[quote author=Goog Lee link=topic=85722.msg537411#msg537411 date=1386603588]
If Shiv continues with double digits he will be given the push thru the exit door. They are already lining up to push him!
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Googs:
* Let's do some simple arithmetic.
* Shiv scored 77 runs in the last test---76 & 1
* Shiv now has 11,040 runs
* Shiv needs 914 runs to become the highest runs scorer in WI history(11,954 - 11,040 = 914)
MATH QUESTION:
[size=14pt]If Shiv continues scoring at 77 runs per test---in how many tests from hereon will Shiv surpass Lara's 11,953 ?[/size]
[size=18pt]Let's revisit the goals Shiv set before the start of the series against NZ[/size]
Quote:* Shiv(10,963) needs to score 212 runs to surpass Alan Border(11,174) and become the 6th highest scorer in test cricket.
* Shiv will then have his eyes set on Lara(11,953) who is in the #5 position.
* Shiv(43 not outs) needs 1 NOT OUT to tie Alan Border(44) for the 2nd most NOT OUTS by a batsman in tests---SWaugh holds the record for most Not Outs with 46.
* Shiv(89) needs 2 scores of fifty or more to surpass Alan Border(90) in the #5 position in terms of most scores over fifty.
* Shiv(781 runs) needs 270 runs to surpass Chris Gayle(1050 runs) as the highest West Indies run scorer in tests against New Zealand.
* Shiv needs 2 hundreds to become the 11th batsman in history to score 30 test hundreds.
[size=14pt]AFTER 2 TESTS:[/size]
* Shiv is now up to 11,077 runs---he needs 98 runs in the 3rd test to surpass Alan Border(11,174) and become the 6th highest run scorer in tests.
* Shiv has 1 not out in the series thus far---he is now up to 44---same as Border---he needs 2 not outs to share the NOT OUT record with SWaugh.
* Shiv has scored one fifty in the series---he joins Alan Border----both have 90 scores over fifty---Shiv needs one more fifty to surpass Border.
* Shiv now has 895 runs against NZ----he needs 156 runs to surpass Gayle who has scored 1050 runs against NZ.
* Shiv still needs 2 hundreds to become the 11th batsman in history to score 30 test hundreds----Shiv has been struggling in NZ----it doesn't look like he can score a hundred in this series----although he did look like a hundred when he scored that 76 in the first test.
* Maybe Shiv will surprise us all next week and score his 29th test hundred.
[quote author=The Chairman link=topic=85722.msg538633#msg538633 date=1387112442]
hopefully he passes border in first innings
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* Shiv will be playing in his 18th test against #8 ranked New Zealand.
* [size=14pt]Shiv has only scored 1 test hundred in his 17 tests against NZ.[/size]
* And his average against bottom ranked NZ is a very ordinary 40.68
* [size=14pt]Hopefully Shiv gets back in touch with his offstump---he has been struggling with the line---we saw him get bowled by Ashwin for 36 in India----then he was LBW for 76 in the first test against NZ----leaving alone---Shiv needs to find his offstump again.[/size]
[size=14pt]In his long and illustrious career Shiv has played in 25 3rd match in a test series---he has averaged 55.31 in 3rd matches---with 5 hundreds and 17 fifties.[/size]
* Shiv will be playing his 26th 3rd match in a series this week.
* Of course Shiv has been severely challenged by lowly New Zealand in his career.
* So expectations ought to be too high for Shiv's loyal supporters.
* But a second hundred against NZ would be nice. ;D