Sad Stats

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283431.html

Car accidents, motorbike accidents......skin cancer.
Very young to die.

I notice from that list there is no Aussies...I wonder why??

We're tough.

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:We're tough.

Really? I heard it was because Carl Rackemann protects you all.

He sold his soul to the Devil for the rest of us . . .

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:He sold his soul to the Devil for the rest of us . . .

Ah, that's why he's got a really dodgy slaphead.

Actually it is remarkable, that with one well-known exception, every man who has played one-day or Test cricket for Australia since 1970 is still alive.

Compare that with the teams that toured Australia in 74-75 and 75-76, which have each already lost three players.

Of course, Archie Jackson died young, but that was before the days of ODIs . . . why not post a comprehensive list, Dem?

Batfink Begins wrote:

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:He sold his soul to the Devil for the rest of us . . .

Ah, that's why he's got a really dodgy slaphead.

Satan's mark is always clear for those who know what to look for.

The list for test players . . .

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/110823.html

tac wrote:Of course, Archie Jackson died young, but that was before the days of ODIs . . . why not post a comprehensive list, Dem?

What does that mean???

Demelza wrote:

tac wrote:Of course, Archie Jackson died young, but that was before the days of ODIs . . . why not post a comprehensive list, Dem?

What does that mean???

Alist for test players as well as ODI players, of course. I did it for you.

I didn't even realise that was just for ODI's, TBH
Thanks.

Dem in "I've no farkin idea what I'm posting" shock . . .

Fark off tac.
See, I knew what I was posting then.

Your best post ever, Demmie.

Demelza wrote:Fark off tac.
See, I knew what I was posting then.

If only you could punctuate it . . . .

Fred Nerk wrote:Actually it is remarkable, that with one well-known exception, every man who has played one-day or Test cricket for Australia since 1970 is still alive.

Compare that with the teams that toured Australia in 74-75 and 75-76, which have each already lost three players.

I was thinking about this yesterday at the SCG when I was talking about WSC to my brother. I predicted that Simmo would be the next to go of those from the 70s+ although who knows what sort of state Gus Glmour's liver is in.

Was there an Australian tour in the late 60s which all of Wally Grout, Barry Shepherd, Neil Hawke and Peter Burge missed?

So far the oldest intact Australian touring team I can find is the India/SA venture in 69-70, although Ray Jordon (for one) has had his share of health issues.

Fred Nerk wrote:Actually it is remarkable, that with one well-known exception, every man who has played one-day or Test cricket for Australia since 1970 is still alive.

Bullsh!t. Crappelli has been dead from the neck up since about 1985.

By that definition half the South African team has never been alive.

Fred Nerk wrote:By that definition half the South African team has never been alive.

Sage.

What made the stats so sad? I can't bear to see stats being sad. Who made them sad? Own up, now!