Absurdly Awesome Cricket Stats

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Bruce Mitchell faced 377 balls between hitting a four, NZ v Eng Edgbaston in 1929

 

[Starfighter]

Bruce Mitchell faced 377 balls between hitting a four, NZ v Eng Edgbaston in 1929

SA, not NZ

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Alec Stewart 100 in his 100th test on the Queen Mother's 100th birthday.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Alec Stewart 100 in his 100th test on the Queen Mother's 100th birthday.

Meaningless and stupid cricket statistics

I alluded to this in one of the Australia-India threads last night. In cricket there are certain figures that people love to use to prove how good or bad a player is that, if you think about it, don't really prove or tell you anything. My least favourite is the old 'player x only averages y if...

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[Coronis]

Keith Miller vs Imran Khan bowling at age 35+

Miller
24 innings 51 wickets @ 26.66 59.9 SR 2.66 Econ, 3 5’fers

Imran
24 innings 51 wickets @ 26.56 60.7 SR 2.62 Econ, 2 5’fers

 

[Slifer]

Not a stat but a fact, in his entire 17 year test career, Viv has only been a part of one series loss. That's bonkers imo.

 

[Coronis]

Not a stat but a fact, in his entire 17 year test career, Viv has only been a part of one series loss. That's bonkers imo.

Guess he wasn’t good enough to go to New Zealand in 1980..

Anyway similar facts can be drawn up on other Windies players of that era, not really impressive as individual achievements imo.

 

[Slifer]

Guess he wasn’t good enough to go to New Zealand in 1980..

Anyway similar facts can be drawn up on other Windies players of that era, not really impressive as individual achievements imo.

I know you're being facetious but he was injured after the tough Australian tour.