Highest Test Score

[Top_Cat]

Richard, I mean this from the heart and with all due sincerity; get a girlfriend, mate.

 

[honestbharani]

Actually, someone already redid all the stats and it turns out the highest score was 11 by Fred Trueman..... But then, I dug it all up again and it turns out that it is actually 13 by Venkatesh Prasad...

 

[Neil Pickup]

Actually, someone already redid all the stats and it turns out the highest score was 11 by Fred Trueman..... But then, I dug it all up again and it turns out that it is actually 13 by Venkatesh Prasad...

I had it down as Steve Harmison's 42.

 

[cameeel]

thought that was a real thread for a minute

 

[Richard]

Oh there's a surprise, a joking thread and somebody can't see it for what it is...

You really think I don't realise this was started with the idea of being a joke?
The point is some of the things are actually valid gripes, and me being me tried to turn a joke into general discussion.
If you want joke-threads that stay as jokes I suggest you post them in the Humour forum.

 

[Richard]

Jesus, is there really a need to take everything so seriously?!

Not a need, no - generally I just feel like it.

 

[Richard]

Richard, I mean this from the heart and with all due sincerity; get a girlfriend, mate.

If it were that easy I'd have done it by now.

 

[Pratters]

thought that was a real thread for a minute

Oh you mean this thread is fiction and like Bradman?

 

[superkingdave]

Even though no-one in Australia could possibly fear invasion?

Actually there is considerable debate about whether the Japanese had plans to invade Australia(1942 iirc) .

 

[sledger]

my god......richard you have outdone yourself this time........

 

[biased indian]

If it were that easy I'd have done it by now.

you almost had one over here

 

[Richard]

Actually there is considerable debate about whether the Japanese had plans to invade Australia(1942 iirc) .

1942... a whole 4 years after 1938.

 

[Richard]

you almost had one over here

Haha.

 

[marc71178]

I had it down as Steve Harmison's 42.

Don't be silly Neil.

That was a tailender having a mindless swing - that can't be deemed fun, so it must be ruled out of any contest for highest score in Tests.

 

[superkingdave]

1942... a whole 4 years after 1938.

1942 was when the invasion might have happened, but the spectre of the Japanese Empire cast a shadow over the region for a long time before that,

 

[Richard]

Don't be silly Neil.

That was a tailender having a mindless swing - that can't be deemed fun, so it must be ruled out of any contest for highest score in Tests.

How is slogging fun?
It's farcical, yes - fun? Sorry?

 

[Richard]

1942 was when the invasion might have happened, but the spectre of the Japanese Empire cast a shadow over the region for a long time before that,

Really?
It was genuinely a frightening possibility for Australia, then?

 

[marc71178]

How is slogging fun?
It's farcical, yes - fun? Sorry?

It's enjoyable to see the numbers 10 and 11 chance their arm and see the ball fly into the stand, not just for the reaction of the bowler.

 

[Richard]

So it's enjoyable to see bowlers made to look like fools?

 

[marc71178]

It's a bit of fun - a concept you appear to be completely alien to.