Differences between averages in first and second half of career

21-Sep-2010

Biggest difference in Test batting average for the first half of career over the second half
Biggest difference in Test batting average for the second half of career over the first half
Biggest difference in Test bowling average for the first half of career over the second half
Biggest difference in Test bowling average for the second half of career over the first half
Biggest difference in ODI batting average for the first half of career over the second half
Biggest difference in ODI batting average for the second half of career over the first half
Biggest difference in ODI bowling average for the first half of career over the second half
Biggest difference in ODI bowling average for the second half of career over the first half

Biggest difference in Test batting average for the first half of career over the second half (qualification: 20 innings in each half)
Player	Span	Mat	Ave	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	Diff
JC Adams (WI)	1992-2001	54	41.26	27	43	1963	61.34	5	27	47	1049	25.58	1	35.76
MEK Hussey (Aus)	2005-2010	52	51.03	26	44	2502	69.50	9	26	46	1479	35.21	2	34.29
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	30	43.55	15	22	1293	61.57	6	15	27	754	29.00	1	32.57
BC Booth (Aus)	1961-1966	29	42.21	15	27	1197	57.00	4	14	21	576	27.42	1	29.57
AR Morris (Aus)	1946-1955	46	46.48	23	37	2097	61.67	10	23	42	1436	34.19	2	27.49
RN Harvey (Aus)	1948-1963	79	48.41	40	69	3833	60.84	15	39	68	2316	36.18	6	24.65
VS Hazare (India)	1946-1953	30	47.65	15	28	1420	59.16	6	15	24	772	35.09	1	24.08
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1988-1996	41	30.62	21	35	1291	43.03	2	20	36	730	20.27	1	22.76
Sadiq Mohammad (Pak)	1969-1981	41	35.81	21	37	1630	46.57	4	20	37	949	25.64	1	20.92
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-2003	35	28.38	18	34	1262	38.24	3	17	31	526	17.53	1	20.71
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	1999-2008	96	47.60	48	65	3073	59.09	9	48	72	2497	38.41	8	20.68
BW Luckhurst (Eng)	1970-1974	21	36.05	11	21	796	46.82	3	10	20	502	26.42	1	20.40
RB McCosker (Aus)	1975-1980	25	39.56	13	24	1000	50.00	3	12	22	622	29.61	1	20.38
MS Sinclair (NZ)	1999-2010	33	32.05	17	29	1060	42.40	3	16	27	575	22.11	0	20.28
AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1995	39	44.27	20	36	1703	54.93	5	19	38	1219	34.82	2	20.11
Javed Burki (Pak)	1960-1969	25	30.47	13	25	917	39.86	3	12	23	424	20.19	0	19.68
WR Endean (SA)	1951-1958	28	33.95	14	25	979	44.50	2	14	27	651	25.03	1	19.46
ED Solkar (India)	1969-1977	27	25.42	14	23	678	35.68	0	13	25	390	16.95	1	18.73
PH Parfitt (Eng)	1961-1972	37	40.91	19	25	1113	50.59	6	18	27	769	32.04	1	18.55
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1987	23	29.07	12	23	832	37.81	2	11	20	389	19.45	0	18.37
TW Hayward (Eng)	1896-1909	35	34.46	18	29	1194	44.22	3	17	31	805	25.96	0	18.25
RM Cowper (Aus)	1964-1968	27	46.84	14	21	1130	56.50	3	13	25	931	38.79	2	17.71
