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The best minnow basher of this decade

Shri

Shri

Mr. Glass
Who has hurt teams like Zimbabwe, Bangladesh most in this decade and before consistently?

Sachin's record against Zim and Bangladesh:


TESTS
Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0

v Bangladesh 2000-2007 5 6 2 556 248* 139.00 3 0 0

v Zimbabwe 1992-2002 9 14 2 918 201* 76.50 3 3 1
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ODIS

v Bermuda 2007-2007 1 1 1 57 57* - 29 196.55 0 1 0 2 4

v England 1990-2008 36 36 4 1335 105* 41.71 1516 88.06 1 10 0 163 12

v Ireland 2007-2007 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 3 133.33 0 0 0 1 0

v Kenya 1996-2003 10 9 3 647 146 107.83 667 97.00 4 1 0 73 5

v Namibia 2003-2003 1 1 0 152 152 152.00 151 100.66 1 0 0 18 0

v Netherlands 2003-2003 1 1 0 52 52 52.00 72 72.22 0 1 0 7 0

v U.A.E. 1994-2004 2 2 0 81 63 40.50 102 79.41 0 1 0 9 1

v Zimbabwe 1992-2004 34 33 5 1377 146 49.17 1504 91.55 5 5 0 152 20
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But then, he has been good against all teams in his career.

Who is the 'best minnow basher' playing international cricket now in your opinion?:p
 
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Uppercut

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Sachin's a good shout, never fails to score against weaker teams. Which is completely, 100% a good thing, and it's funny how "minnow basher" is supposed to be an insult.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Most runs against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Tests since 2000:

Code: 
Player  		Mat  	Inns  	NO  	Runs  	HS  	Ave  	BF  	SR  	100  	50  	0  	4s  	6s  

KC Sangakkara (SL)  	16  	20  	2  	1412  	270  	78.44  	2207  	63.97  	4  	6  	1  	180  	7 
SR Tendulkar (India) 	11 	16 	4 	1371 	248* 	114.25 	2318 	59.14 	6 	2 	0 	177 	3
R Dravid (India) 	13 	18 	4 	1238 	200* 	88.42 	2260 	54.77 	4 	6 	1 	166 	3
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 	16 	20 	3 	1164 	166 	68.47 	1766 	65.91 	5 	3 	1 	142 	10
GC Smith (SA) 		10 	11 	0 	905 	232 	82.27 	1247 	72.57 	4 	1 	0 	114 	6
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 	10 	11 	0 	878 	157 	79.81 	1119 	78.46 	3 	3 	0 	107 	15
TT Samaraweera (SL) 	13 	14 	2 	854 	138 	71.16 	1720 	49.65 	2 	7 	0 	99 	1
MS Atapattu (SL) 	9 	10 	1 	853 	249 	94.77 	1275 	66.90 	4 	1 	0 	110 	1
SC Ganguly (India) 	13 	17 	1 	818 	136 	51.12 	1636 	50.00 	3 	4 	1 	99 	8
JH Kallis (SA) 		10 	12 	6 	817 	189* 	136.16 	1570 	52.03 	3 	3 	0 	85 	16
TM Dilshan (SL) 	11 	12 	1 	781 	168 	71.00 	976 	80.02 	3 	2 	1 	87 	6
RR Sarwan (WI) 		8 	12 	2 	747 	261* 	74.70 	1521 	49.11 	2 	3 	0 	106 	1
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 	7 	9 	4 	725 	204* 	145.00 	1252 	57.90 	3 	3 	1 	109 	3
CH Gayle (WI) 		10 	16 	2 	700 	175 	50.00 	1331 	52.59 	2 	3 	2 	122 	0
ML Hayden (Aus) 	6 	8 	1 	669 	380 	95.57 	893 	74.91 	2 	2 	0 	75 	15
ME Trescothick (Eng) 	6 	8 	1 	653 	194 	93.28 	972 	67.18 	3 	2 	0 	82 	9
SP Fleming (NZ) 	11 	13 	0 	644 	202 	49.53 	1130 	56.99 	1 	5 	0 	87 	1
G Kirsten (SA) 	 	4 	5 	1 	626 	220 	156.50 	949 	65.96 	3 	1 	0 	76 	2
SS Das (India) 	 	7 	12 	2 	611 	110 	61.10 	1410 	43.33 	2 	4 	0 	84 	0
Taufeeq Umar (Pak)  	7 	11 	1 	605 	111 	60.50 	1228 	49.26 	2 	3 	0 	84 	1
Habibul Bashar (Ban)  	8 	15 	0 	578 	108 	38.53 	1115 	51.83 	1 	6 	4 	79 	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 	8 	11 	3 	566 	138* 	70.75 	943 	60.02 	3 	0 	1 	84 	5
MG Vandort (SL) 	8 	12 	2 	565 	140 	56.50 	1020 	55.39 	2 	2 	2 	66 	5
DL Vettori (NZ) 	11 	10 	1 	526 	127 	58.44 	797 	65.99 	1 	3 	1 	67 	3
RT Ponting (Aus) 	6 	8 	2 	519 	169 	86.50 	871 	59.58 	2 	3 	0 	68 	4
NJ Astle (NZ) 		8 	10 	1 	511 	141 	56.77 	1166 	43.82 	2 	2 	1 	67 	5
Most wickets against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Tests since 2000:

