Discussion:
Would Bradman have scored so many runs with TODAY'S FIELDING STANDARDS in his era
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Fielders of our dreams

Watch highlights of any game from the 20th century and you will be
struck by the standard of fielding - and not in a good way. You'd be
lucky to see anyone sliding along the outfield, trying to prevent a
boundary. More often, fielders escort the ball like bodyguards, keeping
their distance.



Question:

Would BRADMAN have scored so many runs IF fielding in his era was as
good as it is NOW?





Luck of the coin

Once the simplest part of any game, the toss has increasingly
convoluted, and at times has seemed to determine the outcomes of whole
tournaments. In the era of the impact player, IPL captains walk out to
the toss with two separate team sheets and name a different XI depending
on whether they are batting or bowling first.


But the real change at the toss is its outsized ability to influence
results in T20, particularly in floodlit games where conditions change
significantly from one innings to the next. There is a slight bias in
favour of chasing teams across T20 history but in certain tournaments
there has been a clear sense of "win the toss, win the game": at the T20
World Cup in the UAE in 2021, chasing teams won 22 out of 33 floodlit
matches from the Super 12s stage onwards, including all three knockout
games. Australia, the eventual champions, won the toss in all six of
their victories; the only time they lost the toss, they were thrashed by
England in Dubai.



Question:

Is Australia LUCKY to WIN so many tosses which helped them to WIN even
the 2023 ODI World Cup?
David North
9 months ago
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Is Australia LUCKY to WIN so many tosses which helped them to WIN even
the 2023 ODI World Cup?
Considering that they lost one more toss than they won, and that their
only two defeats came after winning the toss, I'm going for 'No'.

They were lucky to win one particular toss - in the final - but whether
it would have changed the result if they had lost it is debatable.

England, meanwhile, won 7 tosses out of 9, and a fat lot of good it did
them.
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David North
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9 months ago
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On Sat, 18 May 2024 14:53:08 +0100, David North
Post by David North
Post by FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer
Is Australia LUCKY to WIN so many tosses which helped them to WIN even
the 2023 ODI World Cup?
Considering that they lost one more toss than they won, and that their
only two defeats came after winning the toss, I'm going for 'No'.
They were lucky to win one particular toss - in the final - but whether
it would have changed the result if they had lost it is debatable.
England, meanwhile, won 7 tosses out of 9, and a fat lot of good it did
them.
A local friendly league has a visitors choose rule. It isn't just
choosing to bat or bowl, the visitors can choose to have the normal
toss of a coin if they want.
Almost everyone bats first, though think I'd rather chase on an
artificial pitch.

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FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer
9 months ago
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Post by David North
Post by FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer
Is Australia LUCKY to WIN so many tosses which helped them to WIN even
the 2023 ODI World Cup?
Considering that they lost one more toss than they won, and that their
only two defeats came after winning the toss, I'm going for 'No'.
They were lucky to win one particular toss - in the final - but whether
it would have changed the result if they had lost it is debatable.
Yes, it would have changed the result.

Even Australia knew that winning the toss made a huge difference in the
finals.
Post by David North
England, meanwhile, won 7 tosses out of 9, and a fat lot of good it did
them.
Toss didn't matter for England because the team was in a rut.

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