Usman Khawaja vs Mark Taylor

[Coronis]

It really depends if you’re looking at Khawaja the opener or his entire career imo.

Purely as an opener Usman is better but yeah too small a part of his career really. Would also like to see him tour a few more places but eh he getting old.

 

[Silver Silva]

Context is important, post was made in 2019 ..

By 2019,
Khawaja only had 44 tests to his name , scored 2887 runs @ 40.66 ,8 Test tons .
Bad reputation of being a home track bully,
Couldn't play spin , in and out the side .
Was dropped for two full years ..

Since he came back in 2022 :

22 Tests , 2114 runs @ 62.18 , 7 Test hundreds in half the tests he had before he got dropped ! , made big scores in Asia , brilliant against England home and away ..To get this sort of output as a 36 year old I think it's incredible, edges Taylor for me.

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Khawaja scored 75. It was his 26th Test half century.

It was also his 12th Test half-century in the Openers position.

 

[kyear2]

Under-appreciated cricketer, Tubs.

This

 

[Coronis]

It's because Taylor was such a good captain that he retained his place in the Test team. He really was an outstanding captain - great decision maker, great cricket brain and good manager of players. The best Australian captain I have seen and one of the best captains of all time, in my opinion

That 129 at Edgebaston in the 1997 Ashes series, made the world of difference. If we include that 129 - Taylor had 40 innings (which were the final 40 innings of his career) and scored a total of 1,719 runs at an average of 47.75. Here is the breakdown of his final 40 Test innings:

1997 - 129 vs ENG (Edgebaston)
1997 - 1 vs ENG (Lord's)
1997 - 2 vs ENG (Old Trafford)
1997 - 1 vs ENG (Old Trafford)
1997 - 0 vs ENG (Headingly)
1997 - 76 vs ENG (Trent Bridge)
1997 - 45 vs ENG (Trent Bridge)
1997 - 38 vs ENG (The Oval)
1997 - 18 vs ENG (The Oval)
1997 - 112 vs NZ (Gabba)
1997 - 16 vs NZ (Gabba)
1997 - 2 vs NZ (WACA)
1997 - 18 vs NZ (Bellerive Oval)
1997 - 66* vs NZ (Bellerive Oval)
1997 - 20 vs SA (MCG)
1997 - 59 vs SA (MCG)
1998 - 11 vs SA (SCG)
1998 - 169* vs SA (Adelaide Oval)
1998 - 6 vs SA (Adelaide Oval)
1998 - 12 vs IND (Chidabaram Stadium)
1998 - 13 vs IND (Chidabaram Stadium)
1998 - 3 vs IND (Eden Gardens)
1998 - 45 vs IND (Eden Gardens)
1998 - 14 vs IND (Chinnaswamy Stadium)
1998 - 102* vs IND (Chinnaswamy Stadium)
1998 - 3 vs PAK (Rawlpindi)
1998 - 334* vs PAK (Arab Niaz Stadium)
1998 - 92 vs PAK (Arab Niaz Stadium)
1998 - 16 vs PAK (Karachi)
1998 - 68 vs PAK (Karachi)
1998 - 46 vs ENG (Gabba)
1998 - 0 vs ENG (Gabba)
1998 - 61 vs ENG (WACA)
1998 - 3 vs ENG (WACA)
1998 - 59 vs ENG (Adelaide Oval)
1998 - 29 ENG (Adelaide Oval)
1998 - 7 vs ENG (MCG)
1998 - 19 vs ENG (MCG)
1999 - 2 vs ENG (SCG)
1999 - 2 vs ENG (SCG)

Home
Innings: 20
Runs: 706
Average: 39.22
50s: 4
100s: 2
Not Outs: 2
Highest Score: 169 not out

Away
Innings: 20
Runs: 1,013
Average: 56.27
50s: 3
100s: 3
Not Outs: 2
Highest Score: 334 not out

Total
Innings: 40
Runs: 1,719 runs
Average: 47.75
50s: 7
100s: 5
Not Outs: 4
Highest Score: 334 not out

Record Against Teams

ENG (19 innings): 538 runs, average: 28.31

NZ (5 innings): 214 runs, average: 53.50

SA (5 innings): 265 runs, average: 66.25

IND (6 innings): 189 runs, average: 37.80

PAK (5 innings): 513 runs, average: 128.25

Not a good thing to highlight when you’re arguing for an Australian player.

 

[Burgey]

Not a good thing to highlight when you’re arguing for an Australian player.

Pre the 97 tour he was insanely good in England. Made over 800 runs in 89 and a couple of tons in 93 as well.

 

[Coronis]

Pre the 97 tour he was insanely good in England. Made over 800 runs in 89 and a couple of tons in 93 as well.

Yeah I know lol but still

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Pre the 97 tour he was insanely good in England. Made over 800 runs in 89 and a couple of tons in 93 as well.

1989 Ashes Series (in England)
Innings: 11
Runs: 839
Ave: 83.90
Not Outs: 1
50s: 5
100s: 2
Highest Score: 219

1993 Ashes Series (in England)
Innings: 10
Runs: 428
Ave: 42.80
Not Outs: 0
50s: 1
100s: 2
Highest Score: 124

1997 Ashes Series (in England)
Innings: 10
Runs: 317
Ave: 31.70
Not Outs: 0
50s: 1
100s: 1
Highest Score: 129

Total - Ashes Series in England
Innings: 31
Runs: 1584
Ave: 52.80
Not Outs: 1
50s: 7
100s: 5
Highest Score: 219
Ave Runs Per Ashes Series in Eng: 528

 

[Aidan11]

Tubby.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

What a beautiful morning to wake up to and see that we’ve beaten the number 1 test team in the world.

I’m lost for words. This win is so special. People wrote us off; our inexperienced team, but we came here to fight.

This team should give their praises for one person alone here, Shamar Joseph. He set the example of not backing down when your back is against the wall. A true fighter. This spread througout the team, the intensity was up…

Whatever we lacked in skill against the mighty Aussies we made it up with heart, passion, bloood, and tears (lots of). We are Windies cricket… and we are ****ing back, baby!

Rally!
Rally round the West Indies
Now and Forever.

I’m West Indian…and a proud one at that.

 

[Coronis]

What a beautiful morning to wake up to and see that we’ve beaten the number 1 test team in the world.

I’m lost for words. This win is so special. People wrote us off; our inexperienced team, but we came here to fight.

This team should give their praises for one person alone here, Shamar Joseph. He set the example of not backing down when your back is against the wall. A true fighter. This spread througout the team, the intensity was up…

Whatever we lacked in skill against the mighty Aussies we made it up with heart, passion, bloood, and tears (lots of). We are Windies cricket… and we are ****ing back, baby!

Rally!
Rally round the West Indies
Now and Forever.

I’m West Indian…and a proud one at that.

Wrong thread but I’ll give you a pass

 

[capt_Luffy]

What a beautiful morning to wake up to and see that we’ve beaten the number 1 test team in the world.

I’m lost for words. This win is so special. People wrote us off; our inexperienced team, but we came here to fight.

This team should give their praises for one person alone here, Shamar Joseph. He set the example of not backing down when your back is against the wall. A true fighter. This spread througout the team, the intensity was up…

Whatever we lacked in skill against the mighty Aussies we made it up with heart, passion, bloood, and tears (lots of). We are Windies cricket… and we are ****ing back, baby!

Rally!
Rally round the West Indies
Now and Forever.

I’m West Indian…and a proud one at that.

For a second I thought you are English.....

 

[kyear2]

Are we though? Lol

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

For a second I thought you are English.....

Nah, I'm a Guyanese