Flying first class
Michael Hussey and Brad Hodge were domestic giants, having played 176 and 167 first-class matches respectively and scored buckets of runs, before making deserved and belated Test debuts. But there have been others who have played more than 400 games and s
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Player | Span | Mat | Runs | HS![]() |
Ave | 100 | |
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A Jones | 1957-1983 | 645 | 36049 | 204* | 32.89 | 56 | |
JG Langridge | 1928-1955 | 574 | 34378 | 250* | 37.44 | 76 | |
GL Berry | 1924-1951 | 609 | 30225 | 232![]() |
30.25 | 45 | |
KG Suttle | 1949-1971 | 612 | 30225 | 204* | 31.09 | 49 | |
PA Perrin | 1896-1902 | 538 | 29709 | 343* | 35.92 | 66 | |
BF Davison | 1967/68-1987/88 | 467 | 27453 | 189![]() |
39.96 | 53 | |
J Seymour | 1900-1926 | 553 | 27237 | 218* | 32.08 | 53 | |
KS McEwan | 1972/73-1991/92 | 428 | 26628 | 218![]() |
41.73 | 74 | |
DE Davies | 1924-1954 | 621 | 26564 | 287* | 27.90 | 32 | |
CEB Rice | 1969/70-1993/94 | 482 | 26331 | 246![]() |
40.95 | 48 |
Player | Span | Mat | Runs | HS![]() | Ave | 100 | |
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SS Sugwekar | 1987/88-2001/02 | 85 | 6563 | 299* | 63.10 | 19 | |
SS Bhave | 1986/87-2000/01 | 97 | 7971 | 292![]() |
58.18 | 28 | |
AV Kale | 1993/94-2005/06 | 89 | 7004 | 248* | 56.03 | 25 | |
S Sriram | 1993/94-2005/06 | 109 | 8279 | 288![]() |
55.19 | 28 | |
PM Mullick | 1996/97-2005/06 | 68 | 4989 | 207* | 54.22 | 17 | |
K Bhaskar Pillai | 1982/83-1994/95 | 95 | 5443 | 222* | 52.84 | 18 | |
S Sharath | 1992/93-2005/06 | 127 | 8080 | 224![]() |
52.81 | 26 | |
A Kaypee | 1980/81-1999/00 | 117 | 7894 | 210* | 52.27 | 27 | |
AA Muzumdar | 1993/94-2005/06 | 117 | 8035 | 260![]() |
51.83 | 20 | |
P Dharmani | 1992/93-2005/06 | 113 | 7327 | 305* | 51.23 | 20 |
Player | Span | FC | Runs | Ave | Tests | Runs | Ave | Diff | |||
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AG Fairfax | 1928/29-1934 | 56 | 1910 | 28.93 | 10 | 410 | 51.25 | 22.310 | |||
MEK Hussey | 1994/95-2005/06 | 187 | 16452 | 53.94 | 11 | 1139 | 75.93 | 21.992 | |||
CF Walters | 1923-1935 | 245 | 12145 | 30.74 | 11 | 784 | 52.26 | 21.519 | |||
CS Dempster | 1921/22-1947/48 | 184 | 12145 | 44.98 | 10 | 723 | 65.72 | 20.745 | |||
E Paynter | 1926-1945 | 352 | 20075 | 42.26 | 20 | 1540 | 59.23 | 16.967 | |||
PJ Sharpe | 1956-1976 | 493 | 22530 | 30.73 | 12 | 786 | 46.23 | 15.498 | |||
CAG Russell | 1908-1930 | 437 | 27354 | 41.57 | 10 | 910 | 56.87 | 15.303 | |||
FS Jackson | 1890-1893 | 309 | 15901 | 33.83 | 20 | 1415 | 48.79 | 14.961 | |||
A Melville | 1928/29-1948/49 | 190 | 10598 | 37.85 | 11 | 894 | 52.58 | 14.738 | |||
KF Barrington | 1953-1968 | 533 | 31714 | 45.63 | 82 | 6806 | 58.67 | 13.040 |
Player | Span | FC | Runs | Ave | Tests | Runs | Ave | Diff | |||
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A Jadeja | 1988/89-2005/06 | 105 | 7871 | 56.22 | 15 | 576 | 26.18 | 30.039 | |||
MG Bevan | 1989/90-2005/06 | 234 | 18943 | 57.75 | 18 | 785 | 29.07 | 28.678 | |||
NH Fairbrother | 1982-2002 | 366 | 20612 | 41.22 | 10 | 219 | 15.64 | 25.581 | |||
CZ Harris | 1989/90-2005/06 | 119 | 6801 | 45.95 | 23 | 777 | 20.44 | 25.505 | |||
AV Mankad | 1963/64-1982/83 | 218 | 12980 | 50.90 | 22 | 991 | 25.41 | 25.491 | |||
Asif Mujtaba | 1984/85-2005/06 | 290 | 17931 | 49.67 | 25 | 928 | 24.42 | 25.249 | |||
W Jaffer | 1996/97-2005/06 | 121 | 9110 | 51.46 | 10 | 511 | 26.89 | 24.574 | |||
Rizwan-uz-Zaman | 1976/77-1999/00 | 205 | 14452 | 43.53 | 11 | 345 | 19.16 | 24.363 | |||
VM Merchant | 1929/30-1950/51 | 150 | 13470 | 71.64 | 10 | 859 | 47.72 | 23.926 | |||
LSM Miller | 1950/51-1959/60 | 82 | 4777 | 37.61 | 13 | 346 | 13.83 | 23.774 |
George Binoy is editorial assistant of Cricinfo