Test batting: location summary, by innings and vs country

This is a continuation of the two ODI articles and analyses how Test batsmen and bowlers performed at home or away, against different teams and in the first or second innings. Normally I do analysis-centric articles which take on and expound a theme. Once in a while I do different types of articles in which I go deep in one area of the game and provide data tables around it. This is one such article. This has been a tough exercise on presentation and I must thank Milind for his invaluable suggestions.

This information is certainly available through StatsGuru of Cricinfo. However, what will not be available are the composite multidimensional tables which are provided here. You would have to put in multiple queries and saving the tables in an accessible format is another problem.

In order to avoid the usual questions and comments which relate to specific players, let me explain how these series of articles would be structured. I would cover the top/selected 10-12 players in a graph to visually present the variations. Then I would present data tables, in the body of the articles, which would normally cover the top 30 players or so. However the most important of the tables are the ones which have been uploaded and are available for downloading for permanent storage and perusal. Normally these cover the complete set of players, say 150 or so, who meet the cut-off criteria. So, before coming out with comments that "Miandad or Graham Gooch or Amarnath is not mentioned", please download the tables and check. Superficial reading of the articles is not enough.

The vs Country grouping is simple. I have 10 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies & Zimbabwe. And the analysis is very extensive in that it is by country played against: at home, away and across career. These being Test matches, I have also analyzed the career averages by first and second innings.

1. The criteria is 3000 Test runs for the career analysis and 2000 runs for the other analyses. I know that Pollock and Headley will miss out. However I do not want to lower the target further since the vs Country numbers would be too low.
2. There is no problem with using the Batting Average since this is an analysis of Test matches. Not outs do not play that significant a part as happens in the ODI game.
3. There are problems with the single Australia-ICC Test match. It could be said that the ICC players played against Australia away. Fine. But what about Australia. Which country did they play against? And I am not certainly going to allocate part of the match runs/wickets only. So this match has been completely excluded from the analysis. So do not come out with a complaint if you see Muralitharan, in the next article, with 795 wickets and Hayden, in this analysis, short by over 100 runs.
4. There is no neutral location. Too few matches (probably a maximum of 20) have been played in the neutral locations for me to classify these. These are treated as "Away" for both, probably a very fair assignment.

There are some similarities between this and the previous article on Bradman. However that article had the individual innings as the basis while this analysis has, as basis, the runs scored in different locations, against other teams and different team innings. The objectives are quite different. There are different insights to be drawn. In these articles the unassailable fact is the superiority of Bradman, in figures. So all attempts have been made to highlight facts related to other batsmen. I request readers to try and maintain this. After all there are other Test batsmen than Bradman and Tendulkar.

First the graphs. I would only offer limited comments since I expect the readers to come out with their own comments. I might anyhow miss some obvious comment. Should not really matter. The ordering is different for different modes of presentation since we can get different insights. In general, the graphs are ordered by the concerned Batting Average values and the tables are ordered by the appropriate Runs scored values.

Batsmen analysis - Summary by location / innings

This graph contains batsmen with the top 10 averages and Tendulkar and Lara. Kallis is the only modern batsman in the top-10. The visual presentations are quite clear and are also explained on the graphs. Bradman is Bradman. Let us stop there. Barrington's away batting average is significantly higher than his home figure. As is the case with Hammond. Walcott has been much better at home than away. Hutton is almost the same everywhere.

Understandably most batsmen have performed better in the first innings than the second innings. Only three batsmen, Bradman, Sutcliffe and Kallis have performed better in the second innings than the first. This should put Kallis in slightly different light.

Batsmen analysis - All matches - by opposing country

This graph requires some explanation. These are ordered by the Batting Average values. The player's performance against the 10 team groups are plotted. Blue ovals indicate Batting Average values of over 50.0 and Red ovals indicate Batting Average values below 50.0. The number of innings and runs scored are displayed under each country. Both Tendulkar and Lara have a mixed bag of performances and have been sub-par against three teams each. Both have been just below par against New Zealand and South Africa.

