What does this site underrate/overrate?

[viriya]

Why, when 90% of the time it's the most challenging? I mean the statistics don't lie.

I don't think it's necessarily overrated, but one problem is the sample is usually too small for a player so it's a stretch to make a judgment based on that. If you restrict to "challenging 4th innings runs" and not just 4th innings runs.

 

[ImpatientLime]

well lol he produced actual results in the end

basically what viriya said

As a batsman yes. Its complete guesswork to say his batting would have curved upwards the way it did if he had kept the gloves.

What we do know is that he's a shade over 40 average bat whilst keeping and that he's not in the discussion for all time xi sides as the keeper if you want a keeper/bat cause of those guys called gilchrist and flower.

 

[cnerd123]

- Tendulkar vs Bradman
- Murali vs Warne
- Whether or not Sanga should be considered in an ATG XI as the keeper

It's the Cricket Forums version of Godwins Law

 

[Zinzan]

I don't think it's necessarily overrated, but one problem is the sample is usually too small for a player so it's a stretch to make a judgment based on that. If you restrict to "challenging 4th innings runs" and not just 4th innings runs.

Individual players samples may be small, but if you take the total 4th innings average in Tests across history, I'm pretty sure it's comfortably the lowest isn't it?

 

[Zinzan]

- Tendulkar vs Bradman

Re Tendulkar. Could it be said that's he's overrated by SC fans (which I dounbt too many would dispute), but underrated by Non-SC fans, due to the fact they see he's overrated by the SC lot

 

[Burgey]

It's because he's a jerk.

 

[smash84]

Underrated: watching cricket
Overrated: spreadsheet analysis

 

[Zinzan]

I'll need to look at the data and come back to you on that.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Overrated: Humans watching cricket
Underrated: Getting a computer to watch cricket, extracting the highlights, then uploading the data directly into my brain

 

[Athlai]

I typically snort lines of the data.

 

[TheJediBrah]

- Tendulkar vs Bradman

never seen that one tbh

Maybe Bradman v 2 Tendulkars would be close

 

[Furball]

Why, when 90% of the time it's the most challenging? I mean the statistics don't lie.

A batsman who scores runs in his first innings is much more valuable to a team than someone with an awesome 4th innings record.