highest 50+ scores, percentage(Test)

[smash84]

wow.....Sutcliffe looks pretty good too.......not rated as highly for some reason. Always plays second fiddle to Hobbs

 

[The Sean]

wow.....Sutcliffe looks pretty good too.......not rated as highly for some reason. Always plays second fiddle to Hobbs

Yeah, he has a phenomenal record. Hobbs was the senior partner and always considered the greater player - his record is extraordinary too when you look at how much cricket he played before WWI and how old he was when he finished up.

 

[ankitj]

List of players with at least 30 scores of 50+

[B]Player		Inns	50+	50+ per inn[/B]

DG Bradman 	80	42	52.5%
H Sutcliffe 	84	39	46.4%
JB Hobbs 	102	43	42.2%
KF Barrington 	131	55	42.0%
ED Weekes 	81	34	42.0%
Saeed Anwar 	91	36	39.6%
KD Walters 	125	48	38.4%
JH Kallis 	246	94	38.2%
IR Bell 	116	44	37.9%
IVA Richards 	182	69	37.9%
L Hutton 	138	52	37.7%
SR Tendulkar 	296	111	37.5%
TT Samaraweera 	104	39	37.5%
SM Gavaskar 	214	79	36.9%
RT Ponting 	259	95	36.7%
Mohammad Yousuf 156	57	36.5%
GS Chappell 	151	55	36.4%
KC Sangakkara 	162	59	36.4%
AN Cook 	125	45	36.0%
MEK Hussey 	103	37	35.9%
FMM Worrell 	87	31	35.6%
Inzamam-ul-Haq 	200	71	35.5%
SM Katich 	99	35	35.4%
BC Lara 	232	82	35.3%
ER Dexter 	102	36	35.3%
GS Sobers 	160	56	35.0%
Javed Miandad 	189	66	34.9%
A Flower 	112	39	34.8%
R Dravid 	271	94	34.7%
HM Amla 	90	31	34.4%
S Chanderpaul 	227	78	34.4%
DCS Compton 	131	45	34.4%
AR Border 	265	90	34.0%
DPMD Jayawardene 196	66	33.7%
VVS Laxman 	210	70	33.3%
RB Simpson 	111	37	33.3%
G Boycott 	193	64	33.2%
CH Lloyd 	175	58	33.1%
KP Pietersen 	133	44	33.1%
RA Smith 	112	37	33.0%
DR Martyn 	109	36	33.0%
PBH May 	106	35	33.0%
WR Hammond 	140	46	32.9%
RN Harvey 	137	45	32.8%
WM Lawry 	123	40	32.5%
IR Redpath 	120	39	32.5%
V Sehwag 	152	49	32.2%
GC Smith 	159	51	32.1%
ML Hayden 	184	59	32.1%
ME Waugh 	209	67	32.1%
MC Cowdrey 	188	60	31.9%
MA Taylor 	186	59	31.7%
GR Viswanath 	155	49	31.6%
SR Waugh 	260	82	31.5%
AC Gilchrist 	137	43	31.4%
RB Kanhai 	137	43	31.4%
G Kirsten 	176	55	31.3%
RC Fredericks 	109	34	31.2%
M Amarnath 	113	35	31.0%
AB de Villiers 	113	35	31.0%
GP Thorpe 	179	55	30.7%
GA Gooch 	215	66	30.7%
AI Kallicharran 109	33	30.3%
ME Trescothick 	143	43	30.1%
RR Sarwan 	154	46	29.9%
MJ Clarke 	114	34	29.8%
DJ Cullinan 	115	34	29.6%
RB Richardson 	146	43	29.5%
IM Chappell 	136	40	29.4%
M Azharuddin 	147	43	29.3%
MA Atherton 	212	62	29.2%
JL Langer 	182	53	29.1%
SP Fleming 	189	55	29.1%
CH Gayle 	159	46	28.9%
CG Greenidge 	185	53	28.6%
Saleem Malik 	154	44	28.6%
JH Edrich 	127	36	28.3%
DL Haynes 	202	57	28.2%
DB Vengsarkar 	185	52	28.1%
AJ Strauss 	157	44	28.0%
DI Gower 	204	57	27.9%
DC Boon 	190	53	27.9%
N Hussain 	171	47	27.5%
SC Ganguly 	188	51	27.1%
A Ranatunga 	155	42	27.1%
MD Crowe 	131	35	26.7%
MJ Slater 	131	35	26.7%
PA de Silva 	159	42	26.4%
PD Collingwood 	115	30	26.1%
HH Gibbs 	154	40	26.0%
Zaheer Abbas 	124	32	25.8%
NJ Astle 	137	35	25.5%
AJ Stewart 	235	60	25.5%
TW Graveney 	123	31	25.2%
KJ Hughes 	124	31	25.0%
MP Vaughan 	147	36	24.5%
ST Jayasuriya 	188	45	23.9%
A Flintoff 	130	31	23.8%
MA Butcher 	131	31	23.7%
HP Tillakaratne 131	31	23.7%
JG Wright 	148	35	23.6%
APE Knott 	149	35	23.5%
CL Hooper 	173	40	23.1%
AJ Lamb 	139	32	23.0%
MW Gatting 	138	31	22.5%
IT Botham 	161	36	22.4%
MS Atapattu 	156	33	21.2%
MV Boucher 	196	39	19.9%
N Kapil Dev 	184	35	19.0%

