CHE PUJARA is the real deal!

[Crookbond]

Highest averages in a calendar year [table=head]Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Year Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 3 5 2 583 235* 194.33 2 1 0 1978 CA Pujara (India) 4 6 3 577 206* 192.33 3 0 0 2012 WR Hammond (Eng) 4 6 2 645 231* 161.25 3 0 1 1936 GS Sobers (WI) 8 13 4 1299 365* 144.33 6 3 0 1958 KC Sangakkara (SL) 7 9 2 968 222* 138.28 4 2 0 2007 DG Bradman (Aus) 3 5 0 690 270 138.00 3 0 0 1937 HP Tillakaratne (SL) 8 10 5 682 204* 136.40 3 2 0 2001 DB Vengsarkar (India) 8 11 5 793 164* 132.16 4 2 1 1986 MJ Clarke (Aus) 8 12 2 1271 329* 127.10 4 1 0 2012 DG Bradman (Aus) 6 8 0 978 334 122.25 4 0 0 1930 IR Bell (Eng) 8 11 3 950 235 118.75 5 2 1 2011 Shoaib Mohammad (Pak) 6 7 1 687 203* 114.50 3 2 0 1989 DG Bradman (Aus) 8 13 4 1025 201 113.88 5 2 2 1948 VG Kambli (India) 7 8 1 793 227 113.28 4 1 0 1993 S Chanderpaul (WI) 4 7 2 558 136* 111.60 3 3 0 2007[/table]

Can you increase the min number of matches to 5?

[Trichromatic]

Can you increase the min number of matches to 5?

:hmmm: Why would you want to set min qual to matches and not runs?

[Crookbond]

:hmmm: Why would you want to set min qual to matches and not runs?

It is difficult to play 5 Test matches and average high. I think only Australia-England play 5 Ashes Test matches. For the rest, they will have to at least do better in 2 series. You can always sort the runs in descending order.

[Lord]

a gem

[Trichromatic]

@mohanstatsman C Pujara (at 4:10pm) has now batted 900 mins (15 hours) & 701 balls in this series #IndvEng

There have been very few instances when batsman has batted for more than 1000 mins in test cricket without getting dismissed. Could be 7th or 8th time in test cricket?

[Trichromatic]

It is difficult to play 5 Test matches and average high. I think only Australia-England play 5 Ashes Test matches. For the rest' date=' they will have to at least do better in 2 series. You can always sort the runs in descending order.[/quote'] Yes, then the list would not be relevant to this thread. [table=head]Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Year GS Sobers (WI) 8 13 4 1299 365* 144.33 6 3 0 1958 TT Samaraweera (SL) 6 6 3 422 123* 140.66 2 2 0 2001 KC Sangakkara (SL) 7 9 2 968 222* 138.28 4 2 0 2007 HP Tillakaratne (SL) 8 10 5 682 204* 136.40 3 2 0 2001 DB Vengsarkar (India) 8 11 5 793 164* 132.16 4 2 1 1986 MJ Clarke (Aus) 8 12 2 1271 329* 127.10 4 1 0 2012 DG Bradman (Aus) 6 8 0 978 334 122.25 4 0 0 1930 EH Hendren (Eng) 6 6 2 481 142 120.25 2 3 0 1924 IR Bell (Eng) 8 11 3 950 235 118.75 5 2 1 2011 Shoaib Mohammad (Pak) 6 7 1 687 203* 114.50 3 2 0 1989 TT Samaraweera (SL) 6 8 4 457 137* 114.25 1 4 1 2010 DG Bradman (Aus) 8 13 4 1025 201 113.88 5 2 2 1948 VG Kambli (India) 7 8 1 793 227 113.28 4 1 0 1993[/table]

[carnish]

Can you increase the min number of matches to 5?

But it was about average in a calender year ... its not a batsmans fault if he plays less tests in a year. Plus Pujara would miss out.

[Trichromatic]

There have been very few instances when batsman has batted for more than 1000 mins in test cricket without getting dismissed. Could be 7th or 8th time in test cricket?

