@synicbast said in NZ All Time Test XI:

Kane just broke the 900 point barrier on the ICC rankings...absofuckinglutely sensational.

Places him 27th on the list of batsmen ordered by their highest ever ranking. Top 5 is Bradman, Smith, Hutton, Ponting, Hobbs. Immediately after KW are Lara, Pietersen, Amla, Chanderpaul, Clarke, Tendulkar, Hammond, Flower, S Waugh, Dravid which is a pretty fine 9 to be above you have to admit. Now all we need is a double hundred from him this weekend and he can go above Barrington, Headley, Gavaskar, Compton, Root ....

http://www.relianceiccrankings.com/alltime/test/

@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

@kiwipie said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

@no-quarter said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

@KiwiPie love your work mate.

I owe it all to StatsGuru which is probably the greatest ever digital invention.

Have you not checked out the Hawt girls thread?..

I don't even understand that sentence so there's your answer

@pukunui said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

Do we play Sri Lanka every summer or does it just feel like we do?

I think we do play Sri Lanka or Bangladesh every summer.

In our imaginary team, are we picking at the peak of their powers or on any random day at any time in their career? Vettori was a totally different bowler before his back problems forced him to become a steadier,canny bowler. He had turn and dip and all of that good left arm spin stuff - just watch footage from the tour of England in 1999. His back issues were when he was fairly young so he is remembered for his later style (still an amazing test record of averaging over 40 with the bat at 8).

Boult is arguably not the bowler he was before his back problems - likewise the Bond of early 2000s was not the same as the Bond of later years.

@no-quarter said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

@KiwiPie love your work mate.

I owe it all to StatsGuru which is probably the greatest ever digital invention.

Specialist spinners to have played test cricket for NZ this century

Vettori, Wiseman, Walker, Bradburn, J Patel, Astle, Martin, Sodhi, Craig, Santner, A Patel, Somerville.

And Somerville has the best average but of those who played 5 tests or more, only Vettori and Santner averages under 40. Craig, Wiseman, J Patel, Sodhi all settling into 46-48.

At his age, Somerville could conceivably never play test cricket again - and if so, what an outstanding career it was!

Some Kane stats ...

Overall career - of his 111 dismissals, 17.1% he has passed 100, 42.3% he has passed 50. Of the "big 4", Smith and Kohli have a better rate of passing 100, Smith and Root are better for passing 50.

(Taylor - of his 139 dismissals, 12.2% he has passed 100, 32.7% he has passed 50.)

Kane 2010-2013 - of his 50 dismissals, 8% he has passed 100, 32% he has passed 50.

Kane 2014-now - of his 61 dismissals, 24.6% he has passed 100, 50.8% he has passed 50.

So in the last 5 years, he makes a hundred 1 in 4 and passes 50 1 in 2. And averages 64.43.

@machpants said in 2018-2019 World Sevens Series:

ABs' 7s lost to Samoa with a last minute try in the second game, and needed a last minute try vs Boks to stay in the hunt for the Cup. It would have been the first time they've ever not made it out of the pools. They smashed Zimbabwe.

35-0 v Zimbabwe
17-21 v Samoa
26-21 v Boks

No they needed a last minute try scored with seconds left in order for a final play to score the try to win the game. Scored by Koroi who made up for earlier going for glory against Samoa with seconds left, throwing a speculator that Samoa went down the other end with.

No matter how dramatic (or predictable) the Kiwi batting collapse is, you're still genuinely surprised when Kane gets out. Everyone looked stunned when he got out in the 1st innings which is why he settled in for bed and breakfast in the 2nd. I probably care more about cricket stats than he does, but a not out and an average of 52 would be nice at the end of this series - and gives him a little gap ahead of Root. And as it says in that article above, in 4 of the last 5 calendar years he has averaged over 60.