Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

[Starfighter]

Reading some Wisden articles at the moment and I've come across the match fees for England test players in 1973. Not quite what they get these days isn't it?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Inflation adjusted numbers could be interesting.

 

[AndrewB]

Bank of England inflation calculator says £160 in 1973 = £1775 in 2016.

 

[Starfighter]

So they get about seven times more these days. Anyone know what a county contract was worth back in the day?

 

[Burgey]

Burgeinho was asked to trial for grade, so last night we went to the first session (indoor). Very impressive set up they have going. Hope he makes it, but if he doesn't it's a great learning experience for him.

 

[Burgey]

This one for TJB

 

[TheJediBrah]

Pretty apt really, as his popularity is the real reason he keeps getting selected ahead of better players

 

[Burgey]

There are no better Australian spinners though.

 

[Starfighter]

Now that O'Keefe's effectively ruled himself out by being a prat I wonder who's going to get the boosterism now?

 

[Daemon]

There are no better Australian spinners though.

No need to play any tbh. Finger spinners are lame.

 

[cnerd123]

No need to play any tbh. Finger spinners are lame.

You are no longer allowed to be a fan of His Roundness

 

[Daemon]

You are no longer allowed to be a fan of His Roundness

See that's the thing I love about him though. He's not athletic, is the lamest type of bowler (SLA), looks like a typical weekend 45 year old cricketer, can't really bat, from a minnow nation, etc and basically has all the ingredients to be boring as ****. But yet he's defied all odds and is the most all rounded player. Gotta love it.

 

[TheJediBrah]

See that's the thing I love about him though. He's not athletic, is the lamest type of bowler (SLA), looks like a typical weekend 45 year old cricketer, can't really bat, from a minnow nation, etc and basically has all the ingredients to be boring as ****. But yet he's defied all odds and is the most all rounded player. Gotta love it.

hehe ty men

 

[Daemon]

Has anyone other than Kohli ever averaged >50 in all three formats at any point in time?

Pre T20s I'm guessing Viv was the first to do it in Tests + ODIs

 

[vcs]

Babar Azam.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Babar Azam.

He averaged it mid-match. Doesn't really count imo.

 

[Daemon]

Babar Azam.

Ah yea I remember that. Quick check shows it was after the first innings against NZ in Hamilton. He dropped to <50 after that though.

 

[Daemon]

Has anyone other than Kohli ever averaged >50 in all three formats at any point in time?

Pre T20s I'm guessing Viv was the first to do it in Tests + ODIs

Looks like it wasn't Viv. Best I can do is Dennis Amiss, who achieved the feat on 4 July 1974 at which point only 11 ODIs had ever been played.

 

[vcs]

Kohli managing it after quite a big sample size in all the formats is an excellent achievement.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Viv was averaging 54 in tests and 57 in ODIs in mid 1985. That's after 12 years of international cricket (80 tests and 109 ODIs)