Test Series Stats. - Oz v. W.I.

Donny · Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 4:03 pm

I wonder if there's been a Test series where the top 6 batsmen in the winning team all averaged over 58 and all scored centuries !

R Ponting - 523 runs @ 130.75
S Waugh - 226 @ 75.33
A Gilchrist - 282 @ 70.50 also 12 catches and 3 stumpings
J Langer - 483 @ 69
M Hayden - 379 @ 63.16 and 7 catches
D Lehmann - 353 @ 58.83

Bowlers

J Gillespie - 17 wickets @ 20.76
D Lehmann - 2 @ 28
B Lee - 17 @ 28.82
A Bichel - 11 @ 31.45
S MacGill - 20 @ 33.95

For the Windies, 2 batsmen averaged over 50.
B Lara - 533 @ 66.62
O Banks - 119 @ 59.50

Three bowlers took 10 wickets or more.
J Lawson - 14 @ 26.42
M Dillon - 11 @ 45.44
V Drakes - 11 @ 46.63

couragous cloke · Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 6:13 pm

and the leading run scorer for the series IS............................ Wink

MrsTarrant · Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 9:04 pm

LoL clokey only just! Smile

Donny · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 12:59 am

Mrs Tazza, you could point out to Clokey how many innings Charlie had compared to Punter.

You could - coz I'd never tell him Ricky batted 5 times and Lazza, 8. Or that one had an average twice as good as the other. I wouldn't do that.

MrsTarrant · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 2:18 am

LoL good points Donny! Smile

couragous cloke · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 7:08 pm

i think you could also point out to clokey who bowled to "Punta" and who bowled to Lara. i think it goes a little like this,

Lara faced- bichel,McGrath,(that mullet guy) Wink

, Lee, Mcgill and hogg

Ponting- dillon, drakes, collins(the worst bowler in the world. lawson(their only good bowler) banks and samuels.

I think i rest my case Smile

couragous cloke · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 7:12 pm

Donny said

MrsTarrant · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 10:14 pm

LoL clokey! Donny have you got a comeback this is funny! Smile

Donny · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 10:19 pm

Lol. No, Mrs Tazza, except to say BL's average always goes up when he plays against Australia so if he had to face the Windies attack he'd probably get rolled by Pedders every time !!

MrsTarrant · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 10:21 pm

LoL cool!

couragous cloke · Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 9:40 pm

lol, that makes sence to me Rolling Eyes

Just admit it Donny! the Best batter is BRIAN LARA!!! and u know it!

Donny · Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 1:30 pm

M8, he is a great (well, very good. He'd be considered 'great' if he averaged in the high fifties) batsman but has heaps to learn as a captain.

It's not good enough when you look to your skipper for some inspiration, when things aren't going so well, and he looks like he's wet his pants.

Look at the difference, in the 5th. ODI when he actually lead from the front. His body language was much better and so were his decisions. His players responded.

Plus, when he won the toss he grabbed the initiative and BATTED ! He also went in at first drop. Another positive and attacking decision.

He'd need more consistency for me to consider him the best, m8, but there are a few good signs. As things stand, Tendulkar is better and Ponting better than both.

couragous cloke · Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 6:00 pm

i at no time, have doubted his ability to be, ThE BEST batter in the world, he has proven that he has awesome talents and has provided us with some awesome innings over the years, your point about his average is far off i think. I know some "GREAT" or even "CHAMPION" players that average in the fifties, i could name some but im affraid i could be going on all night.

As for his captaincy, sure steve waugh is a fantastic captain, but i havent seen him captain a team with not 1 1st class bowler, and an extreamly young team. HAVE U?? Lara is doing as gooder job as possible in my opinion, its hard to be agressive with a team like the windies.

Under Lara they will continue to grow and collect some experiance on the way.

TAKE THAT DONNY!

Donny · Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 6:30 pm

Well, m8, the only batsmen with an average over 55 are Gilly (59.12) and Sach (57.57). Dravid, Hayden and Punter all average better than Charlie.

Twice, in this whole Aussie tour has Bwian been aggressive as a skipper. Twice the Windies won. Same team as when they were thrashed in three Tests and 4 ODIs. Says something doesn't it, Clokey ?

couragous cloke · Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 11:14 pm

As we discussed donny, and you should have known, not outs even most of them out except for Sachin. can you prove your stats on his agressive captaining for me. i think he's attempted, like most captains, to bee agressive, but you have to remember, its not easy captaining the team he is. Put any other captain in his possition and im sure they'd be doing it a little bit tough aswell.