In his final feature, Dave wraps up the investigation of important runs in Test cricket and brings the study up to date by looking in detail at 100 or so batsmen who debuted between Justin Langer and Jonny Bairstow.
Thanks to forum members Watson, Red Hill and the big bambino for this feature and the next – here we discuss the opinion of Stephen Jay Gould that high averages are becoming unachievable.
My forum user name, chasingthedon, is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that Don Bradman is lauded as the greatest cricketer ever, despite the fact that there was never really a way to compare him directly with bowlers and all-rounders. Now there is….
Eight years ago I started working on a method to rate all cricketers together regardless of discipline – Series Points. Three years ago I started on its successor, Match Impact – that work is now complete…