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International Captain
On an overall basis how exactly would you rate a player? If you had to take all the three factors into consideration how much weightage would you give while rating him (on a scale of 100).
There have been lot of discussions recently about a players average giving an impression that too much is being emphasised on the average (or stats alone), or how he fared against other ATG players (which is a big factor) but there are other aspects too which weren’t being highlighted enough.
Facing quality players = Sachin, Lara, Ponting et al. against the likes of McGrath, Steyn, Ambrose, Wasim, Murali et al. and vice versa
Challenging conditions = how the pitch is behaving, Sub-continent players performance on bouncy and swinging conditions and vice versa, the amount of swing and seam off the pitch and how the bowlers are performance on flat decks.
Match situation = Inzamam’s face-saving 138* against Bangladesh. The conditions and opposition players were not threatening but the match situation was pretty challenging.
There have been lot of discussions recently about a players average giving an impression that too much is being emphasised on the average (or stats alone), or how he fared against other ATG players (which is a big factor) but there are other aspects too which weren’t being highlighted enough.
Facing quality players = Sachin, Lara, Ponting et al. against the likes of McGrath, Steyn, Ambrose, Wasim, Murali et al. and vice versa
Challenging conditions = how the pitch is behaving, Sub-continent players performance on bouncy and swinging conditions and vice versa, the amount of swing and seam off the pitch and how the bowlers are performance on flat decks.
Match situation = Inzamam’s face-saving 138* against Bangladesh. The conditions and opposition players were not threatening but the match situation was pretty challenging.