Kane Williamson averages 30 in these arbitrarily selected countries

[hendrix]

It’s possible his 5’8” listing is an actual measurement, but for me he consistently looks a shade taller than that compared to other players.

This puts him in the range of about 1 inch shorter than the average male. Root is 2-3 inches taller than average, making him the outlier or ‘freak’ of the two.

OK but these aren't the measurements I was looking for

 

[Athlai]

Bats are a lot thicker these days

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not even joking that is actually pretty ordinary from KW. I'm surprised.

 

[Burgey]

The problem with players like Williamson is that they come from countries who can't be taken seriously (see also: India), so even if They're good everyone's reaction is basically just "that's nice dear"

Fundamentally true

 

[NZTailender]

If he was South African, he would be playing for NZ.

underrated post

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Imagine how low it would be if his team was good enough to play more than 1.5 tests per year, smh.

 

[Pothas]

Not even joking that is actually pretty ordinary from KW. I'm surprised.

I know right. If he played for one of the big nations people would make a lot more of it.

Clearly a great in home conditions but they play a pretty big proportion of their Tests against weaker nations.

 

[ParwazHaiJunoon]

Oh dear

Averages 30.05 across South Africa, Sri Lanka, England and India.

Shows he is batting version of James Anderson. Can't play in unhelpful conditions.

 

[Pothas]

Shows he is batting version of James Anderson. Can't play in unhelpful conditions.

This is excellent.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Shows he is batting version of James Anderson. Can't play in unhelpful conditions.

And some people try to call Williamson at ATG. Smh.

 

[Daemon]

He hasn’t toured some of these places in ages. Dunno why NZ are so scared to leave their little island.

 

[TheJediBrah]

He hasn’t toured some of these places in ages. Dunno why NZ are so scared to leave their little island.

*Islands

 

[Fuller Pilch]

He hasn’t toured some of these places in ages. Dunno why NZ are so scared to leave their little island.

Player of the 2019 CWC. Anyway 3 tests in England this year and 2 in India.

 

[GIMH]

Player of the 2019 CWC.

And yet a runner up

 

[Burgey]

And yet a runner up

The new Tendulkar

 

[Flem274*]

And yet a runner up

another reason to despise england. only side to steal and carry on like they won a final despite achieving an umpire assisted tie.

 

[TheJediBrah]

another reason to despise england. only side to steal and carry on like they won a final despite achieving an umpire assisted tie.

That was pretty dire. I get that the team (and the fans) want to celebrate a World Cup "win" but I would have expected a bit more of an embarassed sort of celebration given, 1) didn't even win, it was a tie and, 2) they only got to a tie because of umpire error.

 

[Pothas]

On further inspection things look even worse for Kane.

He averages 41 against SA, England, Australia and India. Respectable for sure but nothing special, away from home he averages just 34 against them, not very good at all. Joe Root averages 49 against Australia, India, NZ and SA and 48 against them away from home.

Here is the thing though, Root has played 65 of his 100 matches against those teams, Williamson has played just 41 out of his 82 against them. So the question really is, who plays the spam Tests?

 

[Flem274*]

i could debate this properly but instead i'll just go chop off the parts of kanes career i don't like to boost his average before giving nzc a call to line up the windies and india in nz for 8 tests.

 

[GIMH]

another reason to despise england. only side to steal and carry on like they won a final despite achieving an umpire assisted tie.

It doesn't matter how you word it. England won the World Cup and that my friend is a fact