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"If you love the cricket player, cut their career in half" - King Suliman Benn*

Chin Music

State Vice-Captain
Average English bowler to arguably the best
Oh, I was hugely critical of him in his first few years. My view comprehensively changed when I watched him bowl at Adelaide in 2010, when there really wasn't much help for him in the latter part of the match. Gave little away and threatened the sticks way more than he might have done even two years prior to that.
 

ImpatientLime

International Regular
Amazed no-one has done Jimmy Anderson

1st 94 tests 355 wickets @30.36
2nd 94 tests 349 wickets @22.48 One for @FBU
wait he took more wickets in the first phase? feels like the kinda player we need to break out into 3/4 phases.

he was often in later career a guy who was very hard to get away but also posed lesser threat.
 

Chin Music

State Vice-Captain
wait he took more wickets in the first phase? feels like the kinda player we need to break out into 3/4 phases.

he was often in later career a guy who was very hard to get away but also posed lesser threat.
As I said in my previous post above, I found him really rather aggravating in his first few years. If you start in July 2010 through to mid 2014 when the second half of his career started he averaged 27.18. Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com
 

Johan

International Captain
Wes Hall

First 24 Tests: 119 @ 22.07, 47.9 Strike Rate, 8 fifers and 1 tenfer.

Next 24 Tests: 73 @ 33.41, 64.6 Strike Rate, 1 fifer and 0 tenfer.

from Dale Steyn to Venkatesh Prasad.
 

Johan

International Captain
Wes Hall

First 24 Tests: 119 @ 22.07, 47.9 Strike Rate, 8 fifers and 1 tenfer.

Next 24 Tests: 73 @ 33.41, 64.6 Strike Rate, 1 fifer and 0 tenfer.

from Dale Steyn to Venkatesh Prasad.
now for the inverse

1st Alec Bedser: 100 @ 33.36, 86.3 Strike Rate, 3 fifers and 2 tenfer
2nd Alec Bedser: 136 @ 18.67, 53.5 Strike Rate, 12 fifers and 3 tenfers
 

Ali TT

International Vice-Captain
1st Marnus Labuschagne: 2847 @ 59.31, 55.84 strike rate with 9 hundreds and 13 fifties
2nd Marnus Labuschagne: 1523 @ 33.1, 45.79 strike rate with 2 hundreds and 10 fifties

@capt_Luffy
1st Khawaja 2664 @41.62, 7 centuries, 14 fifties
2nd Khawaja 3239@49.07, 9 hundreds, 13 fifties
 

Chin Music

State Vice-Captain
1st Marnus Labuschagne: 2847 @ 59.31, 55.84 strike rate with 9 hundreds and 13 fifties
2nd Marnus Labuschagne: 1523 @ 33.1, 45.79 strike rate with 2 hundreds and 10 fifties

@capt_Luffy
Funnily enough, I was thinking about doing one for him, but well done for getting there first. I thought it would be pretty drastic!
 

Ali TT

International Vice-Captain
1st Crawley 1251 @ 26.06
2nd Crawley 1648 @ 35.06

From why are they selecting this **** to fulfilling his potential as yet another mediocre English bat of the past 50 years.
1st Mark Butcher (36 tests) 1958@29.66, 3 centuries (including the 173* v Australia), 7 fifties
2nd Mark Butcher (35 tests) 2330@40.27, 5 centuries, 16 fifties
 

shortpitched713

International Captain
1st Crawley 1251 @ 26.06
2nd Crawley 1648 @ 35.06

From why are they selecting this **** to fulfilling his potential as yet another mediocre English bat of the past 50 years.
As much as I hate being wrong and admitting it in this case, 35 is more than adequate for a modern opener of the past ~ decade.
 

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