It's raining in Guyana so they are playing Gayle's test performances and the 333 against SL came up. Immediately I thought about another legendary West Indian scoring 300+ runs - Sir Garry Sobers (of course
I thought first about Brian Lara). Then I decided to look up the stats of Sobers. On Cricbuzz, an absurd 8032 runs were scored in some 3800 balls ! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE. I was pretty sure that this was a mistake because despite showing such weird stats the strike rate was 0.
So, I started to dig and went down the rabbithole. Cricinfo, howstat and every other website that I looked had either stated that the strike rate is zero or the balls faced are zero and the strike rate is left blank. It's been 45 minutes now and I'm still baffled about this. Anyone who has lived and seen this man play please enlighten me what his strike rate or must've been depending on how he performed.
While both are champions of the game. It seems Khan isn't rated as high as Sobers as an allrounder or a cricketer in general.
When Wisden named their best 5 cricketers of the century Imran wasn't even included.
In Christopher Martin-Jenkin's book, Sobers is placed at number three of all time, while Khan is 14. And in this video, Chappelli puts Sobers number one on his all rounders list and Khan at number four behind Miller and Kallis.
So I'm asking why that is.
If you look at their statistics, Sobers is a batting all rounder (batting average of 57.78) where as Khan is a bowling all rounder (bowling average of 22.81). Both are near the very best, with only Bradman considered a better batsman than Sobers. It's hard to tell with bowlers who are better than Khan and if they're any only a select few like Sobers with the bat.
If you look at their non preferred skill, you can see a big difference. Khan averaged 37.69 with the bat, Sobers averaged 34 with the ball, with a strike rate of 92. The batting average in the seventies to nineties was 32.59, so Imran can rightfully be placed as a batsman. I'm not sure the same can be said about Sober's bowling other then that he was a fifth bowling option.
Also, if you consider that wickets win you matches then shouldn't Imran be considered a better player or at the very least to be regarded as equal to Sobers.
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If you feel it's appropriate to share NSFW jokes with your kids, that's on you. But a real, true dad joke should work for anyone's kid.
Mods... If you exist... Please, stop this madness. Rule #6 should simply not allow NSFW or (wtf) NSFL tags. Also, remember that MINORS browse this subreddit too? Why put that in rule #6, then allow NSFW???
Please consider changing rule #6. I love this sub, but the recent influx of NSFW tagged posts that get all the upvotes, just seem wrong when there are good solid DAD jokes being overlooked because of them.
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Martin Freeman, and Andy Serkis.
They also play roles in Lord of the Rings.
I guess that makes them the Tolkien white guys.
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Keep in mind, my son is 4 years old, so everything is an original to him.
I had to work late into the evening yesterday, and he was just going to bed when I got home. I had left home for the office nearly 14 hours prior, had a long day, lots of meetings, traffic, etc.
When I walked through the door, I was exhausted, run down, and starving. My wife hugged me and asked how my day was, and I replied, "Done. It was a good day, but has got me exhausted. I just want to grab a bite and go to bed. I'm hungry."
From my son's bedroom, I hear him shout, "Hi Hungry! Nice to meet you!"
Not only did it make me laugh, but I completely forgot about how hungry and tired I was. I went to his bedroom, and we laughed together about it. It was exactly what I needed.
Edit: Thanks for all the awards, kind strangers! I'll let my son know y'all enjoyed his joke too!
I heard parents named their children lance a lot.
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Edit: i went to sleep and now my inbox is dead, thank you kind strangers for the awards!
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"No, the regular kind!" I laughed.
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