Over-by-over report: Join Rob Smyth for updates as England and Pakistan continue their T20 World Cup tune-ups in Cardiff
What’s in an average? “I enjoyed reading the article about the teams in the World Cup: it got me contemplating the relative merits of averages in T20 internationals,” writes Tom Van der Gucht. “When I’d looked the other day, I’d spotted that six of the top 10 averages are from Associate nations. I then began contemplating whether that was fair or not.
“If you’re playing for a lower tier national team, you’re likely to not be as good a player from one of the Test nations due to the facilities and opportunities available during your formative years, yet, the leveller there would be that your lack of class is nullified by their opponent’s similar level in a qualification tournament, meaning a high average is, maybe, fair under these circumstances? Or actually, if you’ve averaged 40 against PNG, you’d probably average less against India or even...
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