Mr Mxyzptlk
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As the subject states... stories of frustrating situations in ICC, not errors or crashes, but game situations.
In my South Africa game I was met with great frustration, during a 5-Test series against England. We won the the series 1-0, but in couple of Tests we barely hung on for the draw. This was largely due to the breakout of two English players. The two batsmen - Bill Stemmen and Dan Mason - scored their first 3 Test centuries in the series, having both played a few Tests before.
Stemmen had played 7 Tests with an average of around 16 before the series and no half-centuries or centuries. He then hit 3 consecutive hundreds (104, 149, 122), in the 2nd innings of the 2nd Test and then the two innings of the 3rd. He scored a half-century in the 4th Test and all of 544 runs in the series. Considering also that he struck the ball at around 80 runs per 100 balls in each of his hundreds, the annoyance is pretty clear I should think.
Mason entered with his average in the mid20s and no half-centuries or centuries. He not only scored those 3 hundreds (122, 105, 114), but also a fifty (52) for a total of 510 runs in the series.
What I will say is these guys better go on scoring runs against other teams too, or else I'll be even more annoyed!
In my South Africa game I was met with great frustration, during a 5-Test series against England. We won the the series 1-0, but in couple of Tests we barely hung on for the draw. This was largely due to the breakout of two English players. The two batsmen - Bill Stemmen and Dan Mason - scored their first 3 Test centuries in the series, having both played a few Tests before.
Stemmen had played 7 Tests with an average of around 16 before the series and no half-centuries or centuries. He then hit 3 consecutive hundreds (104, 149, 122), in the 2nd innings of the 2nd Test and then the two innings of the 3rd. He scored a half-century in the 4th Test and all of 544 runs in the series. Considering also that he struck the ball at around 80 runs per 100 balls in each of his hundreds, the annoyance is pretty clear I should think.
Mason entered with his average in the mid20s and no half-centuries or centuries. He not only scored those 3 hundreds (122, 105, 114), but also a fifty (52) for a total of 510 runs in the series.
What I will say is these guys better go on scoring runs against other teams too, or else I'll be even more annoyed!
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