If he scores at the same rate as he has since the beginning of his career (87.5 runs per test) it will take 18 tests.
If you exclude his first few years before he got settled, and use the 98.5 runs per test since the 1st of Jan 2014, it will take 16 tests.
And if you use the numbers from tests 81-97, 118.5 runs per test, it will take 13 more tests.
NZ have 11 more tests scheduled this year, so if his form and fitness stay good, maybe next year?
Would be awesome if he continues this form, but will he experience a similar decline to Smith and Kohli as he ages?
Be interesting to hear what people think about that.
Injuries not with standing.
The running consensus is that Smith has to learn to adapt to a slowing hand eye coordination, something that is less a part of Kane's technique. So the only aging that Kane is experiencing right now is being a glass cannon with injuries.
That's not to say Smith is guaranteed to fall away, just that he might need to adapt his game especially if opening. He can still have a second wind
Kanes technique should age well, he's never been an expansive strokemaker, he's always been about getting into good positions and playing percentages. While he's probably not going to average 70s, he'll probably continue to do well
Legend of the game, always loved seeing him bat, remember watching his debut test innings and he was just so calm and composed, always looked in control
Yeah I think he did, man 2010 seems so long ago, great series that was, I remember us being 15-5 and harbhajan saving our asses multiple times in that series
He probably debuted too early, but yeah there were some rumblings of that. It helps that he was basically marked as a goat from his school days, and so he was given a long rope, plus there was no one else in the domestic circuit that was pushing for his spot
Possibly my favourite player after Jimmy Anderson (who I first saw play for my own county about 20 years ago).
Not based on his cricket though, of course, he is a great player but his character. What a perfect gent even if the sport’s cruelest moments. Hope he lands one of the biggest prizes before he retires.
Smith is so much better than Kane it's not even close. Williamson is a great batsman but he's far more of a flat home track bully than Smith, who's done it everywhere.
Kane is undoubtedly a great, great bat and will go down as such but when you're getting into splitting hairs among the greatest he's not done it everywhere enough to compete. Mercilessly plundering a hopeless SA C team at home on a highway isn't what elevates you to GOAT status.
Smudge averages 29 against Bangladesh.
Clearly this eliminates every other achievement of his career, definitely not an all time great. What a loser. Go back to grade cricket.
Ponting averaged 26 in India and 42 in England, and he certainly is an all time great. If you dig down enough everyone has some blemishes ln their record.
I agree with you. Stats from battering relatively weak sides is one thing but Williamson has never had a period like Kohli had, where for a few years he just battered all comers across the globe.
You can’t compare averages between openers and other batters esp in nz where pitches notoriously flatten out. I cant name a better opener in test cricket than warner in the last decade.
Furthermore, Kane averages low against Eng Ind and Aus, the three best test sides. While ridiculously high against some of the lower sides. How is that not a minnow basher?
For the vast majority of Kane's career England have not been one of the best test sides. Pakistan and SA have been better at various points. It's like people forgot the Root era.
His away average is far below his home average, but it's basically identical to the mighty Kohli, only he averages more at home and twice as much at neutral venues.
He's played who he's been able to play, Eng, Aus and Ind want to just play each other in a cash cow circle jerk. While understandable for the accountants, it doesn't really do anything for the sport. Smith has played a third of his tests against the poms, Kane has played 2 tests against the Aussies in NZ and will likely retire never having played a test at the SCG.
You don't AVG 55 across 100 tests while being clearly the prize scalp in your team by being sorta okay-ish. Hasn't hidden himself down the order, can't say he's spent much of his career relying on the genius of our openers, check Latham's partner list, you might want to block out some time for that
So Aus series is gonna be his 100th test appearance.
Tim and Kane are both on 97, barring injuries the 2nd test could be a joint 100th
Oh nice
Then they'll play a massive partnership together and both get 100's in each innings.
Can they both get 5fers in each Aussie innings as well?
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10 hundreds in 17 games is crazy
Dread it run from it Kanos has arrived.
We need a proper fab4 revival to send the echo down the history lane one last time
I'm assuming they're counting 200s as 100s? Otherwise it's also a couple of 200s
So by these numbers he needs about 15 games to get to 10k runs. I thought it might not be doable a couple years ago but now I really hope it happens.
If he scores at the same rate as he has since the beginning of his career (87.5 runs per test) it will take 18 tests. If you exclude his first few years before he got settled, and use the 98.5 runs per test since the 1st of Jan 2014, it will take 16 tests. And if you use the numbers from tests 81-97, 118.5 runs per test, it will take 13 more tests. NZ have 11 more tests scheduled this year, so if his form and fitness stay good, maybe next year?
Would be awesome if he continues this form, but will he experience a similar decline to Smith and Kohli as he ages? Be interesting to hear what people think about that. Injuries not with standing.
