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Here is an interesting article on the effects on the records of players that WSC (and the overlooked ROW series at the start of the decade) games would have on player records.
Counting all games as tests, Barry ends up with an average of 64, Pollock 54 (2 mediocre series) and Procter 17/33.
Chappell and Lillee clean up. Lillee has over 450 wickets at basically the same average, and Chappell has close to 10000 runs at 56
Sunny sees his record take a knock ending with an average of 48.
RSA then played rebel tours in the 80s. These shouldn't really be counted as the visitors were probably closer to the packer depleted strength than the WSC sides, but if they are added:
Barry played a handful and did badly. His average falls well below 60. He had admittedly come out of retirement to play, which never works out well. He still ends with too few games to properly assess his career anyway.
Pollock played a number and did well. He ends up with an average of nearly 60 over a a substantial number of games. He was in his mid 40s when he played his last rebel game, so even against weak sides this is impressive. He was also by far the best bat of the tours.
Here is an interesting article on the effects on the records of players that WSC (and the overlooked ROW series at the start of the decade) games would have on player records.
Counting all games as tests, Barry ends up with an average of 64, Pollock 54 (2 mediocre series) and Procter 17/33.
Chappell and Lillee clean up. Lillee has over 450 wickets at basically the same average, and Chappell has close to 10000 runs at 56
Sunny sees his record take a knock ending with an average of 48.
RSA then played rebel tours in the 80s. These shouldn't really be counted as the visitors were probably closer to the packer depleted strength than the WSC sides, but if they are added:
Barry played a handful and did badly. His average falls well below 60. He had admittedly come out of retirement to play, which never works out well. He still ends with too few games to properly assess his career anyway.
Pollock played a number and did well. He ends up with an average of nearly 60 over a a substantial number of games. He was in his mid 40s when he played his last rebel game, so even against weak sides this is impressive. He was also by far the best bat of the tours.
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