Sangakkara's appetite for the huge hundred
The List looks at the batsmen who score really big when they pass hundred and those who have a higher average in innings below three-figures
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Player | Span | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | RPI |
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DG Bradman (Aus) | 1928-1948 | 29 | 6 | 5393 | 334 | 185.96 |
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) | 1969-1985 | 12 | 2 | 2158 | 274 | 179.83 |
KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2000-2006 | 12 | 4 | 2128 | 287 | 177.33 |
V Sehwag (India) | 2001-2007 | 12 | 0 | 2119 | 309 | 176.58 |
BC Lara (WI) | 1990-2006 | 34 | 2 | 5889 | 400* | 173.20 |
DL Amiss (Eng) | 1966-1977 | 11 | 3 | 1879 | 262* | 170.81 |
ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 1991-2006 | 14 | 0 | 2356 | 340 | 168.28 |
WR Hammond (Eng) | 1927-1947 | 22 | 7 | 3685 | 336* | 167.50 |
RB Simpson (Aus) | 1957-1978 | 10 | 0 | 1646 | 311 | 164.60 |
GC Smith (SA) | 2002-2007 | 11 | 1 | 1782 | 277 | 162.00 |
Player | Span | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave |
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AJ Strauss (Eng) | 2004-2007 | 10 | 0 | 1265 | 147 | 126.50 |
MA Atherton (Eng) | 1989-2001 | 16 | 1 | 2034 | 185* | 135.60 |
Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) | 1959-1979 | 10 | 1 | 1232 | 201 | 136.88 |
MJ Slater (Aus) | 1993-2001 | 14 | 0 | 1917 | 219 | 136.92 |
WM Lawry (Aus) | 1961-1971 | 13 | 0 | 1794 | 210 | 138.00 |
MC Cowdrey (Eng) | 1954-1975 | 22 | 2 | 2778 | 182 | 138.90 |
CL Walcott (WI) | 1948-1960 | 15 | 1 | 2000 | 220 | 142.85 |
DR Martyn (Aus) | 1992-2006 | 13 | 2 | 1594 | 165 | 144.90 |
ME Trescothick (Eng) | 2000-2006 | 14 | 0 | 2032 | 219 | 145.14 |
AI Kallicharran (WI) | 1972-1981 | 12 | 2 | 1467 | 187 | 146.70 |
Player | Span | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | RPI |
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IVA Richards (WI) | 1975-1991 | 11 | 6 | 1486 | 189* | 135.09 |
A Symonds (Aus) | 1998-2007 | 5 | 3 | 657 | 156 | 131.40 |
CH Gayle (WI) | 1999-2007 | 15 | 6 | 1881 | 153* | 125.40 |
SC Ganguly (India) | 1992-2007 | 22 | 10 | 2731 | 183 | 124.13 |
ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 1989-2007 | 23 | 5 | 2848 | 189 | 123.82 |
S Chanderpaul (WI) | 1994-2007 | 5 | 3 | 617 | 150 | 123.40 |
BC Lara (WI) | 1990-2007 | 19 | 4 | 2335 | 169 | 122.89 |
AC Gilchrist (Aus) | 1996-2007 | 14 | 1 | 1708 | 172 | 122.00 |
GA Gooch (Eng) | 1976-1995 | 8 | 3 | 974 | 142 | 121.75 |
DL Haynes (WI) | 1978-1994 | 17 | 11 | 2067 | 152* | 121.58 |
Player | Span | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave |
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MG Bevan (Aus) | 1994-2004 | 190 | 64 | 6285 | 87* | 49.88 |
DM Jones (Aus) | 1984-1994 | 154 | 23 | 5271 | 99* | 40.23 |
IVA Richards (WI) | 1975-1991 | 156 | 18 | 5235 | 98 | 37.93 |
Javed Miandad (Pak) | 1975-1996 | 210 | 36 | 6502 | 91* | 37.36 |
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) | 1974-1985 | 53 | 5 | 1793 | 97 | 37.35 |
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) | 1996-2007 | 218 | 34 | 6871 | 98* | 37.34 |
DR Martyn (Aus) | 1992-2006 | 177 | 47 | 4781 | 95* | 36.77 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak) | 1991-2007 | 333 | 47 | 10428 | 91* | 36.46 |
CG Greenidge (WI) | 1975-1991 | 116 | 8 | 3936 | 98* | 36.44 |
ML Hayden (Aus/ICC) | 1993-2007 | 119 | 13 | 3811 | 99 | 35.95 |
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