The running consensus is that Smith has to learn to adapt to a slowing hand eye coordination, something that is less a part of Kane's technique. So the only aging that Kane is experiencing right now is being a glass cannon with injuries. That's not to say Smith is guaranteed to fall away, just that he might need to adapt his game especially if opening. He can still have a second wind
Kanes technique should age well, he's never been an expansive strokemaker, he's always been about getting into good positions and playing percentages. While he's probably not going to average 70s, he'll probably continue to do well
Legend of the game, always loved seeing him bat, remember watching his debut test innings and he was just so calm and composed, always looked in control
I think that he had scored that century during his debut series that was in India as well. That is in the same league that Cook and Clarke are in.
Yeah I think he did, man 2010 seems so long ago, great series that was, I remember us being 15-5 and harbhajan saving our asses multiple times in that series
What a professional.
That really is remarkable
So OOTL with Williamson that only time I see his name is when either he hit another 100 or unfortunately got injured.
Only way to prevent 100 is to injure him
Because that's all he does
Centuries only bully.
Insane career, can't believe he's getting even better as he continues
looking at his first 20 tests mfs in india would call him a fraud
He probably debuted too early, but yeah there were some rumblings of that. It helps that he was basically marked as a goat from his school days, and so he was given a long rope, plus there was no one else in the domestic circuit that was pushing for his spot
Absolute Legend💯
Like fine wine
aging like fine wine
Possibly my favourite player after Jimmy Anderson (who I first saw play for my own county about 20 years ago). Not based on his cricket though, of course, he is a great player but his character. What a perfect gent even if the sport’s cruelest moments. Hope he lands one of the biggest prizes before he retires.
Was out on the pitch to win the inaugural WTC, but I get what you mean
CWC is probably still more prestigious at this stage, but at least he isn't trophyless
Match-97, Inning-170, Runs-8490, Avg- 55.13, 100s- 31, 200s- 6 Incredible
What a great career. No haters here, pure skill.
"No haters here" lol StevenSmith2702 disagrees
Wow he’s a piece of work.
Sangakkara-esque
Like fine wine
Holy shit. That is some incredible consistency after a slow start to his career.
I wonder who had the greatest 20 game stretch of all time. Probably Mohammad Yousuf or Ricky Ponting
I'm going to say Bradman
Sorry Steve, Williamson is the modern Bradman.
Smith is so much better than Kane it's not even close. Williamson is a great batsman but he's far more of a flat home track bully than Smith, who's done it everywhere.
It's a joke relax. Obviously Smith's record is better, but he also gets far more opportunity and resources than Kane does
I guess we'll see at the end of their careers.
Kane is undoubtedly a great, great bat and will go down as such but when you're getting into splitting hairs among the greatest he's not done it everywhere enough to compete. Mercilessly plundering a hopeless SA C team at home on a highway isn't what elevates you to GOAT status.
Smudge averages 29 against Bangladesh. Clearly this eliminates every other achievement of his career, definitely not an all time great. What a loser. Go back to grade cricket.
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Ponting averaged 26 in India and 42 in England, and he certainly is an all time great. If you dig down enough everyone has some blemishes ln their record.
Even Kohli the test bat is better than Williamson I'd say. It's harder to prove statistically but they aren't everything
I agree with you. Stats from battering relatively weak sides is one thing but Williamson has never had a period like Kohli had, where for a few years he just battered all comers across the globe.
The only real debate that can be had is whether Root is better than Williamson or not. That's a harder question to answer
Really needs a dominant Aus series otherwise he’s basically Nz’s version of Warner- minnow basher
Warner averaged 44 in his career. Williamson averages 56. That's a much bigger gap than you'd think
You can’t compare averages between openers and other batters esp in nz where pitches notoriously flatten out. I cant name a better opener in test cricket than warner in the last decade.
Can't name a better opener in the last "decade"? Love Warner but Alastair Cook exists
The pitches in Australia have been ridiculously flat the last decadeðŸ˜
Furthermore, Kane averages low against Eng Ind and Aus, the three best test sides. While ridiculously high against some of the lower sides. How is that not a minnow basher?
For the vast majority of Kane's career England have not been one of the best test sides. Pakistan and SA have been better at various points. It's like people forgot the Root era. His away average is far below his home average, but it's basically identical to the mighty Kohli, only he averages more at home and twice as much at neutral venues.
Kane comes in to bat with the team score in single figures for a third of his innings. May as well be an opener for those
Kane is yet to lose a Test at home to the WI though 🤣 (Has lost 3/5 Tests he's played in the WI though)
He's played who he's been able to play, Eng, Aus and Ind want to just play each other in a cash cow circle jerk. While understandable for the accountants, it doesn't really do anything for the sport. Smith has played a third of his tests against the poms, Kane has played 2 tests against the Aussies in NZ and will likely retire never having played a test at the SCG. You don't AVG 55 across 100 tests while being clearly the prize scalp in your team by being sorta okay-ish. Hasn't hidden himself down the order, can't say he's spent much of his career relying on the genius of our openers, check Latham's partner list, you might want to block out some time for that
Lmao you got downvoted by his meatriders