Has the retirement ages of International cricketers gone up ?

[f.b.m]

I think a problem is that wer'e only looking at very good players. Someone like Russel Arnold who retired when he was 33 gets no pixelspace.

[CC1981]

Yes, fbm, because this argument can only be true in the case of very good players. Nomatter how good you are or what your physique is like, your physical abilities take a downturn once you hit 30/is past early 30s. This means that there is a 'by default' loss of performance when you are in the 30+ group, either due to lesser stamina, more physical frailties or due to fading eyesight, lessening reflexes etc etc. Only the very good players can ride it out/compensate for these physical shortcommings well enough to still remain competetive. The average/mediocre player, who is/was already mediocre to begin with, is going to be toast the moment his physical prowess begins to decline...which is why this discussion can't really feature many ' average/below 'very good' players'.

[Vignesh]

We need Some Statistical Data.......... Else we cant conclude this issue

[King Tendulkar]

Count me out. I got cricket to watch.

:hysterical:

[f.b.m]

Yes, fbm, because this argument can only be true in the case of very good players. Nomatter how good you are or what your physique is like, your physical abilities take a downturn once you hit 30/is past early 30s. This means that there is a 'by default' loss of performance when you are in the 30+ group, either due to lesser stamina, more physical frailties or due to fading eyesight, lessening reflexes etc etc. Only the very good players can ride it out/compensate for these physical shortcommings well enough to still remain competetive. The average/mediocre player, who is/was already mediocre to begin with, is going to be toast the moment his physical prowess begins to decline...which is why this discussion can't really feature many ' average/below 'very good' players'.

I get what you mean, but wouldnt it just be the case where the age at which you retire would indicate how good you are (or in SL or WI, how shite your replacements are)? You could just aswell say that Shane Warne is a better player than Damien Martyn because one retired at 37 and another retired at 34? Just curious. (actually, not curious but just bored. i'll come back to that gawd thread)

[cochise]

If it were an axiom, you would be falling into the fallacy of the converse.