How players fared in England compared to their careers

Travis Basevi21-Jun-2011

Largest difference in batting average in England compared to career - Tests
Largest difference in batting average in England compared to career - Tests
Largest difference in bowling average in England compared to career - Tests
Largest difference in bowling average in England compared to career - Tests
Largest difference in batting average in England compared to career - ODIs
Largest difference in batting average in England compared to career - ODIs
Largest difference in bowling average in England compared to career - ODIs
Largest difference in bowling average in England compared to career - ODIs

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Largest difference in batting average in England compared to career - Tests (qualification: 8 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Eng	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Diff
DR Jardine (Eng)	1928-1933	22	33	1296	127	48.00	1	8	10	490	127	81.66	1	33.666
SJ Rhodes (Eng)	1994-1994	11	17	294	65*	24.50	0	6	8	222	65*	55.50	0	31.000
DM Jones (Aus)	1989-1989	52	89	3631	216	46.55	11	6	9	566	157	70.75	2	24.198
V Pollard (NZ)	1965-1973	32	59	1266	116	24.34	2	9	16	621	116	47.76	2	23.423
SC Ganguly (India)	1996-2007	113	188	7212	239	42.17	16	9	15	915	136	65.35	3	23.181
SR Waugh (Aus)	1989-2001	168	260	10927	200	51.06	32	22	32	1633	177*	74.22	7	23.166
Saleem Malik (Pak)	1987-1996	103	154	5768	237	43.69	15	13	18	931	165	66.50	3	22.803
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2008	91	159	7457	277	49.71	22	9	17	1083	277	72.20	4	22.486
MTG Elliott (Aus)	1997-1997	21	36	1172	199	33.48	3	6	10	556	199	55.60	2	22.114
DPB Morkel (SA)	1929-1929	16	28	663	88	24.55	0	5	8	321	88	45.85	0	21.301
VS Ransford (Aus)	1909-1909	20	38	1211	143*	37.84	1	5	9	353	143*	58.83	1	20.989
GC Small (Eng)	1986-1990	17	24	263	59	15.47	0	7	9	169	59	33.80	0	18.329
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)	1987-1996	60	92	3315	211	37.67	12	7	10	494	141	54.88	1	17.218
WA Johnston (Aus)	1948-1953	40	49	273	29	11.37	0	8	11	84	29	28.00	0	16.625
KR Stackpole (Aus)	1972-1972	43	80	2807	207	37.42	7	5	10	485	114	53.88	1	16.462
IJL Trott (Eng)	2009-2011	21	34	1867	226	62.23	6	10	16	1096	226	78.28	4	16.052
Rev.DS Sheppard (Eng)	1950-1962	22	33	1172	119	37.80	3	11	14	699	119	53.76	2	15.962
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1995-2009	130	221	9126	203*	49.06	22	13	23	1164	136*	64.66	3	15.602
KS More (India)	1986-1990	49	64	1285	73	25.70	0	6	9	247	61*	41.16	0	15.466
DAJ Holford (WI)	1966-1966	24	39	768	105*	22.58	1	5	8	227	105*	37.83	1	15.245

Largest difference in batting average in England compared to career - Tests (qualification: 8 innings)
Player	Span		Mat	Inns
Runs	HS	Ave	100		Eng	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100		Diff
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-2008
145	246	11947	201*	57.43	40		12	20	586	132	29.30	1		-28.137
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2006-2011
	66	104	4597	231	54.08	12		5	10	219	87*	27.37	0		-26.707
KC Sangakkara (SL)
2002-2011		97	162	8428	287	56.18	25		9	18	520	119	30.58	1		-25.598
ED Weekes (WI)	1950-1957		48	81	4455	207	58.61	15		9	16	533	129	33.31	1		-25.305
PR Umrigar (India)	1952-1959		59	94
3631	223	42.22	12		8	15	273	118	18.20	1		-24.020
RM Cowper (Aus)	1964-1968		27
46	2061	307	46.84	5		5	9	193	57	24.12	0		-22.715
CL Walcott (WI)	1950-1957
44	74	3798	220	56.68	15		9	16	476	168*	34.00	1		-22.686
KD Walters (Aus)	1968-1977
	74	125	5357	250	48.26	15		18	30	745	88	25.68	0		-22.571
JA Rudolph (SA)
2003-2003		35	63	2028	222*	36.21	5		5	9	132	55	14.66	0		-21.547
GW Flower (Zim)	2000-2003		67	123	3457	201*	29.54	6		4	8	71	26	8.87	0		-20.672
GA Faulkner (SA)	1907-1924		25	47
1754	204	40.79	4		10	19	348	122*	20.47	1		-20.320
MEK Hussey (Aus)	2009-2010		59
103	4650	195	51.09	13		7	12	345	121	31.36	1		-19.735
MC Carew (WI)	1963-1969
19	36	1127	109	34.15	1		4	8	104	44	14.85	0		-19.294
CG Borde (India)	1959-1967
	55	97	3061	177*	35.59	5		7	13	200	75	16.66	0		-18.926
P Roy (India)
1952-1959		43	79	2442	173	32.56	5		9	17	233	54	13.70	0		-18.854
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-2011		119	196	9630	374	52.62	28		10	19	614	119	34.11	2		-18.511
GC White (SA)	1907-1912		17	31
872	147	30.06	2		8	14	151	59*	11.61	0		-18.453
Kamran Akmal (Pak)	2006-2010		53
92	2648	158*	30.79	6		9	16	199	58	12.43	0		-18.353
Hanif Mohammad (Pak)	1954-1967
55	97	3915	337	43.98	12		12	23	586	187*	26.63	1		-17.352
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1986
	39	65	1601	128	26.24	3		5	8	73	23	9.12	0		-17.120

