Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Richardson, Sinclair, Fleming, McMillan and Astle's Career Test Scores
Hope this isn't too long for folk, but it's the best way to look at it.
Right, for the uninitiated these are the career scores of the above mentioned batsmen broken down into ranges so you can see where they score heavily or where they get dismissed a lot. I find averages to be very, very revealing but they don't always reveal the total picture. It's pretty obvious to most who know cricket that a player who averages 40 doesn't score exactly 40 every innings or score half his innings above that figure and half below. A player can average 40 by scoring 10, 40 and 70, or by scoring 120, 0 and 0. Primary school maths indeed.
Anyway here are the stats updated to after the 2nd test v Australia with a bit of a breakdown of them at the end. Also if you are wondering why I'm just looking at these guys it's because they have all played 25 or more tests while the likes of Oram (17), McCullum (10), Styris (19) and have not and so their scores aren't so revealing yet.
Mark Richardson
Overall test stats: 38 tests, 65 inn, 3*, 2776 runs, HS 145, ave. 44.77, 4 100s, 19 50s
Dismissals in () brackets:
[0-9] (12) 0, 1, 2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6*, 8, 9, 9
[10-19] (9) 10, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14*, 15, 15, 16, 19
[20-29] (7) 21, 23, 25, 26, 26, 28, 28
[30-39] (4) 30, 30, 32, 37
[40-49] (8) 40, 41, 41, 44, 45, 46, 46, 49
[50-59] (4) 55, 55, 57, 59,
[60-69] (2) 60, 60
[70-79] (5) 71, 73, 73*, 75, 76, 77,
[80-89] (4) 82, 83, 85, 89,
[90-99] (3) 93, 95, 99
[100+] (4) 101, 106, 143, 145
Matthew Sinclair
Overall test stats: 25 tests, 42 inn, 5*, 1365 runs, HS 214, ave. 36.89, 3 100s, 4 50s
[0-9] (15) 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
[10-19] (6) 10, 12, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19*
[20-29] (9) 20, 21, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 27, 29
[30-39] (1) 34, 35*
[40-49] (1) 43*, 44
[50-59] (0) 50*
[60-69] (1) 69
[70-79] (2) 74, 76
[80-89] (0)
[90-99] (0)
[100+] (2) 150, 204*, 214
Stephen Fleming
Overall test stats: 89 tests, 154 inn, 10*, 5663 runs, HS 274*, ave. 39.32, 8 100s, 36 50s
[0-9] (43) 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5*, 6, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9
[10-19] (24) 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19
[20-29] (15) 21, 21, 21, 22, 22, 24, 25, 25, 25, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 29
[30-39] (16) 30, 30, 30, 30, 31, 31, 31* 32, 32, 33, 34, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 39
[40-49] (10) 41, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 48, 48, 49
[50-59] (9) 51, 51*, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 56*, 57, 57, 59
[60-69] (8) 60, 61, 62, 64*, 66, 66, 66, 66*, 67, 67, 69*
[70-79] (6) 71, 73, 75, 78, 78, 79
[80-89] (3) 83, 84, 86
[90-99] (4) 91, 92, 92*, 97, 99
[100+] (6) 105, 117, 129, 130, 174* 192, 202, 274*
Nathan Astle
Overall test stats: 66 tests, 113 inn, 9*, 3906 runs, HS 222, ave. 37.55, 9 100s, 19 50s
[0-9] (29) 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1*, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7*, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9
[10-19] (25) 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11*, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 20
[20-29] (5) 21, 22*, 26, 26, 27, 27
[30-39] (10) 30, 31, 32, 34, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 39
[40-49] (11) 40, 40, 41, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 49
[50-59] (5) 51*, 51*, 52, 52, 53, 54, 56
[60-69] (6) 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 69, 69*
[70-79] (2) 74, 77
[80-89] (1) 86
[90-99] (2) 93, 96
[100+] (7) 101, 102*, 103, 103, 114, 125, 141, 156*, 222
Craig McMillan
Overall test stats: 53 tests, 88 inn, 10*, 3078 runs, HS 142, ave. 39.46, 6 100s, 19 50s
[0-9] (24) 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3*, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 9, 9
[10-19] (13) 10, 13, 14, 15, 15, 15, 16, 17* 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19
[20-29] (10) 20, 22, 22, 22*, 23, 23, 23*, 24, 24, 25, 26, 26
[30-39] (7) 30, 30, 31, 31, 31*, 34, 39, 40
[40-49] (4) 41, 41, 41, 45
[50-59] (7) 50* 51, 54, 54, 54, 54, 55, 58
[60-69] (0)
[70-79] (4) 70, 74*, 78, 78, 79
[80-89] (3) 82, 83*, 84, 88
[90-99] (2) 92, 98
[100+] (4) 100*, 106, 107*, 139, 142, 142
Right now to analyse them a bit. We came up with the figure of 30 and decided that a played who scores more than 30 runs in an innings can be considered to roughly be doing his job or contributing something significant to the teams total. Though obviously a score in the 30s is not that flash from a recognised batsman. Anyway, it's better than a score of less than 30... so.... the figures are calculated using all scores above 30 and all dismissals below 30.
