Langeveldt
Soutie
Sachin Tendulkar - when he collects his passport 
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Who is the best batsman currently available to England?
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Barney Rubble
International Coach
Yeah, this injury is an elaborate ploy. He's going to spend four years "rehabilitating" over here, then win us the 2009 Ashes!Langeveldt said:Sachin Tendulkar - when he collects his passport
King_Ponting
International Regular
Playing as a bowler !!!!!Barney Rubble said:Yeah, this injury is an elaborate ploy. He's going to spend four years "rehabilitating" over here, then win us the 2009 Ashes!
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
England's best batsman currently is obviously Andrew Strauss and anyone who thinks otherwise is insane.
Equally people were insane to think it wasn't Thorpe between his final return and the end of last summer, Vaughan in 2002 and Thorpe (again) in 2000-2001\02.
Equally people were insane to think it wasn't Thorpe between his final return and the end of last summer, Vaughan in 2002 and Thorpe (again) in 2000-2001\02.
King_Ponting
International Regular
No there isnt. At the end of the day thats all that matters.Richard said:
Langeveldt
Soutie
eh!? you gone insane? It's not the be all and end all, but its by far the most important thing in a batsmans career..Richard said:
Surely if it wasn't that important, nobody would care about it..
tooextracool
International Coach
too many people care about it because they're being made to care about it.if the career average pops up on the screen everytime you watch someone bat youd expect that.Langeveldt said:
AFAIC consistency in all conditions and all teams is more important than anything else
Barney Rubble
International Coach
So, Richard, you're saying that if you took two batsmen, who have played the same number of Tests, for the same team, and one averages 50, the other 40, there is a possibility that, in some circumstances, you would say that the guy who averages 40 is the better batsman?
Surely if averages don't tell you much then this is true - but this is a crazy concept which should never be true, and defeats the point of why averages were invented in the first place, so where does that leave you?
Surely if averages don't tell you much then this is true - but this is a crazy concept which should never be true, and defeats the point of why averages were invented in the first place, so where does that leave you?
tooextracool
International Coach
even though this isnt referred to me, i think its easily possible for someone in the same side with a lower average to be better. fact is that some players boost their record against poor bowling attacks-youhana, and others can be better in certain conditions than others-hayden, gayle etc. as i said earlier, consistency is the key.Barney Rubble said:So, Richard, you're saying that if you took two batsmen, who have played the same number of Tests, for the same team, and one averages 50, the other 40, there is a possibility that, in some circumstances, you would say that the guy who averages 40 is the better batsman?
Surely if averages don't tell you much then this is true - but this is a crazy concept which should never be true, and defeats the point of why averages were invented in the first place, so where does that leave you?
