Which cricketers have obtained a new highest score the most times?

[Dan]

Mehedi Hasan Miraz: 1, 2, 10 (3)

 

[ankitj]

Might be interesting to ask which batsman obtained their best most late in their career. Tendulkar got 200* very late in ODI for example.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Absolutely, when the score is the same as your best which was out, the not out trumps it.

not sure about this tbh

I wouldn't count it personally

 

[NUFAN]

not sure about this tbh

I wouldn't count it personally

Cricinfo does have a look at this guys highest score: Grahame Chevalier.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Cricinfo does have a look at this guys highest score: Grahame Chevalier.

I'm not saying that a not out score shouldn't take precedence when nominating someone's highest score, just that purely mathematically and logically speaking it's not "obtaining a new highest score". It's obtaining the same highest score, but just not out.

 

[Victor Ian]

Nah. not out is a new high score. 2 and 2* are two different numbers. One is 2. The other is 2 plus a positive non zero amount. I'm all for counting *'s as a different score.

edit: I guess it is possible the * turns into a zero. Nevertheless, the asterisk represents a possibility. No asterisk means no further possibility.

 

[mr_mister]

I've never seen someone write so many words to make such a meaningless point

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nah. not out is a new high score. 2 and 2* are two different numbers. One is 2. The other is 2 plus a positive non zero amount. I'm all for counting *'s as a different score.

edit: I guess it is possible the * turns into a zero. Nevertheless, the asterisk represents a possibility. No asterisk means no further possibility.

Awta

As an aside, was Charles Coventry officially the record holder for the highest score on odis before Tendulkar scored that double? People just seemed to say that Sachin broke Anwar's record and ignored coventry, which always annoyed me.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nah. not out is a new high score. 2 and 2* are two different numbers. One is 2. The other is 2 plus a positive non zero amount. I'm all for counting *'s as a different score.

edit: I guess it is possible the * turns into a zero. Nevertheless, the asterisk represents a possibility. No asterisk means no further possibility.

I have no issue with people wanting to count not outs as a "new high score" for whatever purpose they choose, obviously.

But the pure mathematical fact is that it's simply not a "new highest score", in any meaningful way of looking at it. It's the same score. You really can't argue with that.

 

[Victor Ian]

I've never seen someone write so many words to make such a meaningless point

abridged version just for you ....

Nah

 

[NUFAN]

That's nice Jedi. I don't really think there will be any chance you change your mind on this one which is fair enough but I am glad you don't have an issue.

Does anyone want to know another countries current individual player records? In any format?

 

[Victor Ian]

I have no issue with people wanting to count not outs as a "new high score" for whatever purpose they choose, obviously.

But the pure mathematical fact is that it's simply not a "new highest score", in any meaningful way of looking at it. It's the same score. You really can't argue with that.

I can so argue with that, but MrMister has put me in my place so I'll keep it short. So, you're wrong

 

[TheJediBrah]

I can so argue with that, but MrMister has put me in my place so I'll keep it short. So, you're wrong

Nah

 

[OverratedSanity]

Dwta

 

[TheJediBrah]

If I had a kid come home and tell me that someone got a new highest score that was the same as their old highest score but not out, I'd be having a word with their math teacher

 

[TheJediBrah]

It would sound perfectly sensible to me to say that this person "improved" upon their highest score by being not out. But saying that it's a "new highest score" ain't gonna fly.

 

[Victor Ian]

If my kid had a maths teacher that only taught integers, and could not distinguish between apples and oranges, I would withdraw him from the class

 

[Victor Ian]

This might help to understand quality. If a bowler bowls 6/58 and then bowls 7/1203 the 7 is his best performance. Then when he bowls a 7/98 it is his new best performance. There is a similar thing going on with the batting score. There is more to it than just the number.

 

[TheJediBrah]

This might help to understand quality. If a bowler bowls 6/58 and then bowls 7/1203 the 7 is his best performance. Then when he bowls a 7/98 it is his new best performance. There is a similar thing going on with the batting score. There is more to it than just the number.

No there isn't. 98 is a lower number than 1203. It's literally just the number.

 

[TheJediBrah]

It's all in the wording tbh. If you said "new best score" that'd make sense. "New highest score" just doesn't work. Because "highest" literally just means it's the highest number.