View Full Version : Here's an interesting stat;
DynamoUltra
3 Nov 2005, 22:43
The best bowling figures for a current Australian test player (in the side vs West Indies):
G. McGrath: 8/24
S. Warner: 8/71
M. Clarke: 6/9
S. Katich: 6/65
B. Lee: 5/47
N. Bracken: 2/12
R. Ponting: 1/0
S. Watson: 1/32
Interesting to note that our middle order batsmen have decent best for bowling figures. Maybe that's what's keeping them in the side. Still, it doesn't say much about Lee.
surprised to see brett lee has never taken more than 5 wickets...
actually, no i'm not...
DynamoUltra
3 Nov 2005, 22:49
surprised to see brett lee has never taken more than 5 wickets...
actually, no i'm not...
And wasn't it on debut? If that's the case, expect to see Michael Clarke around for a long time...
And wasn't it on debut? If that's the case, expect to see Michael Clarke around for a long time...
It was indeed his first match...not come close to it in the last five years.
Clarke- the shocking pitch in India- Katich- don't remember his.
The stats mean little for those last two
eddiesmith
3 Nov 2005, 23:54
It was indeed his first match...not come close to it in the last five years.
Clarke- the shocking pitch in India- Katich- don't remember his.
The stats mean little for those last two
Katich was on a raging SCG turner against Zimbabwe, says alot for Hogg when Katich overtook him as main spinner in that game
And I remember atleast a couple were deep on the midwicket fence
Katich was on a raging SCG turner against Zimbabwe, says alot for Hogg when Katich overtook him as main spinner in that game
And I remember atleast a couple were deep on the midwicket fence
The other key is Zimbabwe....the reason Hayden's 380 rates so low on the charts for batting performances....might as well have been playing a minor county....
Crooked Rain
4 Nov 2005, 00:58
How many other players have scored 300 against the zimbos?
Adelaide Hawk
4 Nov 2005, 07:42
Good to see Katich and Clarke have their names in record books as bowlers, because I doubt they ever will as batsmen. Their dismissals in the 1st Innings were two of the softest outs I can recall in 40 years of watching Test Cricket.
Good to see Katich and Clarke have their names in record books as bowlers, because I doubt they ever will as batsmen. Their dismissals in the 1st Innings were two of the softest outs I can recall in 40 years of watching Test Cricket.
Yeah Clarkes 150 on debut wouldn't be in any sort of record book?
pete_hawker
4 Nov 2005, 09:00
How many other players have scored 300 against the zimbos?
in the top fifty scores in test cricket, only one is against zimbabwe!!!
frankrizzo
4 Nov 2005, 09:21
People don’t seem to remember that katich was considered a huge gamble, he replaced love as something of a second spinner/batsman for the scg test against Zimbabwe, he really hasn’t bowled since then and hasn’t held his spot as a top 6 batter either.
The other key is Zimbabwe....the reason Hayden's 380 rates so low on the charts for batting performances....might as well have been playing a minor county....
Doesn't matter who against , you still have to make them .
Glenno23
4 Nov 2005, 13:03
Good to see Katich and Clarke have their names in record books as bowlers, because I doubt they ever will as batsmen. Their dismissals in the 1st Innings were two of the softest outs I can recall in 40 years of watching Test Cricket.
i will agree that Katich's dismissal was soft, but Clarke got a ripper. a few off cutters to soften him up, then a leg cutter pitched perfectly..... very hard to play.....
...the reason Hayden's 380 rates so low on the charts for batting performances....might as well have been playing a minor county....
and Brian Lara's 500 runs in a 1st Class game also rates low because it was against a County team :rolleyes: