Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
Smith's peak was better then punters, which is why I think some rate him higher.
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*Official* Australia in India 2023
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Zinzan
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Peak doesn't mean everything, and if it did Imran would be universally rated as a better pace bowler than Marshall.
Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
Suprised tendulkar and sehwag and tendulkar are even given that tendulkar played alot more in the 90's and that was a much harder era for batting, feel like there would have been more results more often in the 90s then 2000's right?
quincywagstaff
International Debutant
Lack of posts on this thread today show what a snooze of a match it has become.
ataraxia
International Coach
Interesting graphic this. Kohli evidently scores more wanker runs than ChePu.
Kenneth Viljoen
International Regular
Most important series for Aussies is The Ashes , in this criteria Steven Smith dominates Ricky Ponting and is the deciding factor for me ..
Ricky Ponting vs England - 2476 runs @ 44.21 in 35 tests , 44.35 vs Eng at home , 44.10 vs England in England
Steven Smith vs England - 3042 runs @ 59.69 in 32 tests , 54.50 vs England , 65.08 vs England in England
PaulLennon
U19 Vice-Captain
yeah and steven smith played against much better england attacks.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Got ridiculed for my stance on Khawaja on Friday...
This was clearly a pitch so flat that even Kohli could get a ton. As good as Khawaja's knock was, it never took India out of their comfort zone, they cruised past that inadequate 480 with a batsman down too. If Australia wanted to win this game (and they needed to), they had to score a minimum 400 a day on a pitch as placid as this. And so what if they got out giving it a go, does losing 3-1 or 2-1 really make a difference?
Those hoping it would break up on Days 4 and 5 either didn't read the pitch or were plucking at straws. A weak strategy and getting what it deserved. Hoping this kind of thinking is brought to The Ashes too because it will get chewed up and spat out.
Spark
Global Moderator
Did you not notice India batting at exactly the same pace until the last session yesterday? And then at exactly the same pace today?
If both sides bat at 2.5rpo over 5 days with exceptions only when the bowlers are cooked, then maybe that suggests something about how easy it is to score quickly on the pitch. India didn't "cruise past" 480, it took an exceptional innings by an exceptional batsman to do so.
Burgey
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Very weird post. You've come back in the dying throes of the match on day five with this sort of junk. No one scored freely on this until yesterday arvo after India took a lead.
The 480 wasn't inadequate because of Khawaja though. He made 180 ffs.
The pitch is still flat now. It's half way through day five and doing nothing. Aus has been 6 out all out the entire series. You have to play the cards you're dealt. There certainly would have been a result had they slogged their way out for 280.
They could probably play on this for another five days and be lucky to get a result.
The 480 wasn't inadequate because of Khawaja though. He made 180 ffs.
The pitch is still flat now. It's half way through day five and doing nothing. Aus has been 6 out all out the entire series. You have to play the cards you're dealt. There certainly would have been a result had they slogged their way out for 280.
They could probably play on this for another five days and be lucky to get a result.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
India didn't need to score any quicker because they didn't need to win the game.