Smith in 2008

Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0

10 17 2 1133 232 154* 147 75.53 4 4 0

Top 10 in 2008 by aggregate runs:

Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
GC Smith (SA) 10 17 2 1133 232 75.53 1667 67.96 4 4
V Sehwag (India) 7 13 1 947 319 78.91 1123 84.32 3 2
ND McKenzie (SA) 9 15 2 914 226 70.3 1925 47.48 3 2
KP Pietersen (Eng) 9 15 0 753 152 50.2 1296 58.1 3 1
AB de Villiers (SA) 10 15 3 746 217* 62.16 1379 54.09 3 0
HM Amla (SA) 10 16 1 717 159 47.8 1404 51.06 2 3
S Chanderpaul (WI) 7 13 6 707 118 101 1641 43.08 2 6
AJ Strauss (Eng) 9 15 0 656 177 43.73 1542 42.54 2 2
AG Prince (SA) 10 16 4 651 149 54.25 1418 45.9 3 1
IR Bell (Eng) 9 15 2 599 199 46.07 1234 48.54 2 2

Well done SA!!

5 saffies and someone said our batting wasn't firing.

Suppose SA are one of the more fortunate sides in that they've been able to give the Banglas a couple of clear dickings. And tank some flat-arsed shit in India. Let's not go overboard.

Yes, and England played NZ for most of 2008.

Naeem wrote:Yes, and England played NZ for most of 2008.

See, I'm not mud-slinging - so as a rebuttal, that was pretty shit. It doesn't detract from my last statement.

Makaveli wrote:

but the batting department needs improvement.

Interesting. Touring India was once seen as one of the toughest assignments around. Now it's seen as the perfect opportunity to pad the batting averages.

average runs per wicket in each country since 2000

If one were to go solely by that table then runs made in Bangladesh would be worth a great deal more than runs made in Australia. Which is clearly nonsense.

I was saying Chennai, dead track; Ahmedabad, dead track. I think the SA batsmen are resolute and have plenty of talent.

I was just saying after battering them, they're bound to have decent stats.

bliksem wrote:If one were to go solely by that table then runs made in Bangladesh would be worth a great deal more than runs made in Australia. Which is clearly nonsense.

Indeed. Of course every game played in Bangladesh includes the shithouse Bangle batsmen whereas every game in Aust includes the Aust batsmen.

Brass Monkey wrote:I was saying Chennai, dead track; Ahmedabad, dead track. I think the SA batsmen are resolute and have plenty of talent.

I was just saying after battering them, they're bound to have decent stats.

So, after playing well in India we're bound to have decent stats? Okay, I'll buy that.

bliksem wrote:
So, after playing well in India we're bound to have decent stats? Okay, I'll buy that.

Sure, on 2 flat tracks you batted well. If you didn't, it would've been like the fiasco that happened in the 1st innings at Lords.

if you were to solely go by that table...

some limited analysis and thought will tell you why bangladesh is so low down on that list

what it does tell you though that there is hardly any noticeable difference in average runs per wicket across most countries

excluding all minnow tests

Is this the same flat track that India got bowled out for less than 100 on?

bliksem wrote:Is this the same flat track that India got bowled out for less than 100 on?

That was good bowling and poor batting. Nothing else. Some brilliance from Steyn and Morkel. The next two innings were indicative that it was a good deck.

SA have played the most Tests this year. So it stands to reason they are all over that table.

Brass Monkey wrote:

bliksem wrote:Is this the same flat track that India got bowled out for less than 100 on?

That was good bowling and poor batting. Nothing else. Some brilliance from Steyn and Morkel. The next two innings were indicative that it was a good deck.

I see. In that case, I declare the Chennai pitch to have been a greentop minefield, the resultant scores on which coming about from excellent batting and shite bowling.

bliksem wrote:
I see. In that case, I declare the Chennai pitch to have been a greentop minefield, the resultant scores on which coming about from excellent batting and shite bowling.

If you want to be precious about it. I've already called the SA batsmen resolute and talented. I've just stated that they've had some good batting conditions this year.

Well they say batsmen hit their peak in their late 20s, maybe Smith is entering that period now.