Your favourite XI vs Hated XI

[marc71178]

ok so how do you conclude he is overated then ??

Because he's Richard and so he can!

 

[Crazy Sam]

india's batsmen have been quite poor recently, the exception being sehwag.

 

[Jono]

Well, I stand corrected.
Not much below 3-an-over, though, is it?

LOL! That's like guaranteeing so and so will not make a century, and when they do (say 102), you reply with "not much above 100 is it?"

Wow.

 

[Richard]

Totally different and you know it (or maybe you don't).
A century is a one-off, an economy-rate is something built-up over time.
Not like I said "he's never bowled an innings-spell for an economy-rate of under 3", is it?

 

[Richard]

Because he's Richard and so he can!

And so can you and anyone else.

 

[Richard]

If it is a home thing I have no idea why that would be the case lol

Yeh, wasn't being totally serious. But it's definately been something of a pattern.
Who knows, maybe he just runs in harder at home or something?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Kasprowicz has taken more wickets in England (or, more significantly, his strike-rate has been lower) - hence, the English batsmen, while they've scored runs off him quicker, have lost their wickets in the process.
The Australians, while they've not scored as quickly, have ended with considerably more runs.
Hence, the Australian competition is of a higher standard.

Kasprowicz averages 26.88 in all FC cricket in England (330 wickets). In Australia he's taken 476 wickets @ 25.18.

 

[Richard]

How on Earth did you get hold of those figures?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I have my ways.

 

[Richard]

Which you are so reluctant to share with us because...?

 

[Jnr.]

Did you use cricketarchive.co.uk?

 

[nookie_lk]

FAV

Jayasuriya
Anwar (saeed)
Gibbs
Lara
Straus
Sangakara +
Ganguly
Wasim
Saqlain
Warne
Vass

Hated

Hayden
Gilchrist
Ponting +
and the rest of the ausie team

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Did you use cricketarchive.co.uk?

I shall never reveal the secret of my 11 herbs and spices.

*Take your best shot Neil*

 

[Neil Pickup]

I shall never reveal the secret of my 11 herbs and spices.

*Take your best shot Neil*

Too easy - not worth bothering

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Too easy - not worth bothering

I see you're growing up then. Good on yuh.

 

[Richard]

I shall never reveal the secret of my 11 herbs and spices.

I repeat:
Why not?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I repeat:
Why not?

Because I've decided to be childish.
It's really not that hard to figure out.

 

[Richard]

Well all I can think of is the eternally baffling idea of looking at his English domestic-season stats (which are incomplete because he played in England before 1999, too) and subtracting them from the overall.
That misses-out tour-games and the like - so an informed guy like you couldn't possibly have done that.
I really can't think of anything else.

 

[Richard]

Come to think of it, I'm quite flabbergasted he's taken that many wickets in England.

 

[nzidol]

Fave XI

1Vaughan
2Ganguly
3Fleming
4Styris
5Astle
6McMillan
7McCullum
8Vettori
9Mills
10Agarkar
11Butler


Hated XI

Hayden
LANGER
Key
Trescothick
McKenzie
Cameron White
Geraint Jones
Taibu
MURALI
Gillespie
McGrath