Re: 1st Test WI v SAf, Port of Spain, Jun 10-14, 2010

by Zat on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 12:52

You've been busy Pete.

by PeterCS on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 12:58

with ...?

Shillingford has been busy, even if he's the only one.

by Zat on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 13:00

BUsy moderating the forum. All those new smilies.

by PeterCS on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:46

Ev yew jeust nottise neow? Tres negligeant, mon ami ...

by skully on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:59

So, Fat Jack to the rescue??

by tac on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:02

I resent that . . .

by skully on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:05

Nah, you usually send Jack's Fat to the rescue.

by tac on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:09

by SG on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 18:28

From cricinfo,

If WI tastes another defeat in this test, for the first time since '76, their overall win-loss ratio will diminish to less than one. Currently they have won and lost exactly 152 Tests apiece.

For SA, on the other hand, the graph has been moving in exactly the opposite direction since their return to Test cricket in 1992, and a win in the first Test in Trinidad will take their overall ratio to one, a mark it has intermittently touched over the last year and a half.

In test cricket only Aus, Eng and Pak have their win/loss ratios greater than 1.

by taipan on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 18:36

DJ_Smerk wrote:Woah, Shillingford running through the SAF top order.

I recall WIFAN discussing him not so long ago. Good prospect orrrr?

FFS Smerkles. 2 wickets hardly constitutes running through the top order.

by SG on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 18:37

In 2 decades from '76 to '96, WI's win/loss ratio was an awesome 3.13. They won 72 tests out of 151 they played during this period and lost only 23.

Would be interesting to see Aus's win/loss ratio during their golden run from '95 onwards. Or is it from '99? I believe its latter.

by The One on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 18:48

poor cricketers. i doubt too many in south africa would be watching this match. the cricketers themselves probably wish they were home for the biggest event on the planet

by The One on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 18:50

SG wrote:In 2 decades from '76 to '96, WI's win/loss ratio was an awesome 3.13. They won 72 tests out of 151 they played during this period and lost only 23.

Would be interesting to see Aus's win/loss ratio during their golden run from '95 onwards. Or is it from '99? I believe its latter.

since 95 - 3.48
since 99 - 4.38

by embee on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 18:52

From 97/98 to 2008 the Oz win/loss ratio was 5

85 wins and 19 losses

The overall win/loss ratio for the last twenty years has been 3.18

137 wins and 42 losses

by SG on Thu 10 Jun 2010, 18:54

Thats even better than WI's finest hour.

Awesome Australia.

Cheers TO and embee.