Chris Cairns Retires From International Cricket

[PhatBoy]

9 in one match in Zimbabwe in 1996, then most from 1998 onwards. You can track when bat started to dominant ball & era of big hitting looking at cairn's record

ok mate

 

[Pippen94]

ok mate

Even your cherry picked stats mean he hit 50 sixes in last 20 matches. Just chance top ten in sixes all overlap with his career huh?

 

[PhatBoy]

Even your cherry picked stats mean he hit 50 sixes in last 20 matches. Just chance top ten in sixes all overlap with his career huh?

No.

it’s just chance that there is an attempt to blame big bats and tiny fields though when they didn’t really become a factor until his career was over.

what was a factor was the 1996 one day World Cup. Yes it obviously changed one day cricket forever. The trickle down effect changed test cricket too. Playing permanently in the top 6 became a factor. Playing in a team that had a higher element of aggression with the arrival of Nathan Astle and Craig McMillan became a factor.

of the other 8 members of the top 9 six hitters in history, all of them played a minimum of 34 more tests than he did
Gilchrist played 33 more innings, and nobody else is within cooee of his per innings ratio.

Writing off his power as simply a bi-product of big bats and small fields is rather simplistic.

 

[Pippen94]

No.

it’s just chance that there is an attempt to blame big bats and tiny fields though when they didn’t really become a factor until his career was over.

what was a factor was the 1996 one day World Cup. Yes it obviously changed one day cricket forever. The trickle down effect changed test cricket too. Playing permanently in the top 6 became a factor. Playing in a team that had a higher element of aggression with the arrival of Nathan Astle and Craig McMillan became a factor.

of the other 8 members of the top 9 six hitters in history, all of them played a minimum of 34 more tests than he did
Gilchrist played 33 more innings, and nobody else is within cooee of his per innings ratio.

Writing off his power as simply a bi-product of big bats and small fields is rather simplistic.

He was a great hitter & batsmen to watch. Clearly he played a good portion of his career in an era of big hitters. His team mate hit 11 sixes in a match

 

[PhatBoy]

He was a great hitter & batsmen to watch. Clearly he played a good portion of his career in an era of big hitters. His team mate hit 11 sixes in a match

Yes he played with a lot of big hitters. I’m simply saying it didn’t owe anything to the hugely batting centric changes that have impacted the game in the last 10-15 years, and like one of the current black caps (southee) the disproportionate number of bombs he hit relative to the time he spent at the crease is noticeable

 

[Pippen94]

Yes he played with a lot of big hitters. I’m simply saying it didn’t owe anything to the hugely batting centric changes that have impacted the game in the last 10-15 years, and like one of the current black caps (southee) the disproportionate number of bombs he hit relative to the time he spent at the crease is noticeable

I don't agree - there was talk of batting technology when astle & Gilchrist were running amok in 2002.
Cairns was a natural big hitter as any who've played game & my favorite kiwi player to watch

 

[worbod]

Played most of his career in the era of bigger grounds & poorer quality bats to boot. Wonder how Cairnsy & players such as Gordon Greenidge would fare on a list detailing sixes per innings.

This might not be precisely what you were thinking about but this is the top 32 players with the most sixes in a Test career. Cairns is seventh on the list at present. The percentage of his career runs which came from sixes equals 15.7 percent. On the list only Tim Southee has a higher percentage.

HowSTAT! Test Cricket - Most Career Sixes

Test Cricket - Batsmen scoring most career 6s

www.howstat.com

 

[jle101]

Kallis at #4 is a big surprise.

 

[PhatBoy]

Kallis at #4 is a big surprise.

the guy hit a lot of boundaries he just took his time doing it. Had a magnificent lofted shot off the spinners and played the hook shot well for most of his career

 

[jle101]

Keep fighting Carinsy!