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Sangakkara -- deserving of his average?

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
Jeez, how good is that article. Not only does he write well, as we all know, but he's so honest and really takes you in to how he goes about his business.

Dead set legend, and its so good to see in the last 12 months how popular he has become all around the cricketing world.
 

Mister Wright

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Jeez, how good is that article. Not only does he write well, as we all know, but he's so honest and really takes you in to how he goes about his business.

Dead set legend, and its so good to see in the last 12 months how popular he has become all around the cricketing world.
Yeah, it is a fantastic opener. I see him as the next Richie Benaud, would have a great post-career as a commentator imo. Love the fact that he says he doesn't care how he gets off the mark, as long as he does it. Make me as a mortal feel all that much better.
 

Speersy

U19 Cricketer
He deserves hhis average, full stop. His 192 was a classy knock, crap umpiring decision brought him down, with him there, SL still had a chance.:band: :nopity: :jerry:

Thankyou Mr Koertzen.
If he is soo good then why did he miss the ball in the first place :-O

lol nah amazing batsmen, rare form.
 

ohtani's jacket

State Vice-Captain
Dead set legend, and its so good to see in the last 12 months how popular he has become all around the cricketing world.
I once took a taxi with a Sri Lankan driver who reckoned he was best mates with Sangakkara and had him over at his place whenever Sri Lanka toured New Zealand.
 

Migara

International Coach
Best batsman in the world behind Ponting ATM. Ponting's in form in both types of game. Sanga's form in ODI's is still lacking. He's probably the best test batsman we have. But have to go miles before surpassing de Silva as the best ODI batsman (even Jayasuriya is not close to de SIlva in my opinion)
 

Evermind

International Debutant
Quite frankly I don't understand the initial question at all.

I can understand if people question whether he's deserving of praise and accolades, etc. Those are after all subjective things. But average? That's a statistic. What does it even mean to be undeserving of a statistic?

Sangakkara is a top batsman who'd walk into any side in the world at the moment.
 

Migara

International Coach
Sangakkara deserves that average. No one asks questions about wicket taken by Syd Barnes against hapless Saffies when they were real minnows? Why only bashing about when somebody has scored heavily against minnows? Iy has happened through out the history.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
South Africa in Barnes' day weren't a substandard side, the way they had been in the 19th-century, and the way Bangladesh have always been, and the way Zimbabwe have been of late.

There has only exceptionally rarely been sides so obviously below the required standard in Test history than there are at the current time, and never two at once. This, inevitably, means that Test averages in recent times look different to what they should for those who've played said sides, and more than ever for those who've played them a lot and done stupendously well against them.

Sangakkara is far from the only beneficiary, obviously. A few others are Stuart MacGill, Mohammad Yousuf and Jacques Kallis. Anyone whose average is pulled significantly off its true Test-class-team course by the addition of substandard sides should be talked about equally, and this applies equally throughout history. Thing is, though, as I've said many times - the only other time in the 20th-century where this has happened is New Zealand in the 1930s and 1950s, and they hardly played any cricket by the standards of the current time, so the effect is much smaller.
 

ohtani's jacket

State Vice-Captain
Quite frankly I don't understand the initial question at all.

I can understand if people question whether he's deserving of praise and accolades, etc. Those are after all subjective things. But average? That's a statistic. What does it even mean to be undeserving of a statistic?

Sangakkara is a top batsman who'd walk into any side in the world at the moment.
Read the thread.
 

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