Subject: Would Bradman have scored so many runs with TODAY'S FIELDING
STANDARDS in his era




https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1430929/2024-men-s-t20-world-cup---how-t20-has-changed-cricket-forever



Fielders of our dreams

Watch highlights of any game from the 20th century and you will be
struck by the standard of fielding - and not in a good way. You'd be
lucky to see anyone sliding along the outfield, trying to prevent a
boundary. More often, fielders escort the ball like bodyguards, keeping
their distance.



Question:

Would BRADMAN have scored so many runs IF fielding in his era was as
good as it is NOW?





Luck of the coin

Once the simplest part of any game, the toss has increasingly
convoluted, and at times has seemed to determine the outcomes of whole tournaments. In the era of the impact player, IPL captains walk out to
the toss with two separate team sheets and name a different XI depending
on whether they are batting or bowling first.


But the real change at the toss is its outsized ability to influence
results in T20, particularly in floodlit games where conditions change significantly from one innings to the next. There is a slight bias in
favour of chasing teams across T20 history but in certain tournaments
there has been a clear sense of "win the toss, win the game": at the T20
World Cup in the UAE in 2021, chasing teams won 22 out of 33 floodlit
matches from the Super 12s stage onwards, including all three knockout
games. Australia, the eventual champions, won the toss in all six of
their victories; the only time they lost the toss, they were thrashed by England in Dubai.



Question:

Is Australia LUCKY to WIN so many tosses which helped them to WIN even
the 2023 ODI World Cup?


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Subject: Re: Would Bradman have scored so many runs with TODAY'S FIELDING
STANDARDS in his era

On 17/05/2024 06:30, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:

Question:

Is Australia LUCKY to WIN so many tosses which helped them to WIN even
the 2023 ODI World Cup?

Considering that they lost one more toss than they won, and that their
only two defeats came after winning the toss, I'm going for 'No'.

They were lucky to win one particular toss - in the final - but whether
it would have changed the result if they had lost it is debatable.

England, meanwhile, won 7 tosses out of 9, and a fat lot of good it did
them.

--
David North


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Subject: Re: Would Bradman have scored so many runs with TODAY'S FIELDING
STANDARDS in his era

On 5/18/2024 6:53 AM, David North wrote:

On 17/05/2024 06:30, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:

Question:

Is Australia LUCKY to WIN so many tosses which helped them to WIN even
the 2023 ODI World Cup?

Considering that they lost one more toss than they won, and that their
only two defeats came after winning the toss, I'm going for 'No'.

They were lucky to win one particular toss - in the final - but whether
it would have changed the result if they had lost it is debatable.

Yes, it would have changed the result.

Even Australia knew that winning the toss made a huge difference in the finals.

England, meanwhile, won 7 tosses out of 9, and a fat lot of good it did them.

Toss didn't matter for England because the team was in a rut.



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