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Meaningless and stupid cricket statistics

Coronis

Coronis

Cricketer Of The Year
TheJediBrah said:
So Younis Khan playing in the UAE was counted as away? Seems like a cop out
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Meh I cbf changing it around I just did searches for home and away/neutral. I remembered about Younis’ circumstances near the end but I was getting sleepy. fwiw he averages 48.76 away. Just wondering for this purpose for Pakistani cricketers, would you count UAE as home?

slippy888 said:
What was Brian Lara average away from home in test matches and one day international cricket
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47.80 and 39.02 @ 79.71 respectively
 
Coronis

Coronis

Cricketer Of The Year
Coronis said:
I was bored. Batsmen who average 50+ home and away (min 10 innings for both).

Bradman 98.22/102.84
Sutcliffe 64.60/56.31
Smith 62.91/57.56
Paynter 51.30/67.15
Barrington 50.71/69.18
Hammond 50.06/66.32
Sobers 66.80/50.73
Sangakkara 60.44/54.07
Hobbs 52.29/59.91
Hutton 57.79/55.29
Kallis 56.73/53.91
Chappell 54.39/52.95
Tendulkar 52.67/54.74
Dravid 51.35/53.03
Flower 51.26/51.81
Gavaskar 50.16/52.11


17 batsmen out of the 42 total that average 50 (min 20 innings)
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So fwiw these are the 50+ overall batsmen who don’t qualify.

Voges 85.66/38.08
Pollock 68.77/49.53
Headley 77.56/47.45
Weekes 69.14/49.63
Walcott 69.83/40.46
Labuschagne 63.78/39.63
Nourse 58.78/46.91
Lara 58.65/47.80
Williamson 65.31/43.65
Miandad 61.38/45.80
Yousuf 65.80/44.88
Younis 56.84/48.76
Ponting 56.97/46.40
Hussey 61.19/41.37
Chanderpaul 58.36/45.44
Waugh 47.58/55.50
Hayden 57.88/42.68
de Villiers 47.40/55.23
Border 45.94/56.57
Root 54.29/46.47
Richards 49.77/50.50
Compton 60.04/36.88

Mostly big home track bullies, notable exceptions being Waugh, AB and AB.
 
Coronis

Coronis

Cricketer Of The Year
Mike Smith (Eng) and Greg Blewett (Aus) are the only 2 batsmen to be dismissed for 99 twice in tests, both ending up wjth less than 5 centuries as a result. Misbah holds the distinction of being the only batsmen in test history to be dismissed for 99 and left on 99*.
 
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AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
Coronis said:
Mike Smith (Eng) and Greg Blewett (Aus) are the only 2 batsmen to be dismissed for 99 twice in tests, both ending up wjth less than 5 centuries as a result. Misbah holds the distinction of being the only batsmen in test history to be dismissed for 99 and left on 99*.
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Boycott also has a 99 and a 99*.
Misbah is unique in scoring three 99s (including the 99*)
 
Red_Ink_Squid

Red_Ink_Squid

Cricketer Of The Year
Per Andy Zaltman, Alex Lees just became the first opener in Test history to score off his first 5 balls faced then be dismissed from his sixth.
 
Adorable Asshole

Adorable Asshole

International Regular
sunilz said:
Rohit Sharma scored 450 sixes in minimum no. Of innings
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Gayle's record is impressive since he debuted in 1999

Bolo. said:
I hope not. Let's be honest, none of us are immune to having our biases about players shape our bias of stats, and while there are plenty of other good reasons to rank Warne ahead, Murali's WPM/I is a clearly solid reason to rank him ahead, lack of competition notwithstanding.

FTR, massively agree with the Vern example. Vern did not just have a problem with 'glass knees'... he was just a holding bowler without a lively ball on favourable pitches... and a lazy one, which made his average look really good. Doesn't matter how many games he dodged (I have no idea what the number is). He would have averaged mid 20s+ if he was bowling enough to get anywhere near to 5WPM in the games he played in, even ignoring his alleged pitch dodging.
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Even though i think Murali>Warne, WPI is a stupid reason to rank Murali ahead. Murali has no competition for wickets while Warne has lots of
 
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Everton Seymour

U19 Debutant
That win percentage chance they have on live scorecards ...
I'm sorry that proves absolutely nothing especially in T20 cricket where things change so quickly...
 
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Adorable Asshole

Adorable Asshole

International Regular
Starfighter said:
Or conversely, excluding a large early chunk of a player's career. I always find it funny that this is often done with Imran, as if his figures weren't good enough already despite the fact he took a while to sort his action out.

I do actually think that there is some merit to looking at how players varied over their careers, particularly with someone like Botham who was a completely different player after his back injuries and weight gain from '82, or even, alluding to the discussion above, differences in batting position over a career where it is a factor in the relevant discussion, but such things are rarely given the context they require to be meaningful and are usually just a disingenuous way of trying to eulogise/belittle liked/disliked players.
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So it's good when it makes Botham good but bad when it makes Imran good
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Coronis said:
Just wondering for this purpose for Pakistani cricketers, would you count UAE as home?
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Yeah I absolutely would. A home game IMO is a game your own board has picked the venue for, rather than the ICC or the board of the opposition. I'd even count that series against Aus in England as home for them. Cricinfo just find it easier to match up the country it's played in with the national teams.
 
Xuhaib

Xuhaib

International Coach
Coronis said:
Meh I cbf changing it around I just did searches for home and away/neutral. I remembered about Younis’ circumstances near the end but I was getting sleepy. fwiw he averages 48.76 away. Just wondering for this purpose for Pakistani cricketers, would you count UAE as home?



47.80 and 39.02 @ 79.71 respectively
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Yes I will count UAE home as PCB had a say in the type of pitch being prepared.
 
Coronis

Coronis

Cricketer Of The Year
Boredly thinking about this stat tonight. So some people seem to have overhyped Kohli’s slump imo and seemingly are giving up on him as a batsman. So Kohli has gone 18 matches and 3 years without a century. This undisputed ATG went 36 matches and 4 years without a ton, and afterwards ended up scoring 4 more over 24 tests at a 45+ average
 
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