Largest difference in bowling average in England compared to career - Tests (qualification: 800 balls)
Player	Span	Mat	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Eng	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Diff
VI Smith (SA)	1947-1955	9	1655	12	4/143	64.08	0	5	1111	10	4/143	50.10	0	-13.983
Surendranath (India)	1959-1959	11	2602	26	5/75	40.50	2	5	1222	16	5/75	26.62	2	-13.875
DPB Morkel (SA)	1929-1929	16	1704	18	4/93	45.61	0	5	1038	14	4/93	32.71	0	-12.896
Asif Masood (Pak)	1971-1974	16	3038	38	5/111	41.26	1	6	1343	20	5/111	28.95	1	-12.313
AE Moss (Eng)	1956-1960	9	1657	21	4/35	29.80	0	6	931	16	4/35	17.87	0	-11.934
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1958-1958	26	5659	70	5/64	30.85	1	5	1054	20	5/64	19.45	1	-11.407
RM Ellison (Eng)	1984-1986	11	2264	35	6/77	29.94	3	5	1139	24	6/77	19.37	2	-10.567
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2009	91	6857	72	5/34	41.59	2	11	826	15	5/34	31.13	1	-10.463
AER Gilligan (Eng)	1924-1924	11	2404	36	6/7	29.05	2	4	801	17	6/7	18.94	2	-10.114
BKV Prasad (India)	1996-1996	33	7041	96	6/33	35.00	7	3	855	15	5/76	25.00	1	-10.000
Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak)	1974-1982	55	13951	177	9/86	32.75	4	6	1104	17	5/39	22.82	1	-9.933
AW Nourse (SA)	1907-1924	45	3234	41	4/25	37.87	0	14	1331	20	4/52	28.05	0	-9.828
TW Cartwright (Eng)	1964-1965	5	1611	15	6/94	36.26	1	4	1137	13	6/94	26.76	1	-9.497
Mohammad Amir (Pak)	2010-2010	14	2867	51	6/84	29.09	3	6	1253	30	6/84	19.80	2	-9.298
FE Woolley (Eng)	1909-1934	64	6495	83	7/76	33.91	4	30	1746	31	5/20	24.64	3	-9.270
RA Harper (WI)	1984-1988	25	3615	46	6/57	28.06	1	8	946	18	6/57	18.83	1	-9.231
AJ Hall (SA)	2003-2003	21	3001	45	3/1	35.93	0	4	868	16	3/18	26.87	0	-9.058
PCR Tufnell (Eng)	1991-2001	42	11288	121	7/47	37.68	5	12	3084	48	7/66	29.04	3	-8.644
EA McDonald (Aus)	1921-1921	11	2885	43	5/32	33.27	2	5	1235	27	5/32	24.74	2	-8.538
KCG Benjamin (WI)	1995-1995	26	5132	92	6/66	30.27	4	5	950	23	5/69	22.00	2	-8.271

