Xuhaib
International Coach
BUT still he did get him and if you include that in your analysis then his average goes lower then Murali against the top order.
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Ajantha Mendis: Can this mystery ever be solved?
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Precambrian
Banned
A dismissal has to qualify has a dismissal in my analysis as per the Laws of Cricket. Otherwise, India won the Sydney Test and the series Down Under.
Xuhaib
International Coach
I thought we were talking about potency of Mendis against the top order.
A dismissal has to qualify has a dismissal in my analysis as per the Laws of Cricket. Otherwise, India won the Sydney Test and the series Down Under.
What i meant to say is that his already awesome stats could have been even more awesome with some more luck.
Precambrian
Banned
I don't think that an average of around 30 against top 6 on SL pitches is that awesome. However, it is still very good for a newbie.
Xuhaib
International Coach
He has outbowled the other 3 spinners in the series and they are not just your every day spinner. One is an all-time great the other a border line all time great while the third one is also world class.
What more were you expecting?
Jakester1288
International Regular
Let me answer the question again, in a different way:
To answer the question in the thread title.
Can this mystery be solved? Yes.
To answer the question everyone has been talking about.
Will this mystery be solved? I have my doubts.
To answer the question in the thread title.
Can this mystery be solved? Yes.
To answer the question everyone has been talking about.
Will this mystery be solved? I have my doubts.
Precambrian
Banned
Very different yardsticks of comparison. While I do agree that Mendis has outbowled others in terms of wickets and deliveries, it has to be seen in perspective.He has outbowled the other 3 spinners in the series and they are not just your every day spinner. One is an all-time great the other a border line all time great while the third one is also world class.
What more were you expecting?
Whose wickets he took?
11 of the Top order and 12 of the Lower Order. Fair enough.
Look closer. The 11 top order consists of 5 VVS Laxman wickets and 3 Dravid and another 3 Gambhir wickets. Thats it. Dravid has been in wrteched form for some year and half now internationally and his wicket is virtually "up for sale". And we all know Lax is not the best player of spin and credit to him for having played 100+ deliveries off Murali without losing his wicket to him once this series so far. And Gambhir is yet to be proven at the Test level.
So what about Mendis performance against the rest of the top order? Sehwag and Tendulkar have virtually creamed him off, scoring at above a SR of 90, while Ganguly has been defensive but not given his wicket away.
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
That would give you the SR, not the average.
Xuhaib
International Coach
He has troubled Ganguly as well so 4/6 is a pretty good ratio and if he can trouble 4/6 top order of every international team every time then I reckon he can go on to have a gun career.
Precambrian
Banned
Precambrian
Banned
I don't think he has really troubled Gangs and Gambhir to the extent he has troubled Dravid. And ALxman, while has he got out all the 5 times so far to Mendis, has scored runs also. So in my opinion, only Dravid has been consistently failed to pick Mendis. That would be 1/6.
Xuhaib
International Coach
haha...what? thats laughable!!! ofcourse they are international batsman they should have a little of idea of what the bowler is doing and by saying that Laxman has been picking Mendis destroys the little bit of credibility that you were left with. I am not arguing with you anymore.
Precambrian
Banned
Me too. Didnt know I was arguing with an U-15 all the while!
Jakester1288
International Regular
How do you work Cricinfo Stats Guru so well to churn out all these statistics? I have trouble finding things like these. Anyone want to give me any pointers so I can find statistics of my own?
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
How did you count them? Did you do it manually?
Precambrian
Banned
Used Player Vs Player stats. Did a bit of work on my own. Complied from each of the three scorecards.
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
Where are the player v player stats?
Precambrian
Banned
On the Cricinfo Live scorecard, on the Left pane, you can find Stats & Analysis, click on that, there u will find Player Vs Player. ----> This is for current match.
For other matches, go to the relevant scorecard. On the top part, there will be Player Vs Player link.
For other matches, go to the relevant scorecard. On the top part, there will be Player Vs Player link.