The Kane Williamson Average Watch thread

[honestbharani]

Assuming you're talking Tests, agree with that.

Yeah, the old unwritten CW rule of "Tests, unless otherwise explicitly specified".

 

[thierry henry]

tbf re: Kane’s bowling, he could definitely have been a “100 wickets in 100 tests” type bowler if not for injuries/chucking/cbf because of injuries and chucking. That’s not to say I particularly rated his bowling, just the fact that he was a regular wicket taker/bowler during the parts of his career where there weren’t obvious reasons to not bother with it.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

He almost bowled us to victory in that Eden Park test vs England in 2013 (Matt Prior-led great escape).

 

[TheJediBrah]

Surely the whole chucking thing renders everything else re. his bowling moot

 

[Coronis]

Both Smith and Williamson probably could’ve ended up with more similar records to Root’s as bowlers but I’m glad they didn’t.

 

[thierry henry]

I hadn’t even thought of that…based on their expected roles coming into test cricket and the apparent quality/aesthetics of their bowling, it’s mad that Root has ended up being more of a bowler than Williamson/Smith

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I was just thinking about Williamson's start to his career - being put in the side too early and that affecting his career average ... vs Smith who had that delayed start. Now I'm not saying Williamson didn't get some advantage to playing test cricket earlier, that experience would have been a good building block. But I thought I'd run their averages post 23 years and 9 months old - when Smith was recalled to the Australian side as a batsman.

Smith: 87 tests, 8388 runs, 30 hundreds, 63.06 average
Williamson: 59 tests, 5681 runs, 20 hundreds, 64.55 average

For the record Williamson's stats there begin with the 2014 West Indies tour.

Probably a pointless comparison, but maybe just worth considering when comparing the two players! I don't think Williamson's overall numbers tell the whole story.

 

[Flem274*]

Smith is a lot better, so while KW is still a ridiculous player in context of his era, he and others are unlucky to play in the same time as someone who ranks beside Tendulkar, Hobbs and Sobers.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Good to see @The Hutt Rec pop up. It seems to have been a long time between posts.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Good to see @The Hutt Rec pop up. It seems to have been a long time between posts.

Stead and Larsen have sapped my will to live

 

[Gob]

Steve Smyth

Blocky was a **** **** but got to give credit for this