An analysis of Test batsmen
An analysis of Test batsmen
Ananth Narayanan
04-Sep-2009
SNo Cty Batsman |<----Career---->|<--1st Half->|<-2nd Half>| % Chg
|Tests Runs Avge|Mt Runs Avge|Runs Avge|
| | | |
1.Pak Younis Khan | 63 5260 50.10|32-2033 39.10|3227 60.89| 55.7%
2.Zim Flower A | 63 4794 51.55|32-2013 41.94|2781 61.80| 47.4%
3.Aus Redpath I.R | 66 4737 43.46|33-1813 35.55|2924 50.41| 41.8%
4.Nzl Wright J.G | 82 5334 37.83|41-2123 31.22|3211 43.99| 40.9%
5.Aus Chappell I.M | 75 5345 42.42|38-2219 35.22|3126 49.62| 40.9%
6.Eng Butcher M.A | 71 4288 34.58|36-1924 29.60|2364 40.07| 35.4%
7.Win Hooper C.L | 102 5762 36.47|51-2421 31.04|3341 41.76| 34.6%
8.Slk Atapattu M.S | 90 5502 39.02|45-2452 34.06|3050 44.20| 29.8%
9.Slk Sangakkara K.C | 85 7308 55.36|43-3190 48.33|4118 62.39| 29.1%
10.Eng Gooch G.A | 118 8900 42.58|59-3746 37.09|5154 47.72| 28.7%
11.Slk de Silva P.A | 93 6361 42.98|47-2872 37.79|3489 48.46| 28.2%
12.Saf Kirsten G | 101 7289 45.27|51-3359 39.99|3930 51.04| 27.6%
13.Saf Cullinan D.J | 70 4554 44.21|35-2115 39.17|2439 49.78| 27.1%
14.Pak Inzamam-ul-Haq | 120 8830 49.61|60-3839 43.62|4991 55.46| 27.1%
15.Win Gayle C.H | 82 5502 39.58|41-2414 34.99|3088 44.11| 26.1%
16.Pak Zaheer Abbas | 78 5062 44.80|39-2625 40.38|2437 50.77| 25.7%
17.Aus Bradman D.G | 52 6996 99.94|26-3224 89.56|3772 110.94| 23.9%
18.Aus Simpson R.B | 62 4869 46.82|31-1992 41.50|2877 51.38| 23.8%
19.Pak Mohammad Yousuf | 82 7023 54.87|41-3045 49.11|3978 60.27| 22.7%
20.Ind Vengsarkar D.B | 116 6868 42.13|58-3205 38.15|3663 46.37| 21.5%
21.Pak Saleem Malik | 103 5768 43.70|52-2352 39.20|3416 47.44| 21.0%
22.Nzl Fleming S.P | 111 7172 40.07|56-3345 36.36|3827 43.99| 21.0%
23.Aus Healy I.A | 119 4356 27.40|60-1911 24.82|2445 29.82| 20.1%
24.Win Chanderpaul S | 121 8576 49.29|61-3859 44.87|4717 53.60| 19.5%
25.Pak Saeed Anwar | 55 4052 45.53|28-1877 41.71|2175 49.43| 18.5%
26.Win Sarwan R.R | 81 5671 42.32|41-2641 38.84|3030 45.91| 18.2%
27.Eng Graveney T.W | 79 4882 44.38|40-2197 40.69|2685 47.95| 17.8%
28.Aus Ponting R.T | 136 11341 55.87|68-4797 51.03|6544 60.04| 17.6%
29.Win Fredericks R.C | 59 4334 42.49|30-2082 39.28|2252 45.96| 17.0%
30.Slk Jayawardene D.P.| 107 8750 53.35|54-3877 49.08|4873 57.33| 16.8%
31.Saf Kallis J.H | 131 10277 54.66|66-4486 50.40|5791 58.49| 16.1%
