I am in 2028, coaching Australia, and I have noticed that one day scores and strike rates are extremely low across the board.
To demonstrate this, here is a list of my current ODI batsmen. The numbers are games played, batting average and strike rate (rounded to the nearest whole number).
S.Smith - 139, 25, 73
C.Bancroft - 73, 22, 70
A.Keath - 65, 19, 73
S.Garforth - 59, 24, 75
R.Friend - 56, 22, 69
M.Charlton - 50, 28, 72
J.Welch - 28, 26, 74
M.Blakemore - 22, 24, 57
H.Marshall - 17, 23, 71
T.Cooper - 15, 23, 78
I have kept stats throughout my whole game, from 2012 to 2028. In this time, from 79 players across 289 ODI games, just five players average over 30:
D.Warner - 254, 36, 77
J.Burns - 142, 32, 69
S.Watson - 113, 34, 76
M.Hussey - 57, 38, 74
R.Ponting - 40, 35, 69
Almost all of my one day games are skipped, so I'm not doing anything odd in the games. The AI sides seem to have similar issues, though there are at least a few averaging in the 30s. All of the top-10 ranked batsmen in the world average in the 20s in ODIs.
Compare this to real life, and there's several players averaging in the 40s with strike rates of 80+
Has anyone else noticed this?
To demonstrate this, here is a list of my current ODI batsmen. The numbers are games played, batting average and strike rate (rounded to the nearest whole number).
S.Smith - 139, 25, 73
C.Bancroft - 73, 22, 70
A.Keath - 65, 19, 73
S.Garforth - 59, 24, 75
R.Friend - 56, 22, 69
M.Charlton - 50, 28, 72
J.Welch - 28, 26, 74
M.Blakemore - 22, 24, 57
H.Marshall - 17, 23, 71
T.Cooper - 15, 23, 78
I have kept stats throughout my whole game, from 2012 to 2028. In this time, from 79 players across 289 ODI games, just five players average over 30:
D.Warner - 254, 36, 77
J.Burns - 142, 32, 69
S.Watson - 113, 34, 76
M.Hussey - 57, 38, 74
R.Ponting - 40, 35, 69
Almost all of my one day games are skipped, so I'm not doing anything odd in the games. The AI sides seem to have similar issues, though there are at least a few averaging in the 30s. All of the top-10 ranked batsmen in the world average in the 20s in ODIs.
Compare this to real life, and there's several players averaging in the 40s with strike rates of 80+
Has anyone else noticed this?
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