Steve Smith prediciton thread..

[Spark]

Ponting's technique was pretty far from bulletproof too

 

[Chrish]

Probably good for your argument that you don't go into detail because he averages 53 AWAY from home.

50.96 actually..

 

[morgieb]

50.96 actually..

Still averaging 51 away from home is the sign of a very good player.

 

[Chrish]

Still averaging 51 away from home is the sign of a very good player.

Never argued otherwise

 

[Chrish]

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[Stefan9]

He won't be as dominating for sure. Every statistically imposing batsman of the last 20 yrs has had periods when their averages seemed on the verge of escaping gravity. But it always tapers off, drastically in cases like Ponting and Tendulkar, guys who had generally bulletproof techniques. Smith doesn't have that sort of technique to rely on and mental strength can take you only so far, especially after the recent crisis.

Don't recall kallis's average ever tampering of a drastic degree.

 

[Daemon]

Neither did Sangas

 

[Stefan9]

Neither did Sangas

True. Both showed it doesn't have to tapper off.

 

[Adders]

Don't recall kallis's average ever tampering of a drastic degree.

Hahahaha, freudian slip of the highest calibre.

 

[vcs]

TBH, if Kallis and Sanga had played on for a couple of years averaging, say 40 (like Amla is doing right now), it wouldn't have made any difference to how they'd have been rated. Sanga certainly had some cricket left in him as his county stints prove. And it would have made a huge difference to the team to have someone of that quality as a mentor.

 

[Red]

50.96 actually..

Nah, he averages 53 away...

 

[Prince EWS]

50.96 actually..

Nah, he averages 53 away...

It seems Red Hill is counting games in the UAE and England against Pakistan as something other than away games (probably "neutral"), while Chrish is counting them as away games.

 

[Adders]

It seems Red Hill is counting games in the UAE and England against Pakistan as something other than away games (probably "neutral"), while Chrish is counting them as away games.

That gets the noobs every time

 

[Starfighter]

It seems Red Hill is counting games in the UAE and England against Pakistan as something other than away games (probably "neutral"), while Chrish is counting them as away games.

Ah, the statsguru thing. Have fallen for that quite a bit.

 

[GotSpin]

TBH, if Kallis and Sanga had played on for a couple of years averaging, say 40 (like Amla is doing right now), it wouldn't have made any difference to how they'd have been rated. Sanga certainly had some cricket left in him as his county stints prove. And it would have made a huge difference to the team to have someone of that quality as a mentor.

It's why I'll always back Ponting. He knew he was past his best but stayed on to help

 

[vcs]

So did Sachin.

 

[Daemon]

Chanders averaged 71 in the year before he was unceremoniously dropped. Looked crap in his last 4 tests but that was still pretty rough.

 

[Prince EWS]

Chanders averaged 71 in the year before he was unceremoniously dropped. Looked crap in his last 4 tests but that was still pretty rough.

Haha yeah, especially given the side he was dropped from. He did look really really bad so not too many complained too much at the time, but looking back it was a real stinker of a call.

 

[morgieb]

Haha yeah, especially given the side he was dropped from. He did look really really bad so not too many complained too much at the time, but looking back it was a real stinker of a call.

West Indies's performances seem to tank quite a bit after he was dropped too, one of the worst decisions in recent years in hindsight.

 

[Daemon]

He's still playing these days along with his son. Not sure how he did immediately after being dropped but I just looked up his most recent FC season and he wasn't too flash.

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Devon Smith tho