Are Test cricket batters getting worse? The stats say yes

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ABC News (AU) · collected 2026-10-07 · by David Mark

Quick Summary

The article presents a series of cricket match scores from various games played between August and October without providing context or analysis beyond the raw data. It lists final scores for matches such as CXI versus BAN, AUS versus BAN, IAW versus AAW, ZIM versus AUS, and others, but does not offer any interpretation or commentary on these results.
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Story summary

David Mark's article in Just In examines whether test cricket batters are getting worse based on recent statistics. The piece references several matches, including a match where Australia scored 198 and 284 against Bangladesh, who scored 426 and had Bangladesh at 57/1. Other matches show varied scores like India A scoring 117 against Asia XI, and another where Zimbabwe scored 235 while Australia reached only 8/294 in reply. The article highlights that these scores indicate a trend of lower batting averages, suggesting modern batters might be struggling more compared to past eras. This matters because it could impact how the game is played and perceived by fans.

Written for “Cricket Batting Performance Decline” on 2026-10-07, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.
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0 of 6 hedged
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not political
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Narrative spread
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📰 Cricket Batting Performance Decline
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Who wrote this

David Mark
1 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
The only article under this byline in the corpus.

Topics

AAW AUS IAW INU SAF

Subjects

AAW ORG · 5× AUS ORG · 5× INU ORG · 5× SAF ORG · 5× AUA ORG · 4× AUW ORG · 4× HHW ORG · 4× IAW ORG · 4× INA ORG · 4× WAU ORG · 4×

Narrative

Game not started, MRW versus PSW Mon, 12 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, STW versus MSW Tue, 13 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, NSW versus TAS Tue, 13 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, SSW versus ACM Tue, 13 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, ASW versus PSW Tue, 13 Oct, 5:00 pm, Game not started, WAU versus QUE Tue, 13 Oct, 7:00 pm, Game not started, STW versus BHW Wed, 14 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, MRW versus MSW Wed, 14 Oct, 2:50 pm, Game not started, AUW versus BAW Wed, 14 Oct, 7:00 pm, Game not started, ASW versus HHW Fri, 16 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, BHW versus ACM Sat, 17 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, HHW versus PSW Sat, 17 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, STW versus MRW Sat, 17 Oct, 10:30 am, Game not started, SAM versus QUE Sat, 17 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, ACM versus MSW Sat, 17 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, SSW versus ASW Sun, 18 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, MRW versus HHW Sun, 18 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, BHW versus ASW Sun, 18 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, STW versus PSW Sun, 18 Oct, 7:00 pm, Game not started, SAF versus AUS Sun, 18 Oct, 7:00 pm, Game not started, SSW versus MSW Sun, 18 Oct, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUW versus NZW Mon, 19 Oct, 10:30 am, Game not started, TAS versus VIC Mon, 19 Oct, 11:00 am, Game not started, SAM versus QUE Mon, 19 Oct, 1:30 pm, Game not started, WAU versus NSW Tue, 20 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, versus Tue, 20 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, versus Tue, 20 Oct, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUW versus NZW Wed, 21 Oct, 2:00 pm, Game not started, versus Thu, 22 Oct, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUW versus NZW Sat, 24 Oct, 10:30 am, Game not started, TAS versus VIC Sat, 24 Oct, 5:00 pm, Game not started, WAU versus NSW Tue, 27 Oct, 7:30 pm, Game not started, SAF versus AUS Wed, 28 Oct, 11:00 am, Game not started, SAM versus WAU Thu, 29 Oct, 3:40 pm, Game not started, MRW versus STW Thu, 29 Oct, 7:10 pm, Game not started, MSW versus HHW Fri, 30 Oct, 10:30 am, Game not started, TAS versus NSW Fri, 30 Oct, 11:45 am, Game not started, AU6 versus ONG Fri, 30 Oct, 7:05 pm, Game not started, EN6 versus AU6 Fri, 30 Oct, 7:10 pm, Game not started, BHW versus SSW Sat, 31 Oct, 11:00 am, Game not started, QUE versus VIC Sat, 31 Oct, 3:40 pm, Game not started, ASW versus MSW Sat, 31 Oct, 7:10 pm, Game not started, PSW versus MRW Sun, 1 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, STW versus BHW Sun, 1 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, SSW versus HHW Mon, 2 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, MSW versus PSW Wed, 4 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, HHW versus MRW Thu, 5 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, ASW versus BHW Thu, 5 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, STW versus PSW Fri, 6 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, MSW versus SSW Sat, 7 Nov, 2:30 pm, Game not started, WAU versus ENG Sat, 7 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, MRW versus ASW Sat, 7 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, BHW versus HHW Sun, 8 Nov, 1:40 pm, Game not started, SSW versus STW Sun, 8 Nov, 5:10 pm, Game not started, PSW versus MSW Tue, 10 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, HHW versus ASW Wed, 11 Nov, 10:30 am, Game not started, NSW versus SAM Wed, 11 Nov, 10:30 am,
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-07
2026-10-07 · ABC News (AU)
Are Test cricket batters getting worse? The stats say yes · assertive framing

