skippy so far.

That's most of the easier ones then...

[dogmeat]

Wright?

[Chris B.]

@dogmeat No - but, you're on a good track with old guys, very old...

[canefan]

Edgar? Howarth? Mystery?

[Chris B.]

@canefan None of those.

[Hooroo]

@Chris-B Mr Booze, Jesse Ryder?

[Bovidae]

No one will get the player unless you're Francis Payne.

[Chris B.]

@Hooroo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

@Chris-B Mr Booze, Jesse Ryder?

Actually, he's not one of the 10 on my list, but double-checking against the list (which is evidently a bit out of date), Fat Jesse just sneaks into 10th place. So it's a list of 11.

Promisingly, if I didn't exclude Devon Conway, he'd also be on it.

In case it helps....

1. Crowe
2. Colin Munro!!!
4. Turner
5. Skippy Sinclair
6. Williamson
7. Donnelly
8. Sutcliffe
9. Chris Harris
10. Jesse Ryder
11. Dempster

[Chris B.]

@Bovidae said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

No one will get the player unless you're Francis Payne.

Yeah - I'd never heard of him, or at least if I did I don't remember it.

But, wait till Kiwipie appears - he may be Francis!

[Bovidae]

@Chris-B Which province did he play for?

[Chris B.]

@Bovidae Auckland.

[dogmeat]

@Chris-B if you are talking really old then Dempster - if you include runs made in County cricket