Today we officially induct Bobby “Godfather” Rugg (SAF) into the Legends category (Player ID 29045).
He is currently running around carving up for LMS Bedfordview’s “Intoxic 8” but has played for a stack of teams across his incredible 819 games!
And now, we dive into the career of “The Godfather”, it is certainly an offer one cannot refuse.
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BOWLING – STAGGERING!
In a first, I am listing the bowling stats ahead of batting for the sheer quality of them:
* Games – 819
* Innings – 782 (bowls in 95% of games)
* Overs – 2,123.2 (or 10,617 balls)
* Wickets – 668
* Average – 19.7 runs per wicket
* Econ – 6.21 runs per over
* SR – 15.9 balls per wicket
* 5wi – 2 (Best 5/5)
* 3wi – 44
Comment: Ticks all the boxes here in major ways: sub-20 average (premium), under 6.5 an over and a wicket every 15.9 balls! Absolutely superb mate.
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BATTING – HANDY LOWER ORDER
Handy, but a specialist bowler by trade and design to be sure:
* Innings – 562 (bats in 69% of games)
* Runs – 6,761
* Not outs – 185 (1 every 3.0 inn)
* Average – 18.0
* Balls faced – 6,900
* SR – 98 (or 4.9 runs per LMS over)
* 50s – 14
* 30s – 57
Comment: Can hold an end to be sure though.
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GODFATHER’S BEST YEARS SO FAR
* Ball 2017 (112 inn): 107 wkts @ 16.1 – Econ 6.22, 2 x 5wi, 6 x 3wi
* Bat 2020 (46 inn, 18 no): 581 runs @ 20.8 – SR 102, 5 x 50s
Comment: His bowling stats are naturally ridiculous/superb, but I am really digging that last year’s batting peeled off 5 x 50s, scored at over 100 SR and all at an average of over 20. Good signs!
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY
All together now:
* Games: 819
* Ball: 668 wkts @ 19.7 – Econ 6.21, SR 15.9, 2 x 5wi, 44 x 3wi
* Bat: 6,761 runs @ 17.9 – SR 98, 14 x 50s
Onya Don Bobby Rugg, you should be tremendously proud of your amazing career, and here is to many more games, poles and that continued upswing of runs!
Bobby player profile: https://www.lastmanstands.com/cricket-player/t20?playerid=29045
