Absurdly Awesome Cricket Stats

[ashley bach]

Think it's more than safe to say that no bowler will ever take 0-5 three times in a row again.

 

[social]

Not really a stat

Don Bradman was unfit for active service in part because of poor eye sight

Every other batsman in history must’ve been blind

 

[social]

An actual Bradman stat

He only hit 6 sixes in his test career, 0 in other first class games and once scored 300 in a first grade game without hitting one

Meanwhile, Mark Waugh claims that JFM is unlucky because he keeps getting caught

 

[honestbharani]

Shamsi and Bumrah have very identical T20I bowling stats.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not really a stat

Don Bradman was unfit for active service in part because of poor eye sight

Every other batsman in history must’ve been blind

Draft dodger

 

[social]

Draft dodger

He was a lieutenant but was unfit for combat duty due to physical ailments and poor eyesight

 

[Coronis]

Herbert Sutcliffe and Len Hutton are the only batsmen (with a decent sample size) who average 50+ in wins, draws and losses.

 

[Coronis]

50+ averaging batsmen who have each dismissed the other in tests.

Ryder and Hammond
Hammond and Bradman
Sobers and Barrington
Richards and Border
Chappell and Miandad
Miandad and Border
Tendulkar and Kallis


Kallis took the wickets of 12 of the 44* batsmen who average 50: Ponting (6), Chanderpaul (6), Hayden (5), Younis (4), Tendulkar (3), Waugh (3), Lara (2), Hussey (2), Sangakkara (2), Dravid (1), Flower (1) and Williamson (1)*.

*currently

 

[FBU]

Anderson v batsmen who average 50+

Tendulkar (9), Williamson (9), Smith (8), Kallis (8), Sangakarra (7), Dravid (5), Chanderpaul (4), Ponting (4), de Villiers (3), Hussey (3), Y Khan (3), Jaiswal (2), Lara (1), Yousuf (1), Voges (1)

Broad
Smith (11), de Villiers (10), Williamson (6), Y Khan (6), Chanderpaul (5), Hussey (3), Kallis (3), Ponting (3), Tendulkar (3), Dravid (3), Voges (2)

 

[Qlder]

Anderson v batsmen who average 50+

Tendulkar (9), Williamson (9), Smith (8), Kallis (8), Sangakarra (7), Dravid (5), Chanderpaul (4), Ponting (4), de Villiers (3), Hussey (3), Y Khan (3), Jaiswal (2), Lara (1), Yousuf (1), Voges (1),

Just because Anderson played a lot of tests is not an absurdly awesome stat...

 

[FBU]

Just because Anderson played a lot of tests is not an absurdly awesome stat...

Just did it out of curiosity.
Kallis 166
Broad 167
Anderson 188

 

[Ali TT]

Will O'Rourke's last 3 test match bowling innings' have been 0/5, 0/5 and 0/5.

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Those batting stats also absurd.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Shamsi and Bumrah have very identical T20I bowling stats.

This one is a shocker.

 

[social]

Brad Hogg has a higher fc batting average than Ben Stokes

 

[Coronis]

Brad Hogg has a higher fc batting average than Ben Stokes

Shame he only played 7 tests. Then again, 35 average in shield cricket in that era probably is a bit inflated.

 

[social]

Shame he only played 7 tests. Then again, 35 average in shield cricket in that era probably is a bit inflated.

He was a bowler

 

[Coronis]

He was a bowler

I know. He also has a higher FC bowling average.

 

[Qlder]

I think the fact Don Bradman averaged 99.94 over a 20 year career but never held the World record for most runs scored is pretty absurd...

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Will O'Rourke's last 3 test match bowling innings' have been 0/5, 0/5 and 0/5.

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Someone on CW in the future will probably criticise his WPM as a result. He could've easily had 4 wickets in that 0/81 in SL too (dropped catches & wicket off no ball).