Code: 
Player  		Mat  	Inns  	Overs  	Mdns  	Runs  	Wkts  	BBI  	BBM  	Ave  	Econ  	SR  	5  	10  	

M Muralitharan (SL)  	16  	32  	738.5  	218  	1703  	133  	9/51  	13/115  12.80  	2.30  	33.3  	14  	5 
DL Vettori (NZ) 	11 	20 	425.5 	159 	881 	58 	6/28 	12/170 	15.18 	2.06 	44.0 	5 	1
M Ntini (SA) 		11 	22 	314.5 	91 	851 	41 	5/19 	7/74 	20.75 	2.70 	46.0 	1 	0
IK Pathan (India)  	4 	8 	128.1 	33 	451 	39 	7/59 	12/126 	11.56 	3.51 	19.7 	6 	2
Z Khan (India) 		11 	22 	292.2 	51 	1033 	37 	5/34 	7/88 	27.91 	3.53 	47.4 	1 	0
A Kumble (India) 	8 	14 	271.3 	82 	724 	35 	5/63 	9/145 	20.68 	2.66 	46.5 	1 	0
SCG MacGill (Aus)  	5 	10 	185.4 	35 	584 	35 	8/108 	10/133 	16.68 	3.14 	31.8 	4 	1
Danish Kaneria (Pak)  	5 	10 	204.4 	56 	558 	34 	7/77 	12/94 	16.41 	2.72 	36.1 	3 	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)  	12 	24 	338.1 	94 	932 	33 	4/55 	5/94 	28.24 	2.75 	61.4 	0 	0
JH Kallis (SA) 	 	10 	18 	176.5 	51 	436 	31 	5/21 	7/47 	14.06 	2.46 	34.2 	2 	0
Harbhajan Singh (India) 8 	16 	325.4 	70 	820 	30 	6/62 	8/132 	27.33 	2.51 	65.1 	1 	0
PT Collins (WI)  	5 	10 	173.2 	43 	492 	28 	6/53 	9/117 	17.57 	2.83 	37.1 	2 	0
CRD Fernando (SL) 	8 	15 	174.0 	40 	540 	28 	5/60 	7/95 	19.28 	3.10 	37.2 	1 	0
SJ Harmison (Eng)  	5 	10 	159.3 	39 	428 	28 	5/35 	9/79 	15.28 	2.68 	34.1 	2 	0
SL Malinga (SL)  	7 	14 	162.0 	16 	670 	27 	4/25 	5/111 	24.81 	4.13 	36.0 	0 	0
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)  	5 	10 	156.1 	33 	476 	27 	6/50 	10/80 	17.62 	3.04 	34.7 	1 	1
MJ Hoggard (Eng)  	5 	10 	165.1 	51 	444 	26 	5/73 	8/97 	17.07 	2.68 	38.1 	1 	0
CS Martin (NZ) 		6 	12 	158.0 	41 	467 	26 	5/65 	7/100 	17.96 	2.95 	36.4 	2 	0
Waqar Younis (Pak) 	5 	10 	118.4 	22 	410 	26 	6/55 	7/82 	15.76 	3.45 	27.3 	1 	0
J Srinath (India)  	7 	14 	275.1 	76 	721 	25 	5/60 	9/141 	28.84 	2.62 	66.0 	1 	0
Really has to be Kallis or Vettori IMO. Murali's really racked up the figures with the ball but Kallis and Vettori have done it with both.