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1981	66	44.43	33	55	2611	53.28	8	33	54	1788	35.76	4	17.53
Mohsin Khan (Pak)	1978-1986	48	37.10	24	38	1540	46.66	4	24	41	1169	29.22	3	17.44
PE Richardson (Eng)	1956-1963	34	37.47	17	28	1284	45.85	5	17	28	777	28.77	0	17.08
TE Bailey (Eng)	1949-1959	61	29.74	31	46	1396	38.77	1	30	45	894	21.80	0	16.97
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1911	25	23.23	13	24	749	31.20	3	12	23	320	14.54	0	16.66
Yasir Hameed (Pak)	2003-2010	25	32.41	13	25	902	41.00	2	12	24	589	24.54	0	16.46
WJ Edrich (Eng)	1938-1955	39	40.00	20	29	1363	48.67	4	19	34	1077	32.63	2	16.04
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2007	29	36.04	15	27	1072	42.88	4	14	21	514	27.05	1	15.83

Biggest difference in Test batting average for the second half of career over the first half (qualification: 20 innings in each half)
Player	Span	Mat	Ave	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	Diff
CG Macartney (Aus)	1907-1926	35	41.78	18	31	811	27.03	1	17	24	1320	62.85	6	35.82
G Gambhir (India)	2004-2010	32	52.83	16	27	904	36.16	1	16	30	1896	67.71	8	31.55
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2010	61	45.50	31	57	1921	35.57	3	30	48	2311	59.25	7	23.68
Imran Khan (Pak)	1971-1992	88	37.69	44	69	1651	27.98	1	44	57	2156	51.33	5	23.35
JW Burke (Aus)	1951-1959	24	34.59	12	23	519	24.71	1	12	21	761	47.56	2	22.85
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1960	44	56.68	22	34	1434	44.81	5	22	40	2364	67.54	10	22.73
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1951	26	43.66	13	25	750	32.60	0	13	25	1215	55.22	3	22.62
Younis Khan (Pak)	2000-2009	63	50.09	32	55	2077	39.18	6	31	57	3183	61.21	10	22.02
SJ McCabe (Aus)	1930-1938	39	48.21	20	29	992	36.74	1	19	33	1756	58.53	5	21.79
DG Bradman (Aus)	1928-1948	52	99.94	26	39	3224	89.55	13	26	41	3772	110.94	16	21.39
RG Pollock (SA)	1963-1970	23	60.97	12	21	972	51.15	3	11	20	1284	71.33	4	20.18
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	1997-2010	100	30.71	50	73	1249	20.47	1	50	79	2713	39.89	4	19.42
A Flower (Zim)	1992-2002	63	51.54	32	57	2030	42.29	5	31	55	2764	61.42	7	19.13
MH Denness (Eng)	1969-1975	28	39.69	14	24	718	31.21	0	14	21	949	49.94	4	18.73
T Taibu (Zim)	2001-2005	24	29.60	12	24	482	20.95	0	12	22	791	39.55	1	18.59
Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban)	2005-2010	23	27.14	12	23	409	18.59	0	11	22	731	36.55	1	17.96
JE Cheetham (SA)	1949-1955	24	23.86	12	23	394	17.13	0	12	20	489	34.92	0	17.80
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2010	91	56.85	46	76	3466	48.13	7	45	76	4550	65.94	16	17.80
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1985-1995	56	27.08	28	45	763	18.16	1	28	54	1702	34.73	2	16.57
JE Emburey (Eng)	1978-1995	64	22.53	32	47	520	14.05	0	32	49	1193	30.58	0	16.54
CB Wishart (Zim)	1995-2005	27	22.40	14	26	360	14.40	0	13	24	738	30.75	1	16.35
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2007-2010	25	43.13	13	24	812	35.30	2	12	22	1129	51.31	3	16.01
DJ Nash (NZ)	1992-2001	32	23.51	16	23	278	16.35	0	16	22	451	32.21	0	15.86
