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Cricinfo on the Retard's inclusion in the test squad v WI: "A big matter of debate will be the retention of Ishant, whose results in international cricket have been ordinary of late. To go with the recent hidings in one-day cricket, Ishant last took more than three wickets in a Test innings more than two years ago, at Lord's in July 2011. His overall average of 38 is uninspiring, and since that Lord's Test every wicket he has taken has cost India 60 runs." Those are dismal stats - based on any level of merit he should be nowhere near any international team yet Dhoni/selectors continue to indulge this no-talent :facepalm:

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What is your favourite Sachin stat?

In my recent search for Sachin stats to adorn these very pages, a few stood out. In terms of his extraordinary cricketing longevity, my favourite stat was that there is a 45-year age gap between the oldest and youngest international cricketers against whom he has played (from John Traicos, born in 1947; to Kraigg Brathwaite, born in 1992). In terms of his peak batting performances, a stand-out stat was his 52 international hundreds from 1996 to 2002, almost twice as many as the next most prolific centurion in the same period. There are also some quirkier stats - such as the fact that he has taken more five-wicket hauls in one-day internationals than, amongst others: Shane Warne, Dale Steyn, Kapil Dev, Courtney Walsh, Imran Khan, Zaheer Khan, and Michael Holding (one each); Ian Botham, Malcolm Marshall, former professional Pope John Paul II, canine film-star Lassie, fodder scamster Laloo Prasad Yadav, 19th-century nursing celeb Florence Nightingale, and alleged Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma (zero each).
:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

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