Largest difference between batting average in England and career average

[Delo12]

Largest difference between batting average in England and career average - Tests (minimum 8 innings)
Player Span Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 Eng Inns Runs HS Ave 100 Diff
JH Kallis (SA) 1998-2008 145 246 11947 201* 57.43 40 12 20 586 132 29.30 1 -28.137
TT Samaraweera (SL) 2006-2011 66 104 4597 231 54.08 12 5 10 219 87* 27.37 0 -26.707
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2002-2011 97 162 8428 287 56.18 25 9 18 520 119 30.58 1 -25.598
ED Weekes (WI) 1950-1957 48 81 4455 207 58.61 15 9 16 533 129 33.31 1 -25.305
PR Umrigar (India) 1952-1959 59 94 3631 223 42.22 12 8 15 273 118 18.20 1 -24.020
RM Cowper (Aus) 1964-1968 27 46 2061 307 46.84 5 5 9 193 57 24.12 0 -22.715
CL Walcott (WI) 1950-1957 44 74 3798 220 56.68 15 9 16 476 168* 34.00 1 -22.686
KD Walters (Aus) 1968-1977 74 125 5357 250 48.26 15 18 30 745 88 25.68 0 -22.571
JA Rudolph (SA) 2003-2003 35 63 2028 222* 36.21 5 5 9 132 55 14.66 0 -21.547
GW Flower (Zim) 2000-2003 67 123 3457 201* 29.54 6 4 8 71 26 8.87 0 -20.672
GA Faulkner (SA) 1907-1924 25 47 1754 204 40.79 4 10 19 348 122* 20.47 1 -20.320
MEK Hussey (Aus) 2009-2010 59 103 4650 195 51.09 13 7 12 345 121 31.36 1 -19.735
MC Carew (WI) 1963-1969 19 36 1127 109 34.15 1 4 8 104 44 14.85 0 -19.294
CG Borde (India) 1959-1967 55 97 3061 177* 35.59 5 7 13 200 75 16.66 0 -18.926
P Roy (India) 1952-1959 43 79 2442 173 32.56 5 9 17 233 54 13.70 0 -18.854
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 1998-2011 119 196 9630 374 52.62 28 10 19 614 119 34.11 2 -18.511
GC White (SA) 1907-1912 17 31 872 147 30.06 2 8 14 151 59* 11.61 0 -18.453
Kamran Akmal (Pak) 2006-2010 53 92 2648 158* 30.79 6 9 16 199 58 12.43 0 -18.353
Hanif Mohammad (Pak) 1954-1967 55 97 3915 337 43.98 12 12 23 586 187* 26.63 1 -17.352
JJ Crowe (NZ) 1983-1986 39 65 1601 128 26.24 3 5 8 73 23 9.12 0 -17.120


The List: How players fared in England compared to the rest of their careers | Regulars | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Migara]

How about largest differences when it comes to career vs early English season?

 

[Himannv]

Quite an elite list of batsmen tbh.

 

[_Ed_]

A bit of a surprise to see Hussey there, considering his monstrous run hauls in county cricket.

 

[Howe_zat]

A bit of a surprise to see Hussey there, considering his monstrous run hauls in county cricket.

Sure you're not mixing up the Husseys? Mike has always been vastly better at home in Tests, and he hasn't played county cricket for years. David's always racking up the runs for Notts though.

Edit: Although now I've checked, it turns out Mike Hussey last played for Northants in 2004 but in his 43 matches for them he averaged over 70...

 

[hang on]

Surprised to see Weekes and Walcott in there.

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Expected to see a truly magnificent stroke-player, Doug Walters there. Here's his record of innings by innings performance in cricket's motherland.

From what I gather, Walters was a fine player of pace and spin bowling. He preferred pitches where the ball came on to the bat and it was always the dibbly-dobbly English seamers that bothered him. Too bad because the man is hugely underrated because of this one flaw in his resume.

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Surprised to see Weekes and Walcott in there.

Walcott's presence there isn't a surprise. He was a languid, pre-dominantly backfoot player and movement could have troubled him. See my explanation for Walters above.

Weekes' presence is a surprise. One of the most complete ATG batsmen of the world against any kind of bowling, I wonder why he didn't fare so well in England.

 

[hang on]

outswinger,

i was under the impression that Walcott was more of a bludgeoner? immensely powerful man, who gave the ball an almighty thump.

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

outswinger,

i was under the impression that Walcott was more of a bludgeoner? immensely powerful man, who gave the ball an almighty thump.

True. A more refined version of Chris Gayle, in a way.

The problem with having your weight too much on the backfoot is that late movement away could get a lot of edges. Even when cover driving, Walcott had all his weight on the back leg and played thumping, on-the-up strokes a lot.

He was a demolition machine on hard tracks where the ball came on to the bat. And easily, the finest West Indian backfoot player before Lloyd's emergence on the scene.

 

[hang on]

i see. good to know!