by **matto* » Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:55:07
> Once he started playing internationals and improving (and he improved
> a lot over his first 10 or 15 tests) how many Shield matches did he
> get to play?
Talking of Warne bowling in the Shield there's a great clip on YouTube of his duel with Mark Waugh on an SCG turner in 1993/94.
by **matto* » Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:03:57
> 2-4 a year, barring 2003/04 when he was coming back from suspension and
> 1999/00 when he had a very busy international summer.
> I was intrigued by this, so I pulled out his SS stats from CricketArchive
> and broke it down season by season:
> Mts Overs Runs Wkts BB Avg
> 1990/91 1 37.0 102 1 1/41 102.00
> 1991/92 6 223.3 569 12 4/75 47.41
> 1992/93 4 151.3 486 12 5/49 40.50
> 1993/94 4 247.4 643 27 6/42 23.81
> 1994/95 2 117.1 265 13 5/104 20.38
> 1995/96 3 170.1 426 11 5/122 38.72
> 1996/97 2 97.0 201 5 3/25 40.20
> 1997/98 3 141.0 488 8 3/70 61.00
> 1998/99 4 139.1 521 8 2/80 65.12
> 1999/00 DNP
> 2000/01 2 47.5 140 9 5/49 15.55
> 2001/02 2 75.1 253 6 4/118 42.16
> 2002/03 2 67.0 181 6 3/54 30.16
> 2003/04 1 36.0 100 6 4/51 16.66
> 2004/05 4 155.3 403 11 3/50 36.63
> 2005/06 3 133.3 396 16 7/100 24.75
> 2006/07 3 136.3 417 10 5/103 41.70
> Career 46 1975.4 5591 161 7/100 34.72
> Certainly, the early part of SKW's career had some pretty poor numbers,
> and 1993 was an obvious watershed for him. The part I find interesting is
> that his numbers after 1995 are mostly ordinary. In particular, the
> striking part is that they're a bit better than most of the spinners
> going around the SS now, but not massively better, and distinctly poor by
> worldwide standards.
> My guess is that it's a little of everything in the thread: Australia's a
> difficult place to bowl spin (particularly on the average domestic pitch,
> which tends to be seam or batsman friendly, but very rarely spin
> friendly), SKW was a big game player (so playing in front of 200 people
> probably didn't do much for him), and Australian batsmen probably not
> being as overawed by him as some of their international counterparts.
> full breakdown there, sorry), which backs up that the SS isn't an easy
> place to be a spinner.
And in 1 game for WA took 0/91.
Greg Matthews took 417 wickets at 28.64 in 135 matches for NSW.
> season seems pretty damned good all of a sudden.
by Mad Hamis » Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:41:18
Mad Hamish
Hamish Laws
by Mad Hamis » Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:47:42
>>>>> > Perhaps he couldn't be arsed to play at his best in FC.
>>>>> As likely as an unpowered helicopter gliding to a safe landing. Have you
>>>>> ever seen SKW be anything except ultra competitive?
>>>> Good point, the ***ing drug cheat ;)
>>>> He took 276 first class wickets for Hampshire with an average of 25.59, so I guess I can't blame him "hiding his best" from English FC players.
>>> May be this explains it. Whenever he got to play English players (who
>>> are ***against spin), he got to boost his average.
>>> I always wonder what so great about the 'ball of the century'. After
>>> all it was only Gatting.
>>Idiot. That ball would've got Stuart Law out.
>And probably Bradman too. In so far as he had a weakness, it was to
>the ball going away, and that was a brute of a ball to receive first
>up.
Mad Hamish
Hamish Laws
by John Hal » Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:27:58
>>And probably Bradman too. In so far as he had a weakness, it was to
>>the ball going away, and that was a brute of a ball to receive first
>>up.
>Dunno, I suspect that Bradman would have made sure that his pads were
>covering the stumps.