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- From: urajan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Uday Rajan)
- Subject: Re: Leading Test Averages.
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 18:18:19 GMT
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- In article <1k82t1INN9s7@sunaus.Aus.Sun.COM> peterm@pinhigh.Aus.Sun.COM writes:
- >Further, I think you would find that Botham used to get the majority
- >of his wickets from "tailend batsmen". England always relied upon
- >reliable old Bob Willis and co, to take the wickets of the "real"
- >batsmen.
- >
-
- While I agree with your sentiments regarding Botham, Peter, I think it is
- easy to minimize the importance of getting the tail out quickly. Consider
- a couple of recent Test series. Against Pakistan, the top half of the
- England batting performed reasonably well; what made Waqar and Wasim so
- dominant was that the England innings was virtually over when 5 wickets were
- down - often, the remaining 5 were snuffed out within an hour. Against
- South Africa, India often grabbed the first 4 or 5 wickets early, only
- to see the remaining 5 bat out almost two days. Australia in Sri Lanka
- also benefitted enormously from lower order runs. And, of course, in
- the Test just concluded, Aus recovered from 74/7 because the tail both
- helped Langer and added runs of its own.
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