It's almost as if Richard is developing a personality.So does denying errors to cover for your errors... but this is very tiresome so this'll be my last post on the matter. Hijacking threads = a theoretical, non-existant concept used exclusively by poor-quality posters to try to manufacture non-existant wrongs.
Glad to have been of service Fred...Has anyone mentioned WG?
Grace's towering over his contemporaries was more pronounced than Bradman's imhoWG Grace, obviously.
Agreed Mr Z - I did post the stats once before but can't find them now - where's Richard when you need him!Glad to have been of service Fred...
Grace's towering over his contemporaries was more pronounced than Bradman's imho
Agreed.YK is a good case, I think he is a better then Mo Yo.
Yeah but it's Boycott so noone wanted to say anything.Surprised Boycott hasn't been mentioned yet. He just went on for too long. If he'd called it a day at the end of the 1978 season, when he was all but 38 already, he'd have ended up with over 5000 runs at a tick over 51.
I mentioned him only 5 posts before yours.Surprised Boycott hasn't been mentioned yet.
Fair enough. 'Twas such a slight mention I managed to miss it entirely tho.I mentioned him only 5 posts before yours.
Fair point.Don't think Inzimam is in this category, if he can't average 50 when he played a big chunk of games in Pakistan where the pitches are generally pretty dead then he doesn't deserve to average 50.
Nah, what cost him was him running out his partners, thereby bringing down their averages. True karma in his case. What goes around comes aroundinzi for sure
what cosrt him was that icc world xi vs aussies match a few years ago,
for pak he averges 50
Not true at all. Boycott's average may have gone down a bit in his last 3 years but his playing on to face West Indies in 1980 and 1981 - and holding his own against them at the time their attack was the strongest it's ever been - was quite essential for him and massively enhanced his career, as it took away the case of those who tried to criticise him for refusing to face the music of seriously quick stuff in the mid-1970s.Surprised Boycott hasn't been mentioned yet. He just went on for too long. If he'd called it a day at the end of the 1978 season, when he was all but 38 already, he'd have ended up with over 5000 runs at a tick over 51.
Those who deserve to get average above 50 have already got it. Those who did not get, even don't deserve that's why they did not get it.Was checking Shiv's test stats and I was glad to see him nearing 50 test avg, he mighty deserves it especially with the way he has played in the last few years.
So what are the other players you feel should have averaged atleast?
For me Inzi is one for certain while there could also be a case for Azhar and Gower.
Basically its like asking which good int batsmen underachieved during their careers, I know you can argue that guys like Viv and Lara also underachieved despite avg>50 but that was the rough idea for this thread.Fair point.
Maybe I am lost on the point of this thread but surely if one was good enough to average 50 they would have?