CRICKET GREATS: The ELITES Were Early BLOOMERS

[quote author=Goog Lee link=topic=92936.msg590389#msg590389 date=1411661245]
[size=12pt]Rev, since Alvin is one of your fav batsmen...why don't you put up some stats before and after his shoulder injury[/size].
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* [size=18pt]Alvin Kallicharran played in 66 tests[/size].

Quote:[size=12pt]50.19 Kali's average in his first 50 tests --11 hundreds and 20 fifties
24.27 Kali's average in his last 16 tests --1 hundred and 1 fifty[/size]

* Kali's batting was severely hampered by bursitis in the shoulders---he failed miserably in his last 16 tests.

* His test average dropped from 50.19 after 50 tests to 44.43 after 66 tests.

Rev

After he had his operation to fix the shoulder problem he went on to dominate English county cricket.  What were his first class stats after the operation?

[quote author=Mail link=topic=92936.msg590392#msg590392 date=1411662452]

[size=12pt]Question is, how did Kanhai's numbers compare to the top ten of his era or the span of his test career?[/size]
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[size=16pt]Kanhai played between 1957 and 1974. Here are the top 5 runs scorers in that 18 year period.[/size]

Quote:[size=12pt]7680 Sobers @60.47 avg
6822 Cowdrey @47.04
6754 Barrington@59.76---he was a Shiv type---his strike rate was 39
6227 Kanhai@47.53
5234 Lawry@47.17[/size]

STATS

Rev

[quote author=Goog Lee link=topic=92936.msg590412#msg590412 date=1411665313]
What were his first class stats after the operation?
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Rev: instead of giving these dudes Fish : teach 'em how to use a CastNet 


Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

A  saying which suggests that the ability to work is of greater benefit than a one-off handout

[quote author=Goog Lee link=topic=92936.msg590412#msg590412 date=1411665313]
After he had his operation to fix the shoulder problem he went on to dominate English county cricket.  What were his first class stats after the operation?
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* Kali's last test for the West Indies was in Dec 1980 against Pakistan

* His best year in English county cricket was in 1982 when he scored 2120 runs for Warwickshire with 8 hundreds(3 double hundreds) and 5 fifties.

* But by then he was banned from playing for the West Indies because he played in the rebel tour to South Africa.

See link for stats:

Kali's first class stats

Rev

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=92936.msg590417#msg590417 date=1411666329]
Rev: instead of giving these dudes Fish : teach 'em how to use a CastNet 


Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

A  saying which suggests that the ability to work is of greater benefit than a one-off handout
[/quote]

Ketch:

[size=18pt]* Most cricket fans are in the 99%. They don't know numbers and argue cricket strictly on emotion. [/size]

* Those of us blessed to be among the 1% must be kind and generous with the less fortunate souls. ;D

Rev

WAS SACHIN TENDULKAR AN EARLY BLOOMER ?

Quote:[size=12pt]* Sachin never scored a triple hundred in tests.

* Sachin never averaged a 100+ in a calendar year.

* Sachin's best ever ICC rating was 898---he never joined the ICC 900 club.

* Sachin did not score 1000 runs in a calendar year until his 9th year in tests.

* BUT SACHIN PLAYED FOR 25 YEARS.

* Sachin scored the most runs in tests and onedayers.

* Sachin scored 51 test hundreds.[/size]

[size=14pt]* LOOKS LIKE LONGEVITY PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN SACHIN'S GREATNESS.[/size]

Rev

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=92936.msg590417#msg590417 date=1411666329]
Rev: instead of giving these dudes Fish : teach 'em how to use a CastNet 


Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

A  saying which suggests that the ability to work is of greater benefit than a one-off handout
[/quote]

pandits don't fish!  ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL::

[size=18pt]Let's now look at a LATE BLOOMER. Shiv Chanderpaul. Check out his batting average in his first 10 years in tests and his average in his last 10 years.[/size]

Quote:[size=12pt]43.89 Shiv's average in his first 10 years(1994-2003) ---he played in 70 tests
61.07 Shiv's average in his last 10 years(2004-14)---he has played in 88 tests[/size]

STATS


* THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE FOLKS

* 43.89 first 10 years; 61.07 the last 10 years.

* [size=14pt]And the 40 year old TIGER doesn't look like he is slowing down----he is getting better with age.[/size]

Rev

[size=18pt]Check out the STATS page over at Shivisgreat.com for the latest stats and records of the Tiger.[/size]



http://www.shivisgreat.com/stats/

* [size=14pt]Shiv has more unique world records than Lara and Tendulkar combined.[/size] 

Rev