But also, almost his entiire career was when anything above shoulder high was a no-ball. It was literally the reason the put your front foot down and smack it became the thing of ODI openers and finishers world over.
Had a very ugly technique, but a total gun batsman to bash absolutely mediocre bowling on flat roads in limited overs cricket.
Nah, some of his best knocks were against quality bowlers. Was a nightmare for Vettori, Muralitharan, Steyn, etc. (he just hit Muralitharan for a 4 and a 6 in the legends league game while I am typing this
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Chance has gone, I'd guess. 32 now and had an OK season, nothing more. I know we've not solved the opening conundrum but I'd be surprised if he came back.
This is mathematically impossible I believe
It's not. Some infinities are bigger than others. There are less numbers on the infinite number line divisible by 7 than 2 even though there are infinite number of both.
That 100 in South Africa was on a typical subcontinent type pitch, albeit it was fun to watch Steyn and Morkel getting hit for fours but Tsotsobe got the maximum punishment. On a good day, he tonked mediocre bowling in limited overs cricket which was hard to match for Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh.Nah, some of his best knocks were against quality bowlers. Was a nightmare for Vettori, Muralitharan, Steyn, etc. (he just hit Muralitharan for a 4 and a 6 in the legends league game while I am typing this
Still can't forget that 105 off 70 odd balls against SA in SA. The pitches in that series were difficult and all our batters performed very poorly in the 5-match series except Yusuf. Also scored a match-winning 50 in that series(played only 3 out of 5 games).
The issue with Yusuf was that he was never a number 7 batter in ODIs. His best knocks came when he was sent in early or had to come early due to top order collapses. Even in the IPL, he only did well when he had enough time to settle in.
Good list except Greenidge isn't top 10 of AT. Good average but a SR of 64 even for the era he played in (75-91) was only 'good to very-good' and not 'excellent'.
Jones missing from that list.
Good point. I knew I'd forgotten someone. Better than Greenidge and Lara and possibly Abbas.
Wow. He's 33 and SA don't play heaps of games. I wonder what his final stats will be like.
The ODI Voges?
Post 2010 ODI averages are a joke
