TEST CRICKET: Has Humbled Even The Greatest

[size=14pt]That's right folks! Test cricket has humbled even the greatest of the greats.[/size]



* [size=14pt]The great Don Bradman scored a duck in his last test innings.[/size]

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* [size=14pt]The great Gary Sobers scored a duck in his final test.[/size]

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* [size=14pt]The great Brian Lara scored a duck in his final test.[/size]

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* [size=14pt]The great Sachin Tendulkar didn't score a hundred in his last 23 tests.[/size]

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* [size=14pt]The great Viv Richards didn't score a hundred in his last 13 tests.[/size]

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good topic Rev..but like age eh! not test cricket.... ::confused::

[size=14pt]Did you folks know that most great batsmen fail to score a fifty or hundred in nearly 2 of every 3 innings they bat. [/size]

* Sobers failed to score a fifty or hundred in 65 of every 100 test innings he batted.

* Lara failed to score a fifty or hundred in 65 of every 100 test innings he batted.

* Richards failed to score a fifty or hundred in 62 of every 100 test innings he batted.

* Tendulkar failed to score a fifty or hundred in 64 of every 100 test innings he batted.


THE JOY OF NUMBERS. ;D

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Test Cricket will go the way of the DINOSAUR  !

[quote author=mapoui link=topic=90919.msg573084#msg573084 date=1404315242]
good topic Rev..but like age eh! not test cricket.... ::confused::
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[size=18pt]Check out the test average of the extraordinary greats after age 37[/size]


105.72---Bradman(15 tests)

50.69---Lara(6 tests)

49.28---Sobers(6 tests)

45.81---Tendulkar(34 tests)

34.41---Richards(17 tests)


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/...pe=batting


* Richards was the only extraordinary great who struggled with age---his eyesight may have bothered him.

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[quote author=ketchim link=topic=90919.msg573090#msg573090 date=1404316011]
Test Cricket will go the way of the DINOSAUR  !
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* Whenever that time comes, cricket fans will deal with it.

* QUE SERA, SERA---whatever will be, will be.

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