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Sobers - Rest of WI XI batting average:
When Sobers batted @ 3,
72.1 - 28.1*
@ 4,
63.8 - 31.1
@ 5,
59.2 - 29.2
@ 6,
53.4 - 32.4
When Sobers DNB or batted at 7 or lower, RoWI avgd 41.2; Sobers missed out.
*Typo by 1 avg amended
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Sir Gary Sobers made 1000+ runs from 4 different batting positions in Test #Cricket
Sobers' avg - Rest of WI combined in same inns
@ #3,
72.1 - 27.1
@ #4,
63.8 - 31.1
@ #5,
59.2 - 29.2
@ #6,
53.4 - 32.4
PS: When Sobers didn't bat in Top 6, RoWI avgd 41.2; Sobers missed out!
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That’s a Match Factor of 9.58 over the series for the MF merchants!
I must admit that after reading 3 dozen books purely on Bradman, 100s if not 1000s of long articles, and collating his individual H2H for every Ashes Test and some, Sir Donald still surprised me.
#Cricket #GOAT
I’m literally 😂😭 at Bradman moving the needle so much by himself.
He dragged the entire 5-Test series collective batting average by 22%🤯 despite batting just 5 times.
@PaulDennett_ this may be of interest to you.
PS: I posted about bowling averages with & w/o DGB!
#Cricket
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I’m literally 😂😭 at Bradman moving the needle so much by himself.
He dragged the entire 5-Test series collective batting average by 22%🤯 despite batting just 5 times.
@PaulDennett_ this may be of interest to you.
PS: I posted about bowling averages with & w/o DGB!
#Cricket
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Yes.
If you notice the draft games XIs I post, I hardly pick Hammond or Barrington. I tried to be respectful for the sheer volume of runs still.
Bradman literally moved the needle on his on. He even moved the overall 5-Test series batting avg by 22% once (9.58 match factor)!🤯
30 inns in Eng: 102.8 avg.
24 team inns > half complete: 100 avg.
Breakdown:
In inns where RoA avgd >= 30,
- Bradman 83.5
RoA < 30 (majority runs),
- Bradman 123.9
Low scoring bully😂
RoA < 25,
- Bradman 128
Even when it was hopeless with RoA < 16,
- Bradman 75.3
#Cricket
Wow, other than the slight breaking of voice at the start, Cummins seemed very confident.
I’d like to think Pat made a sacrifice/compromise there for the team to move on: both admirable and scary!
Future PM?
I mean he has already held country’s 2nd highest position.
#Cricket
M Marsh didn’t look comfy, understandable when withholding truth: lose-lose scenario. I wish the journos didn’t ask him 20 times.
Hope Cummins won’t go into much details.
It’s a tough watch to see your #Cricket team like that, but Khawaja’s NOT at fault.
I just finished the whole episode.
SOK was absolutely brilliant. I wasn’t wrong about this being the podcast equivalent of his 12-70.
MacGill was entertaining as always.
Moises didn’t really add any value to it. He was harsh on Bancroft and too polite to the quartet.
#Cricket
Steve O’Keefe did more in India as a spinner than any Australian since the legendary Richie Benaud. Yes, I’m going with it.
This may be the podcast equivalent of his marvellous 12-70.
This sums up everything that needed to be said + understood.
#Cricket
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What I learnt from the comments on ABC interview of Khawaja:
Most think being a confident liar has better optics than being a reluctant truth teller. 🤦🏽♂️ The world we live in…
Any neutral person can sense Uzzie’s really not comfortable with naming people. Good on him!
#Cricket
I’ll stick to what I saw.
She’s not much of a ‘heavy-hitter’ with her ‘understanding’ of ICC code of conduct.
She just repeated the same pointless questions; should’ve tried to add value to the viewers instead with a diff approach.🤦🏽♂️
If this is our gold standard…😭
#Cricket
Also have a read of the stop-start nature of @Uz_Khawaja’s Test career here.
