By Inside Sport Bot - 30 Dec 2016 12:07 PM
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By grazorblade - 2 Jan 2017 11:58 AM
Nathan lyon has an average of about 30 away from home
If he can get that below 30 that would be invaluable
it is difficult to win test matches unless your bowling team averages under 30 as a unit. Its ok for one to be above 30
the reason is that 600 runs per test is a par score. 600 runs divided by 20 wickets is 30. So to get a team below par you need a bowling unit averaging below 30
In batting you have to take into account declarations, not outs etc. But roughly speaking to get the magic 600 runs a test you probably need your batting line up to average about 320 - so 40 for each of the first 7 and 40 combined for the final four
this of course is to be an average team. If you wish to be dominant you have to do better
Also to be competitive overseas you probably want your team to be stronger again since players typically average about 10 lower than their shield when playing away from home. To dominate overseas we probably need 3 outstanding batsmen averaging over 50 and a bunch of other strong players averaging over 40.
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