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Originally posted by Donut:
Sorry to but in on this self congratulational slugfest but the best batsman in the world at the moment has to be Michael Vaughan. Averaging slightly over 50 in his career he scored 633 runs in the recent Ashes (our urn) series at an average of 63.3. In addition he scored seven (that's SEVEN) test centuries during 2002.
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Who's "dementional" know
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The latest test rankings updated at Jan 6 has Vaughan at 2 (hmm, another ranking system has him at 6) and Hayden at 1 - the ODI rankings have Hayden at 1 and Vaughan at DNB (well, outside the top ten anyway).
And to finally crush the argument (not like you to miss geting the facts right me old matey
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2002 Calendar Year Test Highest Batting Averages
ML Hayden 11 matches, 17 innings, 1 NO, 1160 runs, 197 HS, 72.5 avg, 6 100's, 3 50's
MP Vaughan 14 matches, 26 innings, 2 NO, 1481 runs, 197 HS, 61.7 avg, 6 100's, 2 50's
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Hmmm - just checked the list of all 100's scored in the calender year and your bloke is only credited with six - that's SIX (or if you are from the "shakies" SEX) centuries for Vaughan.
So looking at that, Vaughan got his centuries in 26 innings - a century every 4.3 innings batted. Big Matty got his 6 (note - that number keeps cropping up doesn't it) centuries in 17 innings, or an average of 2.8 innins per ton.
Mike got more runs - but he played more matches, and his team failed more often so he had more "at bats". I suppose I could point out that Matt had more 50's as well, and that there are two more nasty Aussies rated above Mikey on the 2002 averages - but that would just be rubbing salt into the gaping wound .
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