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Meaningless and stupid cricket statistics

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Xix2565

International Regular
ankitj said:
Why didn't they call it Barking instead of Mankading? Like Ashwin barked (at) Buttler.
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Back then it wasn't notable enough to be named after him. It wasn't a Test and even in old books and such there wasn't anything about it that evoked the sort of feelings you see now and saw when Mankad did it to Brown in Australia. Mankad as a cricketer doing that elevated it tbf. There's a reason why no one remembers Barker without Googling.
 
Coronis

Coronis

International Coach
Xix2565 said:
Back then it wasn't notable enough to be named after him. It wasn't a Test and even in old books and such there wasn't anything about it that evoked the sort of feelings you see now and saw when Mankad did it to Brown in Australia. Mankad as a cricketer doing that elevated it tbf. There's a reason why no one remembers Barker without Googling.
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Even back then they recognised a fair dismissal when they saw it. Us sensitive types just couldn’t handle it.
 
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Xix2565

International Regular
Coronis said:
Even back then they recognised a fair dismissal when they saw it. Us sensitive types just couldn’t handle it.
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Hey there's a separation between you and I as far as sensitivity goes. Don't lump fakers like yourself in with the truly sensitive people.
 
Coronis

Coronis

International Coach
Xix2565 said:
Hey there's a separation between you and I as far as sensitivity goes. Don't lump fakers like yourself in with the truly sensitive people.
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lol just a generalisation of modern reactions to it mate, I think its a completely fair dismissal myself and always have.
 
TheJediBrah

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I'm not sure it applies to Lara that much just because he played in quite a bad team, as a lone hand, for part of his career

Only selfish innings I can recall from him was the 400 and that was a draw not a loss
 
Coronis

Coronis

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TheJediBrah said:
I'm not sure it applies to Lara that much just because he played in quite a bad team, as a lone hand, for part of his career

Only selfish innings I can recall from him was the 400 and that was a draw not a loss
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Yeah I’m just pointing out why the viewpoint that it makes a selfish player is a poor generalisation. Flower and Lara are both in the top 5, hell Pietersen and Boycott almost average the exact same in losses.
 
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Coronis said:
Yeah I’m just pointing out why the viewpoint that it makes a selfish player is a poor generalisation. Flower and Lara are both in the top 5, hell Pietersen and Boycott almost average the exact same in losses.
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You just have to use a bit of discretion when applying the stat

And as I did say: "It can be a good stat"
 
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Funny one popped up today, in all his World Cups (which included 3 titles), Glenn McGrath only batted 4 times, facing 5 balls and being dismissed once. 35 did not bats
 
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