Unpopular Cricket Opinions

[Some Idiot]

Contrary to reputation and "specialty", going by his record on paper, Brett Lee hasn't really been that great a T20 bowler:

First Class record - 28.22 average, 49.6 strike rate, 3.40 economy rate
List A record - 24.05 average, 30.7 strike rate, 4.69 economy rate
T20 record - 29.89 average, 24.8 strike rate, 7.22 economy rate

Economy rate is good, especially for a quick, but (tonight notwithstanding) as a wicket-taker in the format, he is severely overrated.

In a similar vein, Glenn Maxwell's first class record compares reasonably favorably to his performances in the shorter formats.
He averages 40 in first class cricket, 34 in List A and 22 in T20, i.e essentially equally solid in all formats despite his playstyle and the perception of him.

n.b With the ball he averages 39 in FC, 41 in List A and 35 in T20

 

[peternorth]

"Shaun Marsh denied BBL final is great because it helps sydney in its attempts to win the final. sydney win is good for the country and more profitable".

good one you moron

 

[The_Reaper]

In a similar vein, Glenn Maxwell's first class record compares reasonably favorably to his performances in the shorter formats.
He averages 40 in first class cricket, 34 in List A and 22 in T20, i.e essentially equally solid in all formats despite his playstyle and the perception of him.

n.b With the ball he averages 39 in FC, 41 in List A and 35 in T20

Just shows how misleading stats are.

 

[peternorth]

33% of stats are useless

 

[Zach Package]

People can come up with statistics to prove anything Kent. Forfty percent of all people know that

 

[Richard Pryor]

If everything is exciting, nothing is extremely exciting, and those dull middle overs of ODI's make the close games more exciting than close T20's are.

The average T20 might be less boring than the average ODI but I'd take a great ODI over a great T20 game any day of the week.

 

[PrideOf]

33% of stats are useless

The other 67% aren't that flash sometimes either.

 

[peternorth]

Country names on wc shirts. i don't like them

 

[Gavin Excell]

Cricket World cup ranks about 4th in sporting world cups

 

[eth-dog]

Cricket World cup ranks about 4th in sporting world cups

I'll give you Football, but the rest, no.

 

[Righteo]

Cricket World cup ranks about 4th in sporting world cups

Which three do you have in front?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I am thinking this will be unpopular on here - I still prefer the IPL to the Big Bash.

 

[Richard Pryor]

I am thinking this will be unpopular on here - I still prefer the IPL to the Big Bash.

They have better team names, that's for sure.

'Kolkata Knight Riders'

Now that's the kind of name I can support

 

[The Speaker]

I am thinking this will be unpopular on here - I still prefer the IPL to the Big Bash.

boo this man

 

[iluvparis]

I'll give you Football, but the rest, no.

I'm guessing some would argue Rugby but can't think of any other decent ones myself to be honest.

Are we including things that are called World Championships ?- because if we don't 90% of the remaining sports are excluded.

 

[peternorth]

They have better team names, that's for sure.

'Kolkata Knight Riders'

Now that's the kind of name I can support

They have better uniforms. much better uniforms. ours is from the discounted rack at the salvos

 

[ag6858]

I'm guessing some would argue Rugby but can't think of any other decent ones myself to be honest.

Are we including things that are called World Championships ?- because if we don't 90% of the remaining sports are excluded.

I'd put cricket third, behind Football and Rugby but ahead of Basketball and Rugby League.

 

[carnthemlions]

I'd put cricket third, behind Football and Rugby but ahead of Basketball and Rugby League.

Union isn't exactly the no.1 sport outside of SA and NZ.
Can't see why you'd have it ahead of the cricket WC.

 

[eth-dog]

I'm guessing some would argue Rugby but can't think of any other decent ones myself to be honest.

Are we including things that are called World Championships ?- because if we don't 90% of the remaining sports are excluded.

Only 4 teams have won the Rugby World Cup (Australia, South Africa, England and New Zealand), and only one country has contested the final otherwise (France). It's rarely going to have a winner outside of those 4 teams. The CWC has had 5 winners and 2 of the favourites for the upcoming tournament have never been in the final.

 

[KissKiss]

Yeah at first I scoffed at the Cricket WC being that high rated but even when you think about it most of the major nations for Rugby play cricket and then you add the sub continent. On pure numbers of supporters it would probably be second. Basketball potentially has more numbers but just doesn't seem that big a deal for some reason

 

[stewpyd2]

Yeah at first I scoffed at the Cricket WC being that high rated but even when you think about it most of the major nations for Rugby play cricket and then you add the sub continent. On pure numbers of supporters it would probably be second. Basketball potentially has more numbers but just doesn't seem that big a deal for some reason

The India vs Pakistan match is expected to have in excess of 1 billion viewers. That tops any rugby match by some margin, plus compares with the FIFA world cup finals. I'm not saying that the cricket world cup even comes close to the FIFA world cup in terms of overall global impact, but surely it beats the rugby world cup.

 

[KissKiss]

The India vs Pakistan match is expected to have in excess of 1 billion viewers. That tops any rugby match by some margin, plus compares with the FIFA world cup finals. I'm not saying that the cricket world cup even comes close to the FIFA world cup in terms of overall global impact, but surely it beats the rugby world cup.

Yeah I agree with that, I just hadnt thought through that. In a way those numbers push against the fifa wc. Can you imagine the numbers if China and India played off in a Fifa final?

 

[eth-dog]

Yeah at first I scoffed at the Cricket WC being that high rated but even when you think about it most of the major nations for Rugby play cricket and then you add the sub continent. On pure numbers of supporters it would probably be second. Basketball potentially has more numbers but just doesn't seem that big a deal for some reason

America won the last final by 37 points.

 

[chargers 09]

Union isn't exactly the no.1 sport outside of SA and NZ.
Can't see why you'd have it ahead of the cricket WC.

Still massive in other countries, just to name a few
Probably second most popular sport in Wales and Ireland, massive in France, Scotland and England.

 

[eth-dog]

Still massive in other countries, just to name a few
Probably second most popular sport in Wales and Ireland, massive in France, Scotland and England.

Yet only one of those countries has won the thing.