Captains as batsmen

Travis Basevi
07-Feb-2006

Biggest difference in batting average as captain in Tests (qualification: 10 matches both as captain and not as captain)
Player Span Capt Runs Ave 100 Not Runs Ave 100 Diff
Imran Khan (Pak) 1971-1992 48 2408 52.34 5 40 1399 25.43 1 26.911
GA Gooch (Eng) 1975-1995 34 3582 58.72 11 84 5318 35.93 9 22.788
TL Goddard (SAf) 1955-1970 13 1092 49.63 1 28 1424 27.92 0 21.714
RB Simpson (Aust) 1957-1978 39 3623 54.07 10 23 1246 33.67 0 20.398
WW Armstrong (Aust) 1902-1921 10 616 56.00 3 40 2247 35.66 3 20.333
HH Streak (Zimb) 1993-2005 21 1013 36.17 1 44 977 16.01 0 20.162
Hanif Mohammad (Pak) 1952-1969 11 881 58.73 4 44 3034 41.00 8 17.733
PBH May (Eng) 1951-1961 41 3080 54.03 10 25 1457 36.42 3 17.610
T Taibu (Zimb) 2001-2005 10 674 37.44 1 14 599 23.96 0 13.484
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak) 1992-2006 19 1756 62.71 7 88 6416 49.35 18 13.360
MA Noble (Aust) 1898-1909 15 992 38.15 1 27 1005 25.12 0 13.028
JG Wright (NZ) 1978-1993 14 1070 48.63 3 68 4264 35.83 9 12.804
IM Chappell (Aust) 1964-1980 30 2550 50.00 7 45 2795 37.26 7 12.733
HW Taylor (SAf) 1912-1932 18 1487 47.96 4 24 1449 35.34 3 12.626
CH Lloyd (WI) 1966-1985 74 5233 51.30 14 36 2282 38.67 5 12.625
R Illingworth (Eng) 1958-1973 31 1288 28.62 2 30 548 16.11 0 12.504
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1994-2005 11 964 56.70 3 80 5192 44.37 11 12.329
SM Pollock (SAf) 1995-2006 26 998 41.58 2 71 2317 29.32 0 12.254
CL Hooper (WI) 1987-2002 22 1609 45.97 4 80 4153 33.76 9 12.207
MW Gatting (Eng) 1978-1995 23 1542 44.05 5 56 2867 32.21 5 11.843
BE Congdon (NZ) 1965-1978 17 1067 41.03 4 44 2381 29.39 3 11.643
ER Dexter (Eng) 1958-1968 30 2427 53.93 4 32 2075 42.34 5 11.586
MD Crowe (NZ) 1982-1995 16 1466 54.29 4 61 3978 42.77 13 11.522
IWG Johnson (Aust) 1946-1956 17 460 25.55 0 28 540 15.00 0 10.555
Saleem Malik (Pak) 1982-1999 12 1047 52.35 3 91 4721 42.15 12 10.198
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 1990-2005 40 4026 59.20 11 81 7178 51.27 20 7.934
DJ McGlew (SAf) 1951-1962 14 1058 46.00 5 20 1382 39.48 2 6.514
RT Ponting (Aust) 1995-2006 25 2432 62.35 8 75 5821 55.97 20 6.387
BS Bedi (India) 1966-1979 22 294 13.36 0 45 362 7.09 0 6.265
MA Atherton (Eng) 1989-2001 54 3815 40.58 8 61 3913 35.25 8 5.332
GS Chappell (Aust) 1970-1984 48 4209 55.38 13 39 2901 51.80 11 3.578
MS Atapattu (SL) 1990-2005 18 1250 41.66 4 70 4080 38.13 12 3.535
SP Fleming (NZ) 1994-2005 72 4586 39.87 7 24 1464 36.60 1 3.278
DG Bradman (Aust) 1928-1948 24 3147 101.51 14 28 3849 98.69 15 2.823
AC MacLaren (Eng) 1894-1909 22 1156 35.03 2 13 775 32.29 3 2.738
JR Reid (NZ) 1949-1965 34 2129 34.33 3 24 1299 31.68 3 2.655
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1985-2002 25 894 24.16 1 79 2004 22.02 2 2.140
MJK Smith (Eng) 1958-1972 25 1048 32.75 1 25 1230 30.75 2 2.000
