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General Cricket discussion May 9, 2020 8:11:24 GMT via mobile

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Post by hoskotafe3 on May 9, 2020 8:11:24 GMT

May 9, 2020 7:10:28 GMT Aj_June said:

May 9, 2020 5:21:08 GMT hoskotafe3 said:

So saw a facebook post on Wisden about the best players to average under 40. Now there's a realky obvious answer to this that never occurred to me and it wasn't any of the three answers I gave.

I said
1). Kim Hughes, who's average suffered due to being saddled with the captaincy (on the tours Greg Chappell didn't want to play) and playing his last 8 tests against peak West Indies.
2). Alec Stewart, who suffered from having to keep wicket and getting moved all over the batting order.
3). Imran Khan who averaged 50+ over the last 9 years of his career after a sress fracture restricted his bowling.

So what say everyone else? And who knows the obvious answer? (as obviously as Bradman is the GOAT this guy was THE greatest barsman to average sub 40)

Some might say Hick or Ramprakash because they had great FC careers. But I separate potential in FC and Tests. These two were not good in Tests and that's why I don't count them.

Michael Atherton definitely had a very good Test career in spite of the low average and deserved 40+. He often had to match up with best bowlers in good bowling conditions.

Marvan Atapattu had decent records in Australia, England West Indies but couldn't get to 40 because of below par home average.

MS Dhoni - Never seemed to care about Tests but if he did he could have have averaged 45.

Hick's an interesting one. While I agree he was average in tests I think he was very under rated as an ODI batsman.