Various cricketing thoughts
It's good news that Steve Harmison has said he won't tour Zimbabwe, but what's even more interesting is that, according to this Independent article, Andy Flintoff is about to announce he's following suit.
It's another positive mark for the 'Flintoff is the new Botham' argument. Despite all the references to Botham as being 'somewhat to the right of Genghis Khan' back in the 80s, he (along with David Gower) turned down all the attempts to get him to join the rebel tours of South Africa (despite being offered what amounted to a blank cheque) on the grounds that he'd 'never be able to look Viv (Richards) in the face again' if he went.
And on a more mundane point, why don't the PWC ratings have an overall ranking for players, combining Test and ODI rankings? You could do it the same way as all-rounder ratings are calculated now - multiplying someone's Test and ODI scores together, then dividing by 1000. If I had the vaguest idea as to how to code a program that'd do it, I'd calculate it myself, but I don't, so I'll just complain that no one else has.
It's another positive mark for the 'Flintoff is the new Botham' argument. Despite all the references to Botham as being 'somewhat to the right of Genghis Khan' back in the 80s, he (along with David Gower) turned down all the attempts to get him to join the rebel tours of South Africa (despite being offered what amounted to a blank cheque) on the grounds that he'd 'never be able to look Viv (Richards) in the face again' if he went.
And on a more mundane point, why don't the PWC ratings have an overall ranking for players, combining Test and ODI rankings? You could do it the same way as all-rounder ratings are calculated now - multiplying someone's Test and ODI scores together, then dividing by 1000. If I had the vaguest idea as to how to code a program that'd do it, I'd calculate it myself, but I don't, so I'll just complain that no one else has.
Nick got away with this at 1:48 PM
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