IM Chappell (Aus)	1964-1980	75	42.42	38	68	2226	34.78	6	37	68	3119	50.30	8	15.53
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1983	47	14.94	24	32	209	7.74	0	23	30	553	23.04	0	15.30
GRJ Matthews (Aus)	1983-1993	33	41.08	17	27	816	34.00	3	16	26	1033	49.19	1	15.19
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2010	46	45.10	23	42	1529	38.22	4	23	39	1854	52.97	6	14.75
HH Streak (Zim)	1993-2005	65	22.35	33	52	690	15.33	0	32	55	1300	29.54	1	14.21
IR Redpath (Aus)	1964-1976	66	43.45	33	56	1876	36.07	1	33	64	2861	50.19	7	14.12
PR Reiffel (Aus)	1992-1998	35	26.52	18	22	326	19.17	0	17	28	629	33.10	0	13.93

Biggest difference in Test bowling average for the first half of career over the second half (qualification: 2000 balls in each half)
Player	Span	Mat	Ave	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	Diff
RJ Bright (Aus)	1977-1986	25	41.13	13	2818	34	30.44	3	12	2723	19	60.26	1	29.82
Mohammad Rafique (Ban)	2000-2008	33	40.76	17	4966	66	31.56	5	16	3778	34	58.61	2	27.06
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1977	24	37.36	12	2298	32	27.93	1	12	2244	18	54.11	0	26.17
S Madan Lal (India)	1974-1986	39	40.08	20	3213	43	29.97	4	19	2784	28	55.60	0	25.63
GRJ Matthews (Aus)	1983-1993	33	48.22	17	3002	37	38.16	2	16	3269	24	63.75	0	25.59
GS Ramchand (India)	1952-1960	33	46.31	17	2768	28	38.53	1	16	2208	13	63.07	0	24.54
ND Hirwani (India)	1988-1996	17	30.10	9	2102	44	22.04	3	8	2196	22	46.22	1	24.18
Shahadat Hossain (Ban)	2005-2010	29	45.33	15	2184	42	36.69	2	14	2150	24	60.45	2	23.77
RK Chauhan (India)	1993-1998	21	39.51	11	2687	30	31.23	0	10	2062	17	54.11	0	22.88
JM Gregory (Aus)	1920-1928	24	31.15	12	2894	57	23.71	3	12	2688	28	46.28	1	22.57
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	43	42.65	22	3911	54	32.48	2	21	4709	46	54.58	1	22.11
JE Emburey (Eng)	1978-1995	64	38.40	32	7391	89	30.20	4	32	8000	58	51.00	2	20.80
BC Strang (Zim)	1995-2001	26	39.33	13	2573	32	30.62	1	13	2860	24	50.95	0	20.33
TBA May (Aus)	1987-1995	24	34.74	12	3586	51	28.47	2	12	2991	24	48.08	1	19.61
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	61.37	61	2434	17	52.29	0	60	2736	15	71.66	0	19.37
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	33.82	19	3722	55	28.94	0	19	2326	20	47.25	0	18.30
IK Pathan (India)	2003-2008	29	32.26	15	3253	66	26.15	6	14	2631	34	44.11	1	17.97
Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban)	2001-2009	36	41.52	18	3140	47	35.10	0	18	2850	31	51.25	0	16.15
RM Hogg (Aus)	1978-1984	38	28.47	19	4222	76	22.40	5	19	3411	47	38.29	1	15.89
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1969-1977	30	36.95	15	4577	50	30.38	2	15	4256	36	46.08	0	15.70
GAR Lock (Eng)	1952-1968	49	25.58	25	6658	105	19.66	6	24	6489	69	34.57	3	14.91
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1969-1978	26	33.64	13	2324	40	27.20	0	13	2559	31	41.96	0	14.77
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	36	31.86	18	4038	76	26.22	3	18	3592	47	40.97	0	14.76
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	1998-2005	25	47.59	13	2800	33	40.84	2	12	2860	28	55.53	0	14.69
