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Figuring out the most impressive individual performances during a test series ever

OverratedSanity

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Not a test series, but this is pretty amazing:

Sobers in the 1963/64 Sheffield Shield was the highest run-scorer with 973 runs in 8 matches @ 75 (5 hundreds)

and the highest wicket taker with 47 wickets @ 27.5.
 

ankitj

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This is not really the main point of the thread here but still worth mentioning a counter point here. I remember reading somewhere that in cricket it's always bowler's serve. Hence all the restrictions and controls on bowlers to address this fundamental 'unfairness' to batsman. Come to think of it, this makes lot of sense.
 

Lillian Thomson

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This is not really the main point of the thread here but still worth mentioning a counter point here. I remember reading somewhere that in cricket it's always bowler's serve. Hence all the restrictions and controls on bowlers to address this fundamental 'unfairness' to batsman. Come to think of it, this makes lot of sense.
Am I the only who remembers the halcyon days of Richard who when reading that thought of his immortal line "The batsman cannot be too good for the bowler."
 

Kirkut

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I'm not into stats but Dravid in UK during 2011 series was phenomenal, against the strongest England attack in last 30 years.
 

AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
An XI who performed heroically while their side was getting thrashed - all were playing for a side that lost the series 3-0, 4-1 or (in Hogg's case) 5-1.

Len Hutton (1950-1 Eng v Aus: 533 @ 88.83)
Herbert Sutcliffe (1924-5 Eng v Aus: 734 @ 81.55; 10w @ 51.40)
Brian Lara (2001-2 WI v SL: 688 @ 114.66)
Aubrey Faulkner (1910-1 SA v Aus: 732 @ 73.20)
Clyde Walcott (1954-5 WI v Aus: 827 @ 82.70)
Allan Border (1983-4 Aus v WI: 521 @ 74.42)
Alan Knott (1974-5 Eng v Aus: 365 @ 36.50, 22ct 1st)
Kapil Dev (1983-4 Ind v WI: 184 @ 16.72; 29w @ 18.51)
Maurice Tate (1924-5 Eng v Aus: 155@ 17.22; 38w @ 23.18)
Alec Bedser (1950-1 Eng v Aus: 30w @ 16.06)
Rodney Hogg (1978-9 Aus v Eng: 41w @ 12.85)
 

a massive zebra

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An XI who performed heroically while their side was getting thrashed - all were playing for a side that lost the series 3-0, 4-1 or (in Hogg's case) 5-1.

Len Hutton (1950-1 Eng v Aus: 533 @ 88.83)
Herbert Sutcliffe (1924-5 Eng v Aus: 734 @ 81.55; 10w @ 51.40)
Brian Lara (2001-2 WI v SL: 688 @ 114.66)
Aubrey Faulkner (1910-1 SA v Aus: 732 @ 73.20)
Clyde Walcott (1954-5 WI v Aus: 827 @ 82.70)
Allan Border (1983-4 Aus v WI: 521 @ 74.42)
Alan Knott (1974-5 Eng v Aus: 365 @ 36.50, 22ct 1st)
Kapil Dev (1983-4 Ind v WI: 184 @ 16.72; 29w @ 18.51)
Maurice Tate (1924-5 Eng v Aus: 155@ 17.22; 38w @ 23.18)
Alec Bedser (1950-1 Eng v Aus: 30w @ 16.06)
Rodney Hogg (1978-9 Aus v Eng: 41w @ 12.85)
Interesting, but Herbert Sutcliffe never bowled in Test cricket. I think Rahul Dravid's series in England that Kirkut identified should probably be in there.
 

Adders

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MIchael Vaughan, highest run scorer and topped the batting averages in the 2002/03 Ashes. 633 runs @ 63.3 in a 4-1 loss.
 

TheJediBrah

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An XI who performed heroically while their side was getting thrashed - all were playing for a side that lost the series 3-0, 4-1 or (in Hogg's case) 5-1.

Len Hutton (1950-1 Eng v Aus: 533 @ 88.83)
Herbert Sutcliffe (1924-5 Eng v Aus: 734 @ 81.55; 10w @ 51.40)
Brian Lara (2001-2 WI v SL: 688 @ 114.66)
Aubrey Faulkner (1910-1 SA v Aus: 732 @ 73.20)
Clyde Walcott (1954-5 WI v Aus: 827 @ 82.70)
Allan Border (1983-4 Aus v WI: 521 @ 74.42)
Alan Knott (1974-5 Eng v Aus: 365 @ 36.50, 22ct 1st)
Kapil Dev (1983-4 Ind v WI: 184 @ 16.72; 29w @ 18.51)
Maurice Tate (1924-5 Eng v Aus: 155@ 17.22; 38w @ 23.18)
Alec Bedser (1950-1 Eng v Aus: 30w @ 16.06)
Rodney Hogg (1978-9 Aus v Eng: 41w @ 12.85)
lol how **** must the rest of the team played if a guy took 41 wickets at an average of 12 and still lost 5-1
 

AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
Don't know what I was doing there - the 10w @ 51.40 go with Aubrey Faulkner.

There's certainly a good case for picking Dravid, or Mohammad Yousuf (631 @ 90.14 for Pakistan in England. 2006).
 

wpdavid

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(re. Hogg) lol how **** must the rest of the team played if a guy took 41 wickets at an average of 12 and still lost 5-1
Aus' batting was the problem, having lost so many batsmen to WSC. Combined with having them face one of England's best attacks since I've been watching the game.
 

stephen

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I think the most useful formula would take into account specialisation.

100 × (Runs scored / total series runs + wickets taken / total series wickets) + (catches + run outs + stumpings).

Something like that factors in relative usefulness with both bat and ball and also factors in fielding efforts.
 

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