Re: quite an achievement

"Robert Henderson" <philip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In message <5lpovhF993fiU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David North
<dnorth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
May went well past 2,000, Ramprakash didn't. You need the number of
games
required to reach the figure not the overall figure,.

As for the comparison between may and Ramprakash, May played over 40%
of
his innings on the filthy Surrey pitches of the period - he averaged
over
50 on them when no one else in the team averaged 35 - played all his CC
on
uncovered pitches which could be prepared to the home county's liking,
,
played three day not four day matches, played in a single division
championship so he played against all the best bowlers

... and all the worst ones of course.


No county had a really feeble attack in the fifties. The strongest
counties were Test class, eg, Surrey: The Bedsers, Loader, Laker, Lock,
Surridge; Yorks: Trueman, Appleyard, Wardle, Illingworth, Close; Lancs:
Statham, Higgs, Tattersall, Hilton, Greenough. RH

Had there been two divisions in the 50s, those three counties would surely
have been in the first division, so May would have played against Yorks and
Lancs more often, which, I suggest, would have made his job more difficult.
That is the point I was making. Thanks for backing it up.

There may not be a great deal of difference in standard between the two
divisions, but surely it can't be easier to score runs in Division One
than it would be in a single-division
CC. Last season, when Surrey were in Division Two, is a different matter.


The thread has no been about this season alone. Rh

Ramprakash has played in Div 1 in six seasons out of eight since the CC was
divided.
--
David North
Test Career Ratings: http://www.lanefarm.plus.com/cricket/ratings


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