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July 21, 2008

Spot the batsman

After 11 Test innings...

Chris Broad had made 324 runs at an average of 32.4 with two fifties

Stuart Broad has made 371 runs at an average of 41.2 with three fifties

Of course, Broad Sr's opening Tests were against the West Indies in their mid-80s pomp, and he did rather well in Australia a couple of years later, but you have to admit that Broad Jr has started out quite well as a batsman (even if he is meant to be in the side as a bowler). I'd argue that the South Africa attack he has now hit two fifties off is as threatening, relative to the respective batting abilities of father and son, as the Windies.

And, as I have mentioned on this blog before, Stuart was happy to tell the media when he won the Cricket Writers' Club's young player of the year award: "I learnt how to play from my mother."

Posted by Patrick Kidd on July 21, 2008 at 06:22 PM | Permalink Bookmark and Share

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Following the topic in the title, isn't it time to take a hard look at Vaughan? Off the top of my head, I don't know his batting avg. for the last say 5-10 tests, but...
Actually, I just went to statsguru and considering the most recent 11 tests (last Sri Lanka series, both New Zealand series, abroad and home, and the two games in this series) his avg. is 29.53, including only one hundred (106), three fiftees, and seven single-digits (today's 0 being one of them). I understand that the captain is a long run thing that matters much more than just runs or wickets, but this is too terrible for any batsman to leave it without taking a serious look at the issue. Not long ago we were considering Strauss (43.26 in the same number of games, with India instead of Sri Lanka) or Cook (38.10) for lack of good results.

Posted by: Pablo | 21 Jul 2008 22:18:53

Useful runs coming in at number eight, plus a couple of wickets per test in the mid 40's. It's offical, Stuart Broad is the new Ashley Giles.

Posted by: Len | 21 Jul 2008 19:02:06

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