The dead-rubber dominators
Batsmen have boosted their career records by scoring heavily in matches inconsequential to the series
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Player | Span | Tests | Career avg | Dead Tests | Runs | Avg | 100 | Avg w/o dead Tests | Diff | ||
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VG Kambli (India) | 1993-1994 | 17 | 54.20 | 2 | 281 | 140.50 | 1 | 44.61 | -9.588 | ||
378 | 94.50 | 2 | 40.35 | -9.024 | |||||||
JT Murray (Eng) | 1962-1967 | 21 | 22.00 | 4 | 207 | 69.00 | 1 | 14.95 | -7.049 | ||
DM Jones (Aus) | 1987-1992 | 52 | 46.55 | 8 | 963 | 87.54 | 4 | 39.82 | -6.730 | ||
JM Gregory (Aus) | 1921-1925 | 24 | 36.96 | 6 | 436 | 54.50 | 0 | 30.86 | -6.098 | ||
TJE Andrews (Aus) | 1921-1925 | 16 | 26.90 | 4 | 244 | 40.66 | 0 | 21.75 | -5.159 | ||
JW Zulch (SA) | 1910-1914 | 16 | 32.83 | 3 | 293 | 58.60 | 1 | 27.68 | -5.153 | ||
MH Denness (Eng) | 1974-1975 | 28 | 39.69 | 3 | 353 | 88.25 | 2 | 34.57 | -5.111 | ||
WG Grace (Eng) | 1886-1892 | 22 | 32.29 | 2 | 228 | 114.00 | 1 | 27.18 | -5.106 | ||
AR Morris (Aus) | 1947-1955 | 46 | 46.48 | 7 | 840 | 76.36 | 4 | 41.43 | -5.056 | ||
Basit Ali (Pak) | 1993-1995 | 19 | 26.81 | 4 | 286 | 47.66 | 1 | 22.00 | -4.812 | ||
G Gunn (Eng) | 1908-1912 | 15 | 40.00 | 2 | 235 | 78.33 | 1 | 35.40 | -4.599 | ||
Wazir Mohammad (Pak) | 1958-1959 | 20 | 27.62 | 2 | 200 | 66.66 | 1 | 23.11 | -4.505 | ||
DJ Bravo (WI) | 2004-2007 | 23 | 34.24 | 5 | 384 | 54.85 | 1 | 30.00 | -4.243 | ||
Rev.DS Sheppard (Eng) | 1951-1963 | 22 | 37.80 | 7 | 432 | 48.00 | 1 | 33.63 | -4.170 | ||
JL Langer (Aus) | 1999-2007 | 105 | 45.27 | 19 | 1816 | 67.25 | 8 | 41.11 | -4.151 | ||
PM Toohey (Aus) | 1978-1979 | 15 | 31.89 | 2 | 227 | 56.75 | 1 | 27.75 | -4.142 | ||
RT Simpson (Eng) | 1951-1951 | 27 | 33.35 | 2 | 261 | 87.00 | 1 | 29.23 | -4.126 | ||
BC Lara (WI) | 1993-2006 | 131 | 52.88 | 18 | 2369 | 78.96 | 6 | 48.89 | -3.991 | ||
JN Crawford (Eng) | 1906-1908 | 12 | 22.33 | 3 | 157 | 39.25 | 0 | 18.35 | -3.980 |
Player | Span | Tests | Career avg | Dead Tests | Runs | Ave | 100 | Avg w/o dead Tests | Diff | ||
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HL Collins (Aus) | 1921-1925 | 19 | 45.06 | 6 | 239 | 23.90 | 0 | 55.65 | 10.583 | ||
AF Kippax (Aus) | 1925-1932 | 22 | 36.12 | 7 | 249 | 22.63 | 0 | 42.86 | 6.742 | ||
PF Warner (Eng) | 1904-1906 | 15 | 23.92 | 3 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 30.05 | 6.126 | ||
DR Jardine (Eng) | 1929-1933 | 22 | 48.00 | 3 | 160 | 26.66 | 0 | 54.09 | 6.095 | ||
DS Atkinson (WI) | 1952-1956 | 22 | 31.79 | 3 | 58 | 9.66 | 0 | 37.56 | 5.772 | ||
AN Cook (Eng) | 2006-2007 | 21 | 44.81 | 4 | 198 | 24.75 | 0 | 50.34 | 5.534 | ||
Rashid Latif (Pak) | 1993-2003 | 37 | 28.77 | 6 | 87 | 8.70 | 0 | 34.05 | 5.281 | ||
J Ryder (Aus) | 1921-1929 | 20 | 51.62 | 6 | 372 | 41.33 | 0 | 56.77 | 5.148 | ||
SJ McCabe (Aus) | 1931-1936 | 39 | 48.21 | 6 | 147 | 18.37 | 0 | 53.08 | 4.871 | ||
ED Weekes (WI) | 1952-1958 | 48 | 58.61 | 5 | 209 | 23.22 | 0 | 63.37 | 4.754 | ||
WH Ponsford (Aus) | 1925-1932 | 29 | 48.22 | 5 | 216 | 27.00 | 0 | 52.94 | 4.717 | ||
BK Kunderan (India) | 1962-1967 | 18 | 32.70 | 3 | 46 | 9.20 | 0 | 37.40 | 4.700 | ||
D Ganga (WI) | 1999-2007 | 45 | 26.19 | 9 | 137 | 8.56 | 0 | 30.74 | 4.549 | ||
AJ Watkins (Eng) | 1948-1948 | 15 | 40.50 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 44.88 | 4.388 | ||
KP Pietersen (Eng) | 2006-2007 | 30 | 52.69 | 4 | 216 | 27.00 | 0 | 57.06 | 4.372 | ||
MJ Clarke (Aus) | 2004-2007 | 27 | 42.00 | 4 | 75 | 15.00 | 0 | 46.35 | 4.354 | ||
VS Ransford (Aus) | 1908-1912 | 20 | 37.84 | 3 | 76 | 15.20 | 0 | 42.03 | 4.193 | ||
MLC Foster (WI) | 1973-1978 | 14 | 30.52 | 2 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 34.60 | 4.073 | ||
G Gambhir (India) | 2004-2004 | 13 | 36.00 | 1 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 40.00 | 4.000 | ||
SM Nurse (WI) | 1962-1967 | 29 | 47.60 | 4 | 153 | 21.85 | 0 | 51.52 | 3.917 |
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