You just read the list of 75+ century-scorers and Ponting wasn't on it and then you ask whether he has 80+?, what a shame then, how close would Punter be? He would have to be atleast in the eighties wouldn't he?
Ponting has 69.
_Ed_ said:If you want something done properly, do it yourself.
Sorry, my bad. I didn't actually read the whole list as I was in a hurry to do something. Carry on then.You just read the list of 75+ century-scorers and Ponting wasn't on it and then you ask whether he has 80+?
You know there other ways to make use of this obvious spare time
If you want something done properly, do it yourself.
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I am aware of the possibilities.You know there other ways to make use of this obvious spare time
It's unlikely to have made any real difference. Ramprakash between 1991 and 1995/96 could have been given every single Test, I doubt he'd have significantly improved on his average of 16. You can't keep picking a player who performs that poorly for too long.In fairness to Ramps, I don't think the uncertain selection policy England had when he was playing help him greatly
Look back through his countless thousands of previous posts (you'll have to look through quite a few accounts) and you'll find many more even worse.Without a doubt the most extraordinary comment I have seen here
Your kidding surely Richard? No one has that sad a life .................... do they?Look back through his countless thousands of previous posts (you'll have to look through quite a few accounts) and you'll find many more even worse.
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That Ramps had trouble between his ears cant be doubted but the fact that Hick and Crawley suffered much the same travails over the same period surely suggests other factors were at work as well?It's unlikely to have made any real difference. Ramprakash between 1991 and 1995/96 could have been given every single Test, I doubt he'd have significantly improved on his average of 16. You can't keep picking a player who performs that poorly for too long.
From 1997 onwards he had two very long runs in the side, performing pretty well in the middle-order, and he was only dropped from the side at a time he'd been batting in the middle-order twice, both after series' against New Zealand. While in both cases it was merely a single bad series, that's the price you have to pay for starting a career as dreadfully as he did. A single bad series and three or four good-to-decent ones are almost immediately forgotten. It's a shame Ramprakash didn't turn things around better than he did, because he averaged 37 between 1997 and 2001/02, which isn't a lot worse than most others at the same time. I do wonder what might have happened had he not been dropped, especially in 1999/2000. But we'll never know, sadly. Ramprakash is destined to go down as a Test failure, and it was his faulty temperament that was to blame.
Langer is still playing..., Ok, let me rephase that then, who is the next closest person to possible acheive this feat that is still currently playing and how close (How many centuries is this person on)? Anyone know
none of the aboveLook back through his countless thousands of previous posts (you'll have to look through quite a few accounts) and you'll find many more even worse.
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Well I'm not sure either case is directly comparable at all TBH. Hick's initial failings were technical - he cured these problems and between 1993 and 1995/96 scored many runs against the sort of bowling that had earlier caused him considerable problems.That Ramps had trouble between his ears cant be doubted but the fact that Hick and Crawley suffered much the same travails over the same period surely suggests other factors were at work as well?
With the way that cricket is going these days though, surely that's the only way you'll be able to notch up 100 centuries. Not be good enough to consistently play for your country, and play lots of County cricket in the meantime.At 27.3, Ram Prakash has by far the worst Test batting average of those in this exclusive club.
At just 2 hundreds in 52 Tests, he is the worst in this regard too - by a massive distance from anyone else.
The next at the bottom of that list in these Test related performances is the last gentleman to join the club. Graeme Hick - a Test average of 31.3 in 65 Tests .
Reflects on the declining standards of county cricket where these gentlemen achieved all their 'greatness'. ?
Its good we are not going to have so much more FC cricket in England than anywhere else in the world. That exclusive club can do without inclusion of members with such dubious credentials.