SA VS AUS SERIES RATINGS

Here are my ratings for the series

SA

Graeme Smith-7
Alviro Petersen-7
Hashim Amla-7
Jacques Kallis-7
AB De Villiers-6- aside from his 2nd innings knock at perth, relatively poor series, by his standards
Jacques Rudolph-3
Faf du Plessis-8
Robin Peterson-7
Dale Steyn-7
Morne Morkel-8- SA's most consisent bowler throughout the series
Vernon Philander-6
Imran Tahir-4
Dane Elgar-1
Rory Kleinvedlt-5

AUSTRALIA

Ed Cowan-7
David Warner-5- apart from one ton, no other score of real significance
Shane Watson-5
Rob Quiney-2
Ricky Ponting-2 (farewell punter)
Michael Clarke-8
Mike Hussey-8
Matthew Wade-7
James Pattinson-6
ben Hilffenhaus-5
Peter Siddle-8
Nathan Lyon-5
Mitchell Starc-6
John Hastings-2
Mitchell Johnson-6

Elgar gets 3 for just turning up? Rudolph at least scored a few runs!. And Tahir gets 4?

lol my bad, got elgar and rudolph's ratings switched round.

Amla and Cowan get the same?

I would struggle to give Tahir 1 TBH... At least Hastings got some runs and a wicket...

CF, you must have very high standards - Clarke an 8 with two doubles, and du Plessis an 8 with an average over 100.

My marks:

SA

Graeme Smith-8
Alviro Petersen-7
Hashim Amla-8
Jacques Kallis-8
AB De Villiers-6
Jacques Rudolph-3
Faf du Plessis-9
Robin Peterson-6
Dale Steyn-7
Morne Morkel-8
Vernon Philander-6
Imran Tahir-1
Dane Elgar-1
Rory Kleinvedlt-4

AUSTRALIA

Ed Cowan-7
David Warner-6
Shane Watson-5
Rob Quiney-1
Ricky Ponting-2
Michael Clarke-9
Mike Hussey-9
Matthew Wade-6
James Pattinson-8
Ben Hilffenhaus-5
Peter Siddle-7
Nathan Lyon-6
Mitchell Starc-4
John Hastings-2
Mitchell Johnson-5

I don't normally like to give 1 (normally 2 for showing up), but Quiney, Elgar and Tahir just did so little which was positive that a 2 would seem inflated.

I agree with yours shelsey.

Hussey and Clarke the same?

Look at me, questioning without conributing

Shelsey93 wrote:CF, you must have very high standards - Clarke an 8 with two doubles, and du Plessis an 8 with an average over 100.

My marks:

SA

Graeme Smith-8
Alviro Petersen-7
Hashim Amla-8
Jacques Kallis-8
AB De Villiers-6
Jacques Rudolph-3
Faf du Plessis-9
Robin Peterson-6
Dale Steyn-7
Morne Morkel-8
Vernon Philander-6
Imran Tahir-1
Dane Elgar-1
Rory Kleinvedlt-4

AUSTRALIA

Ed Cowan-7
David Warner-6
Shane Watson-5
Rob Quiney-1
Ricky Ponting-2
Michael Clarke-9
Mike Hussey-9
Matthew Wade-6
James Pattinson-8
Ben Hilffenhaus-5
Peter Siddle-7
Nathan Lyon-6
Mitchell Starc-4
John Hastings-2
Mitchell Johnson-5

I don't normally like to give 1 (normally 2 for showing up), but Quiney, Elgar and Tahir just did so little which was positive that a 2 would seem inflated.

Surely not when you consider that Tahir has been given a 4

The number 4 and the name Tahir go hand in hand!

Stella wrote:Hussey and Clarke the same?

Look at me, questioning without conributing

A difficult one! Hussey scored two hundreds and for me, considering that he didn't have a few failures between like Amla, that is enough for a 9. But being on the losing side I struggle to give Clarke a 10. And then I'm not into giving decimals. Hmm.

I'd struggle to give Tahir even a 1 TBH, his performance is probably as close to a 0 you'll see since Sehwag's in the third test against England in 2011...

Even Sehwag's there would have got a 1 from me!

0's are reserved for Asif, Amir and Butt at Lord's in 2010.

Shelsey93 wrote:Even Sehwag's there would have got a 1 from me!

0's are reserved for Asif, Amir and Butt at Lord's in 2010.

that's generous I don't usually give 0s, but I think I made an exception in that case.

Asif Amir and Butt deserve -500, at best...