Re: Test milestones

by lardbucket Mon 04 Mar 2024, 07:03

This week, the 100 Test milestone will be passed by:

Ashwin
Bairstow
Southee
Williamson

It’s no longer a rare feat (76 players, about to become 80), but it’s rare for multiple players to reach it almost simultaneously. I can recall Boycott, number 2 on the list, getting there in 1981. Previous simultaneous game centuries:

Alec Stewart and Michael Atherton (2000)
Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis, and Stephen Fleming (2006)
Michael Clarke and Alastair Cook (2013)

by lardbucket Thu 07 Mar 2024, 06:43

bumped for furry

by lardbucket Mon 11 Mar 2024, 12:41

lardbucket wrote:Smith: 366 runs for 10K
Marsh: 110 runs for 2K

With his next run (hopefully), Marsh will break through the 2000 Test run barrier ...

... and there it is

by horace Mon 11 Mar 2024, 14:41

lardbucket wrote:
lardbucket wrote:Smith: 366 runs for 10K
Marsh: 110 runs for 2K

With his next run (hopefully), Marsh will break through the 2000 Test run barrier ...

... and there it is

And Nepo’s average is back in the 30s.

by lardbucket Mon 11 Mar 2024, 14:46

As is Carey’s

by lardbucket Mon 11 Mar 2024, 14:51

While Marnus has dipped below 50 for the first time since his first couple of Tests

by Fred Nerk Mon 11 Mar 2024, 17:03

horace wrote:
lardbucket wrote:
lardbucket wrote:Smith: 366 runs for 10K
Marsh: 110 runs for 2K

With his next run (hopefully), Marsh will break through the 2000 Test run barrier ...

... and there it is

And Nepo’s average is back in the 30s.

Without using a calculator, guess Mishmash's series average?

How is he going with the 50th pole?

Smith will reach 10,000 but if he gets to 10,200 I'll do a Louie.

by Fred Nerk Mon 11 Mar 2024, 17:13

lardbucket wrote:While Marnus has dipped below 50 for the first time since his first couple of Tests

He averaged 48 for this match - he must have been on 50.0000-something this time last week

by lardbucket Mon 11 Mar 2024, 17:31

It's a long Test gap now until India arrive in November. Re our top 6 of:

Smith
Khawaja
Labuschagne
Green
Head
Marsh

there will be a few questions asked before T1. One problem is that none of the opening bat challengers have really kicked on this year. Bancroft has been the best for most of the season, but has faded late. Ward and Hunt have literally disappeared from the scene. God knows what Renshaw is doing, he may be in the safest place ... just observing. Daniel Smith, Caleb Jewell, and Sam Whiteman all look a class below that required to open (but so do Smith and Khawaja, currently).

McSweeney and Webster have been the big movers in the batting stakes, but neither look like succeeding at opening. Maybe McSweeney?

Interesting times.

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