2nd Test: South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth Feb 20-24, 2014

[The Mad Hatter]

Have heard a rumour Glenn Maxwell is heading to Tullamarine.

 

[jargan83]

Have heard a rumour Glenn Maxwell is heading to Tullamarine.

South Africa will run up a white flag if thats true

 

[The Mad Hatter]

All the toys.

 

[HevyDevy]

Khawaja should also never be picked again.

 

[TheParraboy]

Have heard a rumour Glenn Maxwell is heading to Tullamarine.

with wade and white?

 

[madunit]

Australia has 5 of 16 4th Innings run chases since the third test vs India in 2007/08

The wins were
vs Sth Africa 2011 - 3rd test - needed 309, made 8/310
vs New Zealand 2011/12 - 1st test - needed 18, made 1/19
vs West Indies 2012 - 1st test - needed 191, made 7/192
vs Sri Lanka 2012/13 - 3rd test - needed 140, made 6/141
vs England 2013/14 - 4th test - needed 230, made 2/231

The losses were
vs India 2007/08 - 3rd test - needed 412, made 340
vs India 2008 - 2nd test - needed 515, made 195
vs India 2008 - 4th test - needed 381, made 209
vs England 2009 - 2nd test - needed 521, made 406
vs England 2009 - 5th test - needed 545, made 348
vs New Zealand 2011/12 - 2nd test - needed 240, made 233
vs Sth Africa 2012 - 3rd test - needed 631, made 322
vs England 2013 - 1st test - needed 310, made 296
vs England 2013 - 2nd test - needed 582, made 235
vs England 2013 - 4th test - needed 298, made 224
vs Sth Africa 2014 - 2nd test - needed 447, made 216

 

[TheParraboy]

that's about a third of successful run chases in the 4th innings

Be interesting to see how it compares with other sides to fully understand were we are at with this

madunit do you have those stats?

 

[Jason Maher]

Australia has never chased more than 400 to win. Highest was 369 against Pakistan in Hobart in 99 (Gilchrist and Langer's partnership).

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Australia's batting is full of rank amateurs AND South Africa are #1 in the world.

Stands to reason they thrashed us by 231 runs.

What was South Africa's excuse in losing by 281 runs in the first test?

 

[Twizzle]

they are not rank amateurs, they are rank professionals atm

 

[The Mad Hatter]

they are not rank amateurs, they are rank professionals atm

I like that :lol:

 

[TheParraboy]

What was South Africa's excuse in losing by 281 runs in the first test?

 

[Hutty1986]

Australia has never chased more than 400 to win. Highest was 369 against Pakistan in Hobart in 99 (Gilchrist and Langer's partnership).

Ahh what a game. 5/120-odd and we still got them

 

[hineyrulz]

Ahh what a game. 5/120-odd and we still got them

Just as well Porkie Parker decided to pay Langer back after rorting him in the first dig. We would have never got close.

 

[madunit]

that's about a third of successful run chases in the 4th innings

Be interesting to see how it compares with other sides to fully understand were we are at with this

madunit do you have those stats?

I'll get onto it tonight

 

[madunit]

Ok best I can do late at night is this.

Records for each country when chasing a total in the 4th innings, with the total required to win is 100 runs or more (In order from best win % to worst)

Australia 72 wins in 203 chases @ 35.47%
South Africa 33 wins in 106 chases @ 31.13%
England 71 wins in 267 chases @ 26.59%
Pakistan 25 wins in 95 chases @ 26.32%
West Indies 34 wins in 148 chases @ 22.97%
Sri Lanka 11 wins in 54 chases @ 20.37%
India 26 wins in 134 chases @ 19.40%
New Zealand 18 wins in 110 chases @ 16.36%
Zimbabwe 3 wins in 19 chases @ 15.79%
Bangladesh 1 win in 18 chases @ 5.56%

This next one is win % when using wins and draws figures only. I like to call it Win v Loss %

Australia 72 wins, 77 losses @ 48.32%
South Africa 33 wins, 42 losses @ 44.00%
Pakistan 25 wins, 39 losses @ 39.06%
England 71 wins, 113 losses @ 38.59%
West Indies 34 wins, 61 losses @ 35.79%
India 26 wins, 56 losses @ 31.71%
Sri Lanka 11 wins, 24 losses @ 31.43%
New Zealand 18 wins, 42 losses @ 30.00%
Zimbabwe 3 wins, 11 losses @ 21.43%
Bangladesh 1 win, 12 losses @ 7.69%

Team with more draws than wins
Pakistan - 31 draws, 25 wins
England - 83 draws, 71 wins
West Indies - 53 draws, 34 wins
India - 51 draws, 26 wins
Sri Lanka - 19 draws, 11 wins
New Zealand - 50 draws, 18 wins
Zimbabwe - 5 draws, 3 wins
Bangladesh - 5 draws, 1 win

Teams with more wins than draws
Australia - 72 wins, 53 draws
South Africa - 33 wins, 31 draws