The Outsider Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Let's examine one, Sir Garfield Sobers on whether the thread title suits him or not! Now, before jumping on my head please bear in mind this is not about opinion. This is something that facts prove to be true. So, let's look at them. Oh wait, first I need to tell you all what a NHTB is - it's an acronym for Northern Hemisphere Track Bully. Now as we all know Sir Gary was born and raised in the Northern Hemisphere, so the true measure of him as a batsman would be to adopt to the conditions in the Southern Hemisphere - after all the world is flipped there and would require some skills to adapt. So, what do we get : http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52946.html?class=1;filter=advanced;host=2;host=5;orderby=default;template=results;type=batting An average of 35.93! :hysterical: What a clown this guy was - just made merry on the Northern Hemisphere pitches and when he had to adapt from summer to winter, the flipping earth, the different position of the sun in the sky, seeing the Southern Cross instead of the North Star in the night what a cropper he comes up with. And then people nominate him as the best cricketer ever, the best batsman of his generation! Case closed, point proven.
punjabi_khota Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Similarly, Tendulkar is STB: Summer time bully. His average in december is in mid 20s.
zen Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Sir GS's 4th inning's avg in SH will also show that he is no good under pressure :giggle:
Jadoo Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 :hysterical::hysterical: Well Outsider has proven it, SGS was NHTB.
Bublu Bhuyan Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 A more rational view would be to see how much Sir Gary Sobers averages on slow, turning tracks of the subcontinent. In his entire career, he played in just two countries from Asia - India and Pakistan. Let's find out how he did there overall - An average of 75.65 Link: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52946.html?class=1;filter=advanced;host=6;host=7;orderby=default;template=results;type=batting Now let's have a look at how well he has done in 4th innings of Test matches. A player need not have an extremely high average in 4th innings, but one needs to have at least a descent one to prove that he isn't an imbecile in that area - An average of 46.69 Link: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52946.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting
f.b.m Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 A more rational view would be to see how much Sir Gary Sobers averages on slow, turning tracks of the subcontinent. In his entire career, he played in just two countries from Asia - India and Pakistan. Let's find out how he did there overall - An average of 75.65 Link: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52946.html?class=1;filter=advanced;host=6;host=7;orderby=default;template=results;type=batting Now let's have a look at how well he has done in 4th innings of Test matches. A player need not have an extremely high average in 4th innings, but one needs to have at least a descent one to prove that he isn't an imbecile in that area - An average of 46.69 Link: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/52946.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting None of this matters if he becomes a Rameez Raja in the real second inning: The second innings of the earth where the pressure is truly on. Mind you these were the days before the ozone layer had been thinned. Who knows how he would have adapted to the new and alien conditions.
Bumper Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 :haha::haha: I predict the below acronyms to emerge soon SOB - Spring/Summer only bully BIT.CH - Bully on Indian tracks vs Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh BUM - Bully (who) Urinates (at) McGrath BORED - Bully outside Rhodesia, England & Denmark
coffee_rules Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 ^ BULL S H I T = BULLy who Scored HIighly only after Tea
DomainK Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Hilarious thread with some great posts. :hysterical:
Jadoo Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 :haha::haha: I predict the below acronyms to emerge soon SOB - Spring/Summer only bully BIT.CH - Bully on Indian tracks vs Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh BUM - Bully (who) Urinates (at) McGrath BORED - Bully outside Rhodesia, England & Denmark ^ BULL S H I T = BULLy who Scored HIighly only after Tea :haha::haha::haha:
rkt.india Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 plz convert ICF into a joke forum...about cricket... Indiancricketjokefans.com:cantstop:
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