Largest difference in bowling average in England compared to career - Tests (qualification: 800 balls)
Player	Span	Mat	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Eng	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Diff
BE Congdon (NZ)	1965-1978	61	5620	59	5/65	36.50	1	12	844	3	2/54	94.66	0	58.158
HB Cave (NZ)	1949-1958	19	4074	34	4/21	43.14	0	6	1166	6	3/103	101.00	0	57.852
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2002-2006	111	23438	355	7/71	29.58	12	6	1435	9	2/71	77.66	0	48.086
RG Holland (Aus)	1985-1985	11	2889	34	6/54	39.76	3	4	1032	6	5/68	77.50	1	37.735
ND Hirwani (India)	1990-1990	17	4298	66	8/61	30.10	4	3	1272	9	4/174	65.11	0	35.005
JDP Oram (NZ)	2004-2008	33	4964	60	4/41	33.05	0	6	819	5	2/45	66.60	0	33.550
A D'Souza (Pak)	1962-1962	6	1587	17	5/112	43.82	1	3	802	6	2/116	76.83	0	33.009
M Prabhakar (India)	1990-1990	39	7475	96	6/132	37.30	3	3	930	8	4/74	69.25	0	31.947
RDB Croft (Eng)	1996-2001	21	4619	49	5/95	37.24	1	12	2253	14	3/125	68.71	0	31.469
RJ Shastri (India)	1982-1990	80	15751	151	5/75	40.96	2	9	1754	11	3/109	70.63	0	29.676
EAS Prasanna (India)	1967-1974	49	14353	189	8/76	30.38	10	5	1455	12	4/60	58.08	0	27.702
IWG Johnson (Aus)	1948-1956	45	8780	109	7/44	29.19	3	9	1812	13	4/151	56.15	0	26.961
PJ Martin (Eng)	1995-1997	8	1452	17	4/60	34.11	0	5	822	6	2/65	60.33	0	26.215
AJ Richardson (Aus)	1926-1926	9	1812	12	2/20	43.41	0	5	900	4	2/81	68.25	0	24.833
KD Ghavri (India)	1979-1979	39	7036	109	5/33	33.54	4	4	882	8	3/76	56.00	0	22.458
CS Martin (NZ)	2004-2008	61	12216	199	6/54	34.66	9	6	947	10	3/94	54.90	0	20.231
TW Wall (Aus)	1930-1934	18	4812	56	5/14	35.89	3	9	2410	19	4/108	56.05	0	20.159
R Gilchrist (WI)	1957-1957	13	3227	57	6/55	26.68	1	4	915	10	4/115	46.60	0	19.915
MN Hart (NZ)	1994-1994	14	3086	29	5/77	49.58	1	3	885	4	1/50	69.50	0	19.913
CE McLeod (Aus)	1899-1905	17	3374	33	5/65	40.15	2	6	1452	11	5/125	59.63	1	19.484

Largest difference in batting average in England compared to career - ODIs (qualification: 8 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Eng	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Diff
L Klusener (SA)	1998-2004	171	137	3576	103*	41.10	2	13	12	384	55*	96.00	0	54.896
TM Moody (Aus)	1989-1999	76	64	1211	89	23.28	0	10	8	157	56*	52.33	0	29.044
RG Twose (NZ)	1999-1999	87	81	2717	103	38.81	1	8	8	264	80*	66.00	0	27.185
M Kaif (India)	2002-2004	125	110	2753	111*	32.01	2	12	10	353	87*	58.83	0	26.821
HA Gomes (WI)	1983-1984	83	64	1415	101	28.87	1	11	10	333	78	55.50	0	26.622
M Azharuddin (India)	1986-1999	334	308	9378	153*	36.92	7	15	14	497	83*	62.12	0	25.203
N Kapil Dev (India)	1979-1990	225	198	3783	175*	23.79	1	17	15	519	175*	47.18	1	23.389
SR Waugh (Aus)	1989-2001	325	288	7569	120*	32.90	3	25	21	812	120*	54.13	1	21.224
A Symonds (Aus)	2001-2005	198	161	5088	156	39.75	6	17	12	473	104*	59.12	1	19.375
RC Irani (Eng)	1996-2002	31	30	360	53	14.40	0	11	10	231	53	33.00	0	18.600
RD Jacobs (WI)	1999-2004	147	112	1865	80*	23.31	0	16	10	247	80*	41.16	0	17.854
S Madan Lal (India)	1974-1983	67	35	401	53*	19.09	0	15	11	181	53*	36.20	0	17.104
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	187	167	6721	189*	47.00	11	31	29	1345	189*	64.04	4	17.047
Imran Khan (Pak)	1974-1987	175	151	3709	102*	33.41	1	20	17	433	102*	48.11	1	14.696
JWM Dalrymple (Eng)	2006-2006	27	26	487	67	19.48	0	10	9	304	67	33.77	0	14.297
CA Walsh (WI)	1988-1999	205	79	321	30	6.97	0	12	8	61	29*	20.33	0	13.355
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2002-2006	291	272	9164	138*	38.02	11	11	11	358	70	51.14	0	13.117
MA Atherton (Eng)	1990-1998	54	54	1791	127	35.11	2	21	21	908	127	47.78	2	12.671
GP Howarth (NZ)	1975-1983	70	65	1384	76	23.06	0	13	13	428	76	35.66	0	12.599
IR Bell (Eng)	2006-2010	97	94	3021	126*	35.12	1	34	33	1333	126*	47.60	1	12.479