Kallis - 817 runs @ 136.16; 31 wickets @ 14.06
Vettori - 512 runs @ 58.44; 58 wickets @ 15.18
 
bagapath

bagapath

International Captain
Combined Test/ ODI/ T20 figures of the past decade against all minnows including the test playing nations of zim and bang.

Code: 
 Top 5 bowlers against minnows 


M Muralitharan (SL) 	 	54 	70 	1050.1 	267 	2651 	216 	9/51 	13/115 	12.27 	2.52 	29.1 	17 	5
Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban) 	48 	51 	535.0 	80 	1937 	97 	6/26 	6/26 	19.96 	3.62 	33.0 	1 	0
DL Vettori (NZ) 	 	34 	42 	612.1 	170 	1548 	96 	6/28 	12/170 	16.12 	2.52 	38.2 	6 	1
Z Khan (India) 	 	39 	50 	532.4 	71 	2036 	91 	5/34 	7/88 	22.37 	3.82 	35.1 	1 	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 	 	42 	54 	568.5 	141 	1656 	89 	8/19 	8/19 	18.60 	2.91 	38.3 	2 	0


Top 5 batsmen against minnows


KC Sangakkara (SL) 	68 	66 	9 	3040 	270 	53.33 	4303 	70.64 	8 	14 	3 	347 	10
SC Ganguly (India) 	 	52 	55 	8 	2782 	144 	59.19 	4186 	66.45 	9 	17 	2 	247 	59
CH Gayle (WI) 		55 	60 	11 	2762 	175 	56.36 	3801 	72.66 	8 	16 	6 	362 	38
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 	52 	49 	17 	2692 	204* 	84.12 	3510 	76.69 	9 	14 	2 	281 	31
SR Tendulkar (India) 	40 	44 	7 	2620 	248* 	70.81 	3791 	69.11 	9 	9 	0 	327 	13
Murali as bowler and Sanga as batsman must be causing sleepless nights to all these minnows.
 
Furball

Furball

Evil Scotsman
Collingwood in ODIs.

His overall average is barely acceptable as it is, remove minnows and it slides down to 30.
 
The Sean

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
Prince EWS said:
Really has to be Kallis or Vettori IMO. Murali's really racked up the figures with the ball but Kallis and Vettori have done it with both.

Kallis - 817 runs @ 136.16; 31 wickets @ 14.06
Vettori - 512 runs @ 58.44; 58 wickets @ 15.18
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Amazing stats for both (well all three if you include Murali) though at least Kallis and Murali have the excuse of being all time greats who are also magnificent against just about everyone else too, while even Vettori has had a highly distinguished Test career.

In terms of cashing in above one's weight to the point over statistical hyper-inflation though, Pathan must surely take some beating. His 4 Tests against Zim/Bang have produced an astonishing 39 wickets at 11. His other 25 Tests against everybody else have yielded just 61 wickets at 45.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
It is only natural that teams who play Bangladesh the most (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) will have players with the highest numer of runs against them. It may be worthwhile looking at players who havent played too many tests but scored heavily when they did.

Against Bangladesh
  • Steve Waugh (2 innings) scores of 100 not out and 156 not out.
  • Lehmann (2 innings) scores of 110 and 177
  • Hussey (3 innings) 242 runs at 80.7

Against Zimbabwe
  • Steve Waugh (3 inning) 151 not out, 78 and 61.
  • Hayden (3 innings) 501 runs at 250.5


I have just looked at Australia. I am sure one can find more. From these figures, Steve Waugh is the ultimate murderer of modest bowling.
  • 100no
  • 156no
  • 151no
  • 78
  • 61
 
The Sean

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
I'd actually forgotten just how heavily SR Waugh had cashed in on the few occasions he faced those teams. Makes the same kind of sense as Kallis really - a solid, remorseless accumulator of runs who rarely tried anything particularly risky and never gave his wicket away.
 
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