posted Jun 17, 2008

What does Chanderpaul average against Oz now then?

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posted Jun 17, 2008

The article now displays current averages, CC.

Chanderpaul has improved his average vs Aus from 38 to 48 in the past series.

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posted Jun 17, 2008

His overall average is climbing with every series. He thoroughly deserves to be in the average of 50 or more block of players.

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posted Jun 17, 2008

ChanderPaul is right now as Fred Truman would say, in his pomp, I have no doubt he will finish his TEst career with an above 50 average - most deserving quiet unsung player with an odd stance to be there I suppose (above 50 bracket)

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posted Jun 18, 2008

Shiv has a splendid average of 57.5 at home although his 'away' average is not too shabby at 42.3.

This might just be his best year.

Interestingly, he batted well below his best when he was the skipper.

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posted Jun 18, 2008

Since 1 Feb 1993, Australia has not lost a home series. If we examine the performances of touring batsmen in Australia and limit the analysis to those that played at least 10 tests, only 4 batsmen have averaged >40 runs - 3 Indians and an Englishman. Lara played the most tests in Australia, but averaged only 37 runs.

A bit amusing finding that Kumble averaged 22.8 from 10 tests in Australia!

http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;opposition=2;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=10;qualval1=matches;spanmax1=17+Jun+2008;spanmin1=1+Feb+1993;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

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posted Jun 22, 2008

go vettori!

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posted Jun 22, 2008

Thanks for that link SC

If you take away the period filter, all time Barrington the battler tops, along with Sutcliffe, Hobbs, Hammond, Tendulker

That is pretty good company

http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;opposition=2;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=10;qualval1=matches;template=results;type=batting

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posted Jun 22, 2008

That's interesting; isn't it, youngTommyB, that Vettori averages more runs vs Aus than Graemme Smith, AB de Villiers and Dippenaar?

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posted Jun 22, 2008

MP, Thanks for the historical analysis of batsmen vs Aus.

I believe Australia and England were the dominant teams during the times of Sutcliffe, Hammond and Hobbs, and perhaps during the era of Barrington as well. Australia has also been the most dominant team during the entire career of Tendulkar barring the first two years (91-93). Hence, I would say the records of Tendulkar and Laxman deserve respect.

As for Edrich, Gooch, Gower, Gavaskar, Lloyd, Haynes, etc., they sometimes faced Aussie teams that were not the most dominant. Some of these played several tests against Australia during a time the latter did not win a series for four consecutive years (teams captained by Hughes and Border).

It is interesting that Haynes averaged only 32, Cowdrey 36, and Gooch 33. Gooch, I recall, performed well vs WI.

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