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*Official* World Test Championship Final 2021

Who do you think will win it?

  • Total voters
    70
  • Poll closed .
J

Jack1

International Debutant
They need to try to add another day to the game. A draw wouldn't be right considering the amount of rain.
 
Teja.

Teja.

Global Moderator
Looking at some stats and over the last 10 years, Kohli has played 91 tests and Williamson has played 80. The difference is basically 1 test per year which is less than I expected. Willamson has missed about 5 less games in his career than Kohli has but it's still not that significant.

I looked at total tests played per team in the last 10 years and England has played 125 which is far and away the most, India-Australia-Sri Lanka have played between 96-104 games each and WI-NZ-SA have played between 85 and 87 tests. Pakistan is at 79 and Bangladesh at 55.

Even with the total tests stats, India averages 1.7 tests a year more than New Zealand which is something but not a super significant number. A team playing 85-87 tests in a decade is quite healthy in modern historical terms. England on the other hand has played 4 more tests per year on average in the last decade than new zealand and is the one big outlier in the table.

In contrast in the 90s, Australia and England played 108 and 107 tests respectively. Pakistan-WI-NZ played between 76-81 tests which is similar but slightly lower to how many they play today. India-SA-SL played between 66-69 tests with SA obviously starting a bit late. That sounds both like less test cricket and a worse balance to me.

Another thing I found interesting is that NZ have played between 81 and 85 tests each decade since the 90s. Prior to this, they played much fewer tests.

Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised (slightly) by the amount of tests played by teams in the last decade.

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Gnske

Gnske

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
What a fitting end to such a limp dicked idea to hype up Test cricket.

On the plus side, the lack of English hospitality has denied NZ yet more silverware. This is a win.
 
Gob

Gob

International Coach
Teja. said:
Looking at some stats and over the last 10 years, Kohli has played 91 tests and Williamson has played 80. The difference is basically 1 test per year which is less than I expected. Willamson has missed about 5 less games in his career than Kohli has but it's still not that significant.

I looked at total tests played per team in the last 10 years and England has played 125 which is far and away the most, India-Australia-Sri Lanka have played between 96-104 games each and WI-NZ-SA have played between 85 and 87 tests. Pakistan is at 79 and Bangladesh at 55.

Even with the total tests stats, India averages 1.7 tests a year more than New Zealand which is something but not a super significant number. A team playing 85-87 tests in a decade is quite healthy in modern historical terms. England on the other hand has played 4 more tests per year on average in the last decade than new zealand and is the one big outlier in the table.

In contrast in the 90s, Australia and England played 108 and 107 tests respectively. Pakistan-WI-NZ played between 76-81 tests which is similar but slightly lower to how many they play today. India-SA-SL played between 66-69 tests with SA obviously starting a bit late. That sounds both like less test cricket and a worse balance to me.

Another thing I found interesting is that NZ have played between 81 and 85 tests each decade since the 90s. Prior to this, they played much fewer tests.

Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised (slightly) by the amount of tests played by teams in the last decade.

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Ok
 
Red_Ink_Squid

Red_Ink_Squid

Global Moderator
Bahnz said:
Jeez, Boult would be a 25 career average bowler if he played for England. He’s bowled a pile of filth in his past couple games and still has 8 wickets at 20.
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Although if he played for England, he wouldn't have been able to fill his boots against the current England batting line up.
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Wow, just saw a graphic of the amount of swing the different bowlers have been getting. Southee getting more than 1 degree of swing more than any other bowler. Possibly explains his indifferent bowling - harder to control and harder for the batsmen to nick off.
 
V

vandem

State Captain
Bahnz said:
Wow, just saw a graphic of the amount of swing the different bowlers have been getting. Southee getting more than 1 degree of swing more than any other bowler. Possibly explains his indifferent bowling - harder to control and harder for the batsmen to nick off.
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Jamieson (quoted on Cricinfo) made a similar point about bolwing tactics on day 3:

" The ball certainly swung a fair amount, and probably at times almost too much," Jamieson said "So for me personally today, and a little bit yesterday, I tried to more wobble the ball than swing it, and just engage guys for longer periods. Instead of guys playing and missing, they tend to grab the edge a little bit more."
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Nah, weather for Thursday is cloudy with only a 10% chance of rain. They actually should've booked a couple of reserve days - they do that for the WC final.
 
Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
I was finally brave enough to check what happens if the game ends in a draw. Thankfully both teams end up named joint winners of the inaugural Test championship.

I had been quite concerned it'd just go to whoever sat at the top of the table and be a repeat of the boundary countback fiasco.
 
J

Jack1

International Debutant
Teja. said:
Looking at some stats and over the last 10 years, Kohli has played 91 tests and Williamson has played 80. The difference is basically 1 test per year which is less than I expected. Willamson has missed about 5 less games in his career than Kohli has but it's still not that significant.

I looked at total tests played per team in the last 10 years and England has played 125 which is far and away the most, India-Australia-Sri Lanka have played between 96-104 games each and WI-NZ-SA have played between 85 and 87 tests. Pakistan is at 79 and Bangladesh at 55.

Even with the total tests stats, India averages 1.7 tests a year more than New Zealand which is something but not a super significant number. A team playing 85-87 tests in a decade is quite healthy in modern historical terms. England on the other hand has played 4 more tests per year on average in the last decade than new zealand and is the one big outlier in the table.

In contrast in the 90s, Australia and England played 108 and 107 tests respectively. Pakistan-WI-NZ played between 76-81 tests which is similar but slightly lower to how many they play today. India-SA-SL played between 66-69 tests with SA obviously starting a bit late. That sounds both like less test cricket and a worse balance to me.

Another thing I found interesting is that NZ have played between 81 and 85 tests each decade since the 90s. Prior to this, they played much fewer tests.

Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised (slightly) by the amount of tests played by teams in the last decade.

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This proves England are the best test team. Most wins in last 10 years.
 
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