An alert analysis from an alert fan:
This is my analysis of The Ashes series (by my stats) and Punter’s influence as captain:
- Australia had 6 of the top 7 batsmen in the series.
- Australia had 6 batsmen average 40 or more in the series. England had 2 and one of them was Trott who played one test.
- Australia scored nearly 150 more runs than England did in the series.
- Australia had the top 3 wicket takers in the series and took 12 wickets more than England did in the Series.
- Australia had the 2 highest scoring batting innings in the series (6/674 dec and 445) and England had the worst batting innings (102) in the series.
- Australia had 4 of the top 5 catchers in the field. And Haddin took more dismissals behind the stumps than Prior (despite playing one less test).
- Yet, despite all of this we lost the series… Now, if we batted, bowled and fielded better both individually and as a team, then what other factor can be attributed to a series loss…
Astute stuff. Is it no wonder that there was a recent question on 'Yahoo! Answers' about burning effigies of Ponting? The question's since been deleted (or burnt in effigy?!? You decide), but still...
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Hmmm...we batted, bowled and fielded better...Sarfraz carried the drinks better...Hilditch reckons we selected better...us bloggers blogged better...there's only one conclusion that we can come to.
On the charge of poor captaincy, I hereby find you, R. Ponting...GUILTY!!!
Captain, you have inspired me.
Some good points re the Aussies domination of the stats but most if not all of the key monents went England's way.
And why? Because Ponting's a weenie.
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