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Celebrating the birthday of Rohan Kanhai who represented the West Indies in 79 Test matches. He is widely considered to be one of the best batsmen of the 1960s.

In January and February, Peter Kettle made a thorough-going evaluation of proposals put forward by others for the treatment of Not Out innings in deriving batting averages. He also made recommendations and showed what effect these would have on traditional averages for a sizeable sample of Test batsmen.

In this Epilogue, he considers what the famous 20 th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein – a radical thinker and cricket enthusiast – would have proposed in a scenario talking to Denis Compton at The Oval ground in the summer of 1947.

In Part 2, guest writer Devine McKenzie provides some criteria to apply, with illustrative examples, when assessing the merits of historical accounts.

This is done in the context of the conclusion reached in Part 1.

In Part 1, guest writer Peter Kettle offers some different thoughts on this book

Dave returns after a three-year hiatus with a new feature exploring the ICC player ratings and asks if the old-time greats are being fairly treated.

Unfortunately Martin can’t tell the whole of Hugh Tayfield’s story, but here is as much as he can find

Guest writer Peter Kettle frames recommendations for treating Not Out innings in deriving batting averages, and applies them to fifty Test careers

Guest writer Peter Kettle continues his decoding and critique of proposals to reform batting averages

Guest writer Peter Kettle decodes and critiques proposals made to reform batting averages

Guest writer Peter Kettle decodes and critiques proposals made to reform batting averages. This article provides a Contents and Overview of what he will be covering through this series.