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The second half of Joe Root’s and Brian Lara’s careers is quite similar both became dead rubber stat padders, big knocks in one inns inflate their averages and then ghosting in the remaining innings
“Imagine the meltdown”. The entire timeline is filled with English, Aussie, neutral experts n public criticising the pitch. Kiska aur meltdown chahie bhai? Isi whataboutery ke chakkar me kabaddi pitches ko justify karte aae ho home pe. Aur karao durgati
Not a single over of spin in 1.5 days of a Test match. 27 wickets have fallen already. Imagine the meltdown if not a single over of pace was bowled for that long in the subcontinent.
#TheAshes
@AussieHannibal It’s practically impossible to find 5 conventional swing bowlers in the world today. Even Jimmy became predominantly wobble seam in the last 6-7 years of career. Southee the same. Starc has shifted too. Genuinely scratching my head to find any
@psychidiaries@cookedsnowflake 😁😁 am just saying viewing a players greatness from peak can be skewed. Kohli n Ponting are the two sort of greats whose peak was insane. But what they did around it separated them as batters. If Smith has say two more years averaging 30 r lesswould we still hold him as high?
So we move to the Sachin Cricket Ground for the new year.
Mind boggling record for the great man at SCG
148*, 45, 4, 241*, 60*, 154*, 41,80 n this is just tests. Only 100 in Aus in ODIs also happened while chasing in a final here.
Owns new year tests worldwide
@psychidiaries@cookedsnowflake Besides, at his peak, Adam Voges probably outdoes every other batter ever. It’s the other attributes alongside what you do around your peak that add to the legacy. Eg smith too had a poor BGT away in 23, and Ashes away in 23. They won’t takeaway anything from his greatness
@psychidiaries@cookedsnowflake I’ve seen Kohli behave like a headless chicken in 2014 England, 2017 home vs Aus in the middle of his purple patch, granted he is a level or two lower than Root. Dravid in the middle of his peak couldn’t bat in SA. Punter obviously struggled right through in India.
@psychidiaries@cookedsnowflake Depends on what one calls “peak”. For Root, it’s pretty much been 13 years of peak, where he’s averaged above 45 in India, and has been decidedly below average in Aus. Pre-2020, he had 7500 runs at 51 with 17 100s n 50 50s. Post 2020, he’s just improved his conversion.
@cookedsnowflake@33 🤣🤣🤣 at least someone is peaking at 35. Apne to Babaji ki booty ke sharan me aa gaye.
By the way career average 32 in England, 36 in NZ😝
@psychidiaries There has actually been a suggestion to consider only first 3 tests of a 5 test series as valid contenders for WTC points, and make all other test series as 3 test series in order to homogenise the system. The way things are going, may not be a bad idea