Originally Posted by seansnotmyname@:
“Umm, if you are making any mental reason whatsoever, which is about 95% of any sport as superstition then yes you're right, well done and let's hope Joe bats at 3 again and scores half as what he would do, coz he doesn't believe in silly superstition, or basic mathematical stats either, YAY.”
you still haven't answered my question however that if in half his innings batting at #4 he is coming to bat within the first 10 overs then there should be no difference to his game whether he bats at #3 or #4
i just do not accept that the difference in what number he is on the scorecard should make such a difference by itself, and the sample size atm is far too small to make any real judgements whether its the right thing to do or not
he is meant to be one of the best three test batsmen in the world, if he cant adapt to moving one spot in the batting order without seeing a massive difference in his weight of runs then there is something wrong
edit : and btw 6 of those 10 innings he batted at #3 were back in 2013 away to australia on that terrible ashes tour, he is a far different player now than he was then