Only Bradman and Hobbs have performed above par across all countries. Tendulkar has been below par against Pakistan and South Africa while Lara has not been so successful against India and New Zealand. Looking down the graph, West Indies has been the toughest team to bat against and India the easiest to bat against.

Batsmen analysis - Home matches - by opposing country

Other than Bradman, Weekes and Walcott have been outstanding at home against all opposition. Look at how well Australian bowlers have performed against all countries, away.

Batsmen analysis - Away matches - by opposing country

Barring West Indies, Barrington has been above par while visiting the other countries. Same as with Hammond. Hobbs has also done well while on road. Surprisingly England has been a good country to visit and not so surprisingly New Zealand the toughest.

Now for the tables. Most of these are self-explanatory.

Test batsmen summary: by location, innings and average bowling quality

				Career		Home		Away		1st Ins		2nd Ins		Avge	31.79	Adj Avge
Batsman	Team	Inns	Nos	Runs	Avge	Runs	Avge	Runs	Avge	Runs	Avge	Runs	Avge	BowQty	/ABQ
Tendulkar	Ind	311	32	15470	55.45	6765	56.38	8705	54.75	10924	62.07	4546	44.14	34.46	0.92	51.15
Ponting R.T	Aus	282	29	13346	52.75	7446	59.10	5796	46.37	9364	58.53	3982	42.82	34.82	0.91	48.16
Dravid R	Ind	286	32	13288	52.31	5598	51.36	7667	53.62	9105	59.12	4183	41.83	34.15	0.93	48.71
Kallis J.H	Saf	257	39	12379	56.78	6738	58.59	5558	54.49	7905	55.28	4474	59.65	35.34	0.90	51.08
Lara B.C	Win	232	6	11953	52.89	6217	58.65	5695	48.26	8249	63.95	3704	38.19	32.02	0.99	52.52
Border A.R	Aus	265	44	11174	50.56	5743	45.94	5431	56.57	6803	48.25	4371	54.64	32.79	0.97	49.02
Waugh S.R	Aus	260	46	10927	51.06	5710	47.58	5217	55.50	8558	60.70	2369	32.45	34.19	0.93	47.48
Jayawardene	Slk	217	13	10440	51.18	6646	63.90	3797	37.97	7699	60.62	2741	35.60	36.40	0.87	44.69
Chanderpaul	Win	243	39	10290	50.44	5444	59.17	4846	43.27	6746	56.22	3544	42.19	33.98	0.94	47.19
Gavaskar	Ind	214	16	10122	51.12	5067	50.17	5055	52.11	6159	50.90	3963	51.47	34.17	0.93	47.56
Sangakkara	Slk	183	12	9382	54.87	5186	59.61	4196	49.95	5781	56.13	3601	52.96	36.39	0.87	47.93
Gooch G.A	Eng	215	6	8900	42.58	5917	46.23	2983	36.83	5002	42.39	3898	42.84	30.54	1.04	44.33
J Miandad	Pak	189	21	8832	52.57	4481	61.38	4351	45.80	6504	56.56	2328	43.92	34.59	0.92	48.31
