Test milestones

AUSTRALIA (batting):

MJ Clarke 625 runs needed for 5000 in Tests, prediction - end of 2010-11 Ashes series
BJ Haddin 455 runs needed for 2000 in Tests, prediction - end of 2010-11 Ashes series
PJ Hughes 385 runs needed for 1000 in Tests, prediction - end of 2014-15 Ashes series
MEK Hussey 88 runs needed for 4000 in Tests, prediction - first Pakistan v Australia Test
PA Jaques 98 runs needed for 1000 in Tests, prediction - won't happen
MG Johnson 76 runs needed for 1000 in Tests, prediction - first Pakistan v Australia Test
SM Katich 206 runs needed for 4000 in Tests, prediction - first Ashes Test, 2010-11
B Lee 49 runs needed for 1500 in Tests, prediction - won't happen
MJ North 55 runs needed for 1000 in Tests, prediction - first Pakistan v Australia Test
RT Ponting 72 runs needed for 12000 in Tests, prediction - first Pakistan v Australia Test

AUSTRALIA (bowling)


DE Bollinger 11 wickets needed for 50 - end of Pakistan v Australia series
SR Clark 6 wickets needed for 100 - won't happen ... 8-(
NM Hauritz 43 wickets needed for 100 - won't happen
BW Hilfenhaus 16 wickets needed for 50 - end of Ashes 2010-11 series
MG Johnson 45 wickets needed for 200 - first Test of Ashes 2013 series
BE McGain 1 wicket needed for an average - won't happen
P Siddle 40 wickets needed for 100 - won't happen
SR Watson 23 wickets needed for 50 - won't happen

expecting a highway for the first pak test?

No - I expect we'll have to bat twice.

i figured. but given MJ's recent form that still seems quite a lot. since the start of the last ashes he is averaging 13.52 in 13 tests

Hmmm, for England quite a few bats passed a milestone recently but here goes...

IR Bell 282 runs needed for 4000 ... 6 tests v Pak/Ban, nuff said
AJ Strauss 564 runs needed for 6000... during the Ashes perhaps.
MJ Prior 447 runs needed for 2000... during our summer.

MJ Hoggard 2 wickets needed for 250 ... Sniff.
JM Anderson 44 wickets needed for 200 ... possibly during Ashes tour
RJ Sidearse 21 wickets needed for 100 ... possibly during the 2017/18 SL tour
SJ Broad 17 wickets needed for 100 ... should be this summer
GP Swann 15 wickets needed for 100 ... ditto.

Poor old Hoggy.

for india

srt 553 runs for 14,000...prediction: end of nz series
dravid 628 runs for 12,000...prediction: end of tour of sa
laxman 864 runs for 8,000...prediction: end of 2011
sehwag 392 runs for 7,000...prediction: sometime during nz series
gambhir 202 runs for 3,000...prediction: last test vs sl
dhoni 572 runs for 3,000...prediction: last test vs sa
harbhajan and yuvraj 415 & 418 runs to get to 2,000...prediction: bhajji to get there first

srt 3 hundreds for 50...prediction: series vs nz
dravid 1 hundred for 30...prediction: series vs sl
sehwag 1 hundred for 20...prediction: 1st test vs lanka

harbhajan 45 wickets for 400...prediction: end of 2011
zaheer 8 wickets for 250...prediction: 2nd test vs lanka

I may have been a tad harsh on Siddle in particular, and maybe Hauritz, in my assessments in post 2 of this thread.

Also, I generally over-estimated the alacrity of attainment of these milestones ... over-optimistic it seems ... although they all seem to have got there in the end. Kartically does that mean I was basically right?

Time for review anyway ... there has been good progress by some of the English and Indian batsmen in particular. Bump.

The One wrote:for india

srt 553 runs for 14,000...prediction: end of nz series last test v/s aus (before the nz series)
dravid 628 runs for 12,000...prediction: end of tour of sa 1st test vs sa
laxman 864 runs for 8,000...prediction: end of 2011 144 runs away. probably in mid 2011
sehwag 392 runs for 7,000...prediction: sometime during nz series last test vs lanka (before aus and nz series)
gambhir 202 runs for 3,000...prediction: last test vs sl 1st test vs saffies. missed a lot of matches
dhoni 572 runs for 3,000...prediction: last test vs sa on target
harbhajan and yuvraj 415 & 418 runs to get to 2,000...prediction: bhajji to get there first damn right

srt 3 hundreds for 50...prediction: series vs nz 1st test vs saffies
dravid 1 hundred for 30...prediction: series vs sl 1st test vs nz
sehwag 1 hundred for 20...prediction: 1st test vs lanka bang on

harbhajan 45 wickets for 400...prediction: end of 2011 probably mid 2011. just 14 to get
zaheer 8 wickets for 250...prediction: 2nd test vs lanka 1st test vs aus. didnt play in lanka

The One wrote:
harbhajan and yuvraj 415 & 418 runs to get to 2,000...prediction: bhajji to get there first

Tim Bresnan 9871 runs for 10000 Test runs.... prediction England vs SA 2012
Tim Bresnan 50 hundreds for 5 hundreds.... prediction England vs Banglades 2012/3
Tim Bresnan 480 wickets for 500 wickets....prediction England vs Australia 2013

Will Bresnan be better than Jesus?

vilkrang wrote:Will Bresnan be better than Jesus?

Crucifixion? Hmm, could be worse....

However like Bresnan, he was pretty good on the third day.

Jesus must have had a few too many last suppers in this case.

JKLever wrote:MJ Hoggard 2 wickets needed for 250 ... Sniff.

lardbucket wrote:Poor old Hoggy.

What's wrong with finishing on 248 Test wickets? Some pretty good company IIRC.

Zat wrote:

JKLever wrote:MJ Hoggard 2 wickets needed for 250 ... Sniff.

lardbucket wrote:Poor old Hoggy.

What's wrong with finishing on 248 Test wickets? Some pretty good company IIRC.

Richie.

Is that what a Test milestone looks like?

time for an update - it won't be a karticle ...

Graeme Swann, 53 runs required to shit miles and miles all over Ashley Fraser Giles.

I imagine Swann could not score a single run or take a single wicket for over a year and his stats would still be better than Giles'.

It'd be difficult to be statistically worse. In terms of matches, it's difficult for Swann to match Giles' runs tally - Giles played 1.5 innings per match - Swann barely over one.

For the Australians, the only 'looming' bowling milestones are Hilfenhaus' 100 and Harris' 50 wickets; and the only batting milestones on the horizon are Hussey's 6000, Clarke's 7000, and Ponting's 14000 ... all a fair way away. Midge is only 10 wickets shy of 200 in Tests, but that seems unlikely ever to occur now.