*Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July

[TheJediBrah]

E

hadlee 431

anderson 682

you cannot deny the facts no matter how much you belittle the achievement

it’s absolutely hilarious you can’t accept this

Bro we get it, he has more wickets

Means **** all in terms of quality in these comparisons

 

[Socerer 01]

Root isn’t fit to carry Smith’s jockstrap.

remember he still has questions to answer

 

[Fuller Pilch]

First time Smith has been fastest to x centuries if you can believe it

32
Smith 174
Ponting 176
Tendulkar 179
Younis 193

I understand Bradman would've dominated from about 4 or 5 100s (Azharuddin raced to 3) to 29, but who was fastest to 30 and 31? Ponting?

 

[Coronis]

Time for a break

continue playing with yourselves over smith scoring a slow hundred

Someone had a lot of salt with his corned beef huh?

 

[Burgey]

I do think this pitch will be quite good for batting with the sun out. It's not been that terrible with the sun hidden.

It’s still seaming a fair bit and there’s more cloud forecast. It’s over

 

[ashley bach]

E

hadlee 431

anderson 682

you cannot deny the facts no matter how much you belittle the achievement

it’s absolutely hilarious you can’t accept this

Please stop it, Paddles was in a different league.

 

[trundler]

Nah its Barrington.

Wrong

 

[CartyDurham]

Sun crossword book

that has colouring in the squares for more than 3 letter answers

rather apt from Warner

 

[Gob]

We saw you score a hundred on telly

I guess

 

[CartyDurham]

Please stop it, Paddles was in a different league.

Why are stats allowed for everyone bar Anderson

the numbers don’t lie

sorry but that’s just true

 

[Socerer 01]

Please stop it, Paddles was in a different league.

dude is single handedly disproving the theory that watching players live is the best way to assess players if he truly is watching since the 70s

 

[Coronis]

I understand Bradman would've dominated from about 4 or 5 100s (Azharuddin raced to 3) to 29, but who was fastest to 30 and 31? Ponting?

30

Tendulkar 159
Smith 162
Hayden 167

31

Tendulkar 165
Smith 169
Ponting 174

 

[TheJediBrah]

I understand Bradman would've dominated from about 4 or 5 100s (Azharuddin raced to 3) to 29, but who was fastest to 30 and 31? Ponting?

Sachin surely

 

[GotSpin]

Time for a break

continue playing with yourselves over smith scoring a slow hundred

You’re in good form today

 

[Socerer 01]

Why are stats allowed for everyone bar Anderson

the numbers don’t lie

sorry but that’s just true

aren't you forgetting a little something called bowling average if you're actually serious about this take?

 

[trundler]

I understand Bradman would've dominated from about 4 or 5 100s (Azharuddin raced to 3) to 29, but who was fastest to 30 and 31? Ponting?

Tendulkar. After his 31st ton he got Mervyn Dillon'd

 

[Coronis]

Did he seriously just say good fielding from Broad?

 

[Uppercut]

Today in "100% accurate posts which would definitely have seen you laughed off the forum if you'd said it in 2010 when he debuted". We're all used to it but it's crazy to think about.

It's actually a pretty great origin story, getting picked as a "joker" for the Boxing Day test and immediately nicking out to Anderson on that first day.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

@Prince EWS - good news. 'Stats' is no longer a synonym for 'career Test average' it's now means 'career aggregate'. Progress!

 

[TheJediBrah]

Some excellent commentary from Nasser re. Smith's retirement speculation

"What else is he going to do??"

I've been saying the same myself for years. Going to sound harsh but I imagine Steve Smith would be as close to a useless human as you can get if not for playing cricket