Inzamam	Pak	200	22	8830	49.61	3604	52.23	5225	48.83	5636	51.24	3194	46.97	34.29	0.93	45.99
Laxman	Ind	225	34	8781	45.97	3767	51.60	5014	42.49	5310	44.25	3471	48.89	33.54	0.95	43.57
Hayden M.L	Aus	184	14	8626	50.74	5023	57.08	3415	42.69	5153	50.03	3473	51.84	34.34	0.93	46.97
Richards	Win	182	12	8540	50.24	3136	49.78	5404	50.50	6045	50.80	2495	48.92	32.66	0.97	48.89
Stewart A.J	Eng	235	21	8465	39.56	4652	40.81	3813	38.13	5003	39.71	3462	39.34	30.45	1.04	41.29
Gower D.I	Eng	204	18	8231	44.25	4454	42.83	3777	46.06	5311	46.59	2920	40.56	32.22	0.99	43.66
Sehwag V	Ind	167	6	8178	50.80	4248	58.19	3847	44.73	6170	64.95	2008	30.42	34.49	0.92	46.82
Boycott G	Eng	193	23	8114	47.73	4356	48.40	3758	46.98	4795	45.67	3319	51.06	33.57	0.95	45.20
Smith G.C	Saf	174	12	8043	49.65	3572	44.65	4459	55.74	4872	50.23	3171	48.78	36.47	0.87	43.27
Sobers	Win	160	21	8032	57.78	4075	66.80	3957	50.73	5109	59.41	2923	55.15	32.07	0.99	57.27
Waugh M.E	Aus	209	17	8029	41.82	4019	43.22	4010	40.51	5568	44.90	2461	36.19	33.12	0.96	40.14
Atherton	Eng	212	7	7728	37.70	4716	38.98	3012	35.86	4458	39.45	3270	35.54	30.12	1.06	39.79
Langer J.L	Aus	182	12	7696	45.27	4406	49.51	3268	41.37	5176	50.75	2520	37.06	34.02	0.93	42.31
Cowdrey M.C	Eng	188	15	7624	44.07	3537	43.13	4087	44.91	5250	47.30	2374	38.29	33.23	0.96	42.17
Greenidge	Win	185	16	7558	44.72	3209	48.62	4349	42.22	4635	43.32	2923	47.15	32.68	0.97	43.50
Mohd Yousuf	Pak	156	12	7530	52.29	2965	63.09	4565	47.06	5043	60.04	2487	41.45	35.15	0.90	47.30
Taylor M.A	Aus	186	13	7525	43.50	3993	43.40	3532	43.60	4384	43.41	3141	43.62	34.36	0.93	40.25
Lloyd C.H	Win	175	14	7515	46.68	2881	46.47	4634	46.81	5191	49.91	2324	40.77	32.23	0.99	46.04
Haynes D.L	Win	202	25	7487	42.30	3868	56.06	3619	33.51	4457	38.76	3030	48.87	33.53	0.95	40.10
Boon D.C	Aus	190	20	7422	43.66	4541	46.34	2881	40.01	4491	43.60	2931	43.75	34.20	0.93	40.59
Kirsten G	Saf	176	15	7289	45.27	3384	42.30	3905	48.21	4620	47.14	2669	42.37	33.86	0.94	42.50
Hammond W.R	Eng	140	16	7249	58.46	3004	50.07	4245	66.33	5070	64.18	2179	48.42	43.86	0.72	42.37
Ganguly S.C	Ind	188	17	7212	42.18	3180	42.97	4032	41.57	4769	43.75	2443	39.40	34.05	0.93	39.37
Fleming S.P	Nzl	189	10	7172	40.07	2947	33.87	4225	45.92	4861	46.30	2311	31.23	32.76	0.97	38.88
Chappell	Aus	151	19	7110	53.86	4515	54.40	2595	52.96	4791	58.43	2319	46.38	32.29	0.98	53.04
Bradman D.G	Aus	80	10	6996	99.94	4322	98.23	2674	102.85	4697	97.85	2299	104.50	35.95	0.88	88.38

