Cricket Discussion - Part 2

[Grave Danger]

 

[philreich]

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Don't forget Jonny Bairstow - 6 centuries so far in this calendar year, including twin centuries in this game.

 

[Grave Danger]

Don't forget Jonny Bairstow - 6 centuries so far in this calendar year, including twin centuries in this game.

4 of those in his last 5 innings, and the other one was a 71 not out

 

[philreich]

4 of those in his last 5 innings, and the other one was a 71 not out

Hopefully he's getting all his good form out of the way now, and he'll be in a form slump in time for the Ashes .

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

The BazBall scoring rate during 4 test since McCullum was appointed coach.

1st test v NZ, Lord's, June 02 - 05, 2022, New Zealand tour of England
NZ 132 40 Ov (RR: 3.30) & 285 91.3 Ov (RR: 3.11)
ENG 141 42.5 Ov (RR: 3.29) & 279/5 78.5 Ov (RR: 3.53) (Target:277)
England won by 5 wickets

2nd Test v NZ, Nottingham, June 10 - 14, 2022,
NZ 553 145.3 Ov (RR: 3.80) & 284 84.4 Ov (RR: 3.35)
ENG 539 128.2 Ov (RR: 4.20) & 299/5 50 Ov (RR: 5.98) (Target:299)
England won by 5 wickets

3rd Test v NZ, Leeds, June 23 - 27, 2022,
NZ 329 117.3 Ov (RR: 2.80) & 326 105.2 Ov (RR: 3.09)
ENG 360 67 Ov (RR: 5.37) & 296/3 54.2 Ov (RR: 5.44) (Target:296)
England won by 7 wickets

5th Test v IND, Birmingham, July 01 - 05, 2022
INDIA 416 84.5 Ov (RR: 4.90) & 245 81.5 Ov (RR: 2.99)
ENG 284 61.3 Ov (RR: 4.61) & 378/3 76.4 Ov (RR: 4.93) (Target:378)
England won by 7 wickets

Root has had a great 2021 and 2022, but you can see the McCullum affect in his numbers against the same opposition in the same nation 12 months apart.

Runs	Mins	BF	4s	6s	SR	Pos	Dismissal	Inns		Opposition	Ground	Start Date.......................

42	169	113	5	0	37.16	4	caught	2		v New Zealand	Lord's	2 Jun 2021	Test # 2422
40	109	71	5	0	56.33	4	lbw	4		v New Zealand	Lord's	2 Jun 2021	Test # 2422
4	13	7	1	0	57.14	4	caught	1		v New Zealand	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2423
11	102	61	1	0	18.03	4	caught	3		v New Zealand	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2423
64	178	108	11	0	59.25	4	lbw	1		v India	Nottingham	4 Aug 2021	Test # 2428
109	284	172	14	0	63.37	4	caught	3		v India	Nottingham	4 Aug 2021	Test # 2428
180*	533	321	18	0	56.07	4	not out	2		v India	Lord's	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2429
33	94	60	5	0	55.00	4	caught	4		v India	Lord's	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2429
121	242	165	14	0	73.33	4	bowled	2		v India	Leeds	25 Aug 2021	Test # 2432
21	52	25	4	0	84.00	4	bowled	2		v India	The Oval	2 Sep 2021	Test # 2433
36	123	78	3	0	46.15	4	bowled	4		v India	The Oval	2 Sep 2021	Test # 243

689 ............. 1187 ...................... 58.04

11	21	15	2	0	73.33	4	caught	2		v New Zealand	Lord's	2 Jun 2022	Test # 2464
115*	328	170	12	0	67.64	4	not out	4		v New Zealand	Lord's	2 Jun 2022	Test # 2464
176	353	211	26	1	83.41	4	caught	2		v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
3	5	4	0	0	75.00	4	caught	4		v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
5	16	9	1	0	55.55	4	caught	2		v New Zealand	Leeds	23 Jun 2022	Test # 2467
86*	186	125	11	1	68.80	4	not out	4		v New Zealand	Leeds	23 Jun 2022	Test # 2467
31	92	67	4	0	46.26	4	caught	2		v India	Birmingham	1 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
142*	240	173	19	1	82.08	4	not out	4		v India	Birmingham	1 Jul 2022	Test # 2470

569 ................ 774 .................... 73.51

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Top 15 Highest successful run chases. Only losing 3 or 4 wickets in the 350 to 400 range for a run chase has been common.