GT Dowling (NZ) 1961-1972 19 1158 32.16 1 20 1148 30.21 2 1.956
SR Waugh (Aust) 1985-2004 57 3714 52.30 15 111 7213 50.44 17 1.869
RES Wyatt (Eng) 1927-1937 16 722 32.81 1 24 1117 31.02 1 1.790
GS Sobers (WI) 1954-1974 39 3528 58.79 11 54 4504 57.01 15 1.787
A Ranatunga (SL) 1982-2000 56 3118 36.25 2 37 1987 34.85 2 1.396
Waqar Younis (Pak) 1989-2003 17 257 11.17 0 70 753 9.90 0 1.266
AL Hassett (Aust) 1938-1953 24 1881 47.02 7 19 1192 45.84 3 1.178
AR Border (Aust) 1978-1994 93 6623 50.94 15 63 4551 50.01 12 0.935
N Kapil Dev (India) 1978-1994 34 1364 31.72 3 97 3884 30.82 5 0.895
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 1969-1985 14 773 45.47 1 64 4289 44.67 11 0.793
RGD Willis (Eng) 1971-1984 18 216 12.00 0 72 624 11.34 0 0.654
KR Rutherford (NZ) 1985-1995 18 903 27.36 0 38 1562 26.93 3 0.432
Intikhab Alam (Pak) 1959-1977 17 608 22.51 0 30 885 22.12 1 0.393
Khaled Mashud (Bang) 2000-2005 12 385 20.26 0 25 875 19.88 1 0.376
CA Walsh (WI) 1984-2001 22 120 7.50 0 110 816 7.55 0 -0.055
DB Vengsarkar (India) 1976-1992 10 547 42.07 2 106 6321 42.14 15 -0.063
AJ Stewart (Eng) 1990-2003 15 1059 39.22 2 118 7404 39.59 13 -0.371
WJ Cronje (SAf) 1992-2000 53 2833 36.32 3 15 881 36.70 3 -0.387
C Hill (Aust) 1896-1912 10 699 38.83 2 39 2713 39.31 5 -0.485
WM Lawry (Aust) 1961-1971 25 1920 46.82 4 42 3314 47.34 9 -0.513
SM Gavaskar (India) 1971-1987 47 3449 50.72 11 78 6673 51.33 23 -0.610
DI Gower (Eng) 1978-1992 32 2267 43.59 6 85 5964 44.50 12 -0.911
Moin Khan (Pak) 1990-2004 13 438 27.37 0 56 2303 28.78 4 -1.412
N Hussain (Eng) 1990-2004 45 2487 36.04 5 51 3277 38.10 9 -2.061
M Azharuddin (India) 1984-2000 47 2856 43.93 9 52 3359 46.01 13 -2.075
R Benaud (Aust) 1952-1964 28 816 22.66 0 35 1385 25.64 3 -2.981
A Flower (Zimb) 1992-2002 20 1380 49.28 3 43 3414 52.52 9 -3.237
AW Greig (Eng) 1972-1977 14 913 38.04 2 44 2686 41.32 6 -3.281
ADR Campbell (Zimb) 1992-2002 21 977 25.05 0 39 1881 28.50 2 -3.448
Javed Miandad (Pak) 1976-1993 34 2354 50.08 5 90 6478 53.53 18 -3.452
AD Nourse (SAf) 1935-1951 15 1242 51.75 4 19 1718 55.41 5 -3.669
NJ Contractor (India) 1955-1962 12 525 29.16 0 19 1086 32.90 1 -3.742
KJ Hughes (Aust) 1977-1984 28 1726 35.22 2 42 2689 38.97 7 -3.746
WR Hammond (Eng) 1927-1947 20 1657 55.23 5 65 5592 59.48 17 -4.256
KC Wessels (Aust/SAf) 1982-1994 16 1027 38.03 2 24 1761 42.95 4 -4.914
GP Howarth (NZ) 1975-1985 30 1491 30.42 2 17 1040 35.86 4 -5.433
SR Tendulkar (India) 1989-2006 25 2054 51.35 7 104 8332 57.46 28 -6.112
JB Stollmeyer (WI) 1939-1955 13 813 38.71 2 19 1346 44.86 2 -6.152
L Hutton (Eng) 1937-1955 23 1825 52.14 5 56 5146 58.47 14 -6.334
SC Ganguly (India) 1996-2006 49 2561 37.66 5 39 2660 44.33 7 -6.671
Habibul Bashar (Bang) 2000-2005 12 674 29.30 1 26 1840 36.07 2 -6.774
MA Taylor (Aust) 1989-1999 50 3250 39.63 7 54 4275 46.97 12 -7.343