Mark Richardson
Doing His Job= 35 innings (55.6%)
Not Doing His Job= 28 innings (44.4%)
Matthew Sinclair
Doing His Job = 26 innings (26.8%)
Not Doing His Job = 82 innings (73.2%)
Stephen Fleming
Doing His Job = 71 innings (46.4%)
Not Doing His Job = 82 innings (53.6%)
Nathan Astle
Doing His Job = 50 innings (45.9%)
Not Doing His Job = 59 innings (54.1%)
Craig McMillan
Doing His Job = 37 innings (44%)
Not Doing His Job = 47 innings (56%)
Now for a look at abject failures. These are dismissals for 10 or less runs.
Mark Richarson: 12 abject failures from 64 considered innings = 18.8%
Matthew Sinclair: 15 abject failures from 42 considered innings = 35.7%
Stephen Fleming: 43 abject failures from 153 considered innings = 28.1%
Nathan Astle: 29 abject failures from 112 considered innings = 25.9%
Craig McMillan: 24 abject failures from 88 innings = 27.3%
As far as my comments go on all that...
In order of reliability it seems that Richardson is way out on his own, followed by Fleming, Astle, McMillan and way behind is Sinclair.
Richardson as we all know is very solid at the top of the order and has grest mental strength to survive the new ball and hold up one end (though his form this season has been a bit shabby).
Fleming by his own admission said that earlier in his career he used to get passed 50 and feel he had done his job and soon after get out. Not a great attitude one must say, but one that many NZ batsmen seem to suffer from as well.
McMillan has been dismissed straight after reaching 50 quite a lot and again when approaching his hundred. Astle too has a massive number of scores between 30 and 70 but then if he gets through that he seems to knuckle down and go on for a hundred. Obviously he too has some mental problems after he gets set at the wicket and decides to club the ball all over the place and see how lucky he gets, then low and behold he is either heading back to the pavilion or else within sight of 100 so he chills out and works his way there.
Sinclair obviously has a problem with his nerves when he comes to the crease and he doesn't have enough footwork and crumbles early on way too much. And he is currently opening the innings for NZ at a ground near you. But hopefully not for much longer. Put him at number 4 and give him some conselling.
And you can feel free to comment on any of that lot either here or over at the discussion board which may be a bit more comfortable, where you can stretch your legs a bit.
Right, for the uninitiated these are the career scores of the above mentioned batsmen broken down into ranges so you can see where they score heavily or where they get dismissed a lot. I find averages to be very, very revealing but they don't always reveal the total picture. It's pretty obvious to most who know cricket that a player who averages 40 doesn't score exactly 40 every innings or score half his innings above that figure and half below. A player can average 40 by scoring 10, 40 and 70, or by scoring 120, 0 and 0. Primary school maths indeed.
Anyway here are the stats updated to after the 2nd test v Australia with a bit of a breakdown of them at the end. Also if you are wondering why I'm just looking at these guys it's because they have all played 25 or more tests while the likes of Oram (17), McCullum (10), Styris (19) and have not and so their scores aren't so revealing yet.
Mark Richardson
Overall test stats: 38 tests, 65 inn, 3*, 2776 runs, HS 145, ave. 44.77, 4 100s, 19 50s
Dismissals in () brackets:
[0-9] (12) 0, 1, 2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6*, 8, 9, 9
[10-19] (9) 10, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14*, 15, 15, 16, 19
[20-29] (7) 21, 23, 25, 26, 26, 28, 28
[30-39] (4) 30, 30, 32, 37
[40-49] (8) 40, 41, 41, 44, 45, 46, 46, 49
[50-59] (4) 55, 55, 57, 59,
[60-69] (2) 60, 60
[70-79] (5) 71, 73, 73*, 75, 76, 77,
[80-89] (4) 82, 83, 85, 89,
[90-99] (3) 93, 95, 99
[100+] (4) 101, 106, 143, 145
Matthew Sinclair
Overall test stats: 25 tests, 42 inn, 5*, 1365 runs, HS 214, ave. 36.89, 3 100s, 4 50s
[0-9] (15) 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
[10-19] (6) 10, 12, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19*
[20-29] (9) 20, 21, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 27, 29
[30-39] (1) 34, 35*
[40-49] (1) 43*, 44
[50-59] (0) 50*
[60-69] (1) 69
[70-79] (2) 74, 76
[80-89] (0)
[90-99] (0)
[100+] (2) 150, 204*, 214
Stephen Fleming
Overall test stats: 89 tests, 154 inn, 10*, 5663 runs, HS 274*, ave. 39.32, 8 100s, 36 50s
[0-9] (43) 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5*, 6, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9
[10-19] (24) 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19
[20-29] (15) 21, 21, 21, 22, 22, 24, 25, 25, 25, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 29
[30-39] (16) 30, 30, 30, 30, 31, 31, 31* 32, 32, 33, 34, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 39