JW Gleeson (Aus)	1967-1972	29	36.20	15	4439	54	30.11	2	14	4418	39	44.64	1	14.53
CC Griffith (WI)	1960-1969	28	28.54	14	2948	59	23.25	4	14	2683	35	37.45	1	14.20
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)	1990-2003	52	32.97	26	6343	107	27.00	7	26	6189	78	41.16	3	14.17
DR Tuffey (NZ)	2000-2010	26	31.75	13	2201	46	26.06	1	13	2676	31	40.19	1	14.13
W Rhodes (Eng)	1899-1930	58	26.96	29	4974	96	23.59	6	29	3251	31	37.41	0	13.83
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1962	36	30.32	18	8415	99	26.41	7	18	4538	40	40.00	1	13.59

Biggest difference in Test bowling average for the second half of career over the first half (qualification: 2000 balls in each half)
Player	Span	Mat	Ave	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	Diff
V Pollard (NZ)	1965-1973	32	46.32	16	2286	16	65.12	0	16	2135	24	33.79	0	31.33
DAJ Holford (WI)	1966-1977	24	39.39	12	2414	20	54.45	0	12	2402	31	29.67	1	24.77
Intikhab Alam (Pak)	1959-1977	47	35.95	24	4530	39	51.07	0	23	5944	86	29.09	5	21.98
EE Hemmings (Eng)	1982-1991	16	42.44	8	2332	16	54.75	0	8	2105	27	35.14	1	19.60
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1951	15	38.59	8	2728	23	47.56	1	7	2465	31	31.93	3	15.63
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2010	88	41.55	44	2026	16	53.31	0	44	4825	56	38.19	2	15.12
AV Bedser (Eng)	1946-1955	51	24.89	26	8634	100	33.36	3	25	7284	136	18.67	12	14.68
M Prabhakar (India)	1984-1995	39	37.30	20	5160	59	42.59	3	19	2315	37	28.86	0	13.73
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1998	18	24.27	9	2427	34	32.47	1	9	2378	51	18.80	4	13.67
JC Laker (Eng)	1948-1959	46	21.24	23	5513	79	29.26	2	23	6514	114	15.69	7	13.57
BL D'Oliveira (Eng)	1966-1972	44	39.55	22	3012	23	46.47	0	22	2694	24	32.91	0	13.56
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	110	34.34	55	3393	37	41.78	0	55	4795	61	29.83	2	11.95
BA Reid (Aus)	1985-1992	27	24.63	14	3259	47	31.08	0	13	2985	66	20.04	5	11.04
RW Price (Zim)	1999-2004	18	35.86	9	2740	30	42.06	2	9	2395	39	31.10	3	10.96
SJ Benn (WI)	2008-2010	15	40.92	8	2020	22	46.90	0	7	2235	28	36.21	3	10.69
GE Gomez (WI)	1939-1954	29	27.41	15	2079	19	34.10	0	14	3157	39	24.15	1	9.95
SLV Raju (India)	1990-2001	28	30.72	14	4263	42	36.07	1	14	3339	51	26.31	4	9.76
DVP Wright (Eng)	1938-1951	34	39.11	17	4446	54	43.83	2	17	3689	54	34.38	4	9.44
PA Strang (Zim)	1994-2001	24	36.02	12	2630	29	41.55	3	12	3090	41	32.12	1	9.43
JR Reid (NZ)	1949-1965	58	33.35	29	4243	39	38.41	0	29	3482	46	29.06	1	9.35
C Blythe (Eng)	1901-1910	19	18.63	10	2500	41	24.12	2	9	2046	59	14.81	7	9.31
NA Foster (Eng)	1983-1993	29	32.85	15	3113	40	37.85	3	14	3148	48	28.68	2	9.16
Maninder Singh (India)	1982-1993	35	37.36	18	3772	34	42.91	0	17	4446	54	33.87	3	9.04
SF Barnes (Eng)	1901-1914	27	16.43	14	4316	79	21.60	9	13	3557	110	12.71	15	8.89
Iqbal Qasim (Pak)	1976-1988	50	28.11	25	6269	71	33.30	3	25	6750	100	24.42	5	8.89
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1991-2001	40	41.87	20	3672	40	46.52	1	20	3588	45	37.73	2	8.79
