capt_Luffy
International Captain
Definitely in Test cricket. You haven't done your job till you have those 10 wickets. So why let them bat more and wear down both the pitches and your bowlers, for equal runs??
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Jacques Kallis vs Jack Hobbs
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subshakerz
International Coach
Dude tell how that plays out from the playing perspective? Nobody is thinking about Steyn's SR when he is bowling. Just whether he is taking wickets, ok keep him on a bit longer, or going for runs, ok take him off.
Whereas McGraths default is, give him the ball and let him bowl and wait.
capt_Luffy
International Captain
Yeah no, that really doesn't how it works.
Batting and bowling SRs are essentially mirrors of each other if you aren't taking any nuance into account. A lot of people seem to default to 'faster striking is always better' in both departments, but this logically impossible- you striking faster is making the other team strike faster in the opposite discipline if averages don't change.
If you aren't introducing nuance, you would have to pick faster striking as better in one discipline and worse in the other.
A faster bowling SR is clearly the winner on this one. A faster SR offers psychological advantages in both disciplines. Bowling offers much more concrete advantages. The other bowlers get less of an aging ball, keep fresher, and get to bowl at unset and worse bats. An unless you are looking at a bowler who is below average for their team (including part-timers), it just means more overs bowled by higher averaging bowlers.
If you aren't introducing nuance, you would have to pick faster striking as better in one discipline and worse in the other.
A faster bowling SR is clearly the winner on this one. A faster SR offers psychological advantages in both disciplines. Bowling offers much more concrete advantages. The other bowlers get less of an aging ball, keep fresher, and get to bowl at unset and worse bats. An unless you are looking at a bowler who is below average for their team (including part-timers), it just means more overs bowled by higher averaging bowlers.