The Home/Away and First/Second innings columns are self-explanatory. The last three columns are interesting. I have first posted the Average Bowling Quality, which is the Career-to-date bowling average faced by the batsman weighted by the runs scored. To counter the single bowler anomalies, the reciprocal method is used. An excellent bowling attack off which a 100 is scored will get a higher weight than the same attack off which 10 runs are scored. Thus this is a true depiction of the quality of bowling faced by the batsmen through their career and how they handled the attacks.

This work is an off-shoot of a comment for the previous article. Basically I have adjusted the batsman average by a factor which is 31.79 / ABQ. What is 31.79. That is the single bowling average value across 135+ years and 2000+ Tests. Bradman's ABQ being a below-par 35.95, his average gets reduced from 99.94 to 88.38. Gooch, having faced an above-par bowling attack of 30.54, has his average increased from 42.58 to 44.32. This seems to be an excellent adjustment tool.

Test summary: All matches vs other teams

Batsman	Team	Runs	Avge	Ins	Aus		Bng		Eng		Ind		Nzl		Pak		Saf		Slk		Win		Zim
All matches					Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins
Tendulkar	Ind	15470	55.45	311	57.3	67	137	9	56.3	47			49.4	36	42.3	27	42.5	45	60.5	36	55.2	30	76.5	14
Dravid R	Ind	13265	52.64	284	39.7	60	70	10	60.9	37			63.8	28	53.7	26	33.8	40	48.6	32	63.8	38	97.9	13
Ponting R.T	Aus	13242	52.76	280			65	5	44.2	58	54.4	51	53.6	26	66.8	26	52.5	43	46.4	23	53.4	44	96.7	4
Kallis J.H	Saf	12296	56.66	255	38.1	47	79.2	7	42.7	46	72	28	64.1	26	66.9	26			38.9	25	73.6	43	170	7
Lara B.C	Win	11912	53.18	230	52.1	56	86.5	2	62.1	51	34.6	29	41.4	17	53.3	22	49	35	86.5	14			55.5	4
Border A.R	Aus	11174	50.56	265					56.3	82	52.2	35	51.7	32	59.5	36	33.1	10	54.3	11	39.5	59
Waugh S.R	Aus	10927	51.06	260					58.2	73	41.9	31	38.5	34	34.6	30	49.9	25	87.6	11	49.8	51	145	3
Jayawardene	Slk	10443	51.19	217	34.9	23	66.4	14	59.9	37	67.5	28	51.6	19	32	40	59.4	28			44	18	60	10
Chanderpaul	Win	10290	50.44	243	50	38	54.6	8	52.4	54	65.7	40	42.9	20	42.9	26	50.6	36	42	12			28.8	9
Gavaskar	Ind	10122	51.12	214	51.7	31			38.2	67			43.4	16	56.5	41			66.7	11	65.5	48
Sangakkara	Slk	9382	54.87	183	42.7	17	73	14	35	36	57.1	24	59.2	14	79.6	25	48.6	28			54	19	89.3	6
Gooch G.A	Eng	8900	42.58	215	33.3	79					55.6	33	52.2	24	42.7	16	23.2	6	62.7	6	44.8	51