RB Simpson (Aus)	1957-1978	62	42.26	31	2809	25	47.84	1	31	4072	46	39.23	1	8.60
BR Taylor (NZ)	1965-1973	30	26.60	15	2770	43	31.74	2	15	3564	68	23.35	2	8.39
TM Alderman (Aus)	1981-1991	41	27.15	21	5187	79	31.55	5	20	4994	91	23.32	9	8.23
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2006	81	42.01	41	3427	29	45.55	0	40	2261	22	37.36	0	8.19

Biggest difference in ODI batting average for the first half of career over the second half (qualification: 20 innings in each half)
Player	Span	Mat	Ave	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	Diff
GM Turner (NZ)	1973-1983	41	47.00	21	20	886	63.28	2	20	20	712	35.60	1	27.69
KP Pietersen (Eng/ICC)	2004-2010	104	42.17	52	46	2059	55.64	5	52	48	1273	30.30	2	25.34
MA Atherton (Eng)	1990-1998	54	35.11	27	27	1188	47.52	1	27	27	603	23.19	1	24.33
RL Dias (SL)	1979-1987	58	31.46	29	27	1058	44.08	2	29	28	515	19.80	0	24.28
HJH Marshall (NZ)	2003-2007	66	27.43	33	31	980	39.20	1	33	31	474	16.92	0	22.27
GS Chappell (Aus)	1971-1983	74	40.18	37	36	1442	51.50	2	37	36	889	29.63	1	21.87
DI Gower (Eng)	1978-1991	114	30.77	57	54	1978	42.08	6	57	57	1192	21.28	1	20.80
Yasir Hameed (Pak)	2003-2007	56	36.87	28	28	1256	46.51	2	28	28	772	27.57	1	18.95
Basit Ali (Pak)	1993-1996	50	34.18	25	23	823	43.31	1	25	20	442	24.55	0	18.76
BA Edgar (NZ)	1978-1986	64	30.74	32	32	1092	40.44	1	32	32	722	22.56	0	17.88
VG Kambli (India)	1991-2000	104	32.59	52	48	1456	41.60	1	52	49	1021	24.90	1	16.70
MG Bevan (Aus)	1994-2004	232	53.58	116	102	3790	62.13	3	116	94	3122	45.91	3	16.22
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	187	47.00	94	86	3960	55.00	8	93	81	2761	38.88	3	16.11
Shahriar Nafees (Ban)	2005-2008	60	33.76	30	30	1125	41.66	3	30	30	732	26.14	1	15.52
PN Kirsten (SA)	1991-1994	40	38.02	20	20	737	46.06	0	20	20	556	30.88	0	15.17
AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1995	87	35.69	44	44	1647	43.34	0	43	43	1137	28.42	0	14.92
AL Logie (WI)	1981-1993	158	28.95	79	66	1507	36.75	0	79	67	1302	23.25	1	13.51
LPC Silva (SL)	1999-2010	61	31.11	31	27	892	37.16	1	30	25	508	24.19	0	12.98
MEK Hussey (Aus)	2004-2010	146	51.65	73	54	1826	58.90	2	73	67	2461	47.32	0	11.58
GA Gooch (Eng)	1976-1995	125	36.98	63	62	2505	42.45	6	62	60	1785	31.31	2	11.14
AC Parore (NZ)	1992-2002	179	25.68	90	86	2245	30.33	1	89	75	1069	19.43	0	10.90
NS Sidhu (India)	1987-1998	136	37.08	68	65	2579	42.27	4	68	62	1834	31.62	2	10.66
MA Vermeulen (Zim)	2000-2009	43	22.25	22	22	503	27.94	0	21	21	365	17.38	0	10.56
SA Thomson (NZ)	1990-1996	56	22.95	28	26	611	27.77	0	28	26	353	17.65	0	10.12
PJL Dujon (WI)	1981-1991	169	23.15	85	53	927	28.96	0	84	67	1018	19.57	0	9.39
SG Law (Aus)	1994-1999	54	26.89	27	26	726	31.56	1	27	25	511	22.21	0	9.35
Manzoor Elahi (Pak)	1984-1995	54	22.45	27	24	478	26.55	0	27	22	263	17.53	0	9.02
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1994-2004	141	22.62	71	41	638	27.73	0	70	46	584	18.83	0	8.90
Alok Kapali (Ban)	2002-2008	65	19.83	33	32	721	24.03	0	32	30	449	15.48	1	8.55
