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Cricketer Of The Year
Oh that was so wonderful.
Oh that was so wonderful.
That is quite interesting, but not so surprising. Ian Bell i find is a decent batter under pressure, he just seems to get out when he should be pushing on, after he's made a decent start.Well, Mr Bell averages 43.08 by NUFAN's proposed measure.
Either he's better at handling pressure or the measure simply isn't that good.
I'd be tempted to Add his 56 @ the Gabba as well, given his cricumstances leading up to that start of that series.What a load of rubbish. Two I can think of are his second innings 91 at Lords (although Australia were ahead in the game, it was not by much and he was the driver for Aus getting in a winning position) and his ton in Adelaide against England where the Aussies were facing a score of 550. Sure it wasn't backs against the wall but they were pressurised innings' where his team needed him and he came through.
Yeah but you'd be hard-pressed to come up with a measure that works in every situation because the determination of what is a pressurised situation is so arbitrary.Yeah one thing with the stats that I did not work out was the exact situation of the match.
For example if Australia were 2/49 in the second innings chasing 63 to win, it's not exactly pressure, but his runs would still count on the numbers I've used.
In Australia's second innings in the current match against India, he's likely to be under pressure but his runs hopefully won't count either on the numbered stats I mentioned earlier.
Yeah, you are right, just pointing it out for everyone that this is not a shut case that Clarke can't handle the pressure, I'm about to do Steve Waugh's stats next, could take a while. SWaugh batted at 3, think I'm just going to include 1 for 15..Yeah but you'd be hard-pressed to come up with a measure that works in every situation because the determination of what is a pressurised situation is so arbitrary.
Ian Bell puts Steve Waugh to shame.Actually I'm going to have recalculate.. innings and not outs are wrong, one sec..
Steve Waugh
96 innings, 9 not outs @ 42.08.
For a long time Dravid's been virtually an opener. Often taking strike before the opener at the other end had.What about Dravid? How many times has he come in at 1 for not very many.
Wasnt saying otherwise ftr.Clarke>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hodge
Yeah, but with MC Im not convinced of the class at the moment (or previously).They say form is temporary class is permanent when a player is in bad form.
Yeah, which was basically my point. Don't think I conveyed it that well. If Clarke ever wanted to prove himself in a dire situation. Tonight is that chance.Yeah, but with MC Im not convinced of the class at the moment (or previously).
He may go on to be a very good Test player but he isnt there, IMO, yet.
As an England fan I dream of an Aus middle order of Clarke, Symonds and Watson + random keeper.
It certainly isnt bad but it isnt scary either.