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Loves statistics, baseball and wishes to create a stat to truly show an AFL players worth.
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This deal will come back to bite the Titans.
Look, it’s understandable to want to leave after only being guaranteed one more year (2013) as their playmaker, but to actually pay another team to almost play against them is a joke. And what does this say about the Titans as an organisation, that someone of Prince’s calibre, would rather not be guaranteed a starting role and play for another team than to go one more year at the Titans? I wouldn’t be too surprised if this stains the ability of players that the Titans will sign.
Good for the broncos on picking up a talented player, but shame on the Titans hierarchy for letting it come to this.
Prince gambles on Broncos NRL switch
I agree about age not being a factor, but the case of the best wicketkeepers is based on the amount of dismissals, which isn’t exactly the best comparative statistic to use. In terms of batting averages, only Gilchrist had an average higher than 40, while Stewart finished a tick under (at 39.54)
In today’s game, wicketkeepers are required to do more than just keep. Look at MS Dhoni, Kamran Akmal…even Kumar Sangakkara. Not only do they play behind the stumps, but they are critical batters in their sides and some games are even decided by their bat. And in regards to Sangakkara, he’s even been picked as just a batsmen because he is athletic enough to be competent in the field.
And also, for most of those players that are still performing well into their mid to late 30’s, 16 of the 18 batsmen were playing tests before or at age 25. (The two that didn’t get their start – Jonathan Trott and Mike Hussey, were around 28 and 30 respectively)
Brad Haddin didn’t break into the Australian test side until he was 31, and in a way, he hasn’t been seen as the long-term solution (as even the most athletic wicketkeepers barely make past 36 without major injury concerns.
To have Matthew Wade instead of Brad Haddin could be seen as a passing of the guard, and the selectors finally sticking to a long-term option. (Well, that’s how I would see it)
You're never too old if you're good enough
Look, I certainly don’t agree that it is the most watched sport in TV – it certainly doesn’t make people crowd around the telly for 5+ hours, but I do believe that cricket is one of the top sports in Australia.
If you’ve ever watched the cricket on Channel 9, you’ve wanted to watch it muted or just change the channel. So just using TV data is flawed in that respect. A lot of people listen to the cricket through the radio (or smartphone)
And as Australians, do we really care about which sport is the more popular? Or do we just want to make sure that our teams can beat teams that are from New Zealand, England, South Africa, France, Ireland, etc?
Cricket claims to be top dog of Australian sport