Claims (6 extracted, 0 hedged)

Fri, 7 Aug, 11:00 pm, Final score, CXI 355, BAN 263 & 54 Sat, 15 Aug, 11:00 pm, Final score, AUS 198 & 284, BAN 426 & 1/57 Sat, 22 Aug, 11:00 pm, Final score, AUS 210, BAN 64 & 95 Fri, 11 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, IAW 117, AAW 4/121 Mon, 14 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, ZIM 235, AUS 8/294 Mon, 14 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, IAW 7/148, AAW 2/178 Wed, 16 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, IAW 161, AAW 5/168 Thu, 17 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, ZIM 272, AUS 6/356 Thu, 17 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, INU 6/182, AUU 7/175 Thu, 17 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, WAU 9/238, SAM 0/58 Fri, 18 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, QUE 7/335, VIC 7/339 Sat, 19 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, ZIM 8/271, AUS 9/272 Sat, 19 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, IAW 6/239, AAW 235 Sat, 19 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, WAU 115, TAS 1/117 Sun, 20 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, INU 7/341, AUU 239 Mon, 21 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, QUE 358, NSW 6/359 Tue, 22 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, IAW 6/338, AAW 8/341 Tue, 22 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, INU 4/255, AUU 254 Tue, 22 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, SAM 7/383, TAS 8/376 Wed, 23 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, SAF 8/297, AUS 230 Thu, 24 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, IAW 6/364, AAW 9/362 Thu, 24 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, INA 334 & 199, AUA 171 & 200 Thu, 24 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, VIC 212, NSW 257 Sat, 26 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, SAF 9/365, AUS 333 Mon, 28 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, INU 494, AUU 217 & 229 Mon, 28 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, SYW 4/168, QUW 167 Mon, 28 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, VIW 8/293, SAS 7/290 Mon, 28 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, WAW 6/236, TAW 232 Tue, 29 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, SAF 4/145, AUS 9/322 Wed, 30 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, IAW 364 & 257, AAW 176 & 164 Wed, 30 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, SYW 174, QUW 4/285 Wed, 30 Sept, 11:00 pm, Final score, WAW 7/273, TAW 7/299 Thu, 1 Oct, 2:00 pm, Final score, VIW -, SAS - Thu, 1 Oct, 11:00 pm, Final score, INA 167 & 9/310, AUA 358 & 4/173d Tue, 6 Oct, 12:00 am, Final score, INA 149, AUA 274 Tue, 6 Oct, 12:00 am, Final score, QUW 9/266, BAW 7/196 Wed, 7 Oct, 12:00 am, Live score, INU 315, AUU 174 & 4/86 Wed, 7 Oct, 12:00 am, Live score, VIC 5/138, SAM - Thu, 8 Oct, 10:30 am, Game not started, NSW versus TAS Thu, 8 Oct, 1:30 pm, Game not started, WAU versus QUE Fri, 9 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, INA versus AUA Fri, 9 Oct, 2:50 pm, asserted
Game → start → AUA
Game not started, AUW versus BAW Fri, 9 Oct, 6:30 pm, asserted
Game → start → BAW
Game not started, SAF versus AUS Sun, 11 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, INA versus AUA Sun, 11 Oct, 2:50 pm, Game not started, AUW versus BAW Mon, 12 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, HHW versus ACM Mon, 12 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, SSW versus BHW Mon, 12 Oct, 2:00 pm, Game not started, VIC versus SAM Mon, 12 Oct, 2:30 pm, asserted
Game → start → SAM
Game not started, MRW versus PSW Mon, 12 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, STW versus MSW Tue, 13 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, NSW versus TAS Tue, 13 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, SSW versus ACM Tue, 13 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, ASW versus PSW Tue, 13 Oct, 5:00 pm, Game not started, WAU versus QUE Tue, 13 Oct, 7:00 pm, Game not started, STW versus BHW Wed, 14 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, MRW versus MSW Wed, 14 Oct, 2:50 pm, Game not started, AUW versus BAW Wed, 14 Oct, 7:00 pm, Game not started, ASW versus HHW Fri, 16 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, BHW versus ACM Sat, 17 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, HHW versus PSW Sat, 17 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, STW versus MRW Sat, 17 Oct, 10:30 am, Game not started, SAM versus QUE Sat, 17 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, ACM versus MSW Sat, 17 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, SSW versus ASW Sun, 18 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, MRW versus HHW Sun, 18 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, BHW versus ASW Sun, 18 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, STW versus PSW Sun, 18 Oct, 7:00 pm, Game not started, SAF versus AUS Sun, 18 Oct, 7:00 pm, Game not started, SSW versus MSW Sun, 18 Oct, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUW versus NZW Mon, 