AL Wadekar (India) 1966-1974 16 749 26.75 0 21 1364 34.10 1 -7.349
RB Kanhai (WI) 1957-1974 13 738 41.00 2 66 5489 48.57 13 -7.575
MG Burgess (NZ) 1968-1980 10 449 24.94 0 40 2235 32.86 5 -7.923
MC Cowdrey (Eng) 1954-1975 27 1715 38.11 6 87 5909 46.16 16 -8.052
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 1991-2005 38 2177 36.89 5 62 4403 45.39 9 -8.493
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 1952-1962 10 116 8.28 0 24 504 16.80 0 -8.514
IVA Richards (WI) 1974-1991 50 3068 45.11 6 71 5472 53.64 18 -8.529
Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) 1959-1979 19 1035 33.38 3 38 2608 42.06 7 -8.677
WM Woodfull (Aust) 1926-1934 25 1503 42.94 2 10 797 53.13 5 -10.190
JV Coney (NZ) 1974-1987 15 634 30.19 1 37 2034 40.67 2 -10.489
HP Tillakaratne (SL) 1989-2004 11 529 33.06 1 72 4016 44.62 10 -11.559
FMM Worrell (WI) 1948-1963 15 849 40.42 0 36 3011 52.82 9 -12.395
RB Richardson (WI) 1983-1995 24 1302 35.18 2 62 4647 47.90 14 -12.718
GM Turner (NZ) 1969-1983 10 616 34.22 2 31 2375 48.46 5 -14.247
JC Adams (WI) 1992-2001 15 686 31.18 1 39 2326 45.60 5 -14.426
GOB Allen (Eng) 1930-1948 11 271 16.93 0 14 479 31.93 1 -14.995
MP Vaughan (Eng) 1999-2005 33 2046 35.89 6 31 2549 50.97 9 -15.085
VS Hazare (India) 1946-1953 14 874 39.72 2 16 1318 54.91 5 -15.189
J Darling (Aust) 1894-1905 21 750 21.42 0 13 907 39.43 3 -18.006
IT Botham (Eng) 1977-1992 12 276 13.14 0 90 4924 36.74 14 -23.603
R Dravid (ICC/India) 1996-2006 10 488 34.85 2 87 7756 60.12 20 -25.266

Biggest difference in batting average as captain in ODIs (qualification: 20 matches both as captain and not as captain)
Player Span Capt Runs Ave 100 Not Runs Ave 100 Diff
HH Streak (Afr/Zimb) 1993-2005 68 1431 39.75 0 121 1512 22.23 0 17.514
GS Chappell (Aust) 1971-1983 49 1718 45.21 3 25 613 30.64 0 14.560
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak) 1991-2006 64 2227 49.48 2 288 8930 38.32 8 11.162
Aamer Sohail (Pak) 1990-2000 22 830 41.50 1 134 3950 30.38 4 11.115
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 1989-2006 118 4377 38.73 10 232 6079 28.53 9 10.194
Khaled Mashud (Bang) 1995-2005 24 492 28.94 0 78 1044 18.98 0 9.959
JG Wright (NZ) 1978-1992 31 1062 34.25 1 118 2829 24.38 0 9.870
MD Crowe (NZ) 1982-1995 44 1634 45.38 1 99 3070 35.69 3 9.691
Imran Khan (Pak) 1974-1992 139 3247 34.91 1 36 462 25.66 0 9.247
N Kapil Dev (India) 1978-1994 74 1538 29.57 1 151 2245 20.98 0 8.595
MP Vaughan (Eng) 2001-2005 48 1166 31.51 0 26 564 23.50 0 8.013
T Taibu (Afr/Zimb) 2001-2005 29 760 29.23 0 55 650 21.66 0 7.564
R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India) 1996-2006 28 985 46.90 1 248 7876 39.38 10 7.524
MW Gatting (Eng) 1977-1993 37 1013 33.76 0 55 1082 26.39 1 7.376
A Ranatunga (SL) 1982-1999 193 5608 37.63 4 76 1848 31.32 0 6.315