 

[ankitj]

Saeed Anwar has almost 40% innings of 50+. That's awesome. Surprised to notice that he had such a short test career!

 

[The Sean]

Clyde Walcott unlucky to miss out there, having passed the 50 mark "only" 29 times in his 74 innings. If he made the cut, he'd come in between Anwar and Walters.

 

[ankitj]

OK, so here's the list with 25 scores of 50+ as qualification

[B]Player		Inns	50+	50+ per inn[/B]

DG Bradman 	80	42	52.5%
H Sutcliffe 	84	39	46.4%
JB Hobbs 	102	43	42.2%
KF Barrington 	131	55	42.0%
ED Weekes 	81	34	42.0%
Saeed Anwar 	91	36	39.6%
CL Walcott 	74	29	39.2%
KD Walters 	125	48	38.4%
JH Kallis 	246	94	38.2%
IR Bell 	116	44	37.9%
IVA Richards 	182	69	37.9%
L Hutton 	138	52	37.7%
SR Tendulkar 	296	111	37.5%
TT Samaraweera 	104	39	37.5%
SM Gavaskar 	214	79	36.9%
RT Ponting 	259	95	36.7%
Mohammad Yousuf 156	57	36.5%
GS Chappell 	151	55	36.4%
KC Sangakkara 	162	59	36.4%
B Mitchell 	80	29	36.3%
AN Cook 	125	45	36.0%
MEK Hussey 	103	37	35.9%
FMM Worrell 	87	31	35.6%
Inzamam-ul-Haq 	200	71	35.5%
SM Katich 	99	35	35.4%
BC Lara 	232	82	35.3%
ER Dexter 	102	36	35.3%
GS Sobers 	160	56	35.0%
Javed Miandad 	189	66	34.9%
A Flower 	112	39	34.8%
G Gambhir 	72	25	34.7%
R Dravid 	271	94	34.7%
HM Amla 	90	31	34.4%
S Chanderpaul 	227	78	34.4%
DCS Compton 	131	45	34.4%
AR Border 	265	90	34.0%
EH Hendren 	83	28	33.7%
DPMD Jayawardene 196	66	33.7%
VVS Laxman 	210	70	33.3%
RB Simpson 	111	37	33.3%
G Boycott 	193	64	33.2%
CH Lloyd 	175	58	33.1%
KP Pietersen 	133	44	33.1%
RA Smith 	112	37	33.0%
DR Martyn 	109	36	33.0%
PBH May 	106	35	33.0%
WR Hammond 	140	46	32.9%
RN Harvey 	137	45	32.8%
WM Lawry 	123	40	32.5%
IR Redpath 	120	39	32.5%
V Sehwag 	152	49	32.2%
GC Smith 	159	51	32.1%
ML Hayden 	184	59	32.1%
ME Waugh 	209	67	32.1%
MC Cowdrey 	188	60	31.9%
MA Taylor 	186	59	31.7%
GR Viswanath 	155	49	31.6%
SR Waugh 	260	82	31.5%
AC Gilchrist 	137	43	31.4%
RB Kanhai 	137	43	31.4%
G Kirsten 	176	55	31.3%
RC Fredericks 	109	34	31.2%
M Amarnath 	113	35	31.0%
AB de Villiers 	113	35	31.0%
GP Thorpe 	179	55	30.7%
GA Gooch 	215	66	30.7%
AI Kallicharran 109	33	30.3%
AW Greig 	93	28	30.1%
ME Trescothick 	143	43	30.1%
RR Sarwan 	154	46	29.9%
MJ Clarke 	114	34	29.8%
DJ Cullinan 	115	34	29.6%
RB Richardson 	146	43	29.5%
IM Chappell 	136	40	29.4%
M Azharuddin 	147	43	29.3%
MA Atherton 	212	62	29.2%
C Hill 		89	26	29.2%
JL Langer 	182	53	29.1%
SP Fleming 	189	55	29.1%
MS Dhoni 	93	27	29.0%
Mushtaq Mohammad 100	29	29.0%
CH Gayle 	159	46	28.9%
CG Greenidge 	185	53	28.6%
FE Woolley 	98	28	28.6%
Saleem Malik 	154	44	28.6%
JH Edrich 	127	36	28.3%
DL Haynes 	202	57	28.2%
DB Vengsarkar 	185	52	28.1%
DM Jones 	89	25	28.1%
AJ Strauss 	157	44	28.0%
DI Gower 	204	57	27.9%
DC Boon 	190	53	27.9%
Hanif Mohammad 	97	27	27.8%
PR Umrigar 	94	26	27.7%
N Hussain 	171	47	27.5%
CD McMillan 	91	25	27.5%
Habibul Bashar 	99	27	27.3%
SC Ganguly 	188	51	27.1%
A Ranatunga 	155	42	27.1%
KWR Fletcher 	96	26	27.1%
TM Dilshan 	108	29	26.9%
MD Crowe 	131	35	26.7%
MJ Slater 	131	35	26.7%
PA de Silva 	159	42	26.4%
WJ Cronje 	111	29	26.1%
PD Collingwood 	115	30	26.1%
HH Gibbs 	154	40	26.0%
CL Cairns 	104	27	26.0%
JR Reid 	108	28	25.9%
Zaheer Abbas 	124	32	25.8%
BB McCullum 	97	25	25.8%
NJ Astle 	137	35	25.5%
AJ Stewart 	235	60	25.5%
Majid Khan 	106	27	25.5%
TW Graveney 	123	31	25.2%
KJ Hughes 	124	31	25.0%
MP Vaughan 	147	36	24.5%
ST Jayasuriya 	188	45	23.9%
A Flintoff 	130	31	23.8%
MA Butcher 	131	31	23.7%
HP Tillakaratne 131	31	23.7%
JG Wright 	148	35	23.6%
APE Knott 	149	35	23.5%
Mudassar Nazar 	116	27	23.3%
CL Hooper 	173	40	23.1%
AJ Lamb 	139	32	23.0%
BE Congdon 	114	26	22.8%
MW Gatting 	138	31	22.5%
IT Botham 	161	36	22.4%
MS Atapattu 	156	33	21.2%
MV Boucher 	196	39	19.9%
N Kapil Dev 	184	35	19.0%
DL Vettori 	161	28	17.4%
IA Healy 	182	26	14.3%