19 Oct, 10:30 am, Game not started, TAS versus VIC Mon, 19 Oct, 11:00 am, Game not started, SAM versus QUE Mon, 19 Oct, 1:30 pm, Game not started, WAU versus NSW Tue, 20 Oct, 10:00 am, Game not started, versus Tue, 20 Oct, 2:30 pm, Game not started, versus Tue, 20 Oct, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUW versus NZW Wed, 21 Oct, 2:00 pm, Game not started, versus Thu, 22 Oct, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUW versus NZW Sat, 24 Oct, 10:30 am, Game not started, TAS versus VIC Sat, 24 Oct, 5:00 pm, Game not started, WAU versus NSW Tue, 27 Oct, 7:30 pm, Game not started, SAF versus AUS Wed, 28 Oct, 11:00 am, Game not started, SAM versus WAU Thu, 29 Oct, 3:40 pm, Game not started, MRW versus STW Thu, 29 Oct, 7:10 pm, Game not started, MSW versus HHW Fri, 30 Oct, 10:30 am, Game not started, TAS versus NSW Fri, 30 Oct, 11:45 am, Game not started, AU6 versus ONG Fri, 30 Oct, 7:05 pm, Game not started, EN6 versus AU6 Fri, 30 Oct, 7:10 pm, Game not started, BHW versus SSW Sat, 31 Oct, 11:00 am, Game not started, QUE versus VIC Sat, 31 Oct, 3:40 pm, Game not started, ASW versus MSW Sat, 31 Oct, 7:10 pm, Game not started, PSW versus MRW Sun, 1 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, STW versus BHW Sun, 1 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, SSW versus HHW Mon, 2 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, MSW versus PSW Wed, 4 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, HHW versus MRW Thu, 5 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, ASW versus BHW Thu, 5 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, STW versus PSW Fri, 6 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, MSW versus SSW Sat, 7 Nov, 2:30 pm, Game not started, WAU versus ENG Sat, 7 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, MRW versus ASW Sat, 7 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, BHW versus HHW Sun, 8 Nov, 1:40 pm, Game not started, SSW versus STW Sun, 8 Nov, 5:10 pm, Game not started, PSW versus MSW Tue, 10 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, HHW versus ASW Wed, 11 Nov, 10:30 am, Game not started, NSW versus SAM Wed, 11 Nov, 10:30 am, asserted
Game → start → d
Game not started, VIC versus WAU Wed, 11 Nov, 11:30 am, Game not started, QUE versus TAS Wed, 11 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, PSW versus STW Thu, 12 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, MSW versus BHW asserted
Game → start → BHW
Thu, 12 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, MRW versus SSW Fri, 13 Nov, 2:30 pm, Game not started, AUS versus ENG Sat, 14 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, HHW versus BHW Sat, 14 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, PSW versus ASW Sun, 15 Nov, 11:00 am, Game not started, SSW versus MRW Sun, 15 Nov, 2:30 pm, Game not started, AUS versus ENG Mon, 16 Nov, 10:00 am, Game not started, NSW versus SAM Mon, 16 Nov, 11:00 am, Game not started, QUE versus TAS Mon, 16 Nov, 2:00 pm, Game not started, VIC versus WAU Mon, 16 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, STW versus MSW Tue, 17 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, ASW versus SSW Wed, 18 Nov, 2:30 pm, Game not started, AUS versus ENG Thu, 19 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, HHW versus PSW Thu, 19 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, BHW versus STW Fri, 20 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, ASW versus MRW Sat, 21 Nov, 12:00 pm, Game not started, HHW versus STW Sat, 21 Nov, 3:30 pm, Game not started, SSW versus PSW Sat, 21 Nov, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUS versus ENG Sun, 22 Nov, 10:30 am, Game not started, NSW versus QUE Sun, 22 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, BHW versus ASW Sun, 22 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, MSW versus MRW Mon, 23 Nov, 1:30 pm, Game not started, WAU versus TAS Tue, 24 Nov, 11:00 am, Game not started, SAM versus VIC Tue, 24 Nov, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUS versus ENG Wed, 25 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, MRW versus BHW Thu, 26 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, STW versus ASW Thu, 26 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, SSW versus MSW Fri, 27 Nov, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUS versus ENG Fri, 27 Nov, 9:10 pm, Game not started, PSW versus HHW Sat, 28 Nov, 3:40 pm, Game not started, MRW versus MSW Sat, 28 Nov, 7:10 pm, Game not started, STW versus SSW Sun, 29 Nov, 12:00 pm, Game not started, BHW versus PSW Sun, 29 Nov, 3:30 pm, Game not started, ASW versus HHW Sun, 29 Nov, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUS versus ENG Tue, 1 Dec, 7:10 pm, Game not started, versus Wed, 2 Dec, 7:15 pm, Game not started, AUS versus ENG Thu, 3 Dec, 10:30 am, Game not started, NSW versus WAU Thu, 3 Dec, 10:30 am, Game not started, VIC versus QUE Thu, 3 Dec, 11:00 am, Game not started, SAM versus TAS Thu, 3 Dec, 7:10 pm, Game not started, versus Sat, 5 Dec, 7:10 pm, Game not started, versus asserted
Game → start → TAS
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