yeah player like Voges really performs when the pressure is on, when he is needed. Situations like this where Aus is already on top he'll just be you're run of the mill 60-averaging pleb.Just to prove he does not score easy runs, Vogues has just come in for some downhill skiing, with over 300 on the board, and fallen over!
He has been found out in New Zealand - Avg 97.3
Your idea of his average being brought "back down to earth" certainly differs to mine.
Hussey spent the better part of his first set of tests averaging 80 didn't he?
Yes he did, but after a career of 70 odd tests his average was brought down to low 50's..........that is what I call being brought back to earth, or back to the pack if you like.
That's only due to the fact that over a quarter of his innings have ended in not outs so far. That's why average alone isn't a good judge. He's had an amazing start to his career and his age means he won't have the time for that start to be destroyed, but he's been given one of the easiest runs in test cricket batting behind the talent he gets to bat behind, a bit similar to Hussey admittedly in his first 20 tests.
How does this bizarre logic persist
You're suggesting that the performance of Voges should be taken for face value and ultimately that he should be considered the best since Bradman the moment his arbitrary 20th test match is completed. He's great, but the timing of his career and where he bats in the order has a big part in why he's doing something incredible.
Best comment on the article. Obviously the guy doesn't know the second World War occurred.
Yeah and the matter that he has plundered some school boy attacks like Windies help as well.
NZ hasn't been that much more threatening this season either TBH. Let's see how he goes against South Africa later this year.
literally no one anywhere ever suggested that
If you take Clarke, Smith and Hussey as reference of players batting at five or six and scoring god mode recently for Australia; the only difference is Voges hasn't had a slump yet. Each of them had multi-seasons of averaging Bradmaneseque at that position behind strong Australian top orders (Clarke had Hayden, Ponting, Langer and Martyn, Smith had Warner, Clarke, Ponting and Huss, Voges has Warner, Khawaja, Smith)
It doesn't detract from how incredible he's been but helps put into perspective why this particular 90+ average shouldn't be considered to the other 90+ average in Australian cricket.
Great players like Bradman and Voges don't have slumps. This is what distinguishes them from merely competent players like Sobers and Tendulkar.
If you take Clarke, Smith and Hussey as reference of players batting at five or six and scoring god mode recently for Australia; the only difference is Voges hasn't had a slump yet. Each of them had multi-seasons of averaging Bradmaneseque at that position behind strong Australian top orders (Clarke had Hayden, Ponting, Langer and Martyn, Smith had Warner, Clarke, Ponting and Huss, Voges has Warner, Khawaja, Smith)
It doesn't detract from how incredible he's been but helps put into perspective why this particular 90+ average shouldn't be considered to the other 90+ average in Australian cricket.
So Boult and Southee's reputation is riding on how well SA bowl.