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Recent content by Owzat

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    Is Ravindra Jadeja an ATG test bowler?

    I concur, whilst conditions can be very different cross eras eg Grimmett averaged 24.59 at home, 23.86 away, Jadeja relies heavily on spin friendly home wickets to maintain a 24 average (20.79 at home, not dragged up higher overall due to not being ATG at all and picked less overseas sparing...
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    Is Ravindra Jadeja an ATG test bowler?

    I'm sure I said the other day, don't think it was in this thread, any "all time great" spinner would be in the side permanent fixture, no question of them not playing even if touring the roads..... wouldn't see a Sri Lankan side less Murali, Dharmasena or even Jayasuriya (a la Root route)...
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    2024 Ranking of Bowlers Poll

    Ranking's all wrong if Rankin's not top!
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    **Official*** Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh,Mar 2024 #NaaginDerby

    or maybe he simply knew the game was up, two days to play and close of play being say 30/0 or 47/5 (the latter of course the case) was going to make no difference. some with a bit of fantasy in mind might argue should always play for the thinnest of thin possibility of rain, but maybe they are...
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    *Official* Out of Retirement Thread

    is just a codeword for don't want to play at the moment, shuts the media up to a degree and in some cases reactionary sulk at not being picked or feeling hard done by.... the key question I guess is how many top players "retire" and unretire, some might argue Stokes in short formats but...
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    Best bowler to average over 30 ?

    someone want to start a thread, best spinner all-rounder with 50+ caps to average mid 20s with bat and mid to late 30s with ball
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    Best bowler to average over 30 ?

    may as well start a best batsman to average mid 20s find these kind of topics a little "loaded" ie someone has an idea who they want to big up so set parameters so their 'shout' has a good chance of being nominated.
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    *Official* Emerging Nations Cricket Thread

    to be fair people moan about pitches but generally speaking it is the same for both sides - Test matches and batting or bowling first advantage aside
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    Steve Smith vs Ricky Ponting

    I'm pretty sure I read India did not trust DRS and it required both participating nations to agree to its use (don't know if still the case, but absurd to have some use DRS and some not) Might have been a Dhoni influence or simply India got used to the idea, I would think with the amount of...
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    Steve Smith vs Ricky Ponting

    I'm sure we could all play a ball that isn't moving (at all!)
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    Help! Glue Residue on Cricket Bat!

    to be fair I'm sure a lot of people would ask people who would know and he may be more interesting in fixing his problem and playing cricket than spending time on a forum
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    Help! Glue Residue on Cricket Bat!

    ah, so there was residual glue on the ball when the aussies were sandpapering away, gotcha! ;)
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    A comparison of seam bowlers with 700 Test wickets

    seen a dig at Bairstow, "worst player ever to reach 100 caps" - you don't get to 100 caps by being a terrible player, he may not be as great as most or all but it's a rather silly way of swiping at JB - and he played more innings as a batsman keeper than just batsman, being moved up and down the...
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    A comparison of seam bowlers with 700 Test wickets

    good but not great wickets per Test, most top bowlers retire well before longevity gives them records of "most" but recency effect will mean he's placed in lofty standing against better English bowlers.....
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    Ben Foakes vs Johnny Bairstow

    loaded dice, nice! Will just observe that with the bat as keeper Bairstow averages 40 batting #6 and #7, otherwise you need runs on the board which England didn't post in order for any supremacy of keeping to tell.... (hence 1-4 in India)
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