We have had a few articles on here, and some in the press regarding the Indian batsmen being selfish, and going for personnel milestones...
Are they Selfish? Yes
Are they they worst offenders? NO
Below are the average strike rates, by country in their 80's and then in their 90's.
1. West Indies 110.4 (80's) 87.0 (90's) drop of 23.4
2. Pakistan 112.3 (80's) 94.6 (90's) drop of 17.8
3. Bangladesh 105.0 (80's) 89.0 (90's) drop of 16.0
4. INDIA 115.8 (80's) 106.3 (90's) drop of 9.5
5. Zimbabwe 95.2 (80's) 88.3 (90's) drop of 6.8
6. New Zealand 118.0 (80's) 111.8 (90's) drop of 6.1
7. Sri Lanka 103.8 (80's) 100.6 (90's) drop of 3.2
8. England 114.7 (80's) 113.3 (90's) drop of 1.5
9. Australia 110.6 (80's) 111.6 (90's) drop of -1.0
10. South Africa 111.5 (80's) 117.4 (90's) drop of -1.9
The Most selfish batsman in the world is none other than......
Younis Khan 142 (80's) 81 (90's) drop of 61
So in world cricket the only non-selfish batsmen are from South Africa and Australia. Other than that all the other teams have batsmen who look for their personnel milestones.
So, the top 2 teams with the most selfish batsmen are West Indies, followed by Pakistan.. nuff said
Selfish Batsmen???
posted on 25/1/16
lefty, another indian born player banned for match fixing.. got 20 year ban for it. whats going on??. They get paid for throwing pies now..
posted on 25/1/16
comment by englandwhoelse (U16825)
posted 27 seconds ago
lefty, another indian born player banned for match fixing.. got 20 year ban for it. whats going on??. They get paid for throwing pies now..
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He was South African?? or let me guess, the place of birth is relevant now??
in That case.."England" (using the term lightly)
posted on 25/1/16
he was a cheat just like plenty of othes Lefty..
posted on 25/1/16
Indeed he was, a South African player who cheated..and should be banned for life.
Its funny how a players birth place is important, to you, for these types of cases, but not when it comes to the England team.....then, they are all English.
posted on 25/1/16
he played for the delhi daredevils. i bet he was throwing in 4s and 6 balls for the cash back then.. The IPL is more crooked than a meat skewer..
posted on 25/1/16
comment by englandwhoelse (U16825)
posted 3 minutes ago
he played for the delhi daredevils. i bet he was throwing in 4s and 6 balls for the cash back then.. The IPL is more crooked than a meat skewer..
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He played for the Delhi Daredevils?? I few England players have played IPL, whats your point???
The IPL, no doubt it probably has alot of corruption.
However, you seem to be going on about this South African player....and find it important that he was born in India. Is his birthplace important now??
posted on 25/1/16
He probably had ties to indian bookmakers because of his background YES..probably close to whats going on in india. and thats alot of corruption in cricket..
posted on 25/1/16
comment by englandwhoelse (U16825)
posted 42 seconds ago
He probably had ties to indian bookmakers because of his background YES..probably close to whats going on in india. and thats alot of corruption in cricket..
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So it seems his birthplace is important. You don't seems to recognize him as South African, considering all you are harping on about is his birthplace, the IPL, Indian book makers etc...
You may want to have a chat with the ECB? put in a formal complaint about the amount of non-English players who have represented England
posted on 25/1/16
Also - Should Nasser Hussain, Ravi Bopara, Monty Panaser also be investigated, as they probably have the same ties with these book makers??
posted on 25/1/16
Compton - Born in South Africa
Ben Stokes _ Born in New Zealand
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