Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Statistics are all a part of something.Totally disagree on this point. Cricket is a sport, not a science. If people want to to turn it into some sort of mathematical equation, then by all means go ahead. I even enjoy the statistics myself. But statistics should never have that sort of impact and if it did it would be a shame and missing the point really. To say a certain tean shouldn't be given a certain status because it dilutes statistics is quite silly in my books.
Status is all about the integrity of the game - preserving the elitism which is so peculiar and precious to cricket.
And stats are a part of that.