all rounders

[wickies 4 ar's]

i was going to send a trivia question to the people on channel 9's (in australia) trivia about how many players in the history of test cricket have batting averages higher than their bowling average. any ideas?

 

[benchmark00]

i was going to send a trivia question to the people on channel 9's (in australia) trivia about how many players in the history of test cricket have batting averages higher than their bowling average. any ideas?

I don't know how many but i would suggest there would be quite a few... i can see one as i'm watching the cricket now... Kallis averages about 30 with the ball and about 54 with the willow

 

[cric_manic]

cairns is the same around 30 with the bat and 29 with the ball

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Any all rounder worth their salt...............

Miller, Imran, Botham, Sobers, Woolley, Davidson, Hadlee and even Wasim Akram outpaced their bowling averages with the willow.

 

[Mr Casson]

Any all rounder worth their salt...............

Miller, Imran, Botham, Sobers, Woolley, Davidson, Hadlee and even Wasim Akram outpaced their bowling averages with the willow.

Oh, so Michael Clarke? Darren Lehmann?

 

[LongHopCassidy]

I wouldn't give salt to Boof, he's unhealthy enough........

 

[cric_manic]

Any all rounder worth their salt...............

Miller, Imran, Botham, Sobers, Woolley, Davidson, Hadlee and even Wasim Akram outpaced their bowling averages with the willow.

easy when you have a bowling average of 22

 

[Mr Casson]

I wouldn't give salt to Boof, he's unhealthy enough........

I'd give salt to Boof if there was an open wound to pour it on..

 

[cric_manic]

it sounds like u hate him

 

[LongHopCassidy]

I'd give salt to Boof if there was an open wound to pour it on..

Give me an L!

Give me an M!

Give me an A!

Give me an O!

What does it spell?

LMAO!

No, seriously.

 

[shaka]

I think that cricinfo answered that question on "ask Steven" of a few weeks ago, dunno if it can be located.

 

[godonnygo]

Michael Slater averaged about 15 with the ball and 40+ with the bat.......but he only took one wicket!

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Maybe there should be criteria, like 2000+ runs and 100+ wickets.

 

[Richard]

1000 runs and 50 wickets for mine.

 

[Dydl]

1,000 runs and 100 wickets? Or what Richard said.

 

[Richard]

100 wickets is a hell of a lot, y'know.

 

[marc71178]

But surely if they've played enough games to get 1000 runs, then they'd have to have been utilised as a bowler a fair bit as well.

 

[marc71178]

Any all rounder worth their salt...............

Miller, Imran, Botham, Sobers, Woolley, Davidson, Hadlee and even Wasim Akram outpaced their bowling averages with the willow.

Add in Pollock and Kallis (and soon Flintoff will be in that category)

 

[Link]

Going on stats, Michael Clarke must be the best. lol

 

[Richard]

Depends what stats you use, really.
If you use average-with-qualification-7-wickets Clarke doesn't register.