Victor Ian
International Coach
It is not absurd. The game has changed. In 20 years you will look back and realise how pathetic it was. Kholi will be looked at as a piece of **** who is never mentioned like the slow, useless Deano.
Yes, because every single pitch in India is spinner friendly.Having more than 90% of total wickets coming in spin-friendly conditions must be some sort of record for a spinner with a reasonable sample size...
They're a tad more spinner friendly then conditions in SA, Australia, England etc...Yes, because every single pitch in India is spinner friendly.
On average, sure, but we have enough Roads + some pacer friendly pitches as wellThey're a tad more spinner friendly then conditions in SA, Australia, England etc...
like lillee and his record?Having more than 90% of total wickets coming in spin-friendly conditions must be some sort of record for a spinner with a reasonable sample size...
Also highest team score in which someone has carried their bat.Cook - highest score when carrying his bat
Now that is notableAlso saw something crazy that when Cook and Anderson batted together it was the first time the leading English Test run-scorer and wicket-taker batted together since the 2nd test in history.
Bloody Bradman still dominating the records.If you rank Test batsmen by their 5th highest innings, Cook (235) is 3rd behind Bradman (254) and Jayawardene (237).
If you rank Test batsmen by their 6th highest innings, Cook drops to 15th.
Piece of cakeSmith becomes the 3rd fastest to 23 centuries, taking 110 innings. Only behind Bradman (59!) and Gavaskar 109. To get to 24 2nd fastest he needs a century within his next 14 innings.
Won't be long before some Afghan takes all his recordsAlso, he's the first batsman to score 1000 test runs in four successive calendar years too. I have a feeling that by this time next year we might have had to rename this thread 'The Steve Smith Records and Milestones thread'.