Ken Barrington vs Ricky Ponting

[PlayerComparisons]

Tests with runs per wicket below average (31.99)

Barrington 40.05
Ponting 39.39

So Barrington is better I guess

 

[Johan]

yeah but the gap is negligible, I wonder how McGrath affects that graph

 

[Prince EWS]

Other English batsmen in away tests involving Barrington:

14920 @ 35.44

Barrington away:

3459 @ 69.18

Magic.

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Subtract Barrington’s runs, innings and not outs and recalculate manually. (Using the batting tab and listing by overall aggregate rather than using the overall aggregate makes sure it only lists the actual runs the batsmen themselves scored, rather than including extras in the tally)

Charitable definition of "batsmen" though. If you just limit it to the top six instead of including the tail it jumps to 40.85. He was still way above replacement value but when the rest of the top order combined is averaging 41 you're not playing in the hardest conditions or circumstances.

 

[Coronis]

Charitable definition of "batsmen" though. If you just limit it to the top six instead of including the tail it jumps to 40.85. He was still way above replacement value but when the rest of the top order combined is averaging 41 you're not playing in the hardest conditions or circumstances.

I mean I guess but everyone has to bat. Its not like we exclude stats of part time bowlers when looking at team’s bowling average/performance.

Not that it makes any difference to the point here ofc.

Plus if you restrict Barrinngton’s to only 1-6 spots his average jumps up a point too

 

[Johan]

Ponting, slightly.

 

[ma1978]

I mean you know how i am going to vote here but during his career and in the post reckoning, Barrington was seen as well being Compton, Cowdrey and May. Ponting was the dominant player of a long period.

 

[Johan]

I mean you know how i am going to vote here but during his career and in the post reckoning, Barrington was seen as well being Compton, Cowdrey and May. Ponting was the dominant player of a long period.

Compton was rated a league above Cowdrey and rated pretty distinctly ahead of May, May was rated ahead of Barrington who was rated around but lower than Cowdrey. One can have Barrington above Compton, whatever, but saying they were rated on the same level is ridiculous, everyone who saw them deemed Compton unequivocally superior.

 

[ma1978]

Compton was rated a league above Cowdrey and rated pretty distinctly ahead of May, May was rated ahead of Barrington who was rated around but lower than Cowdrey. One can have Barrington above Compton, whatever, but saying they were rated on the same level is ridiculous, everyone who saw them deemed Compton unequivocally superior.

typo on my post. Barrington below the other three.

Id guess rating when they played was Compton > May > Cowdrey >\= Barringotn

 

[Johan]

typo on my post. Barrington below the other three.

Id guess rating when they played was Compton > May > Cowdrey >\= Barringotn

Yeah that's accurate

 

[Coronis]

Compton was rated a league above Cowdrey and rated pretty distinctly ahead of May, May was rated ahead of Barrington who was rated around but lower than Cowdrey. One can have Barrington above Compton, whatever, but saying they were rated on the same level is ridiculous, everyone who saw them deemed Compton unequivocally superior.

Talk about turning a blind eye

 

[Johan]

Talk about turning a blind eye

to what?

 

[Coronis]

to what?

 

[Johan]

Compton's simply that guy man, he's the main character to Barrington's side character.

 

[Johan]

after 500 years of looking, finally found a good Barrington inning.