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    I don't think Warner touched that at all.

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      Originally posted by Ray de Galles View Post
      I don't think Warner touched that at all.
      Looked like a clear gap. Heard a feint sound on the replay but no idea what that could have been.

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        Archer bowling wonderfully this morning. Broad a little off, oddly.

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          Just saw on Facebook that Warner has set a new record: the first time an opening Test batsman has failed to reach double figures eight times in a series.

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            Are Australia going to drop him or give him the home series against Sri Lanka to try and get in some kind of nick?

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              I saw that too. I’d love to know how somebody figures stats like that out so quickly.

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                I think the fact that Harris and Bancroft have both failed repeatedly (plus 21 test centuries) mean he'll get another series.

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                  I would guess that Warner gets one home test or maybe two.

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                    It kind of makes the loss of the Ashes even more dispiriting though - we couldn't even beat a team with a rabbit for an opener.

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                      Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View Post
                      I saw that too. I’d love to know how somebody figures stats like that out so quickly.
                      There is a comprehensive database of Test statistics that can provide all kinds of insights if one is adept at writing queries.

                      There have been fewer Test Matches in all of history than there are MLB games in a single season.

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                        Originally posted by Kevin S View Post
                        It kind of makes the loss of the Ashes even more dispiriting though - we couldn't even beat a team with a rabbit for an opener.
                        Three rabbits as openers.

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                          Smith needs another 15 after lunch to guarantee an average of 100 for the series. Phenomenal. How frequent is it for a batsman to average 100+ in a 3-match or more series? We have to include 3 match series to be fair as Smith will only have completed 7 innings in this one.

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                            Joe Denly gets in a composite team of the series as an opener. That's how bad the Australian openers have been. In fact, you could easily make the case that only four Aussies make a composite team (Smith, Labuschagne, Cummins & Hazelwood) on pure stats, though Lyon would get in too to balance the attack.

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                              Rogin, averaging 100+ in a series is exceptional, but not freakish. Smith has done it before, of course, in an Ashes series, and Cook did it in 2010-11. So even in recent Ashes history it's not unprecedented.

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                                The composite team of the series would have about seven bowlers in it.

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                                  The composite team of the series might have 9 bowlers, Smith and Labuschagne.

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                                    Someone would have to keep wicket so Paine would probably survive as specialist keeper + captain. Burns might have done enough as opener and you could have Stokes just as a batsman.

                                    When the series stats are finalized, Smith and Labuschagne really are going to be the difference between the teams. Australia's bowling attack would have had no runs to play with otherwise. The others are averaging around 20 per player so Australia would only get around 400 per Test from their 20 wickets.
                                    Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 13-09-2019, 16:28.

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                                      I know Root has been well below his best (for a couple of years now) but he's still got over 300 runs this series. I wouldn't make him captain of this composite side but I'd still put him in it. He might have to bat at 5, or worse, open, to make way for Labuschagne and Smith, mind you.

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                                        Smith's fallen for a mere 80...

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                                          Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
                                          I know Root has been well below his best (for a couple of years now) but he's still got over 300 runs this series. I wouldn't make him captain of this composite side but I'd still put him in it. He might have to bat at 5, or worse, open, to make way for Labuschagne and Smith, mind you.
                                          Yes, and his knock at Headingley made Stokes' innings possible.

                                          Australia are having 5th Test syndrome here, even though it's not a dead rubber as I mistakenly asserted yesterday. Or they've just been found out to be a moderate side whose superiority to England is significant but not massive (2-2 flatters England but 3-2 might be a fairer score than 3-1 if England do convert this lead into a win).
                                          Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 13-09-2019, 16:36.

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                                            Jack Leach.

                                            Hero to goat.

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                                              And Jofra Archer

                                              Hero to hero.

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                                                Very good effort by England's attack.

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                                                  Highest opening partnership of the series is 27. That might go today.

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                                                    Warner is a ferret rather than a rabbit.

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