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    Best individual years from a cricketer

    Aussies here will know more about this one. Bill O'Reilly's career bowling average in first-class cricket was 16.60. It seems no other Australian bowler starting after 1900 has managed an average under twenty (happy to be corrected but can't find any). He played in a high-scoring era and...
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    Best individual years from a cricketer

    WG Grace in first-class cricket. 1871. 2739 runs average 78. Next most runs Jupp 1068 av 24. Next best average Daft 565 av 37. Grace scored 10 centuries, nobody else more than one. Also took 79 wickets. 1873. 1805 runs av 72. Next most runs Jupp 1052 av 25. Next best average Daft 416 av 41...
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    Who is the greatest English bowler of all time?

    You are right about Hutton's influence. His tour report from the previous winter in West Indies stated that Laker had an "inferiority complex" and a "tendency to be afraid of certain batsmen". The conclusion was that Laker "should be considered in committee before future selection for overseas...
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    Who is the greatest English bowler of all time?

    Trueman himself was not convinced he was an automatic pick in Australia in 1958-59, fearing captain May favoured Surrey teammate Loader. He had been overlooked in Australia four years earlier in favour of Loader and Tyson, despite taking more first-class wickets than either in 1954. This had...
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    Who is the greatest English bowler of all time?

    One advantage current players like Anderson and Broad enjoy is being talked up by a commercial media promoting its product. Some of the old-timers are rated higher by later generations studying their stats than they were in their own day. They suffered from contemporary writers living in the...
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    Who is the greatest English bowler of all time?

    Twenty contenders in chronological order. Have tried to include counter-arguments for each. Lohmann. Test record misleading as opponents' batting not fully developed. But was also the most successful English bowler of his time in first-class cricket, especially on truer pitches. Copied...
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    commentators

    Agree. Professional broadcasting is a difficult job and very few ex-players are good at it. Television companies seem to believe that their viewers want an “expert” with the credentials of having been there and done it. There is some truth in that, but not at the expense of good communication...
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    Who is The Greatest West Indies Batsman of All Time

    The chief exponents of Bodyline, Larwood and Voce, made themselves unavailable for England in 1933. Voce turned out for Nottinghamshire against the West Indians and Headley scored 66. For various reasons Voce never played a home Test but he was England's leading wicket-taker in Australia in...
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    Who is The Greatest West Indies Batsman of All Time

    Headley is an interesting one. Nearly half his first-class cricket was played in England where he averaged 68. Only Bradman had a higher average there and that includes English players. Despite reports to the contrary it seems he was no dasher. Statistician Gerald Brodribb calculated that in...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Perhaps the most eagerly anticipated all-time England and Australia teams were those presented by The Cricketer magazine before the Centenary Test in 1977. The selectors were John Arlott, EW Swanton and David Frith, three men steeped in cricket history whose opinion counted. The teams were...
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