[40-49] (10) 41, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 48, 48, 49
[50-59] (9) 51, 51*, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 56*, 57, 57, 59
[60-69] (8) 60, 61, 62, 64*, 66, 66, 66, 66*, 67, 67, 69*
[70-79] (6) 71, 73, 75, 78, 78, 79
[80-89] (3) 83, 84, 86
[90-99] (4) 91, 92, 92*, 97, 99
[100+] (6) 105, 117, 129, 130, 174* 192, 202, 274*
Nathan Astle
Overall test stats: 66 tests, 113 inn, 9*, 3906 runs, HS 222, ave. 37.55, 9 100s, 19 50s
[0-9] (29) 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1*, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7*, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9
[10-19] (25) 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11*, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 20
[20-29] (5) 21, 22*, 26, 26, 27, 27
[30-39] (10) 30, 31, 32, 34, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 39
[40-49] (11) 40, 40, 41, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 49
[50-59] (5) 51*, 51*, 52, 52, 53, 54, 56
[60-69] (6) 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 69, 69*
[70-79] (2) 74, 77
[80-89] (1) 86
[90-99] (2) 93, 96
[100+] (7) 101, 102*, 103, 103, 114, 125, 141, 156*, 222
Craig McMillan
Overall test stats: 53 tests, 88 inn, 10*, 3078 runs, HS 142, ave. 39.46, 6 100s, 19 50s
[0-9] (24) 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3*, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 9, 9
[10-19] (13) 10, 13, 14, 15, 15, 15, 16, 17* 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19
[20-29] (10) 20, 22, 22, 22*, 23, 23, 23*, 24, 24, 25, 26, 26
[30-39] (7) 30, 30, 31, 31, 31*, 34, 39, 40
[40-49] (4) 41, 41, 41, 45
[50-59] (7) 50* 51, 54, 54, 54, 54, 55, 58
[60-69] (0)
[70-79] (4) 70, 74*, 78, 78, 79
[80-89] (3) 82, 83*, 84, 88
[90-99] (2) 92, 98
[100+] (4) 100*, 106, 107*, 139, 142, 142
Right now to analyse them a bit. We came up with the figure of 30 and decided that a played who scores more than 30 runs in an innings can be considered to roughly be doing his job or contributing something significant to the teams total. Though obviously a score in the 30s is not that flash from a recognised batsman. Anyway, it's better than a score of less than 30... so.... the figures are calculated using all scores above 30 and all dismissals below 30.
Mark Richardson
Doing His Job= 35 innings (55.6%)
Not Doing His Job= 28 innings (44.4%)
Matthew Sinclair
Doing His Job = 26 innings (26.8%)
Not Doing His Job = 82 innings (73.2%)
Stephen Fleming
Doing His Job = 71 innings (46.4%)
Not Doing His Job = 82 innings (53.6%)
Nathan Astle
Doing His Job = 50 innings (45.9%)
Not Doing His Job = 59 innings (54.1%)
Craig McMillan
Doing His Job = 37 innings (44%)
Not Doing His Job = 47 innings (56%)
Now for a look at abject failures. These are dismissals for 10 or less runs.
Mark Richarson: 12 abject failures from 64 considered innings = 18.8%
Matthew Sinclair: 15 abject failures from 42 considered innings = 35.7%
Stephen Fleming: 43 abject failures from 153 considered innings = 28.1%
Nathan Astle: 29 abject failures from 112 considered innings = 25.9%
Craig McMillan: 24 abject failures from 88 innings = 27.3%
As far as my comments go on all that...
In order of reliability it seems that Richardson is way out on his own, followed by Fleming, Astle, McMillan and way behind is Sinclair.
Richardson as we all know is very solid at the top of the order and has grest mental strength to survive the new ball and hold up one end (though his form this season has been a bit shabby).
Fleming by his own admission said that earlier in his career he used to get passed 50 and feel he had done his job and soon after get out. Not a great attitude one must say, but one that many NZ batsmen seem to suffer from as well.
McMillan has been dismissed straight after reaching 50 quite a lot and again when approaching his hundred. Astle too has a massive number of scores between 30 and 70 but then if he gets through that he seems to knuckle down and go on for a hundred. Obviously he too has some mental problems after he gets set at the wicket and decides to club the ball all over the place and see how lucky he gets, then low and behold he is either heading back to the pavilion or else within sight of 100 so he chills out and works his way there.
Sinclair obviously has a problem with his nerves when he comes to the crease and he doesn't have enough footwork and crumbles early on way too much. And he is currently opening the innings for NZ at a ground near you. But hopefully not for much longer. Put him at number 4 and give him some conselling.
And you can feel free to comment on any of that lot either here or over at the discussion board which may be a bit more comfortable, where you can stretch your legs a bit.
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