Let's look at Laxman's stats in conditions where the ball is known to swing:
[B]Opposition Matches Innings Nos Runs HS Average SR 100s 50s 0s[/B]
in England 7 11 2 404 74 44.88 46.75 0 3 0
in New Zealand 3 4 0 27 23 6.75 37.50 0 0 2
in South Africa 7 12 3 370 89 41.11 45.06 0 3 0
[B]TOTAL 17 27 5 801 89 36.41 45.00 - 6 2[/B]However a thought for the conditions also he had to bowl in.
Agree with Aus, but disagree with SA.
Averaging 41 in RSA is pretty good as SJS showed in a thread a few days back.
Pretty good. But not good as in world class. And the combined averages don't really talk for themselves in favor of Laxman as a master in swinging conditions, do they?
Combined averages favour Laxman. If RSA is the standard, Tendulkar and others can't play swing bowling either. You are just picking holes for the sake of it. Any ways, it is England where it swings most, not South Africa or New Zealand.
Fair argument, but does not merit the removal of those tests from his analysis. They still count as failures irrespective of the conditions they played.
Did you watch that series? As I said, it was a complete farce.
Had it been only SA, then you have a counter-argument in Tendulkar's averages.
No it was not a farce by any means. It is just that for a change, that series was heavily skewed in favor of bowlers. If that is the criteria, then you'd want to discount many of Indians' performances in the subcontinent in dull bore fests. Including those of Laxman.
Nah, an average of 43 is pretty good for SA and Eng. That NZ series is an aberration.
Standalone they may look good. However the common theme is that all three countries aid swing the most, and Laxman has not got a single century anywhere. That tells a story.
Pitches were a minefield. It was not a series. Can't assess Laxman based on it.
It is quite inappropriate to consider Aus among the countries which aid swing because barring perhaps Brisbane, nowhere really the ball swings as in the other 3 countries.
What is exactly the point you are trying to make? The players below him Jaya and Attapattu are very mediocre batsmen outside subcontinent.
Guilty till proven otherwise. He played on them, like any other, and failed. There is nothing to prove that had it been a normal NZ pitch, he'd have scored tonloads.