I remember the Windies beating Oz in 2003. Sarwan and Chanderpaul lead them to victory with a bit of help from Lara.

I remember SAF winning in Perth in the first test in 2008-09, partly because they regularly win in Perth / at WACA, but I don't remember it being such a big run chase. For some reason I do remember JP Duminy's 50 in the second innings on debut helping them win, probably because next test he made 166 in SAF"s first innings at the MCG next test and they won by 10 wickets.

I was wrong that both Oz and India had to chase 403. Oz was 404 and India 403 but India scored a couple of extra runs than Oz.

The 15th one on the list was Gordon Greenidge at his brutal best. Most people thought it would be a draw England declared 9/300, just over 5 hours left, maybe the poms could pinch it. Greenidge said no way, made an almost a run a ball double century, Haynes got out early and Larry Gomes with his deflections and flicks made a 90 odd not out for an incredible 9 wicket win.

Test Cricket - Highest Run Chases

Test Cricket - Highest successful run chases

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Highest Successful Run Chases

Match Country Target Scored Versus Ground Result 1 09/05/2003​ West Indies​ 418​ 418/7​ Australia​ Antigua Recreation Ground​ West Indies won by 3 wickets​ 2 17/12/2008​ South Africa​ 414​ 414/4​ Australia​ WACA Ground​ South Africa won by 6 wickets​ 3 22/07/1948​ Australia​ 404​ 404/3​ England​ Headingley​ Australia won by 7 wickets​ 4 07/04/1976​ India​ 403​ 406/4​ West Indies​ Queen's Park Oval​ India won by 6 wickets​ 5 03/02/2021​ West Indies​ 395​ 395/7​ Bangladesh​ Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium​ West Indies won by 3 wickets​ 6 14/07/2017​ Sri Lanka​ 388​ 391/6​ Zimbabwe​ R Premadasa Stadium​ Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets​ 7 11/12/2008​ India​ 387​ 387/4​ England​ MA Chidambaram Stadium​ India won by 6 wickets​ 8 01/07/2022​ England​ 378​ 378/3​ India​ Edgbaston​ England won by 7 wickets​ 9 03/07/2015​ Pakistan​ 377​ 382/3​ Sri Lanka​ Pallekele International Cricket Stadium​ Pakistan won by 7 wickets​ 10 18/11/1999​ Australia​ 369​ 369/6​ Pakistan​ Bellerive Oval​ Australia won by 4 wickets​ 11 31/03/1978​ Australia​ 359​ 362/7​ West Indies​ Bourda​ Australia won by 3 wickets​ 12 22/08/2019​ England​ 359​ 362/9​ Australia​ Headingley​ England won by 1 wicket​ 13 04/08/2006​ Sri Lanka​ 352​ 352/9​ South Africa​ P Sara Oval​ Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket​ 14 27/02/1969​ West Indies​ 345​ 348/5​ New Zealand​ Eden Park​ West Indies won by 5 wickets​ 15 28/06/1984​ West Indies​ 342​ 344/1​ England​ Lord's​ West Indies won by 9 wickets​

Highest unsuccessful 4th innings run chase scores. A few draws and a few got close

