Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

[mr_mister]

Mark Ramprakash, the bloke who was known for always failing on the big stage at test level, scored his 2 test hundreds against the attacks of Ambrose-Walsh-Bishop and McGrath-Warne-Gillespie-Lee

 

[Senile Sentry]

Mark Ramprakash, the bloke who was known for always failing on the big stage at test level, scored his 2 test hundreds against the attacks of Ambrose-Walsh-Bishop and McGrath-Warne-Gillespie-Lee

Yeah something like Azhar Mahmood scoring all his three test 100s against a rampaging SA of the late 90s including Donald, Pollock, Klusener, Kallis and Devilliers, All three scored in a span of 5 months - 2 of them coming in SA.

 

[honestbharani]

Logan can bat..

 

[Burgey]

Like the way he's checking his package in the still at the start of the clip.

 

[AndrewB]

Graeme Swann was on Celebrity Mastermind the other day - I half expected him to be terrible, but he was actually quite knowledgeable (by celebrity standards, at least).

 

[fredfertang]

I hope his cat was being looked after

 

[AndrewB]

Mark Ramprakash, the bloke who was known for always failing on the big stage at test level, scored his 2 test hundreds against the attacks of Ambrose-Walsh-Bishop and McGrath-Warne-Gillespie-Lee

He averaged over 40 against Australia. In his first 20 Tests, he only reached 30 four times - each time was in the last match of a series against Aus (having not been picked earlier in the series).

 

[Bijed]

He averaged over 40 against Australia. In his first 20 Tests, he only reached 30 four times - each time was in the last match of a series against Aus (having not been picked earlier in the series).

Seriously? I know he was always making runs in county cricket, but how on earth did he get another 32 tests based on that shambolic output? Tbf, he did average 34 in his last 32 tests, which is still poor but quite possibly legitimately good enough to warrant selection considering who we didn't have knocking the door down.

Edit: Had a quick look, highest score of 29 after 9 tests

 

[AndrewB]

Graeme Swann was on Celebrity Mastermind the other day - I half expected him to be terrible, but he was actually quite knowledgeable (by celebrity standards, at least).

And one of the specialist subjects in today's episode was Gary Sobers.

 

[C Boomer]

For some light entertaining reading in between innings, check out here @


http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/off-topic/72635-little-cricket-poetry-per-say.html

Every discerning cricket enthusiast will find something in there they can relate too !

 

[Shady Slim]

a question for anyone who's been to the scg or just knows sydney

yo where do i get giant sombreros for the test, preferably with some pink

 

[GotSpin]

Im going with The Richies

Can't wait. Haven't been to a test in a while

 

[Shady Slim]

good showing by the costanza avatar bloc

 

[GotSpin]

I'll be the one wearing the off white bone suit

 

[Shri]

Interesting Ashwin stats:

Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

He has got #11s twenty-one times at an average of 2.57

Not sure if that is something incredible.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Ramprakash was moved around the order a lot by England, 1-7 (a bit like M Ali) whereas he established himself as a definite 'three-four' who could open occasionally at Middlesex/Surrey. He played thirty-six innings (from 92 for England) at 6-7. I cannot remember the exact specifics but it would have been the usual, he threatens to look good so you bump him up, he plays poorly so you drop him down to shield him with a few hair-brained wild punts on him as an opener when you were desperate.

 

[mr_mister]

more funky Ramps stats against Australia

from only 24 innings, he scored in the 40-72 range 11 times(pretty decent output but man not good at converting starts was he) and scored exactly 14 six times, once 4 innings in a row against us.

 

[AndrewB]

more funky Ramps stats against Australia

from only 24 innings, he scored in the 40-72 range 11 times(pretty decent output but man not good at converting starts was he) and scored exactly 14 six times, once 4 innings in a row against us.

It was 3 in a row, 4 in a series, part of a run of 17 innings (against all countries) that were all in the range 14 to 69. He had a later run of 16 innings which were all at least 11 but only one was over 60 (133 against Australia at the Oval). In total he reached 10 in 65 of his 92 Test innings, but his third highest innings was only 72.

I can't see any real pattern connecting his scores and position in the batting order; he had a couple of series batting at 3 early on (and failed miserably both times), and opened in the home Tests in 2000 after a poor series against NZ the previous summer (which seemed a bad idea at the time and so it proved). Otherwise he usually batted at 5 or 6 (averaging 34/32), with a handful of innings at 4 and 7.

 

[Shri]

Bollinger was ****ing awesome for CSK. I was part of a few chants that went "BO-LLIN-GER!"

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Dale Steyn had a shoulder scan. Posted on his instagram story thing. Anyone know how long they've said he's out for?