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    Absurdly Awesome Cricket Stats

    During his first-class career Alfred Shaw bowled 101,971 deliveries. There were mainly four-ball overs then, which would have been 25,492.3 overs. He conceded 24,577 runs. Some matches have gained or lost first-class status over time. Shaw sometimes bowled a form of off-theory, wide of off stump...
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    Bill Bowes vs Ken Higgs

    It was often said that County Championships were won by bowlers. Those who took their teams to the title enjoyed a boost to their national reputation that was not always matched internationally. Bowes was a case in point. He took more championship wickets in seasons when his county won the title...
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    Bill Bowes vs Ken Higgs

    Neither was fast but both hit the pitch hard. Higgs was a seam bowler suited to English conditions. He was a decent slip catcher and had a solid defensive technique for a tailender. Bowes was a swing bowler. In his younger days he made use of his height by sometimes bowling short to a leg-side...
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    How does Ravindra Jadeja compare with Kapil Dev and Ian Botham ( Tests)

    Overseas tours missed. 1977-78: In party in Pakistan but not selected for Tests. Played all Tests in New Zealand. 1984-85: Made himself unavailable 1987-88: Made himself unavailable. Played for Queensland instead. 1988-89: No tour. Series in India cancelled. 1989-90: Dropped 1990-91: Out of...
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    Everton Weekes vs Neil Harvey

    Gubby Allen named Weekes as one of his Top 20 cricketers during the fifty year period 1921-71. Fingleton included Harvey in his Top 20. Ames and O'Reilly didn't choose either of them. Votes for batsmen: 4 - Bradman, Hobbs, Hammond, Hutton, Compton, Headley, Sobers 3 - Ponsford, McCabe 2 -...
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    Celebrating Garry Sobers - The Fielder

    It was David (DW) Allan. Old Trafford 1966.
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    Everton Weekes vs Neil Harvey

    Each received 9 votes in the 100 All-Time World XIs published in 2010. In each case eight were from contemporaries. (Non-contemporaries Boycott and Walters picked Weekes and Harvey respectively.) Both players made the teams of Davidson, Graveney and Walcott. Weekes was also selected by Bedser...
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    Better series – Sunil Gavaskar 1971 West Indies vs Shubhman Gill 2025 England

    Both apparently benefited from dropped catches by the West Indians. Match reports give the following: Gavaskar 2nd Test, 1st innings. Straightforward chance to Sobers at slip off Holder on 12. Scored 65. 3rd Test, 1st Innings. Sobers again at slip off Shillingford on 6. Carew at leg-slip off...
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    Which cricketers go on each countries Mount Rushmore?

    NZ were playing internationals against Australia during the early 20th century. Could go back as far as Dan Reese. Reggie Schwarz brought the googly to South Africa and might be a candidate.
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    Which cricketers go on each countries Mount Rushmore?

    Agree with three of these. Would move Grace to "growth" and add Hobbs for "development".
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    Which cricketers go on each countries Mount Rushmore?

    My understanding was that the Mount Rushmore presidents were chosen respectively to represent birth (as an independent nation), growth, development and preservation. The first chronological name for each cricketing nation would have to be someone from the early days, such as Nayudu for India...
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    How important are runs from number 8?

    The current England team has ten players with first-class hundreds. All except Archer who has a 2nd XI century. Most recent instances of each Test nation fielding eleven first-class centurions going into the match: India v Australia, Dharamsala, 2017. Won by 8 wickets. Rahul, Vijay, Pujara...
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    5 greatest test cricketers of 19th century.

    The thirty years after overarm bowling was legalised in 1864 was a very different era from the twenty before WW1. Much worse pitches and international cricket below the standard of many domestic matches.
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    England players and selection discussion thread

    Rehan Ahmed is the seventh youngest to score a hundred and take 10 wickets in a first-class match. The youngest is Xen Balaskas, who achieved the feat twice within nine days during February 1930. He was playing for Griqualand West against Eastern Province and Western Province respectively. On...
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    Allan Knott vs Ben Stokes

    It wasn't just about speed. In the moral landscape of the time, hitting a batsman by mistake was unfortunate. Doing so deliberately was beyond the pale. The term 'bodyline' implied intent. And it was the word "unsportsmanlike" in the cable to MCC from the Australian Board that almost led to the...
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