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I'd be surprised if his average was more than 42 come the end p his career though.

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higher than strauss then ?

ive changed the article anyway (a bit )

After his first 19 tests, Mike Hussey had a batting average of about 80!

Had he been injured and retired, we would have forever wondered if he was the next Bradman. He still completed his career with an outstanding average of 51.

The moral of the story is that great players are the ones who maintain their high performance over a long career, which is why someone like Tendulkar is great.

History of test cricket is loaded with hundreds of players who started off nicely like Joe Root and finished with an average of <40.

This is true of bowlers too. Bob Massie was simply unplayable in one Ashes series. He swung the ball both ways and disguised his art so well that some of the best English batsmen were clueless. More recently, we had Ajantha Mendis who was a mystery man for a year or so.

History of test cricket is loaded with hundreds of players who started off nicely like Joe Root and finished with an average of <40.

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so are you predicting that root will finish his test career with an average under 40 ?

Did I predict so? Read again, my friend.

not expressly, no. i dont understand the purpose of the comment though if you think root will average over 40 ?

btw, dont forget greg blewett. 100 in each of his first 3 tests, and only played about another 10.

just checked that and ive got it totally wrong. who was that then ? bevan ?

noone evidently. funny how the mind plays tricks sometimes.