M Azharuddin (India) 1985-2000 173 5165 39.12 4 161 4213 34.53 3 4.596
Saleem Malik (Pak) 1982-1999 34 849 36.91 0 249 6321 32.41 5 4.497
AR Border (Aust) 1979-1994 178 4439 32.16 2 95 2085 27.80 1 4.366
N Hussain (Eng) 1989-2003 56 1598 31.33 1 32 734 28.23 0 3.102
Habibul Bashar (Bang) 1995-2005 30 603 21.53 0 42 776 18.47 0 3.059
SR Waugh (Aust) 1986-2002 106 2585 34.93 2 219 4984 31.94 1 2.983
KR Rutherford (NZ) 1985-1995 37 1075 31.61 2 84 2068 28.72 0 2.895
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1984-2003 109 1341 17.64 0 247 2376 15.94 0 1.698
MA Taylor (Aust) 1989-1997 67 2098 32.78 1 46 1416 31.46 0 1.314
SP Fleming (ICC/NZ) 1994-2006 186 5273 32.34 5 62 1742 31.10 1 1.242
RT Ponting (Aust/ICC) 1995-2006 113 4006 42.61 10 131 4800 41.37 8 1.237
Rameez Raja (Pak) 1985-1997 22 623 32.78 1 176 5218 32.01 8 0.777
KJ Hughes (Aust) 1977-1985 49 997 23.73 0 48 971 24.27 0 -0.536
CA Walsh (WI) 1985-2000 43 58 6.44 0 162 263 7.10 0 -0.663
Javed Miandad (Pak) 1975-1996 61 1867 40.58 0 172 5514 42.09 8 -1.504
Waqar Younis (Pak) 1989-2003 62 215 8.95 0 200 754 10.77 0 -1.813
MS Atapattu (SL) 1990-2006 58 1761 35.93 1 190 6308 38.23 10 -2.291
ADR Campbell (Zimb) 1992-2003 86 2207 29.03 2 102 2978 31.68 5 -2.641
CL Hooper (WI) 1987-2003 49 1223 33.05 1 178 4538 36.01 6 -2.961
GC Smith (Afr/SAf) 2002-2006 63 2214 37.52 5 22 864 41.14 0 -3.617
Rashid Latif (Pak) 1992-2003 25 227 16.21 0 141 1482 20.02 0 -3.812
WJ Cronje (SAf) 1992-2000 138 4070 37.68 0 50 1495 41.52 2 -3.842
JV Coney (NZ) 1979-1987 25 589 28.04 0 63 1285 32.12 0 -4.077
SC Ganguly (Asia/India) 1992-2005 147 5104 38.66 11 132 5019 42.89 11 -4.230
JC Adams (WI) 1992-2001 26 497 24.85 0 101 1707 29.94 0 -5.097
Moin Khan (Pak) 1990-2004 34 401 18.22 0 185 2865 23.87 0 -5.647
RGD Willis (Eng) 1973-1984 29 28 7.00 0 35 55 13.75 0 -6.750
RB Richardson (WI) 1983-1996 87 2042 29.17 2 137 4206 35.94 3 -6.777
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 1990-2005 85 2679 36.69 5 174 6680 43.66 14 -6.961
SO Tikolo (Afr/Kenya) 1996-2005 24 558 23.25 0 43 1195 30.64 1 -7.391
DI Gower (Eng) 1978-1991 24 601 25.04 1 90 2569 32.51 6 -7.477
SR Tendulkar (India) 1989-2006 73 2454 37.75 6 286 11555 45.85 33 -8.099
KC Wessels (Aust/SAf) 1983-1994 52 1416 30.12 0 57 1951 38.25 1 -8.127
SM Gavaskar (India) 1974-1987 38 778 28.81 0 70 2314 37.93 1 -9.119
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SAf) 1996-2006 97 689 18.13 0 157 1941 27.33 0 -9.206
MO Odumbe (Kenya) 1996-2003 20 359 18.89 0 41 1050 30.00 0 -11.105
GA Gooch (Eng) 1976-1995 50 1378 29.95 1 75 2912 41.60 7 -11.643
AJ Stewart (Eng) 1989-2003 41 924 23.10 0 129 3753 34.75 4 -11.649
A Flower (Zimb) 1992-2003 52 1207 25.14 0 161 5579 38.74 4 -13.597
IVA Richards (WI) 1975-1991 105 3105 38.81 3 82 3616 57.39 8 -18.584

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