Relatively great and poor starts to a career

Travis Basevi

13-Dec-2005

Poor Starts - Comparing Career Batting Average with Average After 10 Tests (qualification: 10 innings in first 10 Tests, 2000 runs in career)
Player	Span	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Runs	Career	Diff
JH Kallis (ICC/SAf)	1995-2005	15	340	101	22.66	1	7420	57.07	34.41
SR Waugh (Aust)	1985-2004	16	271	74	20.84	0	10927	51.06	30.21
ML Hayden (Aust)	1994-2005	16	413	125	25.81	1	6672	54.24	28.43
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	17	419	64	29.92	0	8032	57.78	27.85
HH Gibbs (SAf)	1996-2005	19	380	54	20.00	0	5227	47.09	27.09
DL Amiss (Eng)	1966-1977	17	313	56	20.86	0	3612	46.30	25.44
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1995	16	331	100	20.68	1	5444	45.36	24.67
MS Atapattu (SL)	1990-2005	19	321	108	16.89	1	5119	38.48	21.59
DB Vengsarkar (India)	1976-1992	18	350	49	20.58	0	6868	42.13	21.54
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak)	1992-2005	17	466	123	31.06	1	8052	51.61	20.54
DC Boon (Aust)	1984-1996	18	431	81	23.94	0	7422	43.65	19.71
PR Umrigar (India)	1948-1962	15	316	130*	22.57	1	3631	42.22	19.64
JL Langer (Aust)	1993-2005	15	402	116	26.80	1	7142	46.07	19.27
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	17	471	192*	31.39	1	8540	50.23	18.83
CG Macartney (Aust)	1907-1926	19	421	75	23.38	0	2131	41.78	18.39
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	19	505	96	29.70	0	6227	47.53	17.82
RG Pollock (SAf)	1963-1970	17	697	175	43.56	2	2256	60.97	17.41
RB Simpson (Aust)	1957-1978	16	414	92	29.57	0	4869	46.81	17.24
Imran Khan (Pak)	1971-1992	16	288	59	20.57	0	3807	37.69	17.12
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1989-2004	16	388	82	25.86	0	4545	42.87	17.01

Poor Starts - Comparing Career Bowling Average with Average After 10 Tests (qualification: 1000 balls in first 10 Tests, 100 wickets in career)
Player	Span	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Wkts	Career	Diff
A Flintoff (Eng/ICC)	1998-2005	1031	7	2/31	66.42	0	163	31.51	-34.91
Intikhab Alam (Pak)	1959-1977	1884	16	2/33	54.12	0	125	35.95	-18.17
AK Davidson (Aust)	1953-1963	1436	13	2/22	37.53	0	186	20.53	-17.00
JC Laker (Eng)	1948-1959	2706	36	7/103	35.66	1	193	21.24	-14.41
MH Mankad (India)	1946-1959	3035	28	5/101	46.42	1	162	32.32	-14.10
CL Cairns (NZ)	1989-2004	1995	28	6/52	43.10	2	218	29.40	-13.70
BA Reid (Aust)	1985-1992	2355	30	4/90	37.33	0	113	24.63	-12.69
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1991	2022	30	4/25	32.50	0	376	20.94	-11.55
GD McGrath (Aust)	1993-2005	2361	33	5/68	32.48	1	534	21.27	-11.21
GAR Lock (Eng)	1952-1968	2666	29	5/45	36.68	1	174	25.58	-11.10
Imran Khan (Pak)	1971-1992	2712	37	6/63	33.86	3	362	22.81	-11.05
SK Warne (Aust)	1992-2005	1989	25	7/52	35.71	1	645	24.97	-10.74
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1987	2229	32	6/65	34.37	1	249	23.68	-10.68
BL Cairns (NZ)	1974-1985	2172	19	5/55	43.42	1	130	32.92	-10.49
JH Wardle (Eng)	1948-1957	2542	28	4/7	30.50	0	102	20.39	-10.10
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)	1997-2005	1871	28	5/43	34.60	1	161	24.76	-9.84
N Kapil Dev (India)	1978-1994	1924	29	5/146	39.06	1	434	29.64	-9.42
R Benaud (Aust)	1952-1964	1602	17	4/118	35.70	0	248	27.03	-8.67
J Srinath (India)	1991-2002	2310	25	4/33	38.79	0	236	30.49	-8.30
PAJ DeFreitas (Eng)	1986-1995	1948	22	5/86	41.81	1	140	33.57	-8.24