32.Eng Thorpe G.P | 100 6744 44.66|50-3313 41.94|3431 47.65| 13.6%
33.Win Lloyd C.H | 110 7515 46.68|55-3921 44.06|3594 49.92| 13.3%
34.Nzl Astle N.J | 81 4702 37.02|41-2347 35.03|2355 39.25| 12.0%
35.Nzl Crowe M.D | 77 5444 45.37|39-2479 42.74|2965 47.82| 11.9%
36.Eng Hutton L | 79 6971 56.67|40-3582 54.27|3389 59.46| 9.6%
37.Eng Barrington K.F | 82 6806 58.67|41-3195 56.05|3611 61.20| 9.2%
38.Eng Trescothick M.E | 76 5820 43.76|38-2733 42.05|3087 45.40| 8.0%
39.Ind Kapil Dev N | 131 5248 31.05|66-2637 29.97|2611 32.23| 7.6%
40.Win Haynes D.L | 116 7487 42.30|58-3485 41.00|4002 43.50| 6.1%
41.Aus Langer J.L | 105 7696 45.27|53-3650 43.98|4046 46.51| 5.8%
42.Eng Cowdrey M.C | 114 7624 44.07|57-3820 42.92|3804 45.29| 5.5%
43.Win Lara B.C | 131 11953 52.89|66-5623 51.59|6330 54.10| 4.9%
44.Eng May P.B.H | 66 4537 46.77|33-2333 45.75|2204 47.91| 4.7%
45.Eng Dexter E.R | 62 4502 47.89|31-2199 46.79|2303 49.00| 4.7%
46.Ind Amarnath M | 69 4378 42.50|35-2307 41.95|2071 43.15| 2.9%
47.Aus Walters K.D | 74 5357 48.26|37-2774 47.83|2583 48.74| 1.9%
48.Slk Tillakaratne H.P| 83 4545 42.88|42-2554 42.57|1991 43.28| 1.7%
49.Eng Gower D.I | 117 8231 44.25|59-4087 43.95|4144 44.56| 1.4%
50.Aus Boon D.C | 107 7422 43.66|54-3825 43.47|3597 43.87| 0.9%
51.Eng Strauss A.J | 67 5266 44.63|34-2710 44.43|2556 44.84| 0.9%
52.Aus Waugh S.R | 168 10927 51.06|84-5193 50.91|5734 51.20| 0.6%
53.Eng Hobbs J.B | 61 5410 56.95|31-2733 56.94|2677 56.96| 0.0%
54.Win Kanhai R.B | 79 6227 47.53|40-3197 47.72|3030 47.34| -0.8%
55.Aus Martyn D.R | 67 4406 46.38|34-2053 46.66|2353 46.14| -1.1%
56.Ind Ganguly S.C | 113 7212 42.18|57-3607 42.44|3605 41.92| -1.2%
57.Slk Ranatunga A | 93 5105 35.70|47-2622 35.92|2483 35.47| -1.2%
58.Eng Knott A.P.E | 95 4389 32.75|48-2117 33.08|2272 32.46| -1.9%
59.Ind Azharuddin M | 99 6215 45.04|50-3283 45.60|2932 44.42| -2.6%
60.Win Sobers G.St.A | 93 8032 57.78|47-4098 58.54|3934 57.01| -2.6%
61.Eng Boycott G | 108 8114 47.73|54-3940 48.64|4174 46.90| -3.6%
62.Aus Border A.R | 156 11174 50.56|78-5905 51.80|5269 49.24| -4.9%
63.Aus Waugh M.E | 128 8029 41.82|64-4260 43.03|3769 40.53| -5.8%
64.Ind Laxman V.V.S | 105 6741 45.24|53-3584 46.55|3157 43.85| -5.8%
65.Ind Viswanath G.R | 91 6080 41.93|46-3402 43.06|2678 40.58| -5.8%
66.Slk Jayasuriya S.T | 110 6973 40.07|55-3481 41.44|3492 38.80| -6.4%
