tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30531601.post6163582332941613430..comments2024-03-16T08:40:32.311+00:00Comments on Different Shades of Green: At the CrossroadsBrian Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336241250446877498noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30531601.post-58208931906986476242013-12-10T15:31:06.931+00:002013-12-10T15:31:06.931+00:00india will winner of this t20worldcup 2014 in bang...india will winner of this <a href="http://www.t20worldcup2014live.com/" rel="nofollow">t20worldcup 2014</a> in bangladeshmanishanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30531601.post-2741555339806737912013-11-23T09:01:53.458+00:002013-11-23T09:01:53.458+00:00Thanks, Graeme.
I do think that cricket followers...Thanks, Graeme.<br /><br />I do think that cricket followers in England place too much emphasis on Ashes cricket, but this has been encouraged by the media in recent years (and because there's much more of it than there used to be).<br /><br />The stats are interesting in so far as they reflect, to some extent, the way Australia have declined (until the current game, anyway) as Cook and Bell have found their feet as international players.<br /><br />But simple form always plays a part. Cook was in extraordinary form in 2010-11, Bell in 2013. Cook was shaky last summer.<br /><br />For this series it's too early to tell. I write with Cook not out after an hour's batting under severe pressure. Much will depend on how he plays tomorrow, both for this game and the series as a whole. Bell is likely to get his opportunity to step up tomorrow too.Brian Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10336241250446877498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30531601.post-27497876883895134712013-11-21T17:51:48.822+00:002013-11-21T17:51:48.822+00:00Do you think that British cricket fans over-rate t...Do you think that British cricket fans over-rate the significance of the Ashes test matches?<br /><br />I raise this point because I saw in the press recently that one of the English team has played in 4 Ashes series and been on the losing side in only one. His averages for those series were:<br /><br />27.60<br />24.66<br />127.66<br />27.7<br /><br />No doubt you have guessed this is Alastair Cook. But what a contrast it makes against his overall stats of 7800 runs at 47.85. It ends up with a respectable average of 44 but without the 2010/11 series, this is quite a poor record.<br /><br />Now for Bell,his averages have been :<br />17.1<br />33.1<br />28<br />65.8<br />62.44<br /><br />overall against Australia he averages 39 against Cook's 44.<br /><br />In which set of stats do you place more confidence? Cook's are biased by an exceptional series but both players have struggled against Australia and not only during the Warne/McGrath era. But Bell does seem to show more consistency.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007306140530173428noreply@blogger.com