Cricket Thread

[jimharri]

And here's the collapse. 202/2 to 216/5.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Assuming that batsman scores half (or nearly half, anyway) the runs in the day (which is a stretch, but we'll run with it); that means there'd be 600 runs in the day (as the "yoof" might say; LOL). In a test match. Nominally 90 overs. That's an average of over 6.5 rpo. There's more chance of me getting Halle Berry's phone number.



Just out of curiosity; what the highest percentage of a stand that a batsman has scored in test cricket. Not counting a batsman who scores a six off his first ball, and gets out next ball!

Not sure, but I remember seeing this a year or so ago.

 

[jimharri]

Not sure, but I remember seeing this a year or so ago.

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That's near as dammit 70%. Impressive. But I was asking about a single stand. It's probably in there as well, to be fair.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

That's near as dammit 70%. Impressive. But I was asking about a single stand. It's probably in there as well, to be fair.

The second wicket partnership was 95, of which Taylor got 92.

 

[waspish]

Duckett don't throw it away there is a double hundred there for you

 

[crooky]

Assuming that batsman scores half (or nearly half, anyway) the runs in the day (which is a stretch, but we'll run with it); that means there'd be 600 runs in the day (as the "yoof" might say; LOL). In a test match. Nominally 90 overs. That's an average of over 6.5 rpo. There's more chance of me getting Halle Berry's phone number.



Just out of curiosity; what the highest percentage of a stand that a batsman has scored in test cricket. Not counting a batsman who scores a six off his first ball, and gets out next ball!

6.5 runs per over you say?



Remarkably that's exactly what the whole team averaged in the last series in the Rawalpindi Test. Whether a single batsmen can retain that strikerate through such a long period of time though is a challenge even further.

I think if it's going to get done any time soon then this series is a good chance.

 

[jimharri]

The second wicket partnership was 95, of which Taylor got 92.

Of course; I overlooked the fact he wasn't an opener.

 

[crooky]

Still think we're big favourites here. It's going to be decided by DLS when the rain comes down around 5/6pm and we started very strongly.

We just need a wicket of two in the powerplay and we should be good.

 

[waspish]

Need well over three hundred here

 

[Dr Jacoby]

We will struggle to bat through 50 overs here.