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2011 Pataudi Trophy stats thread

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
On wins:



Is this unprecedented? 9 wins out of 9 from debut can't have happened too often.
I'm trying to think who might have debuted when Aus or WI each won about 16 on the trot. Maybe Brett Lee?

fwiw I think Strauss won 8 out of 8 from debut.

Going back rather further, anyone debuting at the start of (I think) 1920/21 when Aus whitewashed England and then won loads over here soon afterwards might be a contender, especially if they played SA along the way.

EDIT
There you go, Howezat's come up with Baptiste from the WI run in the early 1980's.
 
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four_or_six

Cricketer Of The Year
Just looking down that list to try to find someone who didn't do well in wins... Colly is the one I can spot, averaged 37, below his career average of 41. Was always the man for the draw (average of 49!)
 

G.I.Joe

International Coach
On wins:



Is this unprecedented? 9 wins out of 9 from debut can't have happened too often.
Adam Gilchrist was part of a winning team for his first 16 (?) Tests from debut. He first tasted of defeat at the end of the Kolkata Test of 2001.
 

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
For completeness... no-one lost more matches for England that Alec Stewart. God, we used to lose so much then.

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Look at Hobbs and Hutton’s batting averages, still champions even in defeat. Surprised with Stewart’s average in defeat containing no hundreds, was a time circa late 90s where he was England’s best batsman home and particularly away and England were complete ****house then.
 

four_or_six

Cricketer Of The Year
Look at Hobbs and Hutton’s batting averages, still champions even in defeat. Surprised with Stewart’s average in defeat containing no hundreds, was a time circa late 90s where he was England’s best batsman home and particularly away and England were complete ****house then.
I wonder if there were more defeats when he was keeper, because his average was way lower then - 35 vs. 47.

Edit: 34 of the matches lost were as keeper, 20 not as keeper, but %-wise that's pretty much the same.
 
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flibbertyjibber

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Why the shock at the Broad stats when we win, almost the same as Bresnan's and we have won every game he's played up to now.
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Another stat I saw today:

-The 4th test at The Oval is England's 16th consecutive without a debutant, their longest ever run without any players making their first appearance.*


*spotter points for naming England's last new test cap
 

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