No Australian batter was dropped as many times despite performing so well (at times when averaging ~70 and ~60 in decent streaks).
“Can’t play spin” to our best batter in the subcontinent!🔥
#Cricket
Oct 2018: Aus’ best Test batsman (in Steve Smith’s absence),
Mar 2019: Aus’ best ODI batsman (in Warner’s absence),
Jun 2019: Kept getting demoted in ODI WC batting order,
Sep 2019: Dumped from the Test side.
Let’s take a look at his “streaks” in the Test side #Ashes [Thread]
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The last line of the Mark Waugh song: “when the ACB found out, they covered up for years”.
Same old story!
Not sure who they were trying to fool by banning Smith & Warner (+1) for 12 (/9) months for (stupid) ball tampering offence?
They should sue CA!🤷🏾♂️
#BBL06
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I posted this 5 years ago; zero engagement!
My views are consistent!🤷🏽♂️
Firstly, Ponting’s singing still remains THE highlight of all #BBL for me.
Secondly, it’s not that uncommon for things to be buried by the ‘board’.
It was easy to get away in the era before social media…
The last line of the Mark Waugh song: “when the ACB found out, they covered up for years”.
Same old story!
Not sure who they were trying to fool by banning Smith & Warner (+1) for 12 (/9) months for (stupid) ball tampering offence?
They should sue CA!🤷🏾♂️
#BBL06
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Australia PACERS in India in Test #Cricket in the 21st century:
McGrath and Gillespie, despite playing on flatter tracks against a better batting line-up, were absolutely phenomenal.
PS: I initially had a min qualification of 10 wickets, but had to drop to 9 to include a few!
If one of the pace trios admitted that they were aware of ball tampering, but not the part about sand paper being taken onto the field, I’m fairly sure 99% of the hostile crowd* towards Khawaja would just forget about it and move on…
*especially the ones from Australia & India!
Steve O’Keefe did more in India as a spinner than any Australian since the legendary Richie Benaud. Yes, I’m going with it.
This may be the podcast equivalent of his marvellous 12-70.
This sums up everything that needed to be said + understood.
#Cricket
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Interesting @imVkohli recalled Steve O'Keefe from the academy days.
On #FoxCricket, SOK recalled driving Virat to cricket stores to buy half-priced Asics shoes!
He then jokingly added that he's yet to hear from Kohli after he requested a pair of Puma!🤣
@ASICSaustralia @PUMA
Ahead of the Vodafone Test Series, @stevesmith49 and @imVkohli took the time to interview each other in a special Q&A and go in-depth on their cricketing journey so far.
Enjoy! #AUSvIND
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Very insightful.
If anything, your case is even stronger when you limit to non-Test FC #cricket:
- O’Keefe 266 wkts at 24.04
- Lyon 240 wkts at 37.21
- (Warne 611 wkts at 26.93 - very diff era)
- O’Keefe 2270 runs at 27.35
- Lyon 1007 runs at 12.13
- (Warne 3765 runs at 21.64)
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First class bowling averages:
Steve O’Keefe 24.7
Shane Warne 26.1
Nathan Lyon 32.9
First class batting averages:
Steve O’Keefe 25.6
Shane Warne 19.4
Nathan Lyon 12.3
Not knocking SW/NL – just saying what a wonderful player O’Keefe has been. Should have played more Tests – at Sydney, New South Wales
I’ll stick to what I saw.
She’s not much of a ‘heavy-hitter’ with her ‘understanding’ of ICC code of conduct.
She just repeated the same pointless questions; should’ve tried to add value to the viewers instead with a diff approach.🤦🏽♂️
If this is our gold standard…😭
#Cricket
Sarah Ferguson is a heavy-hitter journalist from the ABC. #abc730 is where, she grills the politicians.
If Usman Khawaja wasn't ready for this level of questions, he shouldn't have gone there. He's bitten off more than what he could chew.
#sandpapergate
youtu.be/tiXSD3Lcx7I?si=SvDa…
