24,000+ FIRST CLASS RUNS @ 55+ AVERAGE

* Shiv has scored 24K first class runs at 55+ avg

* Lara scored 22K @ 51+

* Greenidge scored 37K @ 45+

* Richards scored 36K @ 49+

* Kali scored 32K @ 43+

* Lloyd scored 31K @ 49+

* Kanhai scored 29K @ 49+

* Sobers scored 28K @ 54+

* Gayle has scored 13K @ 44+


OBSERVATION:

* Shiv has the highest first class average of the lot above. But he still has to play a few more years to catch up with them in runs scored.

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* Sachin Tendulkar scored 25,396 first class runs @ 57.84

* Rahul Dravid scored 23,794 first class runs @ 55.33

* Ricky Ponting scored 24,150 first class runs @ 55.90

* The future West Indies great Darren Bravo has scored 4141 first class runs @ 38.70



* Another future West Indies great Kirk Edwards has scored 4071 first class runs @ 38.77

Kalli gats a lotta runs ....for Warwickshire ?  :-\

* Leon Johnson has scored 2754 first class runs @ 33.14

The moronic Colin Croft says Shiv(51.88 test avg/55+ FC avg) is keeping players like Johnson off the WI team.

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* Kali, Kanhai, Sobers, Lloyd, Richards, Greenidge played many years in English county cricket.

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So Shiv MINUS County got more runs than those guys in the Regionals  ? 

IF everyone English County stats were removed  :-\

LETS LOOK AT SHIV & KALI


* Shiv has scored 4981 runs in 61 matches playing for Guyana @ 67.31 avg

* Kali scored 2552 runs in 37 matches playing for Guyana @ 47.25 avg.

* Kali scored most of his 32K first class runs playing for Warwick----18,158 runs in 285 matches @ 43.75

* Shiv has only played 51 county matches---scored 3700+ runs

Click on link to research first class stats:

cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/WI.html

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