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  1. kiwiviktor81

    Match-losingest effort in Test and ODI history

    I'll let the rest of you do the Tests, but here's a discussion I don't think we've had: which player has put in the greatest effort to ensure that his side loses a match? As fellow ODI fans understand, it is possible to lose a ODI match by scoring too slowly because one has a limited number of...
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    The term 'top order' refers to

    I saw that KW is on CricInfo as a "middle-order" batsman. That got me thinking that I've never seen a definitive answer to what constitutes top order. I would have thought that first drop was still a top order position. However, I've heard 3-4-5 referred to as the middle order. Also I have...
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    Express your love for Test, ODI and T20 cricket in the form of a ratio

    ... that adds up to 100. So someone who only cares about Tests would be 100:0:0, and someone who cares about all formats equally would be 33:33:33. For me it's 40:35:25, i.e. Tests are marginally more important than ODIs, with T20s a step back (but still significant).
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    DRS question

    Bowler bowls to batsman, batsman plays a stroke, misses and his hit on the pad. The fielding team appeals for lbw. The umpire thinks that the batsman was struck inside the line but that the ball was missing the stumps, so he gives it not out. The fielding team review. Upon review, it is...
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    What the markets are saying about the World T20

    Overall winner India 3.75 Australia 7.6 South Africa 8 England 8.2 New Zealand 9.6 West Indies 8.4 Sri Lanka 17.5 Pakistan 13.5 Bangladesh 46 India the clear favourites; Aussie, SA, NZ, England and WI in the chasing group; Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh outsiders. Reckon the Bangas are...
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    A method to determine the world's best batsman across all formats

    This is my methodology: take the official batting rankings, and assign one penalty point per ranking place. So that first place is one penalty point, tenth place is ten, etc. Tests have a weighting of 3, ODIs 2, and T20s 1. If a player is not ranked in the top 20 they score a maximum of 20...
  7. kiwiviktor81

    The greater challenge for a cricketer is...

    Interested in opinions on this. Also interested on opinions if there's a difference between batting, bowling and fielding. Dave Warner (boo hiss) makes me think the transition from IT20s might be easier. Was thinking about this in special reference to an NZ domestic T20 competition and what...
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    Will a T20 team ever win a match without taking a wicket?

    And by 'ever' I mean 'within the next 20 years'. T20 as a format is growing on me, but I wonder about one thing. In the recent T20 between the BCs and Pakistan, the BCs were chasing and after 10 overs they had lost 0 wickets but were behind the run rate. Now, of course, Guptill and KW had that...
  9. kiwiviktor81

    Rate the current Test teams on the basis of how over/underrated their players are

    For me: Majorly overrated: Australia Overrated: England, India About right: Zim, WI, BD Underrated: Pak, SL, NZ Majorly underrated: South Africa
  10. kiwiviktor81

    The primary value of a cricketer is in...

    his ability to win games or to entertain the crowd? Was thinking about this with special reference to the McGrath vs. Wasim debate. I can grudgingly concede that if I wanted to get a batsman out I'd pick McGrath. But if I wanted to be entertained I would definitely choose Wasim. Which has more...
  11. kiwiviktor81

    Record that's least likely to get broken

    Out of these, or any other
  12. kiwiviktor81

    KW vs. ABDV, 2016 and beyond

    Who will have the more stellar remainder of their career of the two (all formats considered)? On the one hand, KW is now the No. 1 ranked Test batsman and is improving with every year. On the other hand, ABDV can play innings that KW has not yet proven he can play. 31-ball ODI 100s and 200+...
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    What would your stats be if you actually played international cricket?

    Let's say something weird happens in the minds of the selectors and they decide that you (yes, YOU) are now an indispensible part of your nation's cricket team. You play 100 matches (Test or ODI) before they discover that you're not up to international standard. What are your stats? I used to...
  14. kiwiviktor81

    Worst Test batsman to average over 50, over 40 and over 30 IYO

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    Who would you rather have come in at No. 6 for your team with 15 overs to go?

    Player A averages 55 with the bat at a strike rate of 75. Player B averages 30 with the bat at a strike rate of 120.
  16. kiwiviktor81

    Black Caps ODI Team of Captain's Era

    Am adding some preset ATG/AT ODI teams to our simulator and decided to do teams time-wise according to the era of the captains. I find this is better than doing it by years because teams tend to naturally peak and assemble around their captain. I need a team for the McCullum, Vettori, Fleming...
  17. kiwiviktor81

    How did Bradman get as good as he did?

    We all know that The Don is the greatest cricketer of all time, by some margin. By a freakishly large margin, in fact. What I wonder about is how, physically, mentally or technically, he got that good. I heard a story about him as a child spending entire days learning to bat by throwing a...
  18. kiwiviktor81

    Gambling on cricket thread

    I opened a BetFair account a few weeks back, already lost $100 from betting on England in the 2nd Ashes Test. Got on them at 3.3 thinking that was pretty good since they won the first one. Aussie was of course 337/1 at the end of the first day of that Test and I got hammered. Now I'm long on...
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    Is the advent of day/night Test cricket a harbinger for a Test World Cup?

    The great thing about ODI World Cups is that you can have matches in the morning and matches in the evening, which means total coverage, the dream of any television executive. The idea of a Test World Cup has long been suggested, but may not have been attempted yet on account of being...
  20. kiwiviktor81

    Check my ODI cricket simulator out

    ODI CricSim Instructions | VJM Publishing It's like the old one I had once here but now there's a few extras, like a series mode where you can set the simulator to automatically run and calculate batsman sr, averages, 50s, 100s, bowler averages, srs, economy rates, 4 fors and 5 fors. It can...

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