Jasprit Bumrah vs Malcolm Marshall

[centurymaker]

Like does WI, Pak and Bang average really matters??

It doesn't.

 

[sayon basak]

Like does WI, Pak and Bang average really matters??

Your next post might be your last post.

So, be wise in choosing your words

 

[DrWolverine]

It doesn't.

Pak somewhat

 

[capt_Luffy]

Your next post might be your last post.

So, be wise in choosing your words

Bangladesh is the cricket Swarg

 

[capt_Luffy]

Pak somewhat

Have decent bowlers but too big roads to matter really.

 

[Johan]

WI has respectable bowling

 

[Prince EWS]

Average in each country is a stupid measure no matter which country it is.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Like does WI, Pak and Bang average really matters??

None of it really matters, but WI have a good attack now and have always produced some minefields from time to time, so it would definitely be creditable if a batsman did well on one of those.

 

[subshakerz]

For eg, one sub par series in South Africa and his avg there would end up mid 30s. He has only played 4 tests in NZ, 6 in SA, 5 in SL, 3 in Pak, 2 in WI. Look at that sample size. It's nothing. Actually none of these country averages can be taken seriously atm. He needs to have played at least 8-10 tests in 'some' of these nations.

Good point about his overseas record which we tend to over glorify.

 

[Johan]

he averages 55 in England and 50 in Ind, he's fine

 

[centurymaker]

Wait for 2/3 years. We may witness the victory of Dravid.

Despite two hundreds, Smith's avg fell more than 1 whole point in the BGT as he avg'd just 34 in the series. So if even with hundreds, it's going down like this, a couple of bad series and it could come down very quickly. Thats how fickle averages are. Look at Kohli, dude is going to end up 'below 45', which would be more shocking than Smith finishing on like 51.5

 

[subshakerz]

he averages 55 in England and 50 in Ind, he's fine

Yeah but his overseas record often gets presented as Tendulkar-esque whereas the reality is most countries it's fairly small samples.

Don't think he will play in Ind and Eng again though. But I would be interested in another series in SA.

 

[Spark]

The idea that it's just bounce that has saved Smith this whole time and he would have struggled if he had just happened to ever face good fast bowling on lower bouncing pitches is a complete fantasy. Total fabrication.

 

[subshakerz]

Despite two hundreds, Smith's avg fell more than 1 whole point in the BGT as he avg'd just 34 in the series. So if even with hundreds, it's going down like this, a couple of bad series and it could come down very quickly. Thats how fickle averages are. Look at Kohli, dude is going to end up 'below 45', which would be more shocking than Smith finishing on like 51.5

Smith ending up there takes away a lot from him, not gonna lie.

 

[subshakerz]

The idea that it's just bounce that has saved Smith this whole time and he would have struggled if he had just happened to ever face good fast bowling on lower bouncing pitches is a complete fantasy. Total fabrication.

Definitely reflexes helped cover up this issue in his peak.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Definitely reflexes helped cover up this issue in his peak.

The bounce had ****all to do with it ffs, Smith just misses the straighter ones now, and in his peak he flat out never did. Just used to flick them away all day.

Dudes here just retrofitting fake weaknesses onto peak Smith because of his current issues.

 

[Johan]

He had utterly insane and absurd hand eye coordination, nothing to do with bounce or technique, he was just a freak in term of talent, a bit like Viv.

 

[Spark]

Definitely reflexes helped cover up this issue in his peak.

Yeah it's almost as if he had a technique which worked well for him in that it made him near impossible to dismiss in all conditions, against virtually all but the most extreme types of bowling, everywhere he played. Your runs don't count extra because you "didn't rely on hand eye coordination as much".

 

[centurymaker]

The idea that it's just bounce that has saved Smith this whole time and he would have struggled if he had just happened to ever face good fast bowling on lower bouncing pitches is a complete fantasy. Total fabrication.

Previously it wasn't bounce, it was his insane reflexes/hand eye. He would never miss anything on his pads. Now it is the bounce that is saving him.

 

[subshakerz]

The bounce had ****all to do with it ffs, Smith just misses the straighter ones now, and in his peak he flat out never did. Just used to flick them away all day.

Yes because of reflexes as I just said.