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    Bradman or Hammond, Sachin or Jacques, Gavaskar vs Simpson

    If you drop the matches he played in the 70s, Simpson’s middle-order average is 24.57.
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    Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

    Bobby Peeler gives you two for one.
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    Debuted 2000 onwards national XIs

    More or less, except that in Strauss's last* innings batting at 3 he scored 177 (his highest ever Test score), so the 106 at OT two matches later wasn't "career-saving" (especially as he'd scored a couple of 60s in between). *Barring one innings in a run chase four years later.
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    Players Whose Careers Ended Without Any Fanfare

    According to the Guardian report: "Atherton walked off the field wearily, thin-lipped until he reached the boundary where, as the ground stood to him and the Australians gathered to offer their appreciation of a sterling opponent, he waved his bat in embarrassed fashion and was gone", so a minor...
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    Players Whose Careers Ended Without Any Fanfare

    In a slightly earlier era: Boycott had a substitute fielding for him in the 4th Test in India in 1982, went off to play golf and was sent home. He might have played a few more Tests after that but went on the South Africa tour. Doesn't fit the thread title of course, but John Arlott's final...
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    Instances of highly rated bowlers having below par series

    Australia's bowling in that series was a bit of a one-man effort: Bright took 15 @ 23, the other bowlers took 8 wickets between them at an average of 92 (despite a 3-49 by Chappell).
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    Instances of highly rated bowlers having below par series

    Graham McKenzie took 1 for 333 against SA in 1970, the one being a hit wicket.
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    One Team Wonders

    Wasim Raja's averages against the West Indies (late 70s/early 80s) were 57.43 batting, 28.25 bowling (admittedly only taking 8 wickets); overall they were 36.16/35.80.
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    Rank the World Cups

    Do you mean 1992 (Pakistan getting a vital NR against England after scoring 74)? Australia won a rain-affected game against NZ in 1987 but would have gone through even if they'd lost it. I don't remember the 70s World Cups, but 1987 was great - a lot of close games, including the final. India...
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    Meaningless and stupid cricket statistics

    England's bowling was pretty strong (or at least successful) at the time: in matches when May was playing, Statham, Laker, Trueman and Lock each took 100+ wickets at under 23 (at 17.7 for Laker); Wardle, Tyson and Bedser all took 50+ wickets at under 19; Loader took 39@22.5 and Appleyard...
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    *Official* India in West indies 2023

    I don't think you can find that on Statsguru (side batting second take the lead before losing a wicket). Curiously, the first two times it happened (AFAICT) were in successive Tests, in 1912: Australia 133, England 147-0 at Adelaide, then Australia 191, England 323-0 at Melbourne. Next instance...
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    Internationals in domestic cricket

    And in the 70s they had Jack Simmons as captain for several years.
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    What did Bradman think of that Windies team?

    From Bradman's foreword to the 2nd edition of the Wisden Book of Test Cricket, written in February 1985: "There has been much speculation as to whether the current West Indian team is the best of all time. Comparisons have been made with the Australian teams of 1921 and 1948. The question...
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    Cricketers you have probably never heard of

    In his 10-for against WI he dismissed 10 different batsmen, which can’t be common.
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    Centenary draft: voting thread

    Congratulations to Teuton, and thanks to everyone for taking part.
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    Cricketers you have probably never heard of

    McLeod is most famous for walking off a no-ball and getting run out, due to being deaf. Hopkins (AJH) dismissed Fry and Ranji for ducks in one of the rain-ruined Tests in 1902. And that’s all I know about them.
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    The Records and Milestones thread

    Was wondering how close the 1980s West Indies got to that: according to Statsguru their series results (from June 1980 to 1995) were WWWDWWWWWWWDDDDWWWWDWDwWWdWDW (the lower-case "series" were one-off Tests; the final W was a 2-Test series, the rest were 3+). Which is 21 wins in a run of 29...
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    Centenary draft

    Poll now up
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    Centenary draft: voting thread

    Poll for the Centenary draft Pick the three best (Test) teams as of March 1977 (active players' figures at the time are given in brackets). trundler Herbert Sutcliffe Bill Woodfull* Ken Barrington Ted Dexter 6 Patsy Hendren Mushaq Mohammad 5 (46 Tests: 3005 @ 40.06 and 53w @ 29.15) Imtiaz...
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    Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

    The most runs Ramprakash scored in a FC season was 2278 in 2006, 2258 in 1995, and 2026 in 2007. I think he only passed 3000 in 1995 (3099), though if you include T20 he got close in 2006. Sangakkara averaged well over 100 in FC for Surrey 2016, but only scored about 1500 runs. Other players to...

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