IK Pathan (India)	2004-2009	107	22.80	54	37	718	27.61	0	53	41	650	19.11	0	8.50

Biggest difference in ODI batting average for the second half of career over the first half (qualification: 20 innings in each half)
Player	Span	Mat	Ave	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	Diff
SM Gavaskar (India)	1974-1987	108	35.13	54	51	1230	26.17	0	54	51	1862	45.41	1	19.24
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)	2005-2010	101	43.56	51	50	1626	35.34	2	50	47	1990	53.78	5	18.44
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2001-2010	75	18.70	38	22	182	10.11	0	37	31	454	28.37	0	18.26
JDP Oram (NZ)	2001-2010	141	24.75	71	54	827	17.22	0	70	48	1376	33.56	1	16.33
DS Lehmann (Aus)	1996-2005	117	38.96	59	55	1527	32.48	2	58	46	1551	48.46	2	15.98
SR Watson (Aus)	2002-2010	114	40.29	57	41	856	30.57	0	57	55	2126	46.21	4	15.65
HH Streak (Afr/Zim)	1993-2005	189	28.29	95	80	1020	20.40	0	94	79	1923	35.61	0	15.21
DO Obuya (Kenya)	2001-2010	64	19.71	32	32	391	13.03	0	32	31	792	26.40	0	13.37
TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2010	188	35.73	94	81	1803	28.61	1	94	84	3057	41.87	7	13.26
H Masakadza (Zim)	2001-2010	95	28.58	48	48	1020	22.17	0	47	47	1581	35.13	3	12.96
BB McCullum (NZ)	2002-2010	171	29.01	86	67	1150	21.69	0	85	78	2419	34.55	2	12.86
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	1997-2010	255	17.07	128	80	603	10.76	0	127	80	1292	23.49	0	12.72
MS Dhoni (Asia/India)	2004-2010	171	50.73	86	76	2535	44.47	3	85	76	3198	57.10	4	12.63
A Bagai (Can)	2003-2010	54	37.73	27	27	729	31.69	2	27	26	1007	43.78	0	12.09
M Amarnath (India)	1975-1989	85	30.53	43	34	698	24.06	0	42	41	1226	36.05	2	11.99
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	227	35.34	114	99	2173	28.97	1	113	107	3588	40.77	6	11.80
B Zuiderent (Neth)	1996-2010	53	25.71	27	27	496	20.66	0	26	25	584	32.44	0	11.78
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India)	2000-2010	254	36.73	127	114	3118	30.87	4	127	120	4302	42.59	8	11.72
OA Shah (Eng)	2001-2009	71	30.56	36	35	774	24.96	1	35	31	1060	36.55	0	11.58
Saleem Elahi (Pak)	1995-2004	48	36.72	24	24	687	31.22	1	24	23	892	42.47	3	11.25
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2010	261	41.77	131	122	3847	36.29	3	130	123	4801	47.53	8	11.24
Khaled Mashud (Ban)	1995-2006	126	21.90	63	58	837	17.43	0	63	52	981	28.02	0	10.59
CO Obuya (Kenya)	2001-2010	83	22.65	42	33	496	17.10	0	41	35	886	27.68	0	10.58
CB Wishart (Zim)	1996-2005	90	23.22	45	40	690	18.15	1	45	42	1029	28.58	1	10.43
A Jadeja (India)	1992-2000	196	37.47	98	88	2518	32.70	2	98	91	2841	43.04	4	10.34
Aaqib Javed (Pak)	1988-1998	163	10.68	82	23	45	4.50	0	81	28	222	14.80	0	10.30
RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	115	21.61	58	48	749	17.02	0	57	50	1002	27.08	0	10.06
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1990-2004	189	22.22	95	91	1469	17.28	1	94	90	2242	27.34	1	10.06
SC Williams (WI)	1994-1999	57	32.36	29	29	752	27.85	0	28	26	834	37.90	1	10.06
KJ O'Brien (Ire)	2006-2010	49	33.16	25	24	642	29.18	1	24	20	585	39.00	0	9.82

