http://www.dongles.org/2010/01/13000-and-counting/ Cricket Visionary: The discerning cricket community Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:39:13 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.dongles.org/2010/01/13000-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-67 dongles Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:39:16 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=479#comment-67 I agree, andrewg. Let's look at averages any day. Here's a good comparison. Sir jack Hobbs played Test cricket from 1908 to 1930. That is 23 years (minus the Great War years) and he played 61 Tests. He scored 5,410 runs at 56.94. He made 88.68 runs per Test match. Let's stick to completed matches for The Little Master. He has played 162 Tests in 21 years since 1989. He has scored 12,970 runs at 54.72. He has scored 80.06 runs per Test. So, who is the better batsman? I agree, andrewg. Let’s look at averages any day. Here’s a good comparison. Sir jack Hobbs played Test cricket from 1908 to 1930. That is 23 years (minus the Great War years) and he played 61 Tests. He scored 5,410 runs at 56.94. He made 88.68 runs per Test match. Let’s stick to completed matches for The Little Master. He has played 162 Tests in 21 years since 1989. He has scored 12,970 runs at 54.72. He has scored 80.06 runs per Test. So, who is the better batsman?

]]> http://www.dongles.org/2010/01/13000-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-66 andrewg Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:31:28 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=479#comment-66 It's at least a testimony to longevity....as are so many of these aggregates. Give me Archie Jackson any day ;) It’s at least a testimony to longevity….as are so many of these aggregates. Give me Archie Jackson any day

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