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  1. SJS

    What are the most important statistical measures for test bowlers?

    That's a top question and like all really good questions it does not have an easy answer - or a simple one. Without adding to the noise or getting into an argument let me say there is one which is very important but not often mentioned. . . . Wickets per Test played. I once did an exercise for...
  2. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

    Its your feet st- - - I mean Jadeja. Well played Jadeja . . . wish you had stayed some more time . . . By the way, why do you look at the edge of your bat as you prepare to leave the crease. Yes I understand that is where you got the inside edge but why do you (and so many other batsmen) look...
  3. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

    It was interesting to hear Sanjay Manjrekar comment at the end of Josh Hazlewood's only over before stumps calling it a very good over. Really !! Indian openers have an uncomfortable six balls to face at the end of the day and both would prefer to be at the non-striker's end and stay there so...
  4. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

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  5. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

    Kohli stood up and was still rising when the ball found the edge and was going to him, BAD TECHNIQUE !! Anyone who has received formal coaching on slip catching should know that you HAVE TO stay low till the edge is taken and then move with the ball as it comes towards you. It improves...
  6. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

    Something funny about these stats - don't you think ? BOWLING AVERAGES for all spinners - IND vs AUS (2017) as of now BOWLER AVG Wkts O'KEEFE 8.5 13 LYON 9.5 13 ASHWIN 24.8 8 JADEJA 28.8 5 YADAV 50.5 2
  7. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

    India needs to have a session EVERY DAY of practice with umpires and 3rd umpires, appeals and referrals until we get it in our little heads that we can be out lbw !!!
  8. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

    There we go again. Virat 'Sachin' Kohli pressurizes Rahul to say say he was not out or doubtful. IT WAS PLUMB. As I type the 3rd umpire confirms it. Now BCCI go shout from rooftops that DRS is bullcrap because it seems to always go against US !!! the poor victims :(
  9. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

    If India make more rank turners, they may again be shocked. This, falling to visiting spinners on a track made for an easy Indian win, is not the first time it has happened. Secondly, our spinners, particularly Jadeja, appear satisfied with beating the bat again and again. Jadeja did not bowl...
  10. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

    You misunderstood mate. When I said 50:50 I did not mean the decision was close and could go either way. I meant the mentality to think that for every two de visions you challenge one should go in your favor. Many tennis players go with a similar make up challenging line calls and they lose...
  11. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

    There is a great example. An LBW appeal against Kohli. The bowler appeals ferociously sure he had his man. It was impossible to say with the naked eye whether it hit bat first or bat. The Australians refused to go for the DRS . . . they were not being stupid. IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO BE 100 PERCENT...
  12. SJS

    ***Official*** Australia in India 2017

    India continue to use the DRS as a fifty-fifty technology - like the toss of a coin. They did it years ago and then blamed the technology for it - the great man Tendulkar leading the anti-DSLR charge instead of thinking what they (him included) were doing wrong. The BCCI honchos, never known...
  13. SJS

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    That's not as easy a nick as it looks. When a keeper is standing up to the stumps, nicks that deviate that much not easy. The time between the nick and when it reaches the keeper is very little. A good keeper is expected to move with the ball (rise and move sideways) depending upon the movement...
  14. SJS

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Mr Shastri : When Rahul hits a second six in a couple of overs facing a 400 run deficit - it is not "showing good intent" - it is aggressive intent or, if you want to give him more credit, positive intent. In this situation batsmen (Gavaskar, Dravid come readily to mind) looking to drive along...
  15. SJS

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    India has some of the lousiest commentators in the world. Is it so difficult for the Siva and Shastri to learn from the Athertons and the Nasir Hussains sitting besides them. Its not difficult to pick up a few simple things like - TALKING LESS . . . MUCH LESS. If you have nothing worthwhile to...
  16. SJS

    Statistics for Dummies

    That's perfectly okay. Its a point of view :) By the way, in case of Tendular's 46 in 200 tests or, better still, the hypothetical Kohli (1 wkt in 201) . . .would you call it a bowling record or a longevity record.
  17. SJS

    Statistics for Dummies

    It was many years ago that I wrote to the administrators of one of my favorite stats sites - howzat.com - pointing out something I found kind of silly in the way they presented some records. The record in question was the Players with Most Career Wickets after Playing X Matches The two...
  18. SJS

    7th Match - India v Pakistan (19th March)

    If the batsmen are going to miss the ball by feet rather than inches, surely one needs to pitch further up
  19. SJS

    7th Match - India v Pakistan (19th March)

    "Even the straighter ones are turning" !!!! - Rameez Raja in Jadeja's first over
  20. SJS

    ***Official*** India in Australia ODIs 2016

    Even when Dean Jones asked a very pointed question about whether India should have brought a leg-spinner and whether there is no good leg spinner to consider, Laxman could only say He wouldn't fault the selectors (typical Indian commentators' diffidence in saying anything against the...

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