Comments on: Shakib Al Hasan http://blog.dominicsayers.com/2010/02/17/shakib-al-hasan/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: World’s Best All-Rounders – Dhaka & Wellington Tests | Dominic Sayers http://blog.dominicsayers.com/2010/02/17/shakib-al-hasan/comment-page-1/#comment-701 World’s Best All-Rounders – Dhaka & Wellington Tests | Dominic Sayers Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:35:39 +0000 http://blog.dominicsayers.com/?p=481#comment-701 [...] } Three members of my World’s Best All-Rounders table have been in action since my last post. Here’s how the table stands today (all current [...] [...] } Three members of my World’s Best All-Rounders table have been in action since my last post. Here’s how the table stands today (all current [...]

]]> By: Results from the Chittagong test match | Dominic Sayers http://blog.dominicsayers.com/2010/02/17/shakib-al-hasan/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Results from the Chittagong test match | Dominic Sayers Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:30:53 +0000 http://blog.dominicsayers.com/?p=481#comment-613 [...] } Two members of my World’s Best All-Rounders table were in action in the test match at Chittagong that finished this morning. Here’s how [...] [...] } Two members of my World’s Best All-Rounders table were in action in the test match at Chittagong that finished this morning. Here’s how [...]

]]> By: Dominic Sayers http://blog.dominicsayers.com/2010/02/17/shakib-al-hasan/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Dominic Sayers Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:59:18 +0000 http://blog.dominicsayers.com/?p=481#comment-533 And a century for Shakib Al Hasan in the second innings means every member of my all-rounders table has a test match hundred to his name. Except Graeme Swann. To be fair to him Swann has made the table after only 16 tests, which is pretty good. But I wonder if his average is inflated by batting so far down the order? He's batted only 21 times so far and has 5 not outs. And a century for Shakib Al Hasan in the second innings means every member of my all-rounders table has a test match hundred to his name.

Except Graeme Swann.

To be fair to him Swann has made the table after only 16 tests, which is pretty good. But I wonder if his average is inflated by batting so far down the order? He’s batted only 21 times so far and has 5 not outs.

]]> By: Dominic Sayers http://blog.dominicsayers.com/2010/02/17/shakib-al-hasan/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Dominic Sayers Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:49:30 +0000 http://blog.dominicsayers.com/?p=481#comment-532 The ICC Test Championship All-Rounder Rankings are here: http://www.reliancemobileiccrankings.com/test/all-rounder/rankings.php Of their top ten, only four qualify for my list. Here's where the others fall short: Mitchell Johnson (Aus): batting average is only 26.40 Dwayne Bravo (WI): bowling average is 38.14 Stuart Broad (Eng): batting average is 26.34 Chris Gayle (WI): bowling average is 42.08 Virender Sehwag (Ind): bowling average is 43.28 Shane Watson (Aus): only 27 wickets Of these, only Shane Watson has been a true all-rounder. None of the others would merit picking for both batting and bowling alone. Unfortunately for the injury-prone Watson, his bowling looks like it might not survive long enough for him to make the qualifying 50 wickets. The ICC Test Championship All-Rounder Rankings are here: http://www.reliancemobileiccrankings.com/test/all-rounder/rankings.php

Of their top ten, only four qualify for my list. Here’s where the others fall short:

Mitchell Johnson (Aus): batting average is only 26.40
Dwayne Bravo (WI): bowling average is 38.14
Stuart Broad (Eng): batting average is 26.34
Chris Gayle (WI): bowling average is 42.08
Virender Sehwag (Ind): bowling average is 43.28
Shane Watson (Aus): only 27 wickets

Of these, only Shane Watson has been a true all-rounder. None of the others would merit picking for both batting and bowling alone.

Unfortunately for the injury-prone Watson, his bowling looks like it might not survive long enough for him to make the qualifying 50 wickets.

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