Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
but heres where everyone wants it both ways.
you all sit there and say 'he didnt get as many hundreds/runs etc because he batted down the order', but by batting down the order he accrued way more not outs than any other recognised batsman, therefore artificially inflating his average.

the not outs helped his average, batting down the order helped him get not outs (the only ones with more are all recognized bowlers).
Didn't he just bat down the order in ODIs? Which I think you're the only one really mentioning, everyone else is more focused on what he did in Tests. His early career was before my time, but I think he usually batted 4 in the Tests from what I remember.