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Better batsman : Ian Botham vs Imran Khan

Better test batsman

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shortpitched713

shortpitched713

Cricketer Of The Year
Imran clearly better at his late career batting peak. Botham very slightly better overall. Miller roughly equal to slightly better than both.
 
Cricket Bliss

Cricket Bliss

U19 Captain
Imran by a bit maybe,
Botham has 14 hundreds! second most by a batsman who has batting his secondary discipline behind Gilchrist.
I guess the bowling honour of the same goes to Sobers (6 5 wicket hauls)
 
ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
Johan said:
shows you why averages suck for lower order Batsmen.
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Those 18 not outs occurred when he was on an average score of 53.7. Given that he was well set in those innings, if he'd had the opportunity to bat out those innings in full (removing those dastardly not outs), he'd logically score more runs before his dismissal than if he was starting from 0. So more than 51 runs on average.

In other words, if he batted higher his average would probably be higher.
 
Johan

Johan

Hall of Fame Member
ataraxia said:
Those 18 not outs occurred when he was on an average score of 53.7. Given that he was well set in those innings, if he'd had the opportunity to bat out those innings in full (removing those dastardly not outs), he'd logically score more runs before his dismissal than if he was starting from 0. So more than 51 runs on average.

In other words, if he batted higher his average would probably be higher.
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How will he make his quickfire 39* (38) and 24* (26) coming in at 400/6 against the old ball if he came earlier?
 
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