Batting Blockathon - Mission Impossible

[ataraxia]

Why is this that shocking?

Here is ABD blocking 43 (228) against an attack including peak Johnson and Ryan Harris.

@sayon basak

So de Villiers hit 1 or 2 innings out of 191 that sort of support the criteria of seeing out 150 (300?) balls against the best bowlers of all time on a terrible pitch. That's a lot less than 35% of the time lol.

 

[subshakerz]

So de Villiers hit 1 or 2 innings out of 191 that sort of support the criteria of seeing out 150 (300?) balls against the best bowlers of all time on a terrible pitch. That's a lot less than 35% of the time lol.

Well out of those 191 how many are going to fill the 'blockathon needed against ATG' criteria? Likely not many.

Against Ashwin Jadeja in 2015 he played 297 balls btw.

I think for a top bat if the focus is singular on just blocking it's quite possible to do so.

I am fine if you think it's less than 35 percent but it's certainly not 0.01 percent folks here are pretending it is. We all agree the large majority of the time they will fail.

 

[subshakerz]

P. S : Only the legendary Imran Khan bowling in Pakistan with home umpires and bottle cap is arguably better

I don't think so. Folks here exaggerate a bit because the pitches were still dead so after the new ball until the ball gets old you will still likely score more.

 

[sayon basak]

Well out of those 191 how many are going to fill the 'blockathon needed against ATG' criteria? Likely not many.

Against Ashwin Jadeja in 2015 he played 297 balls btw.

I think for a top bat if the focus is singular on just blocking it's quite possible to do so.

I am fine if you think it's less than 35 percent but it's certainly not 0.01 percent folks here are pretending it is. We all agree the large majority of the time they will fail.

0.1% sounds more reasonable.

 

[subshakerz]

0.1% sounds more reasonable.

Not at all. That would mean none of these bats have ever had long crease occupations against top class bowling which is simply not true.

 

[sayon basak]

Not at all. That would mean none of these bats have ever had long crease occupations against top class bowling which is simply not true.

Nobody's saying they aren't gonna score any runs. But they ain't surviving a 300 ball spell from a 5 man attack, of which, all are top 15. 7/8 times out of 1000 times sounds like an optimistic estimate, I could change my take to that.

 

[Coronis]

Not at all. That would mean none of these bats have ever had long crease occupations against top class bowling which is simply not true.

lol. None of them have ever faced an attack remotely close to that one, in those specific pitch conditions that you mentioned. Normally they’d maybe do it 1/20 times. Against that attack on that pitch? No way. Once in an entire career perhaps.

 

[ataraxia]

Is it 150 balls or 300 balls? Because one's an order of magnitude more difficult than the other.

 

[subshakerz]

lol. None of them have ever faced an attack remotely close to that one, in those specific pitch conditions that you mentioned. Normally they’d maybe do it 1/20 times. Against that attack on that pitch? No way. Once in an entire career perhaps.

Ok but who lasts the longest out of these bats according to you?

If they can do it once in a career that itself is better than 0.01 odds.

 

[sayon basak]

If they can do it once in a career that itself is better than 0.01 odds.

Yeah, like 0.7%, like I said.

 

[Coronis]

Ok but who lasts the longest out of these bats according to you?

If they can do it once in a career that itself is better than 0.01 odds.

That once in a career is a huge maybe. And like I said before, based on available data, it would definitely be Border.

 

[sayon basak]

Ok but who lasts the longest out of these bats according to you?

Mike Atherton.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-south-africa-1995-96-61699/south-africa-vs-england-2nd-test-63701/full-scorecard

 

[subshakerz]

Nobody's saying they aren't gonna score any runs. But they ain't surviving a 300 ball spell from a 5 man attack, of which, all are top 15. 7/8 times out of 1000 times sounds like an optimistic estimate, I could change my take to that.

I mean, I think you are underestimating the capacity of these bats.

I said it's a worn out pitch not a lottery wicket. They don't have the pressure to score either.

 

[Coronis]

I mean, I think you are underestimating the capacity of these bats.

I said it's a worn out pitch not a lottery wicket. They don't have the pressure to score either.

I think you are vastly overestimating the capacity of any bat in history to survive 50 overs in general, let alone 50 overs vs an attack that’s easily superior to any test attack ever.

 

[Coronis]

I pick Alec Bannerman. Against Lohmann, Briggs and Peel he survived over 100 overs and almost made a ton.

 

[subshakerz]

I think you are vastly overestimating the capacity of any bat in history to survive 50 overs in general, let alone 50 overs vs an attack that’s easily superior to any test attack ever.

Dont think I am if I still think they will fail a large majority of the time.

 

[Johan]

Doctor Grace can do this.

Ball hits the wicket and the bails fall, Bowler celebrates.

Grace moves, picks up the bails and put them back on the stump.

"They came to see me bat, not you bowl."

 

[subshakerz]

Mike Atherton.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-south-africa-1995-96-61699/south-africa-vs-england-2nd-test-63701/full-scorecard

Not against McGrath.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Is it 150 balls or 300 balls? Because one's an order of magnitude more difficult than the other.

300

 

[shortpitched713]

Broad will last the longest, he just won't walk, even when the stumps are smashed.