Best Test XI - POLL - Batsmen

[delicatessen]

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

Let's whack Sutcliffe in there.
And Mr Ryder. Better average than a lot of those nominated with only 2 not outs

Dang forgot about opening bat thread. And Ryder was just to make the post worthwhile. Make of it what you will.

[MN5]

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

Let's whack Sutcliffe in there.
And Mr Ryder. Better average than a lot of those nominated with only 2 not outs

Dang forgot about opening bat thread. And Ryder was just to make the post worthwhile. Make of it what you will.

Career was too short and whilst I believe if he’d made a go of it he had the talent to surpass Rossco he chose not to.

Forget him.

[nzzp]

@MN5 said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

Let's whack Sutcliffe in there.
And Mr Ryder. Better average than a lot of those nominated with only 2 not outs

Dang forgot about opening bat thread. And Ryder was just to make the post worthwhile. Make of it what you will.

Career was too short and whilst I believe if he’d made a go of it he had the talent to surpass Rossco he chose not to.

Forget him.

at his peak, though, he was exceptional. Smoking 150km/h over the boundaries and giggling at the bowlers. Loved him to bits, but self destructed.

if we can have peak bond, we can have peak Ryder

[gt12]

How serious are ppl about players batting at (or even close) to their main batting position/ position of success?

Because at 6 for example (if I understand how to use ESPN stats), Watling (ave. 46) and Coney (ave 45) lead the averages at that position for players with more than 10 matches.

[MN5]

@nzzp said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@MN5 said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

Let's whack Sutcliffe in there.
And Mr Ryder. Better average than a lot of those nominated with only 2 not outs

Dang forgot about opening bat thread. And Ryder was just to make the post worthwhile. Make of it what you will.

Career was too short and whilst I believe if he’d made a go of it he had the talent to surpass Rossco he chose not to.

Forget him.

at his peak, though, he was exceptional. Smoking 150km/h over the boundaries and giggling at the bowlers. Loved him to bits, but self destructed.

if we can have peak bond, we can have peak Ryder

I loved him and went in to bat for him on here on numerous occasions when some were having a go about his weight and piss drinking.

But Bond was a much more dominant player in his 18 tests than Jesse boy.

[nzzp]

@MN5 said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@nzzp said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@MN5 said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

Let's whack Sutcliffe in there.
And Mr Ryder. Better average than a lot of those nominated with only 2 not outs

Dang forgot about opening bat thread. And Ryder was just to make the post worthwhile. Make of it what you will.

Career was too short and whilst I believe if he’d made a go of it he had the talent to surpass Rossco he chose not to.

Forget him.

at his peak, though, he was exceptional. Smoking 150km/h over the boundaries and giggling at the bowlers. Loved him to bits, but self destructed.

if we can have peak bond, we can have peak Ryder

I loved him and went in to bat for him on here on numerous occasions when some were having a go about his weight and piss drinking.

But Bond was a much more dominant player in his 18 tests than Jesse boy.

ironically, Ryder played 18 tests.

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

Scored big against india - including a hundred and a double hundred over there. Didn't fare well in AUs, and shat the bed against pakistan in his last series.

I loved him to bits ... but probably right, not quite in the top echelon

[MN5]

@nzzp said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@MN5 said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@nzzp said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@MN5 said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

Let's whack Sutcliffe in there.
And Mr Ryder. Better average than a lot of those nominated with only 2 not outs

Dang forgot about opening bat thread. And Ryder was just to make the post worthwhile. Make of it what you will.

Career was too short and whilst I believe if he’d made a go of it he had the talent to surpass Rossco he chose not to.

Forget him.

at his peak, though, he was exceptional. Smoking 150km/h over the boundaries and giggling at the bowlers. Loved him to bits, but self destructed.

if we can have peak bond, we can have peak Ryder

I loved him and went in to bat for him on here on numerous occasions when some were having a go about his weight and piss drinking.

But Bond was a much more dominant player in his 18 tests than Jesse boy.

ironically, Ryder played 18 tests.

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

Scored big against india - including a hundred and a double hundred over there. Didn't fare well in AUs, and shat the bed against pakistan in his last series.

I loved him to bits ... but probably right, not quite in the top echelon

The thought of him coming in fully focussed and fired up at five in a test line up behind KW and Rossco had me frothing. He was beautiful to watch. Nicholls has made a fine fist of it but I don't think he would have kept a teetotal and fit Jesse out of the team.

A real shame he had his demons.

[gt12]

@nzzp said in Best Test XI - POLL - Batsmen:

@MN5 said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@nzzp said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@MN5 said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

@delicatessen said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Batsmen:

Let's whack Sutcliffe in there.
And Mr Ryder. Better average than a lot of those nominated with only 2 not outs

Dang forgot about opening bat thread. And Ryder was just to make the post worthwhile. Make of it what you will.

Career was too short and whilst I believe if he’d made a go of it he had the talent to surpass Rossco he chose not to.

Forget him.

at his peak, though, he was exceptional. Smoking 150km/h over the boundaries and giggling at the bowlers. Loved him to bits, but self destructed.

if we can have peak bond, we can have peak Ryder

I loved him and went in to bat for him on here on numerous occasions when some were having a go about his weight and piss drinking.

But Bond was a much more dominant player in his 18 tests than Jesse boy.

ironically, Ryder played 18 tests.

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

Scored big against india - including a hundred and a double hundred over there. Didn't fare well in AUs, and shat the bed against pakistan in his last series.

I loved him to bits ... but probably right, not quite in the top echelon

Depending on how you measure the stats (minimum matches /innings) he is way out in front batting at 5 (11 matches there, average of 50)

Next is McCullum, who when not keeping averaged 49 at 5 - that’s pretty good. He had 21 innings there too.

[gt12]

A quick look at the stats shows that for players with more than 10 matches batting between 4-7 (and not keeping), McCullum has the highest average - just ahead of both Crowe and Taylor.

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

[MN5]

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