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  1. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    Looking further into my comment above about Compton's disastrous tour of Australia in 1950/51, this was surely one of the most bizarre tours by any batsman. In First-Class matches outside of the Test series, he scored 829 runs at 92.11, with four centuries. In the Tests, his scores were 3, 0...
  2. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    I've marked Compton down slightly too, but only by a half notch really. His home/away numbers are heavily skewed and do him no favours, and his Test record seems disproportionately loaded into an incredible two-year peak with a surprisingly long stretch of mediocrity in the years following...
  3. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    So it literally wasn't 1,000 runs? It's the lies I can't stand.
  4. The Sean

    20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

    I'm assuming they'll speed these up a bit when we get into the top 10. At the moment, they're dropping every three days and if it stays that way the countdown won't be finished before the World Cup starts.
  5. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    Two quick follow-ups to this. Firstly, a correction - Chappell was actually not yet 35-and-a-half when he retired. I had him at nearly 36 because from memory I thought his birthday was April rather than August. Not a big deal, but it would have annoyed me not to correct it. Secondly, as a...
  6. The Sean

    Mark Waugh vs Cheteshwar Pujara

    That's interesting, and a little surprising. I suppose there might also the possibility that the winning average of 49 was him stepping up when needed because he turned some potential losses into wins? I'll admit I'm thinking specifically of his 116 in Gqeberha (yes, I had to look up the exact...
  7. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    Philip Derriman put it rather poetically when he wrote that while Alec's talent did not burn as brightly as Charlie's, it burned longer and more steadily.
  8. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    I think perhaps because it was scheduled as a four-day match rather than five meant that they didn't consider it a SuperTest, or maybe they did at the time and subsequently demoted it. I just know that in all my old books Dennis Lillee gets credited with 79 WSC SuperTest wickets because they...
  9. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    I've mentioned this before, but all the old WSC Supertest stats I have used to include an Australia vs RoW match at Mount Smart Stadium in November 1978, where Lillee took 12 wickets, Chappell shone with the bat and Richard Hadlee played what would have been his only WSC Supertest (and did very...
  10. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    This has been done a couple of times, though the only one I have to hand is the one which adds a twist in that it not only compiles the full WSC and RoW records into official Test stats, it also removes the Tests played against weakened sides without their WSC players (spoiler alert - look away...
  11. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    He also skipped the 1982 tour of Pakistan (as did Lillee), though he did tour New Zealand earlier that year.
  12. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    He had a huge series against RoW in 1971/72 as well - only played three of the five "Tests" but scored 425 runs at 106.25.
  13. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    For balance regarding my post above, I realise of course that Chappell had spoken of the mental exhaustion he felt with the constant schedule of cricket. And that he had considerable (and very lucrative) business interests outside of cricket, which he understandably wanted to devote more time...
  14. The Sean

    Players who went up or down in your judgement after going through their records

    Yeah, I'm a bit torn on Chappell myself. He was a bit unlucky from a "stats against WI" perspective that his peak against them came during WSC - that series he had in the Caribbean in 1979 is one of the greatest batting performances in history IMO. 620 runs against that pace attack all at or not...
  15. The Sean

    Kapil Dev vs Rahul Dravid

    That's a bit harsh - I think Sachin probably rates a little higher than normal ATG.
  16. The Sean

    Marshall vs McGrath vs Hadlee

    Which minnows are we talking about for McGrath? I don't think a single Test against Zimbabwe and two against Bangladesh really make a difference, and Ambrose played a couple against Zimbabwe as well (which I also don't think makes a difference).
  17. The Sean

    Matthew Hayden vs Allan Border

    Yep, I've got those two one after the other on my list of greatest Australian batsmen, and I alternate on the order.
  18. The Sean

    Matthew Hayden vs Allan Border

    I rate Haydos more highly than many in these parts, very highly indeed in fact. But this is Border, and it's not close.
  19. The Sean

    20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

    We're at that inevitable point of any countdown where the number of entries we're all sure should be included is far higher than the number of spots remaining.
  20. The Sean

    What would Bradman average if he played in a typical (i.e. neither batsman or bowler favored) period of the modern era (1970 - current)?

    Ok, a few things to deal with here. Firstly, that second attack you've listed is bloody excellent. Farnes and Bowes (not Bowles) were outstanding pace bowlers for England, Geary a fine medium pacer, Verity one of the greatest spinners of all time (with a good record against Bradman) and...

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