Great Starts - Comparing Career Batting Average with Average After 10 Tests (qualification: 10 innings in first 10 Tests, 2000 runs in career)
Player	Span	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Runs	Career	Diff
RN Harvey (Aust)	1948-1963	15	1045	178	95.00	6	6149	48.41	-46.58
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1988-1996	16	786	146*	65.50	2	2021	30.62	-34.87
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	14	955	302	73.46	4	2047	43.55	-29.90
SL Campbell (WI)	1995-2002	16	836	208	55.73	1	2882	32.38	-23.35
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1963	16	1008	261	72.00	3	3860	49.48	-22.51
KR Miller (Aust)	1946-1956	12	585	141*	58.50	1	2958	36.97	-21.52
KD Walters (Aust)	1965-1981	16	903	155	69.46	2	5357	48.26	-21.20
MA Taylor (Aust)	1989-1999	18	1088	219	64.00	3	7525	43.49	-20.50
ML Jaisimha (India)	1959-1971	16	706	127	50.42	1	2056	30.68	-19.74
JC Adams (WI)	1992-2001	15	732	137	61.00	1	3012	41.26	-19.73
H Sutcliffe (Eng)	1924-1935	14	1037	176	79.76	5	4555	60.73	-19.03
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1976-1993	17	917	206	70.53	2	8832	52.57	-17.96
PJL Dujon (WI)	1981-1991	14	589	110	49.08	1	3322	31.94	-17.14
ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1958	15	1125	194	75.00	5	4455	58.61	-16.38
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2005	14	618	82	61.79	0	6156	45.94	-15.85
SV Manjrekar (India)	1987-1996	17	793	218	52.86	3	2043	37.14	-15.72
ADR Campbell (Zimb)	1992-2002	16	639	99	42.60	0	2858	27.21	-15.38
CC McDonald (Aust)	1952-1961	18	884	154	52.00	2	3107	39.32	-12.67
LEG Ames (Eng)	1929-1939	15	683	149	52.53	3	2434	40.56	-11.97
Saeed Ahmed (Pak)	1958-1973	19	942	166	52.33	2	2991	40.41	-11.91

Great Starts - Comparing Career Bowling Average with Average After 10 Tests (qualification: 1000 balls in first 10 Tests, 100 wickets in career)
Player	Span	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Wkts	Career	Diff
JE Emburey (Eng)	1978-1995	1850	25	4/46	22.71	0	147	38.40	15.68
B Lee (Aust)	1999-2005	1726	48	5/47	19.37	3	179	31.82	12.45
PH Edmonds (Eng)	1975-1987	2341	33	7/66	22.90	2	125	34.18	11.27
IT Botham (Eng)	1977-1992	2217	53	8/34	17.33	6	383	28.40	11.06
S Venkataraghavan (India)	1965-1983	2902	37	8/72	25.18	2	156	36.11	10.92
RJ Shastri (India)	1981-1992	2496	27	5/125	30.40	1	151	40.96	10.55
W Rhodes (Eng)	1899-1930	2105	57	8/68	16.42	5	127	26.96	10.54
RM Hogg (Aust)	1978-1984	2664	53	6/74	18.62	5	123	28.47	9.85
PCR Tufnell (Eng)	1990-2001	2773	38	7/47	28.71	4	121	37.68	8.97
GG Arnold (Eng)	1967-1975	2006	38	6/45	19.89	2	115	28.29	8.40
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2005	2161	41	6/87	20.70	4	298	28.62	7.92
DR Doshi (India)	1979-1983	2819	40	6/103	24.00	2	114	30.71	6.71
WA Johnston (Aust)	1947-1955	2785	51	6/44	17.19	2	160	23.91	6.71
HH Streak (Zimb)	1993-2005	2392	46	6/90	21.50	3	216	28.14	6.64
NS Yadav (India)	1979-1987	2059	32	4/35	28.71	0	102	35.09	6.37
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1962	4746	62	8/104	24.01	5	139	30.32	6.30
MW Tate (Eng)	1924-1935	3832	65	6/42	20.07	6	155	26.16	6.08
SCG MacGill (Aust)	1998-2005	2325	53	7/50	21.67	3	176	27.73	6.05
MHN Walker (Aust)	1972-1977	3073	49	6/15	21.59	4	138	27.47	5.88
WW Hall (WI)	1958-1969	2551	52	6/50	20.50	3	192	26.38	5.88