J Miandad	Pak	8832	52.57	189	47.3	40			51.1	32	67.5	39	80	29					41.6	16	29.8	28	28.6	5
Inzamam	Pak	8829	50.16	198	34.1	25	80.8	8	54.6	32	52.1	17	66.2	19			32.3	23	60	31	53.5	24	42.9	19
Laxman	Ind	8781	45.97	225	49.7	54	39	4	30.6	28			58.4	17	43.1	25	37.5	31	47.4	22	57.2	36	40	8
Richards	Win	8540	50.24	182	44.4	54			62.4	50	50.7	41	43	10	42	27
Stewart A.J	Eng	8465	39.56	235	30.7	65					40.6	15	45.9	26	52.3	22	39.2	39	41.2	16	36.9	43	69	9
Hayden M.L	Aus	8438	50.23	182			33.6	5	45.7	35	59	35	36.6	18	46.8	10	43.7	36	51.1	13	51.5	27	250	3
Gower D.I	Eng	8231	44.25	204	44.8	77					44.9	37	50	22	49.4	27			93	3	32.8	38
Boycott G	Eng	8114	47.73	193	47.5	71					57.1	22	38.2	25	84.4	10	37.3	12			45.9	53
Sehwag V	Ind	8095	50.91	165	43.9	40	35.2	6	27	22			44.4	18	91.1	14	50.2	26	72.9	18	52.2	17	58.7	4
Sobers	Win	8032	57.78	160	43.1	38			60.6	61	83.5	30	23.8	18	89.5	13
Smith G.C	Saf	8031	50.19	172	38.6	27	82.6	9	57.4	34	34.9	23	44	20	44.7	20			35	12	69.3	25	81	2
Waugh M.E	Aus	8029	41.82	209					50.1	51	33.2	24	42.6	20	42.4	22	42	29	24.6	14	41.3	48	90	1
Atherton	Eng	7728	37.70	212	29.7	66					57.4	13	68	17	41.4	19	43.8	32	18	8	31.7	50	37	7
Langer J.L	Aus	7674	45.68	180			36	2	50.2	38	40.3	26	62.9	23	57	20	42.7	20	35.9	14	37.9	33	20	4
Cowdrey M.C	Eng	7624	44.07	188	34.3	75					72.6	11	59.6	24	45.2	15	39.3	27			51.5	36
Greenidge	Win	7558	44.72	185	40.4	52			50.4	48	47.9	39	55.1	19	31.9	27
Mohd Yousuf	Pak	7530	52.29	156	29.6	21	252	6	62.5	24	49.9	27	53.4	15			29.8	13	29	26	101	14	68.4	10
Taylor M.A	Aus	7525	43.50	186					42.3	61	42.2	18	47.6	16	79.2	20	41.4	19	43.6	15	28.1	37
Lloyd C.H	Win	7515	46.68	175	50.2	48			45.1	51	58.6	44	16.7	14	37.9	18
Haynes D.L	Win	7487	42.30	202	42.1	59			47.8	59	34.1	32	49.6	20	37.1	29	40.5	2	20	1
Boon D.C	Aus	7422	43.66	190					45.7	57	70.8	20	47.5	27	23.9	20	43.3	11	32.9	15	39.9	40
Kirsten G	Saf	7289	45.27	176	34.4	34	155	2	48.7	35	40	19	50.1	23	55.9	18			42.6	16	34.5	24	82.5	5
Hammond W.R	Eng	7249	58.46	140	51.9	58					79.3	9	113	11			62.5	42			35.5	20
Ganguly S.C	Ind	7212	42.18	188	35.1	44	61.8	6	57.8	19			46.9	15	47.5	20	33.8	31	46.3	24	32.1	16	44.2	13
Fleming S.P	Nzl	7172	40.07	189	25.2	27	66.2	6	35.1	37	32.6	20			47.5	16	41.2	27	58.3	23	46.9	16	37.6	17
Chappell	Aus	7110	53.86	151					45.9	65	73.6	5	56.6	22	63.2	27			66	1	56	31
Bradman D.G	Aus	6996	99.94	80					89.8	63	179	6					202	5			74.5	6