Test Cricket - Unsucessful Run Chases

Test Cricket - Highest 4th innings score when failing in run chase

www.howstat.com

Test Cricket - Match Records and Statistics - Run Chases​ Highest Scores in Unsuccessful 4th Innings Run Chases Match Country Target Scored Versus Ground Result 1 03/03/1939​ England​ 696​ 654/5​ South Africa​ Kingsmead Last timeless test​ Match drawn 42 short​ 2 13/03/2002​ New Zealand​ 550​ 451​ England​ AMI Stadium​ England won by 98 runs​ 3 18/12/2013​ South Africa​ 458​ 450/7​ India​ Wanderers Stadium​ Match drawn 8 short​ 4 15/12/2016​ Pakistan​ 490​ 450​ Australia​ Brisbane Cricket Ground​ Australia won by 39 runs​ 5 28/01/1978​ India​ 493​ 445​ Australia​ Adelaide Oval​ Australia won by 47 runs​ 6 12/03/2022​ Pakistan​ 506​ 443/7​ Australia​ National Stadium (Karachi)​ Match drawn​ 7 07/06/1973​ New Zealand​ 479​ 440​ England​ Trent Bridge​ England won by 38 runs​ 8 22/03/2008​ New Zealand​ 553​ 431​ England​ McLean Park​ England won by 121 runs​ 9 30/08/1979​ India​ 438​ 429/8​ England​ Kennington Oval​ Match drawn 9 short​ 10 16/08/1947​ South Africa​ 451​ 423/7​ England​ Kennington Oval​ Match drawn 28 short​ 11 12/03/1977​ England​ 463​ 417​ Australia​ Melbourne Cricket Ground​ Australia won by 45 runs​ 12 26/12/2008​ Bangladesh​ 521​ 413​ Sri Lanka​ Shere Bangla National Stadium​ Sri Lanka won by 107 runs​ 13 19/12/1924​ England​ 605​ 411​ Australia​ Sydney Cricket Ground​ Australia won by 193 runs​ 14 16/11/2007​ Sri Lanka​ 507​ 410​ Australia​ Bellerive Oval​ Australia won by 96 runs​ 15 03/04/1930​ West Indies​ 836​ 408/5​ England​ Sabina Park​ Match drawn​ 16 16/07/2009​ Australia​ 522​ 406​ England​ Lord's​ England won by 115 runs​ 17 13/08/1981​ Australia​ 506​ 402​ England​ Old Trafford​ England won by 103 runs​

 

[raptalia]

Yes, J.P. Duminy turned out to be a bit of an unfulfilled talent. When he debuted in 2008 he looked like he could be anything but he never really made it to the top despite some outstanding innings. He made that 50 at the WACA and followed up with a brilliant 166 in Melbourne but finished his career in 2017 with a moderate 32.85 per innings in 46 Tests over a 10 year career. He certainly liked the WACA as he scored a second century there in 2016 when South Africa toured Australia.

I guess when you look at South Africa's batting talent over the decade in which Duminy played it is not hard to see why one would need to score big runs consistently.

 

[philreich]

Australia batting first in the Second Test - currently 2 for 79, with both openers back in the pavilion.

 

[Quadzilla]

1 hour after lunch

Aust 2/162

Labuschange 83
Smith 32

 

[raptalia]

Batting first is normally the thing to do anywhere on the subcontinent. Batting last is not ideal on these turning tracks.

 

[philreich]

Labuschagne should have been stumped before he reached 40. He's just brought up his 100 - it'll be interesting to see how costly it ends up being.

 

[Grave Danger]

Big Show a now show then?

 

[philreich]

Big Show a now show then?

Yeah looks like we've gone in unchanged.

Smith closing in on a long overdue ton - come on Smithy!!!

 

[Quadzilla]

Smith 109no ... First ton for 18 months

Marnus 104 Head 12

5/298 at stumps

 

[raptalia]

Travis Head is struggling for runs outside of Australia. I suspect that the knives will be out among the Eastern States media.

If Australia can make it to 400 I would fancy their chances as the Sri Lankans will struggle with batting last.

 

[philreich]

I would think that the Aussies will want as many as possible in their first innings, hoping to bat just once. It'd be great to see Carey silence his critics with a big score, which will hopefully enable us to pass 450.

 

[Quadzilla]

All out 364

Smith 145no

No tail wagging here

Jayasaria 6 wickets on debut

 

[philreich]

All out 364

Smith 145no

No tail wagging here

Jayasaria 6 wickets on debut

Still a very good score I reckon.

 

[Grave Danger]

All out 364

Smith 145no

No tail wagging here

Jayasaria 6 wickets on debut

Did the Marnus-Smith partnership come with a warning for epileptics?

 

[raptalia]

Sri Lanka 3/262 and trailing by 102.

Australia need some quick wickets or they may need to bat exceedingly well in the second innings.

 

[philreich]

Domestic T20 in England overnight - some bloke conceded 82 off his 4 overs!!!!

 

[Quadzilla]

Sri Lanka 3/262 and trailing by 102.

Australia need some quick wickets or they may need to bat exceedingly well in the second innings.

4/374

Starc gets Matthews for 52

 

[Grave Danger]

5th wicket finally down at 402. Total anarchy in Sri Lanka atm, but their cricketers are keeping their minds on the job.

 

[philreich]

About time this Australian team was tested mentally. We'll be facing a deficit of at least 100 - let's see how they respond to the pressure.