Re: Lowest ODI strike rate (excluding ducks) by an opener?

On Feb 23, 6:40 pm, Uday Rajan <udayra...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 23, 5:37 pm, prabhu <prabra...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Feb 23, 2:24 pm, John Hall <nospam_no...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

3: 34  Shoaib Mohammed   Pak v WI,  Gujranwala     1986

4: 62  Rizwan-uz-Zaman   Pak v WI,  Sialkot        1986

Rizwan-uz-Zaman's effort seems to be in a class of its own.
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http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.cricket/msg/f05076590dbfde22

The post in your link points to a genuine problem. In many of the odos
in that Pak-WI series in 1986, the number of balls do not add up in
the following sense. The total number of balls faced by the batsmen
should add up to the total number of balls bowled according to the
bowling analyses plus the number of no-balls bowled. Sometimes, the
number of no-balls bowled is less than the no-ball extras, but the
number of no-ball extras puts an upper bound on the number of no-
balls.

In the Rizwan-uz-Zaman innings, the scorecard says the batsmen faced
293 balls, yet the bowlers bowled only 45 overs (270 balls) and there
were only 2 no-ball runs, so at most 2 no-balls. The balls don't add
up for the WI innings either.

There were 2 nbs and 22 w in that innings. So, assuming Wides were
counted against the batsmen (I wouldn't be surprised if they did)
then 270+22+2= 294

I'm pretty sure I remember seeing that match and batsmen really used
to see off West Indies fast bowlers in many of the matches. 4 for 62
absolutely make sense (esp when there is 5 of 40 from Srikanth and I
remember Akram toying around with Chikka in that match)
.

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