Largest difference in batting average in England compared to career - ODIs (qualification: 8 innings)
Player	Span		Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100		Eng	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100		Diff
Shoaib Malik (Pak)	2001-2006		192	172
5188	143	34.35	7		12	12	98	24	8.16	0		-26.190
RP Arnold (SL)	1998-2006		180
155	3950	103	35.26	1		11	10	102	29	11.33	0		-23.934
IM Chappell (Aus)	1972-1975
16	16	673	86	48.07	0		8	8	208	62	26.00	0		-22.071
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-1999
	185	185	6798	188*	40.95	13		15	15	294	82	19.60	0		-21.351
RB Richardson (WI)
1984-1995		224	217	6248	122	33.41	5		11	11	137	41	12.45	0		-20.957
PV Simmons (WI)	1988-1999		143	138	3675	122	28.93	5		9	8	73	28	9.12	0		-19.812
ML Hayden (Aus)	1993-2005		161	155
6133	181*	43.80	10		20	19	447	66*	24.83	0		-18.973
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-1999		188
175	5565	112	38.64	2		15	15	296	40	19.73	0		-18.912
JC Adams (WI)	1995-2000
127	105	2204	82	28.62	0		13	10	107	36	11.88	0		-16.734
PA de Silva (SL)	1988-1999
	308	296	9284	145	34.90	11		9	9	168	56	18.66	0		-16.235
DS Lehmann (Aus)
1999-2004		117	101	3078	119	38.96	4		13	10	183	76	22.87	0		-16.087
SR Watson (Aus)	2004-2010		133	114	3937	185*	43.74	6		19	16	404	61	28.85	0		-14.887
SV Carlisle (Zim)	1999-2000		111	107
2740	121*	27.67	3		11	8	95	27	13.57	0		-14.105
V Sehwag (India)	2002-2004		236
230	7760	175	35.11	14		12	12	261	71	21.75	0		-13.363
A Ranatunga (SL)	1983-1999
269	255	7456	131*	35.84	4		15	15	343	58	22.86	0		-12.979
DC Boon (Aus)	1985-1993
	181	177	5964	122	37.04	5		9	9	218	73	24.22	0		-12.821
DL Haynes (WI)
1979-1988		238	237	8648	152*	41.37	17		18	18	486	88*	28.58	0		-12.789
DB Vengsarkar (India)	1979-1990		129	120	3508	105	34.73	1		10	9	184	54	23.00	0		-11.732
C Kieswetter (Eng)	2010-2010		12	12
320	107	26.66	1		8	8	121	38	15.12	0		-11.541
DR Smith (WI)	2004-2007		77
61	925	68	16.22	0		10	8	38	10	5.42	0		-10.799

Largest difference in bowling average in England compared to career - ODIs (qualification: 800 balls)
Player	Span	Mat	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Eng	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Diff
SJ Harmison (Eng)	2003-2008	58	2899	76	5/33	32.64	1	32	1636	52	5/33	24.15	1	-8.490
S Madan Lal (India)	1974-1983	67	3164	73	4/20	29.27	0	15	933	27	4/20	20.85	0	-8.422
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	136	7175	157	4/18	26.96	0	17	1080	27	3/28	20.14	0	-6.813
HH Streak (Zim)	1999-2003	189	9468	239	5/32	29.82	1	19	942	29	4/21	23.24	0	-6.587
RDB Croft (Eng)	1996-2001	50	2466	45	3/51	38.73	0	18	876	19	3/51	32.84	0	-5.891
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1984	102	5473	142	5/26	21.36	1	19	1156	33	4/33	17.21	0	-4.154
GP Swann (Eng)	2008-2010	51	2370	72	5/28	24.81	1	22	1068	37	5/28	20.81	1	-4.008
DG Cork (Eng)	1992-2001	32	1772	41	3/27	33.36	0	16	887	22	3/27	30.04	0	-3.320
A Flintoff (Eng)	1999-2008	141	5624	169	5/19	24.38	2	56	2096	71	5/56	21.32	1	-3.060
JM Anderson (Eng)	2003-2010	142	7062	190	5/23	31.31	1	53	2603	77	4/23	28.27	0	-3.037
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	1999-2010	325	14056	315	6/38	34.22	5	26	823	21	5/11	31.42	1	-2.800
RGD Willis (Eng)	1973-1984	64	3595	80	4/11	24.60	0	32	1949	46	4/11	21.84	0	-2.752
PD Collingwood (Eng)	2001-2010	197	5186	111	6/31	38.68	1	77	1903	44	6/31	36.20	1	-2.480
SK Warne (Aus)	1997-2001	194	10642	293	5/33	25.73	1	18	1010	31	4/29	23.29	0	-2.446
MA Ealham (Eng)	1996-2001	64	3227	67	5/15	32.79	2	23	1191	25	3/44	30.72	0	-2.071
DR Pringle (Eng)	1982-1993	44	2379	44	4/42	38.11	0	24	1427	27	4/42	36.18	0	-1.928
M Hendrick (Eng)	1973-1981	22	1248	35	5/31	19.45	1	15	960	28	5/31	17.75	1	-1.707
BL Cairns (NZ)	1975-1983	78	4015	89	5/28	30.52	1	13	824	19	5/28	28.84	1	-1.685
Azhar Mahmood (Pak)	1999-2003	143	6242	123	6/18	39.13	3	19	882	18	3/24	37.77	0	-1.352
AD Mullally (Eng)	1996-2001	50	2699	63	4/18	27.42	0	24	1274	31	4/37	26.19	0	-1.235

