Best overseas players in Australia
Best overseas players in Australia
Travis Basevi
11-Oct-2005
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS |
Ave | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC Broad (Eng) | 1986-1988 | 6 | 10 | 626 | 162 |
78.25 | 4 |
| HA Gomes (WI) | 1981-1985 | 8 | 15 | 844 | 127 |
70.33 | 4 |
| KF Barrington (Eng) | 1962-1966 | 10 | 18 | 1046 | 132* | 69.73 | 4 |
| MD Crowe (NZ) | 1985-1993 | 8 | 15 | 870 | 188 |
66.92 | 2 |
| R Dravid (India) | 1999-2004 | 7 | 14 | 712 | 233 |
64.72 | 1 |
| H Sutcliffe (Eng) | 1924-1933 | 14 | 25 | 1529 | 194 |
63.70 | 6 |
| WR Hammond (Eng) | 1928-1947 | 19 | 35 | 1981 | 251 |
61.90 | 7 |
| VVS Laxman (India) | 1999-2004 | 7 | 13 | 715 | 178 |
59.58 | 3 |
| JB Hobbs (Eng) | 1908-1929 | 24 | 45 | 2493 | 187 |
57.97 | 9 |
| JH Edrich (Eng) | 1965-1975 | 15 | 26 | 1283 | 130 |
55.78 | 4 |
| M Amarnath (India) | 1977-1986 | 8 | 13 | 668 | 138 |
55.66 | 2 |
| SR Tendulkar (India) | 1991-2004 | 12 | 22 | 1029 | 241* | 54.15 | 4 |
| AC Parore (NZ) | 1997-2001 | 6 | 11 | 379 | 110 |
54.14 | 1 |
| AH Jones (NZ) | 1987-1993 | 6 | 12 | 647 | 150 |
53.91 | 2 |
| M Leyland (Eng) | 1929-1937 | 11 | 20 | 937 | 137 |
52.05 | 3 |
| SM Gavaskar (India) | 1977-1986 | 11 | 19 | 920 | 172 |
51.11 | 5 |
| L Hutton (Eng) | 1946-1955 | 15 | 28 | 1170 | 156* | 50.86 | 2 |
| MR Ramprakash (Eng) | 1995-1999 | 6 | 12 | 493 | 72 |
49.29 | 0 |
| CH Lloyd (WI) | 1968-1985 | 20 | 36 | 1616 | 149 |
48.96 | 5 |
| GP Thorpe (Eng) | 1994-1998 | 6 | 12 | 530 | 123 |
48.18 | 1 |
| Player | Span | Mat | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA Lohmann (Eng) | 1887-1892 | 6 | 478 | 41 | 8/35 | 11.65 | 3 |
| W Barnes (Eng) | 1882-1887 | 10 | 509 | 33 | 6/28 | 15.42 | 2 |
| W Bates (Eng) | 1881-1887 | 15 | 821 | 50 | 7/28 | 16.42 | 4 |
| RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 1973-1987 | 12 | 1373 | 77 | 9/52 | 17.83 | 10 |
| CEL Ambrose (WI) | 1988-1997 | 14 | 1544 | 78 | 7/25 | 19.79 | 6 |
| M Hendrick (Eng) | 1974-1979 | 7 | 418 | 21 | 3/19 | 19.90 | 0 |
| R Peel (Eng) | 1884-1895 | 14 | 1358 | 63 | 6/67 | 21.55 | 3 |
| SF Barnes (Eng) | 1901-1912 | 13 | 1727 | 77 | 7/60 | 22.42 | 8 |
| G Miller (Eng) | 1978-1983 | 12 | 809 | 36 | 5/44 | 22.47 | 1 |
| IR Bishop (WI) | 1992-1997 | 10 | 990 | 43 | 6/40 | 23.02 | 1 |
| W Attewell (Eng) | 1884-1892 | 9 | 530 | 23 | 4/53 | 23.04 | 0 |
| MD Marshall (WI) | 1984-1989 | 10 | 1042 | 45 | 5/29 | 23.15 | 5 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1990-1999 | 9 | 866 | 36 | 6/62 | 24.05 | 3 |
| G Ulyett (Eng) | 1877-1888 | 13 | 700 | 29 | 4/52 | 24.13 | 0 |
| MA Holding (WI) | 1975-1985 | 14 | 1526 | 63 | 6/21 | 24.22 | 5 |
| N Kapil Dev (India) | 1981-1992 | 11 | 1254 | 51 | 8/106 | 24.58 | 5 |
| FH Tyson (Eng) | 1954-1959 | 7 | 776 | 31 | 7/27 | 25.03 | 2 |
| J Garner (WI) | 1979-1985 | 11 | 1142 | 45 | 5/56 | 25.37 | 1 |
| FMM Worrell (WI) | 1951-1961 | 10 | 686 | 27 | 6/38 | 25.40 | 1 |
| RG Barlow (Eng) | 1881-1887 | 10 | 461 | 18 | 7/40 | 25.61 | 1 |
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS |
Ave | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVA Richards (WI) | 1975-1989 | 40 | 38 | 1905 | 153* | 56.02 | 3 |
| CH Lloyd (WI) | 1975-1985 | 27 | 24 | 805 | 80* | 50.31 | 0 |
| CZ Harris (NZ) | 1990-2004 | 13 | 13 | 300 | 63* | 50.00 | 0 |
| GA Hick (Eng) | 1992-1999 | 10 | 10 | 378 | 109 |
42.00 | 2 |
| SM Gavaskar (India) | 1980-1986 | 13 | 12 | 456 | 92* | 41.45 | 0 |
| WJ Cronje (SAf) | 1992-1998 | 15 | 14 | 435 | 91* | 39.54 | 0 |
| JN Rhodes (SAf) | 1992-2002 | 21 | 19 | 545 | 82* | 38.92 | 0 |
| DB Vengsarkar (India) | 1980-1986 | 11 | 11 | 337 | 77* | 37.44 | 0 |
| G Kirsten (SAf) | 1993-2002 | 20 | 20 | 710 | 112* | 37.36 | 1 |
| Imran Khan (Pak) | 1981-1992 | 22 | 21 | 627 | 82 |
36.88 | 0 |
| BC Lara (ICC/WI) | 1991-2005 | 27 | 27 | 954 | 116* | 36.69 | 2 |
| AH Jones (NZ) | 1988-1994 | 13 | 13 | 438 | 87 |
36.50 | 0 |
| AJ Lamb (Eng) | 1983-1990 | 15 | 15 | 473 | 94 |
36.38 | 0 |
| NV Knight (Eng) | 1999-2003 | 13 | 13 | 415 | 111* | 34.58 | 1 |
| Abdul Razzaq (Pak) | 2000-2005 | 10 | 10 | 273 | 63* | 34.12 | 0 |
| DL Haynes (WI) | 1979-1993 | 51 | 51 | 1565 | 123* | 34.02 | 2 |
| PA de Silva (SL) | 1985-2003 | 24 | 24 | 726 | 81* | 33.00 | 0 |
| RS Kaluwitharana (SL) | 1995-2002 | 12 | 12 | 395 | 77 |
32.91 | 0 |
| N Hussain (Eng) | 1999-2003 | 12 | 12 | 393 | 93 |
32.75 | 0 |
| CL Hooper (WI) | 1988-1997 | 25 | 23 | 649 | 110* | 32.45 | 1 |
| Player | Span | Mat | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEL Ambrose (WI) | 1988-1997 | 25 | 776 | 43 | 5/17 | 18.04 | 3 |
| EJ Chatfield (NZ) | 1980-1988 | 27 | 798 | 41 | 5/34 | 19.46 | 1 |
| MA Holding (WI) | 1979-1987 | 31 | 1005 | 49 | 5/26 | 20.51 | 1 |
| J Garner (WI) | 1979-1987 | 29 | 908 | 44 | 5/31 | 20.63 | 1 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) | 1996-2000 | 10 | 334 | 16 | 5/29 | 20.87 | 1 |
| GR Dilley (Eng) | 1979-1987 | 9 | 297 | 14 | 3/32 | 21.21 | 0 |
| C Pringle (NZ) | 1990-1994 | 10 | 346 | 16 | 4/40 | 21.62 | 0 |
| AME Roberts (WI) | 1975-1982 | 14 | 405 | 18 | 3/15 | 22.50 | 0 |
| AA Donald (SAf) | 1992-2002 | 15 | 537 | 23 | 4/29 | 23.34 | 0 |
| RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 1980-1988 | 25 | 726 | 31 | 5/26 | 23.41 | 1 |
| Mudassar Nazar (Pak) | 1981-1987 | 12 | 359 | 15 | 3/20 | 23.93 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi (ICC/Pak) | 1996-2005 | 17 | 534 | 22 | 3/28 | 24.27 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) | 1995-2005 | 11 | 448 | 18 | 4/27 | 24.88 | 0 |
| Shoaib Akhtar (ICC/Pak) | 2000-2005 | 11 | 468 | 18 | 5/25 | 26.00 | 1 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1985-2002 | 29 | 1010 | 38 | 5/21 | 26.57 | 1 |
| CL Cairns (NZ) | 1993-2004 | 14 | 492 | 18 | 4/40 | 27.33 | 0 |
| N Kapil Dev (India) | 1980-1992 | 20 | 578 | 21 | 4/30 | 27.52 | 0 |
| CZ Harris (NZ) | 1990-2004 | 13 | 392 | 14 | 3/37 | 28.00 | 0 |
| MC Snedden (NZ) | 1980-1988 | 21 | 760 | 27 | 3/27 | 28.14 | 0 |
| MD Marshall (WI) | 1981-1992 | 32 | 1089 | 38 | 4/18 | 28.65 | 0 |
Statistics upto and including:
* Test # 1767: Zimbabwe v India at Harare, 2nd Test, Sep 20-22, 2005
* ODI # 2284: Australia v ICC World XI at Melbourne (DS), ICC Super Series ODIs 3rd Match, Oct 9, 2005