Cricket Discussion - Part 2

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Silly Tasmanian's needed 4 to win off last ball, they ran 1 and rather than just drawing the game they decided to go for a second run and were run out.

Why? Why lose the game? Did they think there would be overthrows??
 
The man with a 144 Test Batting average is in form and ready to fill any vacancy that will come up. In 2 tests in 2019 v Sri Lanka he made 30 in the first test at the Gabba and 114 n.o. in the second test in Canberra. Oz won both tests.


 
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Tassie have just donated 6 pts to SA to send them to the top of the shield table.

Tassie missed out on 1 pt for a draw which would have seen them move off the bottom of the shield table.

Its 6 for a win, 1 for a draw, (3 for a tie) + 1st innings batting pts + 1st innings bowling points.

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Greasyrhys said:
The Redbacks did their best to lose it, they never should’ve let tassie get close.
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Yes, I am stunned it was that close. Tassie was set 429 in the last innings and almost got there. At one stage Tasmania were 5/400 they then lost 5/25. I thought that was something only the Redbacks were capable of doing.
 
I was on a walk listening to the last couple of overs and thought 429 would be pretty high on the ladder of successful run chases in first class cricket.

I don't know where it sits but the most successful is Indian in the Duleep Trophy Final

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West Zone541/7536136.33.96wonv South ZoneHyderabad2 Feb 2010First-class

Haha but there was a tie at a higher score.

Glamorgan592593152.03.89tiedv GloucsCheltenham30 Jun 2024First-class
 
RussellEbertHandball said:

Travis Head and Mohammed Siraj have been found guilty of breaching cricket's code of conduct after their hot-blooded exchange in Adelaide.
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Trav's language was over the line colourful, so fair enough under the rules, but you would hope the provocateur gets the heavier sanction.
 
Ford Fairlane said:
Trav's language was over the line colourful, so fair enough under the rules, but you would hope the provocateur gets the heavier sanction.
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Sounds like Trav isn't worried about having an ongoing feud with Siraj.

His attitude might change if he gets a stupid penalty from the ICC.
 

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Ford Fairlane said:
Trav's language was over the line colourful, so fair enough under the rules, but you would hope the provocateur gets the heavier sanction.
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Siraj should lose his entire match fee, after also pinging the ball at one of our batsmen.
 
Penalty verdict is in. My mistake it was the umpires that levelled the charge and ICC Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle only imposed the penalty.

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Head and Siraj found guilty of code of conduct breach

Travis Head and Mohammed Siraj are both found to be in breach of the ICC's code of conduct after their Adelaide Test blow up.
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Australian batter Travis Head and Indian quick Mohammed Siraj have been found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) code of conduct for their verbal spat in the second Test in Adelaide.

Siraj was fined 20 per cent of his match fee after being found to have breached article 2.5 of the code, which relates to "using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon dismissal".

In addition, one demerit point was added to Siraj's disciplinary record, the ICC said in a statement.

Head was reprimanded after he was was found to have breached article 2.13 of the code, which relates to the "abuse of a player, player support personnel, umpire or match referee".

One demerit point has been added to Head's disciplinary record.

It was the first offence for both players in a 24-month period.

If a player reaches four or more demerit points in such a period, those points are converted into suspension points and the player is banned. Two suspension points equate to a ban for one Test or two ODIs or two T20Is, whichever might come first.

"Siraj and Head admitted their respective offences and accepted the sanctions proposed by (match referee) Ranjan Madugalle … and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing," the ICC statement said.

On-field umpires Chris Gaffaney and Richard Illingworth, third umpire Richard Kettleborough and fourth umpire, Phillip Gillespie levelled the charges.
 
Front page of the Australian today. I've been thinking Head is the new Dougie Walters for a couple of years when batting, and off field Dougie, since his post World Cup heroics.


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Travis Head’s thunderclap century revived memories of the Australian Test ton that will never be forgotten. On the 50th anniversary of Doug Walters’ century in a session, the man himself reveals how it went down.
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
Tassie have just donated 6 pts to SA to send them to the top of the shield table.

Tassie missed out on 1 pt for a draw which would have seen them move off the bottom of the shield table.

Its 6 for a win, 1 for a draw, (3 for a tie) + 1st innings batting pts + 1st innings bowling points.

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Lol. What are the Queensland Womens team called, Cows? Heffers?
 
I did some number crunching on the weekend to try an work out how many tests an average Australian test cricketer plays.

McSweeney is the 467th player to play for Oz. The reason I did this stems from him struggling in the first test, and wonder if he will end up being a statistical average test player for Oz, or better.

The average number of Tests after the Adelaide test, played by those 467 players is 20.4 tests and the median player plays 10. The median is the mid point - 233 have played 10 tests or more and 234 have played less than 10 tests.

If you take out the 71players who have played 1 test, given sometimes on tour a player will play one test as everyone else is injured type thing, then the average number of tests is 23.9 and the median player plays 14 tests ie of 396 players who has played 2 tests or more. The players ranked 187 to 200 have played 14 tests so 198th has played 14.


Then I decided to look at test players since debuting in 1970 - the year the Jumbo jet went commercial and the number of tests played each year started to rapidly rise. Pre the jet age, long travelling times meant great players might have only played 30 tests in their career.

So the 1st test v poms in 70-71 series is my starting point and Terry Jenner is cap #248, Rod Marsh #249 and Allan "froggy" Thomson #250 debuted in that first test and Greg Chappell in the next test.

So including the players that played during the World Series Cricket split, and ignoring Bobby Simpson who came out of retirement, 220 players have played their first test for Australia since November 1970.

The average number of tests played by those 220 players is 26.4 test and the median test player in that group of 220, has played 12 tests.

27 players have played only 1 test. If you remove them, then the average number of tests increase to 30 and the median test player plays 15 tests.

So of the 12 test players who have played in the first 2 tests so far for Oz, 10 are more successful than the statistical average test player and the average test player who has played more than 1 test - either all time or only post 1970's group, Boland has played 11 tests and struggles to get a go unless there is an injury to the main 3 bowlers and McSweeney is hopefully at the start of a long career.
 

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