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Smith: 16%I'd like to know the relative % of scores under 20 of each batsman
Kohli: 20%
Williamson: 14%
Root: 22%
Lara: 15%
Tendulkar: 11%
Ponting: 22%
Tendulkar the greatest of them all.
Smith: 16%I'd like to know the relative % of scores under 20 of each batsman
No I'm really not. I probably wouldn't be feeling as strongly about it if it wasn't an Aus victim, but there's no way I'd be pretending that a bloke who wasn't even actually involved in ball-tampering was somehow worse than all the others because of am absurd punishment.I'm calling bull**** and you're kidding yourself if you believe that.
I think it separates the idiots from the intelligent. If you're still booing a guy who is in no way a cheat, and simply didn't blow the whistle, even after he puts on an absolute cricketing clinic and it's obvious he'd actually much rather you booed him, as it allows him to score ****loads of runs against your team, you are an imbecile. And not a true cricket fan, really.No I'm really not. I probably wouldn't be feeling as strongly about it if it wasn't an Aus victim, but there's no way I'd be pretending that a bloke who wasn't even actually involved in ball-tampering was somehow worse than all the others because of am absurd punishment.
Thanks, random intranet stranger!Smith: 16%
Kohli: 20%
Williamson: 14%
Root: 22%
Lara: 15%
Tendulkar: 11%
Ponting: 22%
Tendulkar the greatest of them all.
From a bowling POV, one hopes Smith doesn’t see this stat and decide to insert some more code to make him improve this part of his record too.Smith: 16%
Kohli: 20%
Williamson: 14%
Root: 22%
Lara: 15%
Tendulkar: 11%
Ponting: 22%
Tendulkar the greatest of them all.
And he's OK with not only himself being a cheat, but the whole 2005 Ashes team - which basically means that result was unjust and should be wiped from the record books. Or at least tainted with the cheating tag forever too.Presumably Harmo is content with Atherton being forever labelled a cheat then? Or does that not count because he’s more to be pitied than despised?
Nailed it Steve.I think it separates the idiots from the intelligent. If you're still booing a guy who is in no way a cheat, and simply didn't blow the whistle, even after he puts on an absolute cricketing clinic and it's obvious he'd actually much rather you booed him, as it allows him to score ****loads of runs against your team, you are an imbecile. And not a true cricket fan, really.
Langer's gonna hire him a research consultant, it'll be about 6 months.From a bowling POV, one hopes Smith doesn’t see this stat and decide to insert some more code to make him improve this part of his record too.
While I agree with the general sentiment of this post, I disagree fairly strongly with this. Smith was the ****ing captain, he obviously has the necessary authority and clout to put a stop to it immediately. Turning a blind eye to Warner's ****-wittery was implicitly supporting cheating, and I'm not sure how you can construe it otherwise.I think it separates the idiots from the intelligent. If you're still booing a guy who is in no way a cheat, and simply didn't blow the whistle, even after he puts on an absolute cricketing clinic and it's obvious he'd actually much rather you booed him, as it allows him to score ****loads of runs against your team, you are an imbecile. And not a true cricket fan, really.
Thanks, random intranet stranger!
Had a quiet chuckle at Chris Martin's 100%From a bowling POV, one hopes Smith doesn’t see this stat and decide to insert some more code to make him improve this part of his record too.
His epic 7 at Lords in 2004 will be forever remembered by all who saw it.Had a quiet chuckle at Chris Martin's 100%
Yeah that episode - and frankly the conduct of the team and particular individuals during that entire series - revealed that he isn't (wasn't?) especially good at being an actual leader of men who imposes discipline and standards. Which, okay, not every great batsman makes a good captain, but certainly doesn't absolve him of blame.While I agree with the general sentiment of this post, I disagree fairly strongly with this. Smith was the ****ing captain, he obviously has the necessary authority and clout to put a stop to it immediately. Turning a blind eye to Warner's ****-wittery was implicitly supporting cheating, and I'm not sure how you can construe it otherwise.
Still doesn't make the crowds any less of a bunch of dickheads in this series, especially as Smith should never have copped anything more serious than maybe a 5 match ban in the first place.
Everyone also forgets how he subsequently let them lie about the tape instead of straight up confessing the use of sandpaper.Yeah that episode - and frankly the conduct of the team and particular individuals during that entire series - revealed that he isn't (wasn't?) especially good at being an actual leader of men who imposes discipline and standards. Which, okay, not every great batsman makes a good captain, but certainly doesn't absolve him of blame.
Absolutely. There's been a lame attempt at revisionism by some Aussies to absolve Smith of all blame. He definitely did a booboo, it's just that the punishment was very harsh.Everyone also forgets how he subsequently let them lie about the tape instead of straight up confessing the use of sandpaper.
Personally, I felt that the PM had no right to come down on the players in the way he did. Was just another pointless PR exercise.You had the Prime Minister baying for blood and the public in general wanted tough action.
Agree 100%. Lehmann must surely consider himself rather fortunate.Smith had to take the bullet as captain of that side, but to this day it pisses me off that Lehmann walked away pretty much untarnished.......he should have been held to account more so than Smith imo.