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2010/11 Ashes statistical quiddities

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Not Ashes specific per se, but I heard on SSN before that Trott now has the second highest batting average of all-time after Bradman, did I hear correctly?

Obviously it's early days etc and Hussey once had this but it's still impressive. What an asset he is to us.
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Yeah if he gets out without scoring he'll slip to I think 5th or 6th.

He needs 47 more, if he gets out, to stay in 2nd.
 

Howe_zat

Audio File
Yeah if he gets out without scoring he'll slip to I think 5th or 6th.

He needs 47 more, if he gets out, to stay in 2nd.
Nope, only needs 13 more. He's on 1573 from 25 dismissals, so to stay ahead of Pollock he needs 26 X 61 = 1586.

Still, can't argue with a 60+ average.

In other Trottstats, at the start of this year's summer - 10 tests ago - his average was 37.38. He'd need to get 17 ducks in a row to get it back there.
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
cbf checking the thread, but surely the failure of any side batting first to put on more than 280 odd in 4 Tests must be fairly unprecedented in recent Test history?
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
Australia currently average 29.57 runs per wicket in the series. That would be the lowest mark for Australia in a Test series since 1999.
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
cbf checking the thread, but surely the failure of any side batting first to put on more than 280 odd in 4 Tests must be fairly unprecedented in recent Test history?
Happened in 5 successive Tests involving Sri Lanka

Dec 7-9, 06, Christchurch: SL 154 & 170 lost to NZ 206 & 119/5 by 5 wkts
Dec 15-18, 06, Wellington: SL 268 & 365 bt NZ 130 & 286 by 217 runs
and the three innings defeats by Bangladesh in Sri Lanka (89, 62 and 131).

But if you want a decent team and in the same series, then it might be a long time. (Mainly because 4+-match series have been rare this decade :P )
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
Happened in 5 successive Tests involving Sri Lanka

Dec 7-9, 06, Christchurch: SL 154 & 170 lost to NZ 206 & 119/5 by 5 wkts
Dec 15-18, 06, Wellington: SL 268 & 365 bt NZ 130 & 286 by 217 runs
and the three innings defeats by Bangladesh in Sri Lanka (89, 62 and 131).

But if you want a decent team and in the same series, then it might be a long time. (Mainly because 4+-match series have been rare this decade :P )
Meant Test series in Australia tbh. I can't imagine in recent times Australia will have failed to put on 300+ in the first innings of a Test match throughout a series.
 

Howe_zat

Audio File
Australia currently average 29.57 runs per wicket in the series. That would be the lowest mark for Australia in a Test series since 1999.
Conversely, England's overall batting average of 48.26 is currently the best they have ever got in a series down under, topping the 43.18 they managed in 1928/9.

The only touring team to have bettered this in a series in Australia is India, who averaged 62.46 in 1985/6 and 49.22 in 2003/4.

During Australia's dominant home period of 1993-2008, touring teams only scored an overall batting average of 26.92, with India the only team to get above 30 runs per wicket. Australia's own home batting average during this period was 44.50.
 
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Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
Conversely, England's overall batting average of 48.26 is currently the best they have ever got in a series down under, topping the 43.18 they managed in 1928/9.

The only touring team to have bettered this in a series in Australia is India, who averaged 62.46 in 1985/6 and 49.22 in 2003/4.

During Australia's dominant home period of 1993-2008, touring teams only scored an overall batting average of 26.92, with India the only team to get above 30 runs per wicket. Australia's own home batting average during this period was 44.50.
Im not going to bother to check the numbers, I trust you. A +18 run differential per wicket at home over 15 years is insane. In fact Im trying hard to measure the significance of such a difference as it is hard to compute (my drunkeness may be only partially responsible)
 

Athlai

Not Terrible
Cook has now had the 3rd most prolific tour of any Englishman in Australia. Just beat Jack Hobbs.

Only Hammond's 905 and Sutcliffe's 734 stand in his way now.

6th best Ashes for a Pom ever at home or away too.
 

Howe_zat

Audio File
Cook has now had the 3rd most prolific tour of any Englishman in Australia. Just beat Jack Hobbs.

Only Hammond's 905 and Sutcliffe's 734 stand in his way now.

6th best Ashes for a Pom ever at home or away too.
Sutcliffe's 734 is also the best Ashes total by an England opener.

Should Cook reach 167 in the match, he will have 1000 runs on the tour.
 

Athlai

Not Terrible
Cook now has the 13th most runs of any player in any series ever. Really who knew he had it in him?

2nd most by a Pom
2nd most by a Pom against Aussie
3rd most of any player against Aussie
 
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marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
In 35 trips to the wicket, the Australian top 4 have scored 880 runs.

In 7 trips to the wicket, Alastair Cook has scored 766 runs.
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
- England's 620/5 dec in the 2nd test is their second highest total down under. In Sydney in 1928 the touring MCC took an extra 120.1 overs to score 16 more runs...
& the 636/9 at lunch has now equalled the efforts of the 28/29 tourists. :cool:
 

stephen

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
England have passed 500 in an innings of every test other than the test that they have lost.

*sigh*
 

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