Record or Result

[Engle]

Which would give you greater satisfaction ?
If one of your countrymen were to set/break a record ?
Or if they were to go for a result (win) ?

e.g. if SRT were to hit the 50th 100's record and draw a match or hit a quickfire 57 out and win a match ?

or put another way : Are you a records-oriented person or a results-oriented one ?

 

[Faisal1985]

I would go for the record, you can always come back to win another game but the record is a record.

 

[vcs]

Result result result. Anyday anytime.

 

[ankitj]

Which would give you greater satisfaction ?
If one of your countrymen were to set/break a record ?
Or if they were to go for a result (win) ?

e.g. if SRT were to hit the 50th 100's record and draw a match or hit a quickfire 57 out and win a match ?

or put another way : Are you a records-oriented person or a results-oriented one ?

Results any day.
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After Sachin gets his 50th century in both formats

 

[Goughy]

You play to win the games. Anything else is ****ish.

If someone cares about individual records then they should be ice dancing.

 

[Maximus0723]

You play to win the games. Anything else is ****ish.

If someone cares about individual records then they should be ice dancing.

This but I would rephrase it like "if some one ONLY about individual records..."

We know everyone has some sort of attachment to their personal records but the magnitude of it is variable. But someone who only plays for himself and not for the team then yea I wouldn't be big fan of him.

 

[Maximus0723]

Which would give you greater satisfaction ?
If one of your countrymen were to set/break a record ?
Or if they were to go for a result (win) ?

e.g. if SRT were to hit the 50th 100's record and draw a match or hit a quickfire 57 out and win a match ?

or put another way : Are you a records-oriented person or a results-oriented one ?

I don't know any individual in cricket who cares heavily about their performance and cares little about the match's result.

 

[Goughy]

This but I would rephrase it like "if some one ONLY about individual records..."

We know everyone has some sort of attachment to their personal records but the magnitude of it is variable. But someone who only plays for himself and not for the team then yea I wouldn't be big fan of him.

Im a bowler. Certainly not Test class but still a bowler. If I a took none-fer an we won then that is always far better than me taking 7-fer and losing.

Of course the ideal situation is that we win and I am the man but being the man in a loss is a waste of time. Cricket is a team game and contributing to wins is why we play the game.

 

[Maximus0723]

I would go for the record, you can always come back to win another game but the record is a record.

You can always come back and set that record again.

 

[Blaze 18]

Result.

 

[Blaze 18]

You can always come back and set that record again.

To be fair, that is not as likely as a win. World records are rarer than wins.

 

[fredfertang]

The result but perhaps not absolutely always - I'm thinking of situations where, for example, a bloke has 8 or 9 wickets and the bowling side have loads of time left to get the other 1 or 2 and are in no danger of losing - in those circumstances I wouldn't criticise the support bowlers for easing up a bit

 

[kingkallis]

Result of course!

 

[G.I.Joe]

Records vs Results


(1) Bradman averages 99.94 and Australia beat England 17 times out of the 37 tests he played against them.

OR

(2) In a parallel universe, Australia beat England 25 times out of those same 37 tests, but Bradman never exists.


I know I'd take the first every single time, especially since I'm not English.

 

[Goughy]

The result but perhaps not absolutely always - I'm thinking of situations where, for example, a bloke has 8 or 9 wickets and the bowling side have loads of time left to get the other 1 or 2 and are in no danger of losing - in those circumstances I wouldn't criticise the support bowlers for easing up a bit

Ha! One can only guess that you were never a bowler. If some **** at the other end has 8 or 9 then there is no way in hell Im letting him take all 10 and grab the glory.

 

[zaremba]

Im a bowler. Certainly not Test class but still a bowler. If I a took none-fer an we won then that is always far better than me taking 7-fer and losing.

If I'm being honest, I think I might take the 7-fer and lose. Apart from anything else, if you keep on taking none-fers you'd get fed up pretty quickly with not contributing and generally being the team gimp. Having said which, you wouldn't have to put up with that for long because you'd get dropped.

Edit: depends on the circumstances, obviously. If it's the deciding Ashes Test or WC final, I'd happily take the none-fer

 

[fredfertang]

Ha! One can only guess that you were never a bowler. If some **** at the other end has 8 or 9 then there is no way in hell Im letting him take all 10 and grab the glory.

I was a bowler but not a very good one I'm afraid - but I take your point - I probably read too much Neville Cardus as a child

 

[Debris]

The result is what the game is played for. Chase the results and the records will look after themselves.

Adam Gilchrist is probably a good example. He threw his wicket away quite a few times in pursuit of quick runs. Does anyone think less of him because his average is a bit under 50 instead of a bit over 50? Or is reputation increased because he helped to win so many test matches?

This is probably why I tend to mark players down when they play for losing side.

 

[GIMH]

Results.

 

[TumTum]

It would be so awesome to see a record, but if it means we can't win the match then I will be very disappointed.

So if possible, a record with a results. Otherwise just a results.