*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[cnerd123]

shot

 

[OverratedSanity]

Whatever happens from here, this is a much more assured and impressive innings from Vihari than the fifty he got in England.

 

[mr_mister]

FC averages are considered a joke because conditions vary massively from region to region, to the point where they overly favour a certain style of cricketer.

For a while we had an epidemic of overly green, swing and seam friendly pitches in a few places, which saw the mediocre trundlers from those states end up with fantastic stats each season, that were not a fair reflection of their talent. Naturally any batsman who could score on those pitches was rated highly.

Similarly Jadeja's home state plays on pitches that are notoriously flat. But that then makes his bowling stats look fantastically good, which is fair. The guy is a gun bowler at domestic level if nothing else.

And then there are some dustbowls going around which leads to very one dimensional spinners ripping through sides.

Add to that the fact that we have so many teams, it's hard to gauge the quality of the competition sometimes. For instance, Pankaj Singh is now playing for Puducherry, and his games are still considered FC status like when he played for Rajasthan. But he is playing a much lower level of cricket, and this season has 31 wickets @ 7.
Cricket Records | Records | Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 - Puducherry | | Batting and bowling averages | ESPNcricinfo

So yea...Ranji FC stats are totally useless on face value. You really need to dig into them to understand the conditions/quality of opposition.

Do we consider Merchant's FC avg to be heavily inflated?

 

[Spark]

Must hit from there

edit: shocking throw too

 

[mr_mister]

Halo announcer voice: SUICIDE

 

[OverratedSanity]

Do we consider Merchant's FC avg to be heavily inflated?

Absolutely yes. Although I think he did play in the English counties as well for a bit.

 

[OverratedSanity]

That was not smart running

 

[Starfighter]

That should have been out for pete's sake.

 

[Spark]

must get a midwicket in

 

[cnerd123]

I hope Starc wastes the new ball again

 

[Gnske]

Thankfully I can name at least 15 other current Tasmanian wicketkeepers who would have ensured that run out

 

[OverratedSanity]

WAG. double it.

 

[Spark]

hahahaha did he just yeah viv talk nah at gavaskar

 

[cnerd123]

Great ton.

Legend in the making.

Now double it

 

[Gnske]

Is that his best? S***s on those Adelaide tons imo.

 

[OverratedSanity]

hahahaha did he just yeah viv talk nah at gavaskar

Wait really? What did Gavaskar even say?

 

[Starfighter]

How many runs have been scored through long off? I'm beginning to see the benefit of India's 'defensive' field settings.

 

[mr_mister]

I take it to mean he's saying he let's his bat do the talking

 

[Starfighter]

**** off you nasty prick.

 

[Gnske]

hahahaha did he just yeah viv talk nah at gavaskar

Thought it was just "Bat doing the talking" meme

Ramdin at least was a pioneer