What’s a wicket worth? Part 2: Worldwide comparisons
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” said the famous American author Mark Twain. Without any evidence at all, I choose to think that he did so immediately after watching a game of cricket in 1895 during his travels across Australia, as part of his worldwide speaking tour.
Thanks Ben,
Worth noting that Martyn played only 6 of these 21 matches, and Langer 12, while Andrew Symonds actually played 15. And Lee played all 21, great endurance for a fast bowler.
The period’s up there with Australia 1999-2001 (15 consecutive Test match wins, same as this one, preceded by 2 draws), the West Indies 1980-1995 (29 consecutive series over 15 years, without losing a series), India 2015-2018 (9 consecutive series won) and the intervening Australian one 2001-2005 (16 consecutive series without losing a series).
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