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Cricketer Of The Year
I think it's been discussed somewhere, recall someone comparing it to border and a few others form pre retirement. Can't remember where.
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***Official*** Pakistan in Australia 2023/24
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Silver Silva
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Shaun Marsh got 19 test matches between 2017 and 2019 at an average of 28.48 before he was dropped.At one point while active, his age was higher than his batting average, always a bad sign for a batsman unless you're Jack Hobbs.
Gob
International Coach
Exactly
Also there weren't awful lot of cricket in this 3 year period until 2023. On top of my head, he was injured and brought in to the team not fully fit for the lats two games of the 20/21 BG trophy (which India won). Covid happened and the next assignment was the void ashes in 21/22 in which he played a key role in the first two games. After that they were off to Pakistan where he was okay. 2 tests in SL and the first was a minefield and then the home summer where he made that double vs SA.
BG again away this time and he was luckily injured after two games and the WTC and the Ashes afterwards. Obviously didn't set the world on fire but he was contributing somehow certainly a lot more than ****ing Harris, who is statistically at least, the worst opener ever
honestbharani
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Warner is fine. He can have his farewell. There isn't anyone who is obviously better anyways for that role.
Gob
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Come on how old was he back then? 16?
quincywagstaff
International Debutant
Healy's batting fell off a cliff at the end of his career; only reached 20 once in his final 19 completed Test innings.
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Yeah but he only had one bad 3/4 year
Warner has had 3
If McGrath averaged 35+ with the ball on bad economy for 3 years, he would have been pushed into retirement and he had far more credit in the bank than Warner
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He was dropped at the beginning of the Australian summer
His last full year was the one prior
TheJediBrah
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He played 9 Tests in 1999 then was dropped for the 1st Pakistan Test in like, November. 9 Tests is a pretty full year.
You're cherry picking on a technicality to try and claim Ian Healy had a good last year with 1999 not counting because he was dropped at the end of it
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That's all fine, but nothing will ever beat Graeme Wood playing 59 tests for Australia and averaging 31.8 as an opener/ top three batsman.
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Those would be potential ATG numbers for a NZ opening bat
At least Wood did better than Warner in their last 25 Test matches
Warner - 1243 runs @ 28.90, 1 hundred
Wood - 1285 runs @ 29.20, 3 hundreds
That's the whole point, drop his arse as he's playing worse than Graeme Wood
Silver Silva
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Marsh is worse , Wood had to face some great bowling attacks ..West Indian quartet , Willis, Botham, Lever, Hendrick vs England , prime Imran Khan , Sarfraz Nawaz, Abdul Qadir , prime Hadlee ..
I sympathise
Selectors wised up though, Wood got his scheduled ton but then they still dropped him after his next Test
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59 tests! Seven more than Bradman ffs. Averaging 31.