Who would have thought? Mitchell Johnson has the 3rd best average in Test history

[wpdavid]

..........14 would be ideal.

Would that take him to the highest test average ever? And there I was settling for any old 3 figure average. That would be why I never made it very far in the game.

 

[The_Bunny]

While the agerage of 99 is certainly a fluke, he has the ability to average 25+ with the bat imo.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Favours the on-side a tad, I'd say. Think about 45 of his 50 were played onto leg.

Has a good eye tho & must be one of the better 10s to have played lately.

 

[Richard]

ITS TRUE!!

Mitchell Johnson, with 99 runs @ 99.00, ranks 3rd behind Andy Ganteaume, 112 @ 112.00 and Sir Donald Bradman, 6996 @ 99.94

Lawrence Rowe ranked above them early in his career too. Reckon a fair few others probably would an' al'.

 

[Nate]

Better than he did when he was bowling, tbh!!

 

[Top_Cat]

Favours the on-side a tad, I'd say. Think about 45 of his 50 were played onto leg.

Has a good eye tho & must be one of the better 10s to have played lately.

He was just going for the spank at that point, though. Seems to play through the off-side with a high front arm so if the match was on the line, I'd say he could do it. But yeah, clear leg-side bias. )

 

[Burgey]

He was just going for the spank at that point, though. Seems to play through the off-side with a high front arm so if the match was on the line, I'd say he could do it. But yeah, clear leg-side bias. )

TBF, which of us doesn't, at some point?

 

[krear10]

ok, this may be a stupid question, but... is your test average per innings or match??

 

[Jono]

Its actually per dismissal. Hence why Johnson's average is so high, he's only been out once in his test career so far.

 

[krear10]

ahh i knew that...

 

[roseboy64]

Yeah. Fairly obvious that you did.

 

[The Baconator]

I remember a couple of years ago, Ian Bell's average was up in the high 200s after some Bangla-bashing. Doubt Johnson'll get too close to that.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I remember a couple of years ago, Ian Bell's average was up in the high 200s after some Bangla-bashing. Doubt Johnson'll get too close to that.

Yep. 297 IIRC.

Was down to the mid-40s by the end of the Ashes tho.

 

[Richard]

I remember a couple of years ago, Ian Bell's average was up in the high 200s after some Bangla-bashing. Doubt Johnson'll get too close to that.

Mohammad Yousuf would be even higher if he'd faced Bangladesh early in his career.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Yep. 297 IIRC.

Was down to the mid-40s by the end of the Ashes tho.

Yeah it was 297.

 

[The Sean]

Be interested to know what the highest batting average is that any player has ever achieved at any point in their career. The one that springs to my mind is Lawrence Rowe who scored 214 and 100* in his first Test, so after one Test had an average of 314.00.

Has anyone's average ever been higher?

 

[Richard]

Ahem...

Lawrence Rowe ranked above them early in his career too. Reckon a fair few others probably would an' al'.

I mentioned him because I'm pretty sure his is the highest anyone's average has ever been. Might take rather a while to find-out fo sho tho.

 

[The Sean]

Ahem...
I mentioned him because I'm pretty sure his is the highest anyone's average has ever been. Might take rather a while to find-out fo sho tho.

Meh, I saw you'd written that - just figured it would have a lot more credibility with my name attached to it.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Highest averages after X innings from HowStat!

Rowe looks to be the winner.

 

[Richard]

Albert Trott... who would have guessed...