Bradman is No 13 on 'Australia's Leading Run Scorers'.
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Andrew Strauss has more test runs than Bradman. That’s injustice.
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...pretty much what you'd think it would I suppose. Would definitely be a huge testament to his durability if he was around long enough to do it though so it'd probably be a little easier to handle mentally.
Lyon almost feels like the single biggest
anomaly/cognitive dissonance when it comes to his place in history. Objectively on raw data alone it looks as though he's achieved far more than he really should've yet simultaneously on the purely subjective spectrum ignoring the stats it feels as if he's underrated.
Interesting statement that last paragraph as your assertion is correct yet all bar Hazlewood you could at least make a case for. Also I kinda feel as if McGrath (of those that I'm old enough to have seen) also did a lot of grunt work on flat tracks as well as being a strike bowler so I'm not entirely sure there's as much difference in the roles as you suggest.
Yet it does bring Lyon sharply into focus as he has pretty much been the "hold an end and give the pace brigade a rest" bowler for over a decade with this particular fast bowling crew. Maybe that's his nichè in the historical legacy discussions for cricket fans in the future: The best ever to hold an end?
I always thought it was because that's how dismissals are listed on the scorecard.
"Caught Neser Bowled Neser" gets abbreviated to Caught and Bowled Neser", for instance.
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Yeah that makes sense. It’ll never not annoy me though hahaha.
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The amount of people looking at Stokes struggling to bat and not bowling today and blaming the bloke for being weak or whatever.
He's not weak, and he's not unfit. He's genuinely doing too much. He's their best bowler and the bloke they rely on to dig them out of a hole. He's both a workhorse and a strike bowler, and he shouldn't have to do either whilst captaining and rescuing them when the upper order has failed.
We went in with a deliberate plan in the first two tests to attack the 4th change bowler. In those tests, it was Carse, and it meant that Stokes couldn't rest for long enough to recover; over after over into his legs and shoulders and knees. And the result?
He starts cramping up hard in 40 degree heat. He can't move properly. He starts snapping at his players, and rolls on the ground and hits his head, seeing stars because he's as taut as a bowstring.
This is mental disintegration without the jeering and boorishness. Simply force your opposition number to perform until exhausted and then force him to do it again until he can't anymore.
Today, he just couldn't.
I don't imagine too many on here calling him weak or soft would be capable of bowling 51 overs across three tests whilst also sitting equal fourth on the aggregate for runs and facing the most balls in the series.
He's not weak, and he's not unfit. He's genuinely doing too much. He's their best bowler and the bloke they rely on to dig them out of a hole. He's both a workhorse and a strike bowler, and he shouldn't have to do either whilst captaining and rescuing them when the upper order has failed.
We went in with a deliberate plan in the first two tests to attack the 4th change bowler. In those tests, it was Carse, and it meant that Stokes couldn't rest for long enough to recover; over after over into his legs and shoulders and knees. And the result?
He starts cramping up hard in 40 degree heat. He can't move properly. He starts snapping at his players, and rolls on the ground and hits his head, seeing stars because he's as taut as a bowstring.
This is mental disintegration without the jeering and boorishness. Simply force your opposition number to perform until exhausted and then force him to do it again until he can't anymore.
Today, he just couldn't.
I don't imagine too many on here calling him weak or soft would be capable of bowling 51 overs across three tests whilst also sitting equal fourth on the aggregate for runs and facing the most balls in the series.
He would have been the kid his parents accidentally left behind at the Grand Canyon on the family road trip even though he was an only child
...and just like a horror film, when they finally pull into the driveway - he's there to greet them!
With his new friends Haydo's and Langer
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Completely agree. Absolute embarrassment.
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batsmen when dismissed that just insist on throwing the bat in the air like a 10 year old.
Rather that than them stand there and look dumbfounded like smith and marnus
The uniforms this season are very good. The last few years though the uniforms all looked similar with plenty of stars featuring in them.
When are they due to arrive?
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