marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
He was (presumably) talking about the below-strength attacks that he faced for the majority of his career.
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DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen - The Top 25
- Thread starter Days of Grace
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fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Interesting case Headley, and I've been giving him a good deal of consideration of late - I always used to subscribe to the "he wasn't quite as good as his record suggests due to the minnow-bashing" school of thought but I've changed my mind for reasons that will appear on the front page in a couple of weeks
Howe_zat
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As have England and NZ. It's a bit of an unfair question to ask for a 'series' played on green wickets when matches on them at Cape Town or Trent Bridge have been followed with batting wickets at Lord's or the Wanderers.
Migara
International Coach
and so was eng vs sl a month back. india played in late summer having better conditions than sl. but what were srt and sangaaverage against the same set of bowlers? late 30s.
smash84
The Tiger King
dude that wasn't a serious comment
smash84
The Tiger King
dude that wasn't a serious comment
Migara
International Coach
But paves way for display of an interesting stat.dude that wasn't a serious comment
Migara
International Coach
Hammond and it will shock many.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
I'm maintaining my prediction that, the way this study is structured, Headley will not only be top 10, but top 5/6. The only thing I could see stopping it is the fact that his Tests played % is below 50%. I don't know how many points DoG takes off for that. I reckon that's not a bad shout at all.
Days of Grace
International Captain
11. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) (1995-present day)
Career Length (Days): 6272
Percentage of team's matches played: 90%
Career Average: 56.10
Adjusted career average: 52.10
Adjusted away average: 50.77
Adjusted top-opposition average: 46.04
Top Tier centuries: 7 (rank 9th=)
Second tier centuries: 9
Third tier centuries: 16
Significant innings: 63 (rank 2)
Significant innings per match: 0.39
Great innings: 3
1st Test: Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, Dec 14-18, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 13.95
2nd Test: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, Dec 26-29, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 12.61
2nd Test: South Africa v England at Durban, Dec 26-30, 2004 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 15.43
Innings worth average: 3.37
25 Test peak adjusted average: 73.17 (2003-2006)
50 Test peak adjusted average: 63.50 (2002-2007)
Quality Points: 596
Career Points: 134
Peak Points: 150
TOTAL POINTS: 880
Some of the most rigorous discussion on CricketWeb has been on the merits of Jacques Kallis. His detractors point to his selfishness and slow-scoring rate which never seems to adjust to the game situation (in fact he has scored at a much faster rate in recent years, perhaps reflecting South Africa's growing strength as a team). His supporters merely need to point to his record. And since this is a statistical analysis, Kallis was always going to end up near the top 10. He just misses the cut primarily due to his somewhat low T/O average, 88% of his overall average. He also has a relatively low amount of great innings, certainly when you see that he has 63 significant innings overall. Two of his "great" innings also came in heavy losses, so you could question whether they deserve to be named as great innings in the first place. But no one can deny that Kallis has been one of the giants of test batting in the modern era and he is not finished yet. He could still find a place in the top 10 in the next couple of years.
Career Length (Days): 6272
Percentage of team's matches played: 90%
Career Average: 56.10
Adjusted career average: 52.10
Adjusted away average: 50.77
Adjusted top-opposition average: 46.04
Top Tier centuries: 7 (rank 9th=)
Second tier centuries: 9
Third tier centuries: 16
Significant innings: 63 (rank 2)
Significant innings per match: 0.39
Great innings: 3
1st Test: Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, Dec 14-18, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 13.95
2nd Test: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, Dec 26-29, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 12.61
2nd Test: South Africa v England at Durban, Dec 26-30, 2004 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 15.43
Innings worth average: 3.37
25 Test peak adjusted average: 73.17 (2003-2006)
50 Test peak adjusted average: 63.50 (2002-2007)
Quality Points: 596
Career Points: 134
Peak Points: 150
TOTAL POINTS: 880
Some of the most rigorous discussion on CricketWeb has been on the merits of Jacques Kallis. His detractors point to his selfishness and slow-scoring rate which never seems to adjust to the game situation (in fact he has scored at a much faster rate in recent years, perhaps reflecting South Africa's growing strength as a team). His supporters merely need to point to his record. And since this is a statistical analysis, Kallis was always going to end up near the top 10. He just misses the cut primarily due to his somewhat low T/O average, 88% of his overall average. He also has a relatively low amount of great innings, certainly when you see that he has 63 significant innings overall. Two of his "great" innings also came in heavy losses, so you could question whether they deserve to be named as great innings in the first place. But no one can deny that Kallis has been one of the giants of test batting in the modern era and he is not finished yet. He could still find a place in the top 10 in the next couple of years.
Days of Grace
International Captain
Both rated 10.13. Strange how two innings in the same match can get exactly the same rating!