So I see a lot of best XI posts; so let’s see who watched the prem from back in the day and can come up with a best XI from the start of the prem to the year 2000 with no Arsenal or United players

Nigel Martyn

Dan Petrescu~Sol Campbell~Colin Hendry~Stuart Pearce

Steve McManaman~Matt Le Tissier~Gary McAllister~Gary Speed

Alan Shearer~Gianfranco Zola

I've compiled a list of the Best Runners between the wickets. I've ranked the list on the basis of the Strike Rate of the Batsmen without their Boundary Runs & Balls.

For Eg If a batsman scored 100 Runs of 100 Balls and and hit 9 fours and 4 sixes in the innings then his Non Boundary Balls Strike Rate would be:

= ((Total Runs Scored - Runs from Boundaries) / (Total Balls faced - No of Boundaries Hit)) * 100

= ((100 - 60) / (100 - 13)) * 100

= 45.98

For this list i've taken Batsmen who have scored over 4000 Runs in ODIs against the Top 8 Opposition. Also i have had to consider Stats only since the 1990s since the data for fours and sixes hit before the 1990s is not accurate so considering those Stats wouldn't be correct. Real shame because i feel guys like Sir Vi Richards, Dean Jones, Javed Miandad would have had some good numbers.

So with my Cutoff Criteria there's a total of 78 Batsman that make the list.

First i'm listing them down sorted by their Overall Strike Rate and then i will list the table sorted by the Strike Rate without Boundaries. The First table is for reference to see who makes in the Top 10 of both the tables.

Sorted by Overall Strike Rate

#[Championship - 2021/2022] #FT: 90' Luton 5-0 Coventry

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Match Info:

Date: September 29, 2021

Time: 19:45 (Europe/London)

Venue: Kenilworth Road

Recent form

Luton: LDDDDL

Coventry: WDWWLW

Lineups:

Luton - 3-4-1-2

Starting XI: Simon Sluga, Tom Lockyer, Kal Naismith, Sonny Bradley, James Bree, Glen Rea, Luke Berry, Amari Bell, Jordan Clark, Harry Cornick, Elijah Adebayo

Substitutes: James Shea, Reece Burke, Gabriel Osho, Allan Campbell, Henri Lansbury, Carlos Mendes Gomes, Cameron Jerome

Coach: N. Jones

Coventry - 3-4-1-2

Starting XI: Simon Moore, Dominic Hyam, Kyle McFadzean, Jake Clarke-Salter, Todd Kane, Jamie Allen, Gustavo Hamer, Ian Maatsen, Callum O'Hare, Viktor Gyökeres, Martyn Waghorn

Substitutes: Ben Wilson, Michael Rose, Julien Da Costa, Liam Kelly, Ben Sheaf, Matt Godden, Tyler Walker

Coach: M. Robins

Match Stats:

Match events

0' KICKOFF!

3' Penalty scored by E. Adebayo (Luton)

17' Yellow Card for G. Hamer (Coventry)

18' GOAL! Scored by H. Cornick (Luton)

30' GOAL! Scored by L. Berry (Luton)

45' GOAL! Scored by E. Adebayo (Luton)

46' Substitution: B. Sheaf for G. Hamer (Coventry)

58' GOAL! Scored by H. Cornick (Luton)

62' Yellow Card for I. Maatsen (Coventry)

64' Substitution: T. Walker for V. Gyökeres (Coventry)

64' Substitution: M. Rose for K. McFadzean (Coventry)

71' Substitution: Carlos Gomes for H. Cornick (Luton)

71' Substitution: C. Jerome for E. Adebayo (Luton)

80' Substitution: G. Osho for G. Rea (Luton)

90' Match whistled off

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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

"You, you love it how I move you | You love it how I touch you, my one | When all is said and done | You'll believe God is a woman"

If there's one It Girl in the world of pop right now, it's truly Ariana Grande. She had my entire middle school under her thumb during the thank u, next era and she still keeps the world of pop spinning for her -- i remember when, for this year's International Women's Day, we had to cite women who inspired us in 5 different categories (beauty, intelligence, art, strength, music & art), and she got at least one if not many more nomination in every single category by every single girl in the class. Everytime she announces something it breaks Twitter, and she's completely inescapable whether it's in the real world or on r/popheads. So of course, there had to come a day where i would check out what's all the fuss about (especially since i had somehow not consciously heard a single Ariana Grande song before, despite her dominating pretty much every form of music media and also because i was tired of feeling left out on this very sub), and i went in that order: Positions>Yours Truly>My Everything>Dangerous Woman>Sweetener>thank u, next>Christmas Kisses>Christmas & Chill. Well, did the strength of her music live up to that of her superstar status ? Here's what i concluded myself chronicled in the form of a discography ranking. Go !

"Santa, tell me if you're really there | Don't make me fall in love again if he won't be here next year"

#8. Christmas Kisses

• Favorite track on 1st listen: Santa Tell Me
• Favorite track now: Santa Tell Me
• Note on 1st listen: 7.8/10
• Note now: 7.8/10
• Thoughts: Basic christmas album. What can i say ? Because there's nothing to be said here. The classics are classics, Ariana sounds good. That's all. Next

"Baby, I don't care if you got her in your heart | All I really care is you wake up in my arms | One last time | I need to be the one who takes you home"

#7. My Everything

• Favorite track on 1st listen: Break Free (feat. Zedd)
• Favorite track now: One Last Time or Break Free (feat. Zedd)
• Note on 1st listen: 8/10
• Note now: 8/10
• Thoughts: That cover art is lowkey a serve.

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Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)

[Championship - 2021/2022]

#Luton 5-0 Coventry

Match Info:

Lineups:

Luton - 3-4-1-2

Starting XI: Simon Sluga, Tom Lockyer, Kal Naismith, Sonny Bradley, James Bree, Glen Rea, Luke Berry, Amari Bell, Jordan Clark, Harry Cornick, Elijah Adebayo

Substitutes: James Shea, Reece Burke, Gabriel Osho, Allan Campbell, Henri Lansbury, Carlos Mendes Gomes, Cameron Jerome

Coach: N. Jones

Coventry - 3-4-1-2

Starting XI: Simon Moore, Dominic Hyam, Kyle McFadzean, Jake Clarke-Salter, Todd Kane, Jamie Allen, Gustavo Hamer, Ian Maatsen, Callum O'Hare, Viktor Gyökeres, Martyn Waghorn

Substitutes: Ben Wilson, Michael Rose, Julien Da Costa, Liam Kelly, Ben Sheaf, Matt Godden, Tyler Walker

Coach: M. Robins

Match Stats:

Match events

0' KICKOFF!

3' Penalty scored by E. Adebayo (Luton)

17' Yellow Card for G. Hamer (Coventry)

18' GOAL! Scored by H. Cornick (Luton)

30' GOAL! Scored by L. Berry (Luton)

45' GOAL! Scored by E. Adebayo (Luton)

46' Substitution: B. Sheaf for G. Hamer (Coventry)

58' GOAL! Scored by H. Cornick (Luton)

62' Yellow Card for I. Maatsen (Coventry)

64' Substitution: T. Walker for V. Gyökeres (Coventry)

64' Substitution: M. Rose for K. McFadzean (Coventry)

71' Substitution: Carlos Gomes for H. Cornick (Luton)

71' Substitution: C. Jerome for E. Adebayo (Luton)

80' Substitution: G. Osho for G. Rea (Luton)

90' Match whistled off

Player Match Stats

Luton