**Official** 4th Test at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 2024

[The_CricketUmpire]

Most Runs in a Calendar Year in Test Cricket by an Opening Batsman - Top 20

Graeme Smith - 2008
1656 @ 72.00 (25 innings)

Michael Vaughan - 2002
1481 @ 61.70 (26 innings)

Justin Langer - 2004
1481 @ 54.85 (27 innings)

YASHASVI JAISWAL - 2024
1478 @ 54.74 (29 innings)

Verinder Sehwag - 2008
1462 @ 56.23 (27 innings)

Verinder Sehwag - 2010
1422 @ 61.82 (25 innings)

Sunil Gavaskar - 1979
1407 @ 54.11 (26 innings)

Matthew Hayden - 2001
1391 @ 63.22 (25 innings)

Matthew Hayden - 2005
1380 @ 53.07 (29 innings)

Dennis Amiss - 1974
1379 @ 68.95 (22 innings)

Alistair Cook - 2015
1364 @ 54.56 (26 innings)

Marcus Trescothick - 2005
1323 @ 55.12 (24 innings)

David Warner - 2015
1317 @ 54.87 (24 innings)

Matthew Hayden - 2003
1312 @ 77.17 (21 innings)

Alistair Cook - 2010
1287 @ 58.50 (14 innings)

Graham Gooch - 1990
1264 @ 79.00 (17 innings)

Bob Simpson - 1964
1261 @ 63.05 (21 innings)

Alistair Cook - 2012
1249 @ 48.03 (29 innings)

Alistair Cook - 2016
1221 @ 40.70 (32 innings)

Mark Taylor - 1989
1219 @ 64.15 (20 innings)

 

[Betterpolo]

The best bit about TravisHeadGate is watching Cummins explain dressing room humour in the cold light of a press conference. "Think it's very funny".

 

[Burgey]

Most Runs in a Calendar Year in Test Cricket by an Opening Batsman - Top 20

Graeme Smith - 2008
1656 @ 72.00 (25 innings)

Michael Vaughan - 2002
1481 @ 61.70 (26 innings)

Justin Langer - 2004
1481 @ 54.85 (27 innings)

YASHASVI JAISWAL - 2024
1478 @ 54.74 (29 innings)

Verinder Sehwag - 2008
1462 @ 56.23 (27 innings)

Verinder Sehwag - 2010
1422 @ 61.82 (25 innings)

Sunil Gavaskar - 1979
1407 @ 54.11 (26 innings)

Matthew Hayden - 2001
1391 @ 63.22 (25 innings)

Matthew Hayden - 2005
1380 @ 53.07 (29 innings)

Dennis Amiss - 1974
1379 @ 68.95 (22 innings)

Alistair Cook - 2015
1364 @ 54.56 (26 innings)

Marcus Trescothick - 2005
1323 @ 55.12 (24 innings)

David Warner - 2015
1317 @ 54.87 (24 innings)

Matthew Hayden - 2003
1312 @ 77.17 (21 innings)

Alistair Cook - 2010
1287 @ 58.50 (14 innings)

Graham Gooch - 1990
1264 @ 79.00 (17 innings)

Bob Simpson - 1964
1261 @ 63.05 (21 innings)

Alistair Cook - 2012
1249 @ 48.03 (29 innings)

Alistair Cook - 2016
1221 @ 40.70 (32 innings)

Mark Taylor - 1989
1219 @ 64.15 (20 innings)

Gooch 1990 is an insane number given the innings played

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Gooch 1990 is an insane number given the innings played

Yep, that 333 in 1st Innings and 123 in second innings in the one game for total runs scored being 456 in match helped too.

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

This is for all batsman (including openers)

 

[Daemon]

Hey @Daemon

‘Jaiswal was clearly not out’: BCCI heavyweight slams crucial DRS call amid Sharma’s odd admission

‘This has to stop’: Greats’ brutal verdict over DRS furore as BCCI heavyweight fumes

www.foxsports.com.au

Please forward your sincere apology to:

Burgey
C/- TBT
God’s Peninsula
NSW Australia 2041

Lol at falling for trashy clickbait. Pathetic.

