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@Catogrande said in Other Cricket:
No idea I’m afraid, but I love cricket for those “didn’t quite make it” stats that mean someone has done well but sort of fallen short. The two really great ones are of course Bradman going cheaply in his final innings and having to settle for an average of just under a hundred. Then poor old Jim Laker having Tony Locke take one wicket in the second innings to leave him with only 19 wickets in the test.
…..and of course from a kiwi perspective Paddles taking the catch off Vaughan Brown ( who ? ) to deny himself a shot at ten wickets in the match.
I also remember this one from back in the days when you had to read the newspaper to get cricket news………Mark Waugh falling one run short of becoming the first team to get the first four batsmen centuries……
Bugger.
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That scorecard makes grim reading for an Englishman. Brings back some dark memories.
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@Catogrande said in Other Cricket:
That scorecard makes grim reading for an Englishman. Brings back some dark memories.
As a cricket lover that series was compelling viewing though.
Graham Gooch got player of the series too if I remember rightly ?
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@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@Catogrande said in Other Cricket:
That scorecard makes grim reading for an Englishman. Brings back some dark memories.
As a cricket lover that series was compelling viewing though.
Graham Gooch got player of the series too if I remember rightly ?
Gooch and Warnie shared that accolade. Compelling? I remember it as being pretty one sided and Wiki confirms this. 4-1 with one match drawn. 2 innings+ defeats and a consolation victory in the last match. Aussies with one foot on the plane home. Good individual battles though. Gooch standing up to the new larrikin Warne.
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@Catogrande said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@Catogrande said in Other Cricket:
That scorecard makes grim reading for an Englishman. Brings back some dark memories.
As a cricket lover that series was compelling viewing though.
Graham Gooch got player of the series too if I remember rightly ?
Gooch and Warnie shared that accolade. Compelling? I remember it as being pretty one sided and Wiki confirms this. 4-1 with one match drawn. 2 innings+ defeats and a consolation victory in the last match. Aussies with one foot on the plane home. Good individual battles though. Gooch standing up to the new larrikin Warne.
Compelling in the sense that there were some interesting mini battles…..but England had too many journeymen to compete overall.
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I watched 3 of the 4 SL v OZ ODIs (got a bit of time on my hands) and they weren’t a bad watch if for the drama alone!
Congrats to the Sri Lankans on their series win. They’ve got a couple of good ODI batsman in Nissanka and Asalanka who both scored ton’s in the series. Their death bowling still very much a work in progress but I thought their batters handled Cummins, Hazelwood and Green pretty well.
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Marizanne Kapp might have played on a different pitch at Taunton to the other South African batters. 150 (213) out of a total team score of 284 all out.
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@Donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
Marizanne Kapp might have played on a different pitch at Taunton to the other South African batters. 150 (213) out of a total team score of 284 all out.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-women-in-england-2022-1289256/england-women-vs-south-africa-women-only-test-1301327/full-scorecard
That is so unfair now that Luaral Hubbards and Lia Thomas' mates have been prevented from being in the team. Can they make an exemption for Caster Semenya?
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@Donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
@nzzp said in Other Cricket:
SL win the toss and bat.
Going to be a tasty few days. Go Sri Lanka - would be great to see them get a win.
Can't spot it on TV in NZ, unless I've missed something obvious? CricInfo for now
er yeah, found an online thing to watch.
Lyon's first ball in the 5th over was a ripper - turned from middle. Three spinners in the SL side; subcontinent gonna subcontinent
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@Donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
No Glenn Maxwell after all I see.
yeah - they said same team as the last time they played in Lahore.
Head playing after a fitness test.
Betfair has them evens arodun $2.80 for the win
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Interesting CricInfo commentary conversation about conversion rates:
Junaid Anwar: "Does dickwella hold some sort of record for not having a test century for a proper batsman after 50 tests." Yes. Off the top of my head, I believe he's second on the list after Shane Warne.
Craig : "With the greatest of respect to the great man, I'm not sure that "second on the list after Shane Warne" is a comparison showing Dickwella is "a proper batsman" :)" It's a very specific list, to be fair.
Abhijeet: "We can't complain about Shane Warne not having a century though. As I remember, he did grab a few wickets as a bowler." Yeah, he was alright.
Dickwella: 50 Tests, high score of 96 so far. Currently 42* with a batting average of 33.05 and twenty Test match 50's.
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@Donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
Interesting CricInfo commentary conversation about conversion rates:
Junaid Anwar: "Does dickwella hold some sort of record for not having a test century for a proper batsman after 50 tests." Yes. Off the top of my head, I believe he's second on the list after Shane Warne.
Craig : "With the greatest of respect to the great man, I'm not sure that "second on the list after Shane Warne" is a comparison showing Dickwella is "a proper batsman" :)" It's a very specific list, to be fair.
Abhijeet: "We can't complain about Shane Warne not having a century though. As I remember, he did grab a few wickets as a bowler." Yeah, he was alright.
Dickwella: 50 Tests, high score of 96 so far. Currently 42* with a batting average of 33.05 and twenty Test match 50's.
Is that in terms of runs scored without a century ? I remember Warne got 99 against us. Other spinners like Kumble and Harbhajan played long enough to get three test tons between them too. Stuart Broad would probably have the record if not for one big ton against Pakistan.
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This is a fantastic chase by England and they have a real chance to get the remaining 119 of that 378 today.
That Lees has a touch of Matthew Hayden about him.
