Sangakkara V Smith

[stephen]

Its weird that even after making almost hundred runs for the match it feels like a failure from Smith

I was thinking this myself.

Against an attack of Rabada, Philander, Morkel and Maharaj he's scored neatly 100 runs and that feels like a failure.

When I think about it logically he's had a good game against a strong attack. But emotionally he's had a crap match. I kind of expect him to make a hundred every time he walks out to bat. His current quiet patch is two matches in a row where he's only scored a half century.

 

[Daemon]

The guy is averaging 63. Everything that's not a ton feels like a disappointment.

I saw this fun stat the other day on Cricinfo -

Percentage of series in which the batsman has been the leading run scorer

Name PercTop
DG Bradman 54.55
KF Barrington 31.82
SPD Smith 31.58
PBH May 29.41
L Hutton 28.57
ED Weekes 27.27
JE Root 26.32
KC Sangakkara 25.00
SM Gavaskar 24.24
GS Chappell 24.00
JB Hobbs 23.53
GA Gooch 23.53
BC Lara 23.08
GS Sobers 22.73
V Kohli 22.73

Mental.

 

[Slifer]

The guy is averaging 63. Everything that's not a ton feels like a disappointment.

I saw this fun stat the other day on Cricinfo -

Percentage of series in which the batsman has been the leading run scorer



Mental.

Is that for his specific team or overall??

 

[TheJediBrah]

I'm surprised it's that low tbh

 

[Daemon]

Is that for his specific team or overall??

Overall.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

No it doesn't. You could remove viv's 5 worst years while you're at it.

Viv started at his prime
Sachin started when he was a school boy.
Both lasted until their late 30s.

 

[Burgey]

Back to the OP, obviously it's too soon to properly compare these blokes, but one thing they do seem to have in common is a better ability than most to score runs across a lot of different conditions and countries. Certainly sets them apart from a lot of their contemporaries.