I have resolved not to mention the dreaded B word once in this paragraph. Coming down to earth, the averages which stand out, after ensuring that sufficient innings are played are: Sutcliffe 46 @ 66.9 and Barrington 39 @ 64.0 against Australia. Richards 50 @ 62.4 and Lara 51 @ 62.1 against England. Zaheer Abbas 25 @ 87.0 and Sobers 30 @ 83.5 against India. Javed Miandad 29 @ 80.0 against New Zealand. Sangakkara 25 @ 79.6 and Taylor 20 @ 79.2 against Pakistan. Harvey 23 @ 89.2 against South Africa. Tendulkar 36 @ 60.5 against Sri Lanka. Kallis 43 @ 73.6 and Gavaskar 48 @ 65.5 against West Indies. I am certain I have missed out some gems.

Test summary: Home matches vs other teams

Batsman	Team	Runs	Avge	Ins	Aus		Bng		Eng		Ind		Nzl		Pak		Saf		Slk		Win		Zim
Home matches					Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins
Ponting R.T	Aus	7446	59.10	147			34.5	2	44.3	28	86	26	51	18	69.9	16	58.2	22	50	9	45.4	23	130	3
Tendulkar	Ind	6765	56.38	135	62.7	29			60.6	17			49.3	18	44.2	14	36.2	17	52.5	17	61.7	16	113	7
Kallis J.H	Saf	6738	58.59	134	33.6	26	127	4	53.9	26	91.7	13	68.8	13	47.2	13			41.1	15	94.3	21	58.7	3
Jayawardene	Slk	6646	63.90	112	35.3	15	79.4	7	89	18	70.2	18	66.7	12	30.7	15	105	12			45.4	11	55.7	4
Lara B.C	Win	6217	58.65	111	66	23	86.5	2	78	24	35	23	49.7	6	60.8	9	51.4	17	69.8	7
Gooch G.A	Eng	5917	46.23	131	33.5	46					66.7	17	58.1	19	45.8	10	23.2	6	80.8	4	47.6	29
Border A.R	Aus	5743	45.94	145					47.3	39	53.4	19	52.8	18	57.7	20	29.2	5	63.2	4	33.9	40
Waugh S.R	Aus	5710	47.58	140					47.5	41	37.9	16	42	17	25.2	13	49.5	11	130	8	39.1	30	69.5	2
Dravid R	Ind	5598	51.36	120	35.7	30			47.8	14			63.8	14	42.9	17	39.2	18	76.9	11	58.4	10	126	6
Chanderpaul	Win	5444	59.17	114	80.4	17	108	2	40	27	70.3	29	46.8	6	65.9	11	63.1	15	43.3	4			24.3	3
Sangakkara	Slk	5186	59.61	95	30.5	11	118	7	39.2	18	74.3	14	52.8	7	68.8	10	65.8	12			68	12	63.8	4
Gavaskar	Ind	5067	50.17	108	52.5	12			36	39			43.2	6	54.4	22			104	5	61.1	24
Hayden M.L	Aus	5023	57.08	96			30.5	2	56.8	17	71.8	13	41.9	11	32	6	53.9	18	54.4	7	47.7	19	250	3
Atherton	Eng	4716	38.98	124	29.8	38					64.1	11	58.7	13	31.2	13	46.7	16			29.3	30	75	3
Stewart A.J	Eng	4652	40.81	126	30	33					52.9	9	35	17	63.9	16	41.6	23	58.8	8	26.9	15	60.5	5
Boon D.C	Aus	4541	46.34	108					42.9	29	73.2	15	58.3	16	18.3	9	31.2	5	36.9	9	46.3	25
Chappell	Aus	4515	54.40	96					50	37	73.6	5	36.2	9	60	22					58.8	23
J Miandad	Pak	4481	61.38	86	69.9	12			70	8	91.4	18	82.6	15					51.9	12	26.8	16	28.6	5
Gower D.I	Eng	4454	42.83	113	45.2	32					52.1	20	57.8	18	36.8	22			55	1	22.4	20
Langer J.L	Aus	4406	49.51	94			36	2	48.4	27	50.6	13	87.9	8	72.1	10	54.9	10	52.5	4	25.8	17	12	3
Boycott G	Eng	4356	48.40	100	50	34					64.3	12	46.1	17	87.3	5	18.8	4			41	28
Bradman D.G	Aus	4322	98.23	50					78.5	33	179	6					202	5			74.5	6
Sehwag V	Ind	4248	58.19	76	40.2	20			26.4	12			71.9	9	90.7	6	84	11	78.1	7	53.1	10	74	1
Jayasuriya	Slk	4114	43.77	102	31.1	14	75.6	5	30.6	14	94.8	10	31.5	8	42.6	14	45	15			27.9	11	43.3	11
Sobers	Win	4075	66.80	75	38.9	18			73.4	24	72.9	17	36.1	8	137	8
Waugh M.E	Aus	4019	43.22	99					50.8	23	22	11	45.9	12	45	9	40.3	14	63.8	4	42	26

I will let the readers come out with real gems from this table.

