Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

[AndrewB]

The total number of Test wickets taken by all the Australians listed on Cricinfo as slow left-arm orthodox bowlers is 276; less than any one of Herath, Vettori or Underwood.

(However, Bill Johnston, Bert Ironmonger and Jack Saunders are listed as "mixture/unknown", and their SLA wickets might lift the Australia total above those three).

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The total number of Test wickets taken by all the Australians listed on Cricinfo as slow left-arm orthodox bowlers is 276; less than any one of Herath, Vettori or Underwood.

(However, Bill Johnston, Bert Ironmonger and Jack Saunders are listed as "mixture/unknown", and their SLA wickets might lift the Australia total above those three).

Interesting.

Does Michael Clarke has the best figures among these SLAs?

 

[AndrewB]

No - Border took 7-46 against West Indies at Sydney in 1989.
Most wickets for an Aussie SLA (again excluding Johnston, Ironmonger and Saunders) is 53 by Ray Bright.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I'll have to check out that scorecard

 

[TheJediBrah]

Where would you rate Cummins?

Probably 2nd best in the world behind Jackson Bird

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Damn, he clearly wrecked WI.

7 first innings wickets, followed it up with 4 more in the second innings.

Was the SCG that much of a dust bowl?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Damn, he clearly wrecked WI.

7 first innings wickets, followed it up with 4 more in the second innings.

Was the SCG that much of a dust bowl?

They were all caught mid wicket/mid off etc. He didn't really take the wickets the batsman just got themselves out to his bowling

Clarke's 6/9 was a dustbowl

(in b4 "hurr durr that's how spinners take wickets beat them in flight blah blah)

 

[Starfighter]

Bill Johnston, Bert Ironmonger and Jack Saunders are listed as "mixture/unknown", and their SLA wickets might lift the Australia total above those three).

I'm pretty sure Ironmonger was more or less ordinary orthodox, at least the small amount of video footage and descriptions say that, and Saunders too. Johnston seems to have taken the lion's share of his wickets with his fast-mediums.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

They were all caught mid wicket/mid off etc. He didn't really take the wickets the batsman just got themselves out to his bowling

Clarke's 6/9 was a dustbowl

(in b4 "hurr durr that's how spinners take wickets beat them in flight blah blah)

Did big bad Merv Hughes rattled them up at the other end?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Did big bad Merv Hughes rattled them up at the other end?

dunno I only ever watched the highlights on youtube I wasn't even born yet

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

dunno I only ever watched the highlights on youtube I wasn't even born yet

Haha. I thought you were there. lol

 

[AndrewB]

They were all caught mid wicket/mid off etc. He didn't really take the wickets the batsman just got themselves out to his bowling

I remember when Tufnell took 6-25 against WI at the Oval a couple of years later, they batted like they hadn't a clue how to cope (though admittedly that was mostly the tail-enders). In both games Haynes scored plenty at the other end, so the pitches weren't especially bad (and WI seemed to realise this at the Oval, since Tufnell took 1-150 in the second innings). They had a similar disaster against Holland and Bennett at Sydney in 1984-5.

 

[S.Kennedy]

My memory for cricket is awful.Two days later and I have forgotten the entire match. Football and you just remember ''2-1'' or ''3-0''. With cricket you have to remember much bigger stats.

 

[Gnske]

It should be easier in cricket in though. How the **** am I meant to remember the millions of 1-2s, 2-1s, 3-0s or 7-1s that happen in various championships every week.

I can remember a Johnson 7/40, a Martyn 96, a Rob Quiney 9

 

[TheJediBrah]

When did Martyn make 96? Was it that T20 in Brisbane?

 

[Gnske]

Aye that one.

Even though I was there at the game, I remember nothing of this innings or night other than I was confused over who the heck James Hopes was.

 

[TheJediBrah]

We have the weirdest memories sometimes. I remember from that game Ponting leaving a ball and James Hopes who was being interviewed on the sidelines saying "huh Punter's left one" and I thought at the time "interesting that James Hopes called him Punter". Don't remember why I thought it was interesting but I was a kid. But I can't even tell you who won the game (assuming it was Aus).

 

[Spikey]

sad that gnske doesn't remember the real memorable thing about that game: Martyn costing Bracken a triple wicket maiden because he dropped a sitter at mid on

 

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https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/crick...-mccullum-hits-fake-news-of-his-death-for-six

 

[TheJediBrah]

Some sick people out there