List of 1000 and more hours between two dismissals http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1610.html

Longest cumulative time between two dismissals in Test cricket [1000 minutes or more] [6]

• The world record of batting for the longest cumulative time between dismissals is held by West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who remained at the crease for 25 hours and 13 minutes [1513 minutes] and scored 362 runs in four innings. [see Table above].
• South Africa's Jacques Kallis, remained at the crease for 1246 minutes and scored 456 runs in four innings. [see Table above]. Kallis sequence of scores and the time taken by him at the crease in the four consecutive innings respectively is: 157* [381 min] & 42* [65 min] at Harare; 189* [581 min] at Bulawayo and now 68 [219 min] at Bloemfontein.
• Sachin Tendulkar took 1224 minutes for his 497 runs [see Table above]. His sequence of scores and the time taken by him at the crease in the four consecutive innings respectively is: 241* & 60 [in 613 min & 108 min respectively], 194 [in 493 min] and 2 [in 10 min].
• Former England captain Nasser Hussain also remained at the crease for 1022 minutes and scored 231 runs. He had scores of 70* [in 302 min at Port Elizabeth, Dec 1999]; 146* [in 635 min at Durban, Dec 1999] and 15 [in 85 min at Cape Town, January 2000] all against South Africa before being dismissed.
• Rahul Dravid also has 473 runs in 1161 minutes [see Table above] His sequence of scores and the time taken by him at the crease in the four consecutive innings respectively is: 41* [in 50 min], 200* & 70* [in 551 min 152 min respectively], 162 [in 408 min]
• Shoaib Mohammad also had 308 runs in 1007 minutes; 203* [in 656 min vs New Zealand at Karachi in 1990-91], 105 [in 351 min vs New Zealand at Lahore in 1990-91].

All statistical research has been updated till April 05, 2004.

[Lord]

lol 362 runs in 25 hours:haha:

[Crookbond]

But it was about average in a calender year ... its not a batsmans fault if he plays less tests in a year. Plus Pujara would miss out.

A calendar year consists of almost 9 months. I think players who keep themselves fit and play across multiple series should be given a preference. Pujara would not miss out as there are 6 more Test matches in this calendar year. Pujara has already played 4. Finally, this was to make the comparisons fair - if including Pujara is the objective one can consider the Test matches played only in November. :winky:

[JaFanatic]

guy averages 85.5 nowB->

[Trichromatic]

guy averages 85.5 nowB->

Gavaskar had avg of 111 (highest by any player in world) and Kambli 80 after 11 innings.

[rahulrulezz]

I hope we don't play him in the wrong format .. He should only be playing Test and only test... just like Raina shud only be playing LOI cricket... or else they modify their batting technique to suit the format and eventually screwing up everything.. for example Rohit Sharma, who is not made for LOI and shud only play Tests but mixing him in wrong format means 'he is dhobhi ka kutta, na ghar ka na ghat ka'

[Lord]

I hope we don't play him in the wrong format .. He should only be playing Test and only test... just like Raina shud only be playing LOI cricket... or else they modify their batting technique to suit the format and eventually screwing up everything.. for example Rohit Sharma' date=' who is not made for LOI and shud only play Tests but mixing him in wrong format means 'he is dhobhi ka kutta, na ghar ka na ghat ka'[/quote'] he can play ODIs,has a good list A record.we would need a batsman with good technique in Oz

[rahulrulezz]

he can play ODIs' date='has a good list A record.we would need a batsman with good technique in Oz[/quote'] He is in the mould of Dravid/Laxman ..both of them had good list A record but their strike rates were always a concern and were never matchwinners for me in LOI... I wud always play aggressive players like Yuvraj/Raina/Kohli/Sehwag any day over the likes of 90s style Dravid/Laxman/Badrinath/Pujara in LOI

[Sachin=GOD]

Yeh lambi race a ghoda hai...

[Lord]

He is in the mould of Dravid/Laxman ..both of them had good list A record but their strike rates were always a concern and were never matchwinners for me in LOI... I wud always play aggressive players like Yuvraj/Raina/Kohli/Sehwag any day over the likes of 90s style Dravid/Laxman/Badrinath/Pujara in LOI

Laxman had a decent List A record at best.Dravid was a great in ODIs,dunno wats the problem.ODIs isnt all about fours n sixes,u need technique,specially in places like Oz,cant play hacks there. agree he shouldnt play T20

[JaFanatic]

Gavaskar had avg of 111 (highest by any player in world) and Kambli 80 after 11 innings.

Wow! thats really a gr8 start!

[munafbhai]

I hope our selectors learn a lesson from Pujara's performances and pick up players in form and suited for a particular format. For example Rahane , Rohit Sharma , Baba Parajith and other batters doing well in Ranji should be picked only for tests and select few maybe for ODI's . But they should be kept away from T20s. The T20 team needs T20 specalists who can score 20 ball 40s. Guys like Paul, Bisla Yusuf Pathan, Saurabh Tiwary for T20s only. Players like Rayudu, Raina, Yuvraj should be part of both ODI/T20 but away from tests. This will proper rest and proper workload for all players. The ultra talented players like kohli and Chand should feature in all 3 formats but on selective weak teams they should be rested.

[Manny_Pacquiao]

lol @ all the bandwagon jumpers.