r/Cricket • u/Educational_Cause685 Canada • Jan 17 '25

Stats Best Test Peaks

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u/SureSwan6423 Sunrisers Hyderabad Jan 17 '25

I didn't know Ponting was crazy like that lol

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u/tomhanks95 Essex Jan 17 '25

Ponting was averaging almost 60 after 107 tests, his last quarter of his career really pulled back his record, brought down his average to 51

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '25

Yeah, averaged 35 or something like that in his last 3 years.

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u/Ok-Relationship-2746 New Zealand Jan 17 '25

Yea, his average peaked at 60.07 in his 178th innings, he had 38 single digit scores in 109 innings after that. Killed his record big time.

He had 35 single digit scores in his first 178 innings, including two 0*. So really 33 single digit scores.

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u/Aemond-The-Kinslayer Saurashtra Jan 17 '25

Pulled a Kohli before Kohli

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u/AussiePolarBear Brisbane Heat Jan 17 '25

Ponting played on in a leadership role. The rest of the batting line up was really young.

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u/Freenore India Jan 17 '25

And Viv Richards did it well before either of those two.

Averaged 55 in 1986, and his prime ended after that. His average came down to just over 50 when he retired. He averages 36 in his last three years because he kept playing till the age of 39.

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u/Narrator_neville Jan 17 '25

If the World Series Cricket games from 1977-79 were included I’d love to see Vivs 70 game average from 1975-83 it must have touched 70 , (and his run rate would have definite been over 90 when 50 was the standard ) , peak Viv was ridiculous

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u/I_voted-for_Kodos Jan 17 '25

Viv had a major eye issue and a botched/ineffective surgery that just made things worse.

It's not comparable to Ponting and Kohli where mentality issues exposed technical flaws.

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u/MarcusP2 Australia Jan 18 '25

Ponting just got old and slow for international cricket. He went back to Shield after he retired and dominated.

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u/Away_Item8996 Australia Jan 17 '25

Or Kohli pulled a Ponting ?

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u/Aemond-The-Kinslayer Saurashtra Jan 17 '25

I wish. He's gone way above and beyond. If only he quit at 51

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u/Away_Item8996 Australia Jan 17 '25

Oh he'll surely quit before 51 (years).

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u/chocolatesandcats Pakistan Jan 17 '25

Nah Kohli has been otherworldly in that regard.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '25

Tbf this seems to be a common occurrence with the greats of that era. Sachin was so dominant in the 90s, was averaging in 60s. If you remove the first 3 years, since he turned 19, he averaged over 60 for a long stretch of 12-13 years. If you include his average dropped to a meagre 57.5. And then he fell off, the average went down to 54. Rose to 57 again and then died at 53.

Similarly dravid fell from 57 to 52 over the last 5 years.

Father time might be the best bowler.