Better Bat

[ma1978]

Let’s see what the consensus is

 

[Thala_0710]

Always make the votes public. Always.

 

[Thala_0710]

And Beefy takes this

 

[MasterBlaster24]

Botham

 

[Johan]

Botham, similar run output but 3× more hundreds in 25% more innings.

 

[ma1978]

Always make the votes public. Always.

I missed this don’t seem to able to change after the fact

 

[DrWolverine]

Botham

 

[ma1978]

Everyone voting for Botham is relying on intuition without basic analytic reasoning

 

[Thala_0710]

Everyone voting for Botham is relying on intuition without basic analytic reasoning

Why did you make the poll if you had such a strong one sided belief, where you can't here the other side

 

[Johan]

Everyone voting for Botham is relying on intuition without basic analytic reasoning

if your analytic reasoning ends at "zehahahah he has a higher average!" then sure, but there is more to batting than just your average.

 

[ma1978]

if your analytic reasoning ends at "zehahahah he has a higher average!" then sure, but there is more to batting than just your average.

yes which all points in favour of Jadeja

 

[Johan]

yes which all points in favour of Jadeja

come back when you're prepared to objectively analyse their records rather than clinging to a single statistic.

 

[DrWolverine]

Thanks for the idea for my new thread :
Jadeja vs Imran

Better Batsman : Jadeja vs Imran

test cricket

www.cricketweb.net

 

[subshakerz]

Everyone voting for Botham is relying on intuition without basic analytic reasoning

Nah. Batter higher up, better RPI and more tons of impact. My reasons.

 

[ma1978]

Nah. Batter higher up, better RPI and more tons of impact. My reasons.

intuition not numbers

rpi is not a thing

 

[subshakerz]

intuition not numbers

rpi is not a thing

It's literally a number

 

[ma1978]

It's literally a number

and not a meaningful one

 

[Coronis]

and not a meaningful one

Just like your post.

And your face.

 

[ma1978]

in all honesty even I don’t think Jadeja is better than Botham, the eye test and the context test certainly favour Botham. But the fact that I can even make an argument says something about how far Jadeja has come,