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Old June 27, 2012, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Gowza
it's really really hard to average over 40 in ODIs, even kevin pietersen only averaged 41 (nearly 42)...
It's not as hard if you bat at 5-6-7 as you have both the chance of making a decent amount of runs AND staying not out at the end of the innings. An opener or No.3 will hardly ever play through the innings, so he can't rely on not outs to boost his average and will have to make a significant number of runs on a regular basis to compensate. That is really tough. (Hence why a player of Sangakarra's class averages less than 40.)
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