Averagest averageness

[Lillian Thomson]

To go with the peak and trough thread. Anyone who had a long period of doing alright without actually achieving a great deal. Can't think of anyone offhand and Statsguru is my pet hate - I just like the thread title.

 

[Athlai]

Andrew Ellis

 

[TNT]

Stephen Fleming,

 

[Starfighter]

Peter Siddle

 

[vcs]

Morne Morkel

 

[stephen]

Bradman didn't really have a peaky or troughy career. He just kind of consistently played to his average. Hack.

 

[CricAddict]

Manoj Prabhakar, Ravi Shastri and the tons of English allrounders in 90s

 

[watson]

Geoff Marsh and Sons

 

[Daemon]

Nathan Lyon

 

[Red]

Mike Gatting

 

[mr_mister]

Dimuth Karaunatre

Chris Harris

Brett Lee. Lee especially was so unmemorable if it wasn't for his speed. Always good for a 2 fer, with one of them being a lightning quick Yorker to a number 10

Dude didn't even take 6 wickets in an international innings

 

[Daemon]

Daniel Vettori

Chris Martin

 

[Himannv]

Martin Guptill?

 

[vcs]

Chris Martin is a very good shout

Makhaya Ntini
Javagal Srinath

 

[Daemon]

Martin Guptill?

Definitely below average

 

[OverratedSanity]

Dimuth Karaunatre

Chris Harris

Brett Lee. Lee especially was so unmemorable if it wasn't for his speed. Always good for a 2 fer, with one of them being a lightning quick Yorker to a number 10

Dude didn't even take 6 wickets in an international innings

Lee's "peak" would probably be his initial year or so or that stretch in 07-08 where he was leading the attack and was genuinely bowling well. Other than that he was just reliably meh

 

[Starfighter]

Shane Watson in tests.

 

[ankitj]

A corollary of Mean Value Theorem should imply that every player would have a very average averageness period of any length you choose although I don't have a ready proof and internet didn't oblige.

#GeekinessRulez #CloseTheThread

 

[Daemon]

Daniel Vettori

Chris Martin

The more I think about it, New Zealand as a whole is pretty average. Hadlee is an exception of course.

Even as far as ATGs go, Crowe is a very average one. I expect KW will break the trend.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Crowe was one of the best in the world for an 8-9 year stretch after Viv's prime.