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Tuesday, March 16, 2004

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Well, it turns out that Jacques Kallis can hold a bat, although it appears as though South Africa were determined to hold on for the draw, rather than give themselves or New Zealand a chance of victory. I recall seeing Kallis' first test century at the MCG back in 1997. A useful player all right. Still, good on Vettori for getting his 6th test 50.

I was going to criticize MacMillan for failing to contribute, again, but a quick check of the cricinfo statistics revealed he's contributed a fair bit to the test team of late. His average for his last 20 matches is 41.24, including 2 centuries, and 6 half-centuries (from 31 innings). Included in this were 6 not outs, and 10 dismissals for under 20 runs (i.e., failures). Hmm, a top order batsman who fails in every third innings??

He's much more vulnerable to criticism based on his ODI record. His last 20 matches have produced 18 innings (incl. 4 not outs) with an average of 33.57 (higher than his overall ODI career average). This includes 4 half-centuries, but also 9 dismissals for under 20 runs, 3 of these being ducks.

There's some pretty cool stuff on the cricinfo.com website. Did you know, for example, that there have only been 2 ties out of 1685 tests?

And also, a suprising number of players have taken more wickets than they've scored runs, especially in ODIs, where tail-enders seldom get much of a go with the bat.

To of the list, with a qualification of 50 matches, is Glenn McGrath, with 284 wickets but only 94 runs from 185 matches. Allan Donald (95 runs, 272 wickets) is close to him. Bruce Reid is in this list too: 49 runs, 63 wickets. New Zealand's own Ewen Chatfield scored 118 runs but took 140 ODI wickets.

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