u/BlueSwimming

Fancy another scorecard like this?

ECB requirement for money seems to know no-end as they are considering playing Eng Aus test match in India! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c9d8px74zzdo

After losing 2-0 against Ireland and 4-0 against England, what line up changes need to be made for the first Zim game? Vital to get off to a winning start in Zimbabwe and get Shreyas’s first win.

After a horrendous few weeks against Ireland and England, how are you fancying India’s chances in the ODI series? First game is tomorrow at Edgebaston (where India and England played a fantastic test last year, Gill will have very fond memories).

Virat has passed the fitness tests and one the best white ball batsman ever is coming back into the fold. Then Jasprit will get the new ball, and a world class bowler was sorely missed in the T20 series.

What do you think the series score will be with ICT’s stars back?

Sounds like GG is considering a U-turn tonight and putting Sanju back in team after his Player of the Tournament performance in the T20 WC.

Could turn out to be excellent man management if Sanju comes back hungry and ready to prove a point. Was so harsh dropping him after Ireland where almost everyone played badly and 1 game in England.

Not sure who he’s going to drop through. Surely not Vaibhav.

Why is Sanju not included in the Zimbabwe T20 squad? Only 3 months ago he was POTT and carried India to another T20 World Cup. One of the best T20 batters in the world. What happened…?

Admittedly he had a mixed IPL and found it tough in Ireland. Doesn’t seem sufficient to drop him after the T20WC.

In T20i’s Samson averages 27 at a very impressive 155 SR. Six 50s and three 100s in 57 innings.

Roach hit 300 test wickets this week. An amazing achievement given the era and pitches he has bowled on for Windies. Average of 26.8 and 12 five wicket hauls

Last week I posted about Warne vs Murali, and a data point that was raised is Warne has a remarkably high percentage of his wickets against 8-11. 37%, maybe the highest ever.

Well, Kemar is the opposite. He has the second highest % of Top 4 wickets, with a staggering 51% coming against those 4 spots. Not all wickets are equal, and is Kemar’s wicket tally underselling him when so many have come against top batsmen?

Was at the England v New Zealand game on Saturday and thought I should make a Women’s T20 World Cup game.

It’s very simple, you spin for a women’s international team and then draft a squad from those players. Before you start you pick a formation, decide if you want to see ratings, and if you want them “in their pomp” (their best ever) or as they were in that year. Then see if you can win the World Cup!

I have built 36 famous women’s teams into the game (including the 12 in the World Cup), across 13 nations. There could be a larger pool. What other squads would you like to see in there?

Free to play, you can sign in to remember your best teams or not.

https://pompcricket.com/women-t20

Would love to know what Women’s cricket fans think?

(View from Saturdays game 😊)

In almost every all time XI I see Shane Warne preferred to Muttiah Muralitharan. But when you dig into the numbers this is curious:

Warne: 708 test wickets @ 25.4. 37 fivefers and 10 ten wickets in a match

Murali: 800 test wickets @ 22.7. 67 fivefers and 22 ten wickets in a match

Is this just because Warne played for a Big 3 nation and therefore played in the Ashes, BGT, and had more opportunities on the global stage?

9200 test runs averaging 46 with thirty 100s. 14800 ODI runs averaging 58 with fifty four 100s. 4100 T20I runs averaging 48 (!) with one century.

He won the 2011 ODI World Cup, 2013 Champions Trophy and 2024 T20 World Cup.

If he’s not the best ever, what else would he have to achieve to become the best?

Anyone who doesn’t play for India, Australia or England has limited chances to perform at the highest level. Even South Africa who just won the World Test Championship - no-one rates any of their players like India or Australia.

Williamson being included in the Fab 4 is remarkable. He gets a fraction of the marketing, plays in a smaller cricketing economy, and still forced his way into the group. Arguably the most impressive of the lot.

Root will likely finish with the most Test runs, partly because England simply play more Tests than anyone.

Smith has the highest average and might have been the best since Bradman if it wasn’t for sandpaper.

Kolhi is the box-office name and the most famous cricketer on earth, but his Test output dipped in his final years. Of the Fab 4, his peak was the shortest, and being India’s poster boy meant the hype never matched the numbers after 2019.

Jason Roy or Jonny Bairstow?

Roy played 116 ODIs scoring 4200 ODI runs averaging 40. 12 centuries

Bairstow played 107 ODIs scoring 3800 runs averaging 43. 11 centuries

In test cricket Imran took 362 wickets @ 22.8 and scored 3800 runs averaging 37. 23 fivefers and 6 centuries.

Wasim took 414 wickets @ 23.6 and scored 2900 runs averaging 22. 25 fivefers and 3 centuries.

In ODI Imran took 182 wickets @ 26.6 and scored 3700 runs averaging 33. 1 fivefer and 1 century.

Wasim took 502 wickets @ 23.5 and scored 3700 runs averaging 16. 6 fivefers.

Which one would you slot into today’s Test, ODI and T20 team?

Building a game where you create a team to try and win the T20 WC, ODI WC and WTC like many cricket captain players.

It’s called pompcricket.com and would love any feedback