67.Ind Dravid R | 134 10823 52.54|67-5466 54.66|5357 50.54| -7.5%
68.Eng Hussain N | 96 5764 37.19|48-2984 38.75|2780 35.64| -8.0%
69.Saf Gibbs H.H | 90 6167 41.95|45-3107 43.76|3060 40.26| -8.0%
70.Eng Stewart A.J | 133 8465 39.56|67-4543 41.30|3922 37.71| -8.7%
71.Pak Javed Miandad | 124 8832 52.57|62-4569 55.05|4263 50.15| -8.9%
72.Saf Boucher M.V | 126 4688 29.86|63-2233 31.45|2455 28.55| -9.2%
73.Aus Lawry W.M | 67 5234 47.15|34-2768 49.43|2466 44.84| -9.3%
74.Win Richardson R.B | 86 5949 44.40|43-2988 46.69|2961 42.30| -9.4%
75.Aus Chappell G.S | 87 7110 53.86|44-3626 56.66|3484 51.24| -9.6%
76.Ind Tendulkar S.R | 159 12773 54.59|80-6492 57.45|6281 51.91| -9.6%
77.Win EdeC Weekes | 48 4455 58.62|24-2286 61.78|2169 55.62|-10.0%
78.Eng Edrich J.H | 77 5138 43.54|39-2621 45.98|2517 41.26|-10.3%
79.Eng Pietersen K.P | 54 4647 49.97|27-2525 52.60|2122 47.16|-10.4%
80.Win Greenidge C.G | 108 7558 44.72|54-3786 47.33|3772 42.38|-10.4%
81.Eng Lamb A.J | 79 4656 36.09|40-2335 38.28|2321 34.13|-10.8%
82.Aus Slater M.J | 74 5312 42.84|37-2775 45.49|2537 40.27|-11.5%
83.Eng Hammond W.R | 85 7249 58.46|43-3848 62.06|3401 54.85|-11.6%
84.Eng Gatting M.W | 79 4409 35.56|40-2242 38.00|2167 33.34|-12.3%
85.Eng Sutcliffe H | 54 4555 60.73|27-2430 65.68|2125 55.92|-14.9%
86.Saf Smith G.C | 77 6343 50.34|39-3391 54.69|2952 46.12|-15.7%
87.Win Richards I.V.A | 121 8540 50.24|61-4807 54.62|3733 45.52|-16.7%
88.Eng Atherton M.A | 115 7728 37.70|58-4288 41.23|3440 34.06|-17.4%
89.Aus Taylor M.A | 104 7525 43.50|52-4140 48.14|3385 38.91|-19.2%
90.Aus Hughes K.J | 70 4415 37.42|35-2444 41.42|1971 33.41|-19.4%
91.Eng Vaughan M.P | 82 5719 41.44|41-3133 46.07|2586 36.94|-19.8%
92.Ind Sehwag V | 69 5757 50.06|35-3123 55.77|2634 44.64|-19.9%
93.Eng Compton D.C.S | 78 5807 50.06|39-3190 55.96|2617 44.36|-20.7%
94.Ind Gavaskar S.M | 125 10122 51.12|63-5950 56.67|4172 44.86|-20.8%
95.Pak Mudassar Nazar | 76 4114 38.09|38-2265 43.56|1849 33.02|-24.2%
96.Eng Botham I.T | 102 5200 33.55|51-2833 38.81|2367 28.87|-25.6%
97.Aus Hayden M.L | 103 8626 50.74|52-4714 58.92|3912 43.47|-26.2%
98.Eng Smith R.A | 62 4236 43.67|31-2255 51.25|1981 37.38|-27.1%
99.Win Kallicharran A.I| 66 4399 44.43|33-2582 52.69|1817 36.34|-31.0%
100.Aus Gilchrist A.C | 96 5570 47.61|48-3073 59.10|2497 38.42|-35.0%
101.Aus Harvey R.N | 79 6149 48.42|40-3830 61.77|2319 35.68|-42.2%