Ben Carter
speaker
694 appearances
29 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2013
last heard Aug 2018
Ben Carter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But again, we've got to think about Tendulkar's consistency.
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He topped the batting tables five times in 16 years, and the ICC has described his performance as showing supreme consistency.
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But as we've said, there are many ways to measure a cricketer's greatness.
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Cricket writers Patrick Faraday and Dave Wilson, authors of Masterly Batting, 100 Great Test Centuries, created their list by looking at a number of different criteria, such as the size of the innings, the conditions and the bowling strength.
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Tendulkar makes the list just once, in a hundredth spot.
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Here's Patrick Faraday.
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Well, yes, his runs on average over at least 20 matches suggest that.
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But if you look at the ICC player rankings, 70s legend Sunil Gavaskar rates higher.
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And there is another way of looking at performances using technology called the Impact Index.
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It measures the performance of every player in every match on a scale of 0-5 to judge the impact they had on a whole test series.
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So a century matters more when it helps you to win than if it is just a consolation in an already decided series.
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The way Australia gets entries now, once England have already won the Ashes.
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Ben.
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Sorry, Ruth.
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But anyway, I spoke to the creator of the Impact Index, Jaideep Varma, about the man he feels has made the biggest contribution to the Indian side over the past 20 years.
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No, his former colleague, Rahul The Wall Dravid.
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And it could be argued that the fact he survived and revelled under the weight of expectation is a better indication of greatness than any number could ever be.
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Here's what the former England player and cricket commentator Ed Smith told me.
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Well, he has said that he doesn't believe in comparisons.
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He has said that he believes that every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.
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