sledger
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Yeah. So why on earth would I do that? I mean, in literal terms, I think I would be a lot happier not doing that.It's been a while.
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Worst regular bowler for a top side
- Thread starter Mr Miyagi
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Looks like he takes it then. In my head he only played 4-5 tests. It's probably because he took so few wickets I forgot he played so much! Especially when Schofield only played two tests.
Giles can't be impressed with my comments compared to Salisbury. England were stronger though when Giles played. That was what I was getting at as the title says "top side"
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Mr Miyagi
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Sip your wine, wear your sweater and drive your volvo and be happy. Get one of those tweed sportscoats with leatherpatches over where the elbow is.
I'm a fan of flat caps myself.
I'm not here to upset you.
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Burgey
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I apologise for mentioning Powell. It’s an unfortunate but worthwhile by-product of having ***** blocked.
cnerd123
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He was talking about Sami not Powell
sledger
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I didn't think so either but yet here we are.
Mr Miyagi
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I'm not your spouse. You're talking to the wrong person
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Everyone is the wrong person.I'm not your spouse. You're talking to the wrong person
Mr Miyagi
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Perhaps you just need a change of atmosphere.
Have you ever thought about the physical atmosphere effects the metaphysical atmosphere?
sledger
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Indeed. I have long found the Earth's atmosphere to be uncomfortably toxic.
Mr Miyagi
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Well; its no Godwin's law, but you are venturing close to Al Gore's territory if its people making the atmosphere toxic for your surivival.
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Yup, I'd agree with that. Face you'd never tire of punching, too.
sledger
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I don't want to be in any territory with Al Gore. He is a useful use case for illustrating my point.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Should just rename the thread "worst regular desert from a top nation" and get on with it tbh.
karan316
State Vice-Captain
In Sami's defense,
If you look at the breakdown of wickets taken by him according to the batting order,
45.5% were top order batsmen (Anderson - 37.6%, Akram - 31.9%, Imran Khan - 35.4% and Ambrose - 36.3%).
33.9% were middle order batsmen
while just 20.7 % were tailenders. (Anderson - 25%, Akram - 35%, Imran Khan - 28.7% and Ambrose - 27.7%)
Its pretty weird, although there isn't a significant difference, but he has a comparatively higher percentage of top order wickets and lower percentage of wickets from tailenders. I am not saying that he was really good in tests, he was average, but he wasn't as bad as the numbers suggest. Not good, but "better than what his stats suggested".
And he was right:
Pak news: 'I am better than my stats suggest' - Mohammad Sami | Cricket | ESPNcricinfo
If you look at the breakdown of wickets taken by him according to the batting order,
45.5% were top order batsmen (Anderson - 37.6%, Akram - 31.9%, Imran Khan - 35.4% and Ambrose - 36.3%).
33.9% were middle order batsmen
while just 20.7 % were tailenders. (Anderson - 25%, Akram - 35%, Imran Khan - 28.7% and Ambrose - 27.7%)
Its pretty weird, although there isn't a significant difference, but he has a comparatively higher percentage of top order wickets and lower percentage of wickets from tailenders. I am not saying that he was really good in tests, he was average, but he wasn't as bad as the numbers suggest. Not good, but "better than what his stats suggested".
And he was right:
Pak news: 'I am better than my stats suggest' - Mohammad Sami | Cricket | ESPNcricinfo
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sledger
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You know someone is an asshole when they start saying how great they are despite a mountain of empirical evidence to the contrary.
Fair enough if someone else is saying it about you I guess, but if you yourself start to say how amazing you are despite your frankly horrible stats then you're a total ballbag.
Fair enough if someone else is saying it about you I guess, but if you yourself start to say how amazing you are despite your frankly horrible stats then you're a total ballbag.
karan316
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He never said he was "great", Sami just pointed out that his stats were misleading (and that he wanted a few more opportunities) and that can be the case a lot of times. He was average at best in his test career, but the stats make him look like the worst bowler of all time, which he isn't.
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