Lazy journalism again from Sports24

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

So my friend posted this comment to Cricinfo:

Matt: "I've been doing some research on what previous Legends have scored in their final Tests before retirement. Makes for interesting reading... Dravid: 1 & 25 Sachin: 74 Hussey: 25 & 27* Ponting: 4 & 8 Kirsten: 1 & 76 Lara: 0 & 49 Hayden: 31 & 39 Bradman: 0 Border: 17 & 42* S Waugh: 40 & 80 Gavaskar: 21 & 96 Miandad: 31 Viv Richards: 2 & 60 Sobers: 0 & 20 Apologies if I missed any "Legends". Not one has scored a hundred in his final Test, can Kallis be the first?

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/648667.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

So Sports24.co.za generate an article based on this post (http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/IndiaInSA/Legends-in-their-final-knock-20131228)

Cape Town - What previous "legends" of the Test arena scored in their final Tests before retirement.

Rahul Dravid: 1 & 25
Sachin Tendulkar: 74
Michael Hussey: 25 & 27*
Ricky Ponting: 4 & 8
Gary Kirsten: 1 & 76
Brian Lara: 0 & 49
Matthew Hayden: 31 & 39
Don Bradman: 0
Allan Border: 17 & 42*
Steve Waugh: 40 & 80
Sunil Gavaskar: 21 & 96
Javed Miandad: 31
Viv Richards: 2 & 60
Garfield Sobers: 0 & 20
Greg Chappell: 182
Barry Richards: 81 & 126
Graeme Pollock 1 & 4

*Jacques Kallis 78*... and counting!

 

[mercurial]

Wow

 

[Die_Miek]

Sport24 does it again.

 

[Die_Miek]

And how did Barry Richards end up on their list, he only played 4 tests.

 

[OzzieCapie]

And how did Barry Richards end up on their list, he only played 4 tests.

Neither did he retire from tests at the end of a long career...same with Pollock.

Gary Kirsten is not a 'legend'...whatever the definition, i.e. not seen in same class as Lara, Tendulkar etc

BTW...where did the 'friend' get the stats from..I see no references, was he the scorekeeper? Tongue in cheek, but he has done some copy paste from 'stats guru' and they have done it to him.

 

[AthenianOwl]

Everyone here knows that news24 is ***.