What is Warwick Todd's batting average?
I've only been blogging for a short time but viewing my website stats, it's been interesting to see what phrases people type in the search engines to find Cricket-Blog.com. Some search phrases are quite amusing such as "is Daniel Vettori married?" and "wife of Daniel Vettori". Most are quite topical - many recent ones are about Mark Nicholas' sacking from Channel 9. But the most bewildering search phrase that comes up regularly is "Warwick Todd's batting average" or variations such as "what was Warwick Todd's first class career average" or "Warwick Todd first class batting average".
The reason it's so mystifying is Warwick Todd doesn't exist. He's a fictional character invented by Tom Gleisner in two books, The Warwick Todd Diaries and Warwick Todd goes the tonk. The books are written as cricket diaries, Steve Waugh style, by an Australian cricketer going on tour in England. They filled with drunkenness, sledging, bad sportsmanship and are some of the funniest books I've ever read. If you're a fan of cricket, particularly Australian cricket, these are a definite must-read. They even include his career stats but only an aggregate of his yearly match fines. So the reason for this post is I'm wondering why there are so many searches for Warwick Todd's average? Do people reading the diary think he's an actual player and want to find out more? If you're one of those people who made such a search, please post a comment here (don't be embarrassed) as I'm dead curious about all these Warwick Todd searches!
| Posted by JC on Sun 30 Oct |  12 comments |
There's a competition on Cricket Manager (found through Cricinfo) where the Bonus question is what is Warwick Todds first class average.
Hope this helps!
Posted by aisT on 2005-10-31 14:38:16
Hope this helps!
Posted by aisT on 2005-10-31 14:38:16
Ah, the mystery is explained! Many thanx for the answer, that one was really puzzling me.
Posted by JC on 2005-11-01 01:04:00
Posted by JC on 2005-11-01 01:04:00
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