 

[social]

I don't remember whether it was Bhogle on radio or Shastri on Fox who said it, but he mentioned that as soon as Kohli comes out to bat, their internal viewership tracking metrics go absolutely ballistic, just a huge and obviously identifiable increase every time, including on Fox. So there's definitely a pretty unique commercial complication to it as well, I can't imagine there's another player in the world for which that's a phenomenon.

It’s why Tiger is given so much leeway

 

[Burgey]

It’s why Tiger is given so much leeway

Bill O’Reilly died ages ago mate

 

[social]

Rohit literally says he thinks Jaiswal hit it in the link you provided

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Thin skinned aussies whining about nothing creating controversies to distract from the fact that they're cheats. What's new.

Ignoring the parts not in bold

That’s how we roll now

 

[the big bambino]

that was the only accurate bit

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hey @Daemon

‘Jaiswal was clearly not out’: BCCI heavyweight slams crucial DRS call amid Sharma’s odd admission

‘This has to stop’: Greats’ brutal verdict over DRS furore as BCCI heavyweight fumes

www.foxsports.com.au

Please forward your sincere apology to:

Burgey
C/- TBT
God’s Peninsula
NSW Australia 2041

India could get 99 wrong decisions go their way, then get 1 go against them and think "they always get the bad decisions against them".

They've had Joel Wilson cheating for them all game and still have the lack of awareness to actually believe they were unlucky.

When you're used to immense privilege, equality (or even just slightly less privilege) feels like discrimination

 

[Daemon]

In all seriousness, the culture of cheating is very concerning. The half baked “elite honesty” mask has slipped off completely now. Cummins is not as clean as he would like people to think.

 

[TheJediBrah]

In all seriousness

If you're going to be serious please use bold font

 

[Starfighter]

If you're going to be serious please use bold font

okay

 

[Victor Ian]

I'm a bit disappointed in this aftermath. After Perth we pretty much had Australians to a T lauding Bumrah, praising Kohli and saying India deserved the win. I rdont like to believe Australian supporters are a better people, yet here we are. We should all be praising Bumrah (still) but also focusing on Cummins and Smith instead of wallowing in the seeming injustice of what was, after all, a correct decision.
India did not lose the game...Australia won it. We ****ed up too and gave India free wickets in batches. But when it counted on the last day, and Australia needed a breakthrough, Cummins bowled Head, sucked in Pant and the rest is history. That was exceptional.

Happy new year all.

 

[Sunil1z]

What do you want us to say ?

Your side is much better than ours and it will continue to remain so till it is a 9 vs 11 game .

 

[Victor Ian]

What do you want us to say ?

Your side is much better than ours and it will continue to remain so till it is a 9 vs 11 game .

Yeah. That would be nice. Cheers!

 

[Sunil1z]

Btw Happy New Year . Since it is already 2025 in Australia.

 

[reyrey]

I don't remember whether it was Bhogle on radio or Shastri on Fox who said it, but he mentioned that as soon as Kohli comes out to bat, their internal viewership tracking metrics go absolutely ballistic, just a huge and obviously identifiable increase every time, including on Fox. So there's definitely a pretty unique commercial complication to it as well, I can't imagine there's another player in the world for which that's a phenomenon.

Maybe in the past with Dhoni.

 

[Sunil1z]

I don't remember whether it was Bhogle on radio or Shastri on Fox who said it, but he mentioned that as soon as Kohli comes out to bat, their internal viewership tracking metrics go absolutely ballistic, just a huge and obviously identifiable increase every time, including on Fox. So there's definitely a pretty unique commercial complication to it as well, I can't imagine there's another player in the world for which that's a phenomenon.

Yes , this definitely happens particularly with Dhoni in IPL . I watch on Hotstar app which shows live concurrent viewership and whenever Dhoni comes to bat , I observe atleast 1 million additional viewers.

So in terms of popularity in IPL it is Dhoni > Kohli > Rohit

This is cumulative viewership not concurrent ( 1 crore= 10 million )
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