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  1. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    faf gone off to get an m16 from the changeroom
  2. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    the whole screaming at the batsman for touching the ball thing is pretty lame I reckon. It's all in good nature ffs
  3. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    loving this reverse. SA look like they could be in trouble here.
  4. Ruckus

    Batting SR in test cricket

    heh. Anyway let's try and keep this to a discussion on SR, this topic really has nothing to do with it.
  5. Ruckus

    Batting SR in test cricket

    Neither does rating Hobbs highly because of his relative performance amongst his peers. The standards were worse back then, hence his performance against his peers can't be meaningfully used to judge his overall standing as a batsmen across eras - just as you can't say a good club cricketer will...
  6. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    Think he has been a bit off colour for the last little while or so tbh. He's definitely back to his best here though.
  7. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    great delivery. Rhino you legend
  8. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    If you are including t20, then he's the best, but if you include just tests and ODs then Amla also would have to be right up there too. Amla has an amazing OD record which often seems to go unnoticed.
  9. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    keen for pattos second spell here, always seems to come back stronger
  10. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    christ ominous signs from amla here
  11. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    shot
  12. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    omg the gunshot sound on replays is like the worst decision ever
  13. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    this is hell gotta dry up this run-rate
  14. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    #missingsiddle, woeful over
  15. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    #notmissingsiddle
  16. Ruckus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    brilliant from harris
  17. Ruckus

    Batting SR in test cricket

    I agree for the majority of situations, but as you yourself said, if a match needs to be saved and the runs don't matter then a high SR is a negative. As HoweZat said, in those situations success is measured merely by balls faced and time at the crease.
  18. Ruckus

    Batting SR in test cricket

    You shouldn't conflate having a high SR with inconsistency though. I'm only taking about comparisons where the SR's are different but the amount of runs are similar. Obviously if a player has a SR of 100 and has an average of 35 because of it, it's probably not going to be an ideal situation...
  19. Ruckus

    Batting SR in test cricket

    Can definitely appreciate the 'ability to change gears' argument, but I guess I'm more referring to the 'standard' innings of a player - i.e. in a situation where there isn't a clear-cut requirement to either bat very quickly or slowly. In those situations do you think it matters at what SR your...
  20. Ruckus

    Batting SR in test cricket

    Watching Warner in this SA/Aus series, was thinking how underrated a high SR for batsmen in test cricket is. A lot of people seem to say that it doesn't matter all that much because there aren't often time concerns in the longest format etc., but the effect a high SR has on the opposition is so...

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