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CCW 7/2/25, 1:15:22 PM
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batting average(32.83)for players with 100 test.....EXCLUDING "pure" allrounders??
Jumpstart 7/2/25, 1:24:44 PM
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probably. even pure allrounders like botham and imran average higher than him
allan 7/2/25, 1:44:18 PM
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Our standards are the lowest it could ever be
When Kraig is allowed to play 100 matches
Prako 7/2/25, 1:46:12 PM
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Seems to me he is like a long term government employee who stays in a job collecting a pay check but never gets put on a PIP.
Jumpstart 7/2/25, 1:58:40 PM
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they aren't low. we have allowed malicde, ill will and bias to corrupt every level of our cricket. sarwan, darren bravo and gayle had their careers destroyed for perceived recalcitrance, that is the plantocracy-influenced definition of recalcitrance
Halliwell 7/2/25, 2:03:59 PM
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Haul yuh skin!

The statue for outside Mecca almost finish
WI_cricfan 7/2/25, 2:04:01 PM
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batting average(32.83)for players with 100 test


and in 10 yrs from now we will say: the WI opener with the highest test avg after 100 test is Braffit.
JoeGrine 7/2/25, 2:36:16 PM
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batting average(32.83)


He's averaging only 25 more than Courtney Walsh.
Jumpstart 7/2/25, 2:42:16 PM
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The statue for outside Mecca almost finish

lol my apologies.
CCW 7/2/25, 2:50:21 PM
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well that's not true...both Desmond Haynes (42.29) an Gordon Greenidge(44.72) had better.....just to clarify having played 100tests or more.
Seechy 7/2/25, 2:50:37 PM
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I will pull the stats.
CCW 7/2/25, 2:57:45 PM
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you can break it down into opening batsmen aswell pure batsmen selected just for batting....100 tests or more
Seechy 7/2/25, 2:58:21 PM
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KB does indeed have the lowest average among opening batsmen to play 100 tests or more.

His average of 32.90 is the worst. The second lowest is Mike Atherton at 39.14.

Everyone else averages over 40.
DirtyDan 7/2/25, 3:08:52 PM
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Lordy Lordy

Maybe he's a late bloomer?
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CCW 7/2/25, 3:14:37 PM
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can you dissect further his average after 50 test?....cause batsmen get better with age/experience to a "point" whereby if you dissected their whole career their stats are usually better in the 2nd half than the 1st as they perfect their game an learn the art of batsmanship....just seems to me KB has got worse which apart from having the lowest ave he would qualify as being the biggest dunce!!!
imusic 7/2/25, 4:26:44 PM
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Haul yuh skin!

The statue for outside Mecca almost finish

Right next to the one being put up for Roston Chase cool
voiceofreason 7/2/25, 4:50:58 PM
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The statue for outside Mecca almost finish


Anderson Cummins has a bigger Statue.
natty_forever 7/2/25, 10:10:03 PM
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Being that he is the only one with 100 test.
Scar 7/2/25, 10:18:13 PM
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lol
culpepperboy 7/2/25, 11:06:42 PM
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KB does indeed have the lowest average among opening batsmen to play 100 tests or more.


Was the question posed in relation to openers only?
CCW 7/2/25, 11:57:09 PM
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primarily for batsmen only with 100 test or more...selected for their batting only....so this excludes all rounders.
hawk 7/3/25, 3:07:32 AM
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We really hate KB that much
natty_forever 7/3/25, 5:49:00 AM
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Hate the stats.
Seechy 7/3/25, 10:46:09 AM
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primarily for batsmen only with 100 test or more...selected for their batting only....so this excludes all rounders.


Cricinfo has done the legwork for us, if you scroll to the section "In the spotlight".

No Test batter has played 100 Tests with a lower average than his 32.83.


So, in conclusion, KB is the worst Test batsman to have played 100 tests.

Here are the stats (excluding wicketkeepers) to confirm the statement. Even the allrounders in the list (Kallis and Stokes) have better averages than KB.
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Blackbird 7/3/25, 11:03:03 AM
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it's not hate, it's the reality of our low standards .... he not only has the lowest average but has faced more balls than any other batsman ... it's not a lack of opportunities but lack of skill.
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