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Give Ambrose time
By Jonathan Liew 4 months ago, 3 Comments »
Tim Ambrose played a very fine knock last night. Dare I say, there was something Gilchrist-esque about the way he took a sticky situation by the scruff of the neck and flayed it through backward point for four.
But, but, but, but, but.
We’ve been here before. You might almost say, if you were in a particularly jocular mood, that we’ve had Prior warning. Tim Ambrose will, at some stage, drop a catch. He will, at some stage, get a few low scores. But now what he needs a decent run in the side. A year, at least, before people start calling for his head on a plate. If he’s going to play innings like he did yesterday, he’ll need confidence, and job security. So by all means give him his due for a superb knock, but we should withhold judgment as to whether he’s The One for a while longer yet.
3 Comments »A statistical coincidence
By Jonathan Liew last year, mid-October, 2 Comments »
Just a point England’s selectors might want to consider before they pencil in Matt Prior’s name for the squad to tour Sri Lanka tomorrow.
Here are Matt Prior’s Test figures:
7 matches, 397 runs, average 39.7, 1 century, strike rate 64.86, 20 catches.
And here are Geraint Jones’ Test figures at the same stage of his career:
7 matches, 337 runs, average 37.4, 1 century, strike rate 59.43, 21 catches.
I’m not sure what conclusions we can reliably draw from those figures, but it’s quite creepy nonetheless.
2 Comments »Geraint Jones…again
By Will 3 years ago, at the end of August, 41 Comments »
He’s had a tough series has Geraint. But did you know his tally of 36 catches is the most for a ‘keeper this year? One of those odd facts that no one can explain! (well, I can try: it’s England’s continued excellent bowling attack which has given him so many to catch)
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