*Official* World Test Championship Final at The Oval – June 7–11, 2023

[Daemon]

He is averaging 38.96. If he plays 100 or more it will be interesting to see if he can get his average over 100

Even teja will admit that’s a stretch

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Oops - typo. Bradman who?

 

[honestbharani]

Oops - typo. Bradman who?

Ajinkya Bradmane

 

[Ashes81]

Australia has been fined 80% and India 100% of their match fees for slow over rates. Maybe a bit less milling around is in order next time.

Gill fined 15% on top of that (not sure how that works) for his social media posts, which IMO is very light.

Over rates is a bit of a pet hate of mine - they are getting lower and lower in test matches and even with a half an hour's extra play, teams always fall short.

Compare that to over rates in the County Championship. I know there's no DRS but everything else is the same.

It's all to do with player urgency. It's noticeable when you attend a county game how much quicker players move between the overs. There's also far less disruptions from players changing gloves every 5 minutes etc. Captains don't micro manage their bowlers and consult with them evertime a batsmen hits a boundary.

We have a simple choice. Either except slow over rates in tests - and soon enough it'll be around 11 to 12 overs an hour or deduct runs from teams based on an agreed formula.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Watching the WTC Final they showed Australia only had a 26% DRS success rate during last 2 years....glad to see they've improved slightly since Watto

 

[ashley bach]

this qlder guy has to be a troll with some of his takes

Bit harsh on a newbie poster imo.
Didn't care much for his take that Lillee >>McGrath but then again if we all agreed on the same thing this forum would be boring as ****

 

[Prince EWS]

Bit harsh on a newbie poster imo.

 

[GotSpin]

Over rates is a bit of a pet hate of mine - they are getting lower and lower in test matches and even with a half an hour's extra play, teams always fall short.

Compare that to over rates in the County Championship. I know there's no DRS but everything else is the same.

It's all to do with player urgency. It's noticeable when you attend a county game how much quicker players move between the overs. There's also far less disruptions from players changing gloves every 5 minutes etc. Captains don't micro manage their bowlers and consult with them evertime a batsmen hits a boundary.

We have a simple choice. Either except slow over rates in tests - and soon enough it'll be around 11 to 12 overs an hour or deduct runs from teams based on an agreed formula.

The umpires need to take charge
They’ve delegated most of their responsibilities off field anyway

 

[Shady Slim]

pace bowlers are losing their reputation as the big alphadogg bowlers when they screw around so much between balls and between overs

gone soft on this front

 

[FBU]

WTC 2021-2023

Most Runs

1915 Root (22) at 54.19
1621 Khawaja (17) at 64.84
1576 Labuschagne (20) at 52.53
1527 Azam (14) at 61.08
1407 Smith (20) at 52.11

Most Wickets

88 Lyon (20) at 26.12
67 Rabada (13) at 21.05
61 Ashwin (13) at 19.67
58 Anderson (15) at 20.37
57 Cummins (16) at 22.15

 

[Burgey]

Really was a poor couple of years for TPC, only averaging 52 is very poor by his standards

 

[Burgey]

Steady on mate - surely you're not suggesting that all the Aussie players knew that the naughty little scamp 'Davey Warner' was taking sandpaper on to the field to alter the state of the ball.

And when the TV producers cottoned on to that, he suggested that perhaps Cameron Bankcroft should take on the role, without a hint of a senior more powerful player, intimidating and bullying a more junior team mate.

I mean how could the bowlers know that the unusual looking marks on the ball weren't due to natural wear and tear due to hard outfields.

Next you'll be saying that fair dinkum, good bloke, Aussie coach Darren Lehman knew.

I mean how could he - he was only the coach and spent countless hours in and around the squad - how's he supposed to know what his players are up to.

I mean what's suspicious about a senior player having more sandpaper in his bag than B&Q have on their shelves.

Shame on you mate.

Continual Ashes d!ckings living rent free over there

 

[weeman27bob]

Getting fined for posting is kinda dog****

Shady's starting to get nervous at this precedent...

 

[TheJediBrah]

Pretty crazy that Smith has looked that bad for almost the whole cycle and still managed to knock up a 52 average

 

[Fuller Pilch]

WTC 2021-2023

Most Runs

1915 Root (22) at 54.19
1621 Khawaja (17) at 64.84
1576 Labuschagne (20) at 52.53
1527 Azam (14) at 61.08
1407 Smith (20) at 52.11

Most Wickets

88 Lyon (20) at 26.12
67 Rabada (13) at 21.05
61 Ashwin (13) at 19.67
58 Anderson (15) at 20.37
57 Cummins (16) at 22.15

Highest averages (min 480 runs to fit Hazza in)

Brook 80
KDub 75.2
Saud Shakeel 72.5
Chandimal 68.4
Khawaja (see above)

Best averages (min 20 wickets)

Boland 14.57
Mayers 17.79
Afridi 18.19
Ashwin (see above)
Bumrah 19.73

 

[ataraxia]

Khawaja /
Conway / o
Williamson* /
Saud /
Chandimal + /
Brook /
Mayers o /
Ashwin o /
Bumrah o
Shaheen o
Boland o

Evidently the true world XI.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Khawaja /
Conway / o
Williamson* /
Saud /
Chandimal + /
Brook /
Mayers o /
Ashwin o /
Bumrah o
Shaheen o
Boland o

Evidently the true world XI.

Yes, but Imam Ul Haq (932 @ 54.82) in for Conway (884 @ 49.11).

 

[ataraxia]

i never thought i'd see the day that fp would argue against the inclusion of an nz player

 

[TheJediBrah]

Khawaja /
Conway / o
Williamson* /
Saud /
Chandimal + /
Brook /
Mayers o /
Ashwin o /
Bumrah o
Shaheen o
Boland o

Evidently the true world XI.

Harry Conway bowls?

 

[Starfighter]

Such a wonderful thing r/cricket joining this protest right when the whingeing would have been at its peak.