Biggest difference in ODI bowling average for the first half of career over the second half (qualification: 1000 balls in each half)
Player	Span	Mat	Ave	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	Diff
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1987	57	37.91	29	1425	42	26.83	2	28	1310	17	65.29	0	38.46
ME Waugh (Aus)	1988-2002	244	34.56	122	2541	70	29.10	1	122	1146	15	60.06	0	30.97
Tauseef Ahmed (Pak)	1982-1990	70	40.85	35	1462	32	30.03	0	35	1788	23	55.91	0	25.88
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1983-1990	53	57.09	27	1283	20	47.05	0	26	1164	13	72.53	0	25.49
DN Patel (NZ)	1987-1997	75	50.24	38	1523	26	40.03	0	37	1728	19	64.21	0	24.17
EAE Baptiste (WI)	1983-1990	43	41.97	22	1152	22	33.90	0	21	1062	14	54.64	0	20.73
BC Strang (Zim)	1995-2001	49	37.34	25	1202	28	29.42	1	24	1292	18	49.66	0	20.24
HA Varaiya (Kenya)	2006-2010	51	27.91	26	1126	33	19.90	0	25	1208	24	38.91	0	19.01
MO Odumbe (Kenya)	1996-2003	61	46.33	31	1157	23	39.26	0	30	1080	16	56.50	0	17.24
MN Samuels (WI)	2000-2008	107	43.24	54	1560	35	36.68	0	53	1519	22	53.68	0	17.00
Syed Rasel (Ban)	2005-2010	52	33.62	26	1365	35	26.40	0	26	1292	26	43.34	0	16.95
VB John (SL)	1982-1987	45	48.67	23	1202	20	41.70	0	22	1109	14	58.64	0	16.94
C Sharma (India)	1983-1994	65	34.86	33	1473	41	28.56	0	32	1362	26	44.80	0	16.25
BA Reid (Aus)	1986-1992	61	34.96	31	1662	40	29.27	1	30	1588	23	44.86	0	15.59
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	227	36.05	114	4642	110	30.00	0	113	4931	83	44.07	0	14.07
CH Gayle (ICC/WI)	1999-2010	220	34.58	110	3609	95	29.11	1	110	3207	61	43.09	0	13.98
Aamer Sohail (Pak)	1990-2000	156	43.56	78	2527	49	37.79	0	78	2309	36	51.41	0	13.62
Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak)	2003-2010	74	29.28	37	1867	68	24.08	1	37	1599	42	37.69	0	13.60
IR Bishop (WI)	1988-1997	84	26.50	42	2144	68	20.79	2	42	2188	50	34.26	0	13.47
IK Pathan (India)	2004-2009	107	29.91	54	2777	92	24.66	1	53	2417	60	37.96	0	13.30
PR Reiffel (Aus)	1992-1999	92	29.20	46	2467	62	23.80	0	46	2265	44	36.81	0	13.01
NM Hauritz (Aus)	2002-2010	55	32.48	28	1338	37	27.32	0	27	1224	25	40.12	0	12.80
Abdul Razzaq (Asia/Pak)	1996-2010	241	31.14	121	5374	153	25.94	3	120	4895	105	38.71	0	12.77
Abdur Razzak (Ban)	2004-2010	103	28.41	52	2749	80	22.85	1	51	2672	64	35.37	1	12.53
Khaled Mahmud (Ban)	1998-2006	77	42.76	39	1787	39	37.64	0	38	1598	28	49.89	0	12.25
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	171	29.95	86	3898	120	25.37	6	85	3438	72	37.58	0	12.21
Mohammad Sami (Pak)	2001-2007	83	28.44	42	2049	68	23.27	1	41	2045	50	35.48	0	12.20
PL Symcox (SA)	1993-1999	80	38.36	40	2046	39	32.89	0	40	1945	33	44.81	0	11.92
RR Singh (India)	1989-2001	136	43.26	68	2125	43	39.00	1	68	1609	26	50.30	1	11.31
NAM McLean (WI)	1996-2003	45	37.58	23	1029	26	32.76	0	22	1091	20	43.85	0	11.08

Biggest difference in ODI bowling average for the second half of career over the first half (qualification: 1000 balls in each half)
Player	Span	Mat	Ave	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	Diff