Largest difference in bowling average in England compared to career - ODIs (qualification: 800 balls)
Player	Span		Mat	Balls
Wkts	BBI	Ave	5		Eng	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5		Diff
JR Thomson (Aus)	1975-1985
50	2696	55	4/67	35.30	0		14	827	11	3/51	52.54	0		17.236
TT Bresnan (Eng)	2006-2010
	42	2091	49	5/48	37.38	1		24	1155	21	3/51	51.00	0		13.612
A Kumble (India)
1990-2004		271	14496	337	6/12	30.89	2		20	1090	18	2/29	44.27	0		13.381
JN Gillespie (Aus)	1997-2005		97	5144	142	5/22	25.42	3		20	963	21	4/15	36.23	0		10.808
PAJ DeFreitas (Eng)	1987-1997		103	5712
115	4/35	32.82	0		27	1676	25	3/33	43.36	0		10.533
GR Dilley (Eng)	1980-1988		36
2043	48	4/23	26.89	0		17	1038	19	4/45	36.94	0		10.051
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1999-2006
322	15775	400	8/19	27.53	4		18	954	21	3/46	37.14	0		9.607
AF Giles (Eng)	1997-2005
	62	2856	55	5/57	37.61	1		31	1422	22	3/26	46.04	0		8.427
SM Pollock (SA)
1998-2004		303	15712	393	6/35	24.50	5		22	1162	22	5/36	32.77	1		8.266
Wasim Akram (Pak)	1987-2001		356	18186	502	5/15	23.52	6		23	1300	28	4/40	31.32	0		7.791
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)	1996-2001		169	8770
288	5/20	21.78	6		19	1000	27	5/35	28.11	1		6.322
Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak)	1974-1983		45
2412	63	4/27	23.22	0		16	1014	21	4/44	28.57	0		5.349
DK Lillee (Aus)	1972-1983
63	3593	103	5/34	20.82	1		17	1091	27	5/34	26.07	1		5.248
N Kapil Dev (India)	1979-1990
	225	11202	253	5/43	27.45	1		17	1080	19	5/43	31.78	1		4.338
IT Botham (Eng)
1976-1992		116	6271	145	4/31	28.54	0		47	2843	56	4/45	32.57	0		4.026
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)	1978-1987		122	4855	111	5/28	30.91	1		17	913	16	3/43	33.75	0		2.831
GD McGrath (Aus)	1997-2005		250	12970
381	7/15	22.02	7		30	1629	41	5/14	24.63	1		2.610
J Garner (WI)	1979-1984		98
5330	146	5/31	18.84	3		13	827	19	5/38	21.42	1		2.571
B Lee (Aus)	2001-2009
201	10212	349	5/22	23.00	9		22	1156	40	5/41	25.02	2		2.022
JE Emburey (Eng)	1980-1989
	61	3425	76	4/37	30.86	0		14	855	17	3/31	32.00	0		1.131

Statistics upto and including:

• Test # 1996: England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, 3rd Test, Jun 16-20, 2011
• ODI # 3163: West Indies v India at Kingston, 5th ODI, Jun 16, 2011
• T20I # 200: West Indies v India at Port of Spain, Only T20I, Jun 4, 2011

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

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