I don't think Warner touched that at all.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostI saw that too. I’d love to know how somebody figures stats like that out so quickly.
There have been fewer Test Matches in all of history than there are MLB games in a single season.
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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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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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Originally posted by ad hoc View PostI 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.
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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