Test summary: Away matches vs other teams

Batsman	Team	Runs	Avge	Ins	Aus		Bng		Eng		Ind		Nzl		Pak		Saf		Slk		Win		Zim
Away matches					Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins	Avge	Ins
Tendulkar	Ind	8705	54.75	176	53.2	38	137	9	54.3	30			49.5	18	40.2	13	46.4	28	67.9	19	47.7	14	40	7
Dravid R	Ind	7667	53.62	164	44	30	70	10	68.8	23			63.8	14	78.6	9	29.7	22	33.1	21	65.7	28	79.2	7
Ponting R.T	Aus	5796	46.37	133			95.5	3	44.1	30	26.5	25	59.7	8	62.1	10	46.8	21	44.2	14	61.1	21	31	1
Lara B.C	Win	5695	48.26	119	43.3	33			48.8	27	33	6	36.9	11	48.2	13	46.7	18	101	7			55.5	4
Kallis J.H	Saf	5558	54.49	121	43.8	21	31.5	3	29.3	20	58.5	15	59	13	90.5	13			35.3	10	55.4	22	503	4
Border A.R	Aus	5431	56.57	120					65.1	43	51.1	16	50.2	14	61.9	16	38	5	48.3	7	53.1	19
Richards	Win	5404	50.50	115	47.6	39			64.3	34	45.4	24	19.2	4	42.8	14
Inzamam	Pak	5225	48.83	120	35.2	14	89	3	42.5	22	54.9	10	59.6	15			31.8	15	80.9	13	48.9	16	49	12
Waugh S.R	Aus	5217	55.50	120					74.2	32	47.4	15	35.3	17	42.1	17	50.2	14	17.3	3	68.5	21
Gavaskar	Ind	5055	52.11	106	51.1	19			41.1	28			43.6	10	58.9	19			37.2	6	70.2	24
Laxman	Ind	5014	42.49	134	44.1	29	39	4	34.5	19			40.2	9	37.4	9	40.4	18	48.2	13	47.8	27	41.5	6
Chanderpaul	Win	4846	43.27	129	30.2	21	41.2	6	66.6	27	54.6	11	41.2	14	30.6	15	42.1	21	41.3	8			31	6
Lloyd C.H	Win	4634	46.81	108	49	36			42.1	30	75.5	22	15.3	11	33.8	9
Mohd You	Pak	4565	47.06	105	31.9	18	378	3	54.3	15	33.7	17	55.2	14			26.1	10	32.5	12	78.4	9	58.1	7
Younis Khan	Pak	4500	50.00	100	31.8	12	128	5	47.4	14	76.8	12	65.3	8			40.4	14	42.6	17	40	13	50.5	5
Smith G.C	Saf	4459	55.74	86	43.7	12	67	5	72.2	17	35.9	12	57.2	12	45.6	11			44.8	4	73	13
J Miandad	Pak	4351	45.80	103	38.1	28			46.6	24	49.9	21	77.3	14					15.8	4	33.8	12
Greenidge	Win	4349	42.22	110	31	32			56.1	30	45.3	25	56.2	12	17.3	11
Hammond W.R	Eng	4245	66.33	72	61.9	35							321	3			62.9	26			25	8
Fleming S.P	Nzl	4225	45.92	100	29.3	15	116	2	37.9	19	35.7	11			50	6	46.3	20	105	10	41.9	8	39	9
Sangakkara	Slk	4196	49.95	88	65.2	6	40.6	7	30.6	18	36.5	10	66.8	7	86.5	15	35.8	16			34	7	140	2
Cowdrey M.C	Eng	4087	44.91	100	36	48					103	4	55.9	16	33.2	4	33.1	10			60.3	18
Ganguly S.C	Ind	4032	41.57	104	34.8	20	61.8	6	65.4	15			27.7	8	49.3	3	36.1	16	36.8	17	40	12	30.6	7
Waugh M.E	Aus	4010	40.51	110					49.5	28	43.5	13	35.8	8	40.6	13	43.6	15	9	10	40.5	22	90	1

Let us set aside Hammond's average of 321.0 against New Zealand and Mohd Yousuf's 378.0 against Bangladesh (albeit in 3 innings each). The stand-out averages are: Hammond 35 @ 61.9 and Tendulkar 38 @ 53.2 against Australia. Steve Waugh 32 @ 74.2 and Dravid 23 @ 68.8 against England. Lloyd 22 @ 75.5 and Sobers 13 @ 99.9 against India. Kallis 13 @ 90.5 and Sangakkara 15 @ 86.5 against Pakistan. Inzamam 13 @ 80.9 and Fleming 10 @ 104.7 against Sri Lanka. Finally Gavaskar 24 @ 70.2 and Steve Waugh 21 @ 68.5 against West Indies. Again this is probably not a final list.

But for me the most inexplicable and impossible-to-understand performance is Sobers' 10 innings in New Zealand at 15.1. His scores during 3 tours are 27, 25, 27, 1, 1, 11, 0, 20, 39 and 0. What really happened ???

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Batsman location summary and innings summaries.
Batsmen run analysis vs Team - for all matches
Batsmen run analysis vs Team - for home matches
Batsmen run analysis vs Team - for away matches

No specific conclusions. I thought for long and decided against coming out with any selection of batsmen. It will be a red herring.