Why doesn't Ponting and Steve waugh average 40 in Sub-continent ?

[Sehwag1830]

i don't have an opinion on pointing please provide some stats and then i can say. the only reason why i consider sehwag as an ftb is because i have seen how inflated his average is due to drawn games.

Sehwag averages 47 even if you remove the drawn games which is higher than Viv Richards.

[panther]

Sehwag averages 47 even if you remove the drawn games which is higher than Viv Richards.

excluding minnows and matches played in India he averages 39 in won or lost games

[daryl1985]

excluding minnows and matches played in India he averages 39 in won or lost games

What are the averages of some other batsman when the same criteria is applied?

[panther]

What are the averages of some other batsman when the same criteria is applied?

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;home_or_away=3;opposition=1;opposition=2;opposition=3;opposition=4;opposition=5;opposition=6;opposition=7;opposition=8;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=1000;qualval1=runs;result=1;result=2;template=results;type=batting

[Crookbond]

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;home_or_away=3;opposition=1;opposition=2;opposition=3;opposition=4;opposition=5;opposition=6;opposition=7;opposition=8;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=1000;qualval1=runs;result=1;result=2;template=results;type=batting

Try using modern day batsmen (post 2000) since you want to compare Sehwag with others else. Tendulkar averages 42.45 :phehehe:

[panther]

Try using modern day batsmen (post 2000) since you want to compare Sehwag with others else. Tendulkar averages 42.45 :phehehe:

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;home_or_away=3;opposition=1;opposition=2;opposition=3;opposition=4;opposition=5;opposition=6;opposition=7;opposition=8;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=1000;qualval1=runs;result=1;result=2;spanmin1=01+jan+2000;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

[panther]

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[rkt.india]

i still consider him as an ftb due to his inflated average on flat tracks.

Dont think Galle was a flat track where he scored 201 out of 329. At MCG. 195 out of 350.

[panther]

Dont think Galle was a flat track where he scored 201 out of 329. At MCG. 195 out of 350.

what was the result of these matches?

[Number]

what was the result of these matches?

Not Draws.

[panther]

Not Draws.

they are included in his stats than only drawn matches were excluded

[daryl1985]

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;home_or_away=3;opposition=1;opposition=2;opposition=3;opposition=4;opposition=5;opposition=6;opposition=7;opposition=8;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=1000;qualval1=runs;result=1;result=2;template=results;type=batting

Javed Miandad massive FTB Dravid and Flower also FTB's apparently.

[panther]

Javed Miandad massive FTB Dravid and Flower also FTB's apparently.

yep but sehwag is much bigger ftb than dravid if you go by outside subcontinent only http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;home_or_away=3;opposition=1;opposition=2;opposition=3;opposition=4;opposition=5;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=1000;qualval1=runs;result=1;result=2;team=6;template=results;type=batting

[King]

Does it make them any less cricketers or is it a go at someone is it?

[jairamesh]

Laughable to even consider Ponting a great. Ponting can't play spin and swing, his average in India borders on pathetic and he got away playing only 1 solitary game in Pakistan. There are good reasons why Ponting will never make a World XI. He is just another "home" cornball bully, just like Mahela, Hayden, Maindad etc.