RW Price (Zim)	2002-2010	79	35.91	40	2048	23	59.04	0	39	2036	51	25.49	0	33.55
RP Snell (SA)	1991-1996	42	35.77	21	1028	16	48.25	0	21	1067	28	28.64	1	19.61
J Botha (Afr/SA)	2005-2010	57	41.21	29	1320	20	51.85	0	28	1452	32	34.56	0	17.29
ARC Fraser (Eng)	1989-1999	42	30.04	21	1162	18	39.77	0	21	1230	29	24.00	0	15.78
Mohammad Rafique (Asia/Ban)	1995-2007	125	37.91	63	3074	50	47.28	0	62	3340	75	31.66	1	15.61
Maninder Singh (India)	1983-1993	59	31.30	30	1614	27	40.14	0	29	1519	39	25.17	0	14.97
GR Larsen (NZ)	1990-1999	121	35.39	61	3301	46	44.13	0	60	3067	67	29.40	0	14.73
TBA May (Aus)	1987-1995	47	45.43	24	1220	17	53.17	0	23	1284	22	39.45	0	13.72
TM Odoyo (Afr/Kenya)	1996-2010	126	30.19	63	2738	59	37.72	0	63	2524	74	24.18	0	13.54
AF Giles (Eng)	1997-2005	62	37.61	31	1428	25	44.80	1	31	1428	30	31.63	0	13.17
Iftikhar Anjum (Pak)	2004-2010	62	31.55	31	1445	28	39.57	0	31	1515	49	26.97	1	12.59
P Utseya (Zim)	2004-2010	111	45.98	56	2851	36	52.61	0	55	2732	48	41.02	0	11.59
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1982-1990	78	33.71	39	1484	32	40.87	0	39	2089	53	29.39	0	11.48
SLV Raju (India)	1990-1996	53	31.96	27	1405	25	38.60	0	26	1365	38	27.60	0	10.99
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	1997-2010	255	31.22	128	5777	114	37.08	0	127	6334	154	26.87	2	10.21
GRJ Matthews (Aus)	1984-1993	59	35.15	30	1380	25	40.76	0	29	1428	32	30.78	0	9.98
SR Watson (Aus)	2002-2010	114	27.93	57	2326	58	32.72	0	57	1725	60	23.30	0	9.42
AJ Hall (SA)	1999-2007	88	26.47	44	1294	29	33.00	0	44	2047	66	23.60	1	9.39
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1986-1994	45	45.75	23	1026	14	50.92	0	22	1074	18	41.72	0	9.21
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2003	308	39.40	154	1916	35	45.57	0	154	3232	71	36.36	0	9.21
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak)	1996-2010	299	35.05	150	5428	103	40.86	1	149	7280	177	31.66	2	9.20
EA Brandes (Zim)	1987-1999	59	32.37	30	1495	34	37.00	0	29	1333	36	28.00	2	9.00
NA Foster (Eng)	1984-1989	48	31.11	24	1218	24	36.12	0	24	1409	35	27.68	0	8.44
DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2010	107	28.84	54	2060	54	33.57	0	53	2200	75	25.44	0	8.13
GB Hogg (Aus)	1996-2008	123	26.84	62	2952	72	31.12	2	61	2612	84	23.17	0	7.95
KD Mills (NZ)	2001-2010	114	26.02	57	2822	72	30.48	0	57	2841	98	22.75	1	7.73
AJ Bichel (Aus)	1997-2004	67	31.57	34	1751	38	35.42	1	33	1506	40	27.92	1	7.50
MA Ealham (Eng)	1996-2001	64	32.79	32	1574	31	36.61	1	32	1653	36	29.50	1	7.11
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2010	442	44.26	221	4518	78	47.55	1	221	3502	76	40.89	1	6.66
DK Morrison (NZ)	1987-1996	96	27.53	48	2330	60	31.00	0	48	2256	66	24.39	2	6.61

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1971: England v Pakistan at Lord's, 4th Test, Aug 26-29, 2010
• ODI # 3045: England v Pakistan at The Oval, NatWest Series 3rd ODI, Sep 17, 2010

• T20I # 187: England v Pakistan at Cardiff, 2nd T20I, Sep 7, 2010

Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for Cricinfo and other ESPN sports websites