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Badger Oct 2024 9:20pm, 23 Oct 2024 17,455 posts	Quote Pin Badger Always good to set records. Pity they’re for runs conceded.
paulcook Oct 2024 9:20pm, 23 Oct 2024 6,779 posts	Quote Pin paulcook Ouch. Only a few hours to pick themselves up to face Mozambique.
Pothunter Oct 2024 8:54am, 24 Oct 2024 9,565 posts	Quote Pin Pothunter 823 is a loooong way off…
Ocelot Spleens Oct 2024 9:59am, 24 Oct 2024 39,801 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Good question on TMS, the percentage of ALL test match players that have got more wickets than Aggers in test matches?
fetcheveryone Oct 2024 10:00am, 24 Oct 2024 31,178 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone I would guess (without looking) that he maybe picked up 10 across his Test appearances?
fetcheveryone Oct 2024 10:02am, 24 Oct 2024 31,179 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone Ha. I gave him too much credit. It's 4 in 3 matches.
Cerrertonia Oct 2024 10:05am, 24 Oct 2024 22,145 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia Without looking up any stats, I guess he played two or three tests, so maybe 5 wickets? Each test team has say 50% of the players that never bowl, so that already puts him above the halfway mark. Of the bowlers, I guess about three quarters will exceed 5 wickets in their career. So my guess is about 35% of all test match players have taken more test wickets than Agnew.
AndyS Oct 2024 10:26am, 24 Oct 2024 3,077 posts	Quote Pin AndyS In Aggers' defence, he did get Gordon Greenidge and Viv in a single innings on his debut, so they should count double.
Ocelot Spleens Oct 2024 10:32am, 24 Oct 2024 39,802 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens So he keeps telling us! Not a bad recovery effort , but they had a rubbish half hour before luch. They could be well short.
Derby Tup Oct 2024 10:33am, 24 Oct 2024 68,539 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Michael Vaughan got half as many again as Aggers. I thought Alex Stewart had a test wicket but apparently not