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Old 06-01-2011, 05:13 AM   #215 (permalink)
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Think you're discounting the psychological aspect of a bloke scoring a ton against you. Someone scoring 150 then 20 is going to hurt you more than the same bloke scoring an even number of runs in each innings. A bloke going onto a ton is also going to lift his team-mates more than a guy who gets a high 50, the feeling of the later is more of a job half-done. The team capital and confidence drawn from a ton is just far more than a couple of 50's.
To be fair a bloke scoring a pair of 85's in each innings is pretty useful. Katman to confirm.
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[Dhoni on 99] Barely seen any of the day's play (for sanity's sake), but here's a competition that might be fun: things more common than a Tim Bresnan wicket
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3) Dhoni scoring a composed, valuable Test hundred against good bowlers
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129.1 Anderson to Dhoni, OUT, Dhoni is run out on 99!
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