 

[stephen]

I'm really surprised to see Walters so high in this list tbh.

Having checked his stats one wonders why he isn't more highly rated than he is. Noone seems to ever really talk about him.

 

[ankitj]

Very little to separate Langer and Dhoni

 

[NUFAN]

Is this a joke or are you serious?

He is very obviously taking the piss. Scientifically. Let's not go there in another thread.

I was being serious. if there ever was an opportunity to dismiss not outs, you would do it in this situation, but only for scores where you get not out for under 50.

So for Bradman he had a 37* and a 30* so for this 'scientific' calculation I would be happy enough if someone said he made 42 50 plus scores in 78 opportunities.

Of course if he had of batted faster he might have been 51* instead of 37*, but that's neither here nor there.

 

[weldone]

I was being serious. if there ever was an opportunity to dismiss not outs, you would do it in this situation, but only for scores where you get not out for under 50.

So for Bradman he had a 37* and a 30* so for this 'scientific' calculation I would be happy enough if someone said he made 42 50 plus scores in 78 opportunities.

Of course if he had of batted faster he might have been 51* instead of 37*, but that's neither here nor there.

absolutely agree with this approach of yours...

 

[weldone]

Very little to separate Langer and Dhoni

Katich is above Lara

 

[Joao]

It requires slight qualification outside the 'rules' but as an opener.

Shane Watson 16 from 36 44.44%

 

[Debris]

I'm really surprised to see Walters so high in this list tbh.

Having checked his stats one wonders why he isn't more highly rated than he is. Noone seems to ever really talk about him.

My all-time favourite player. His greatness is such as to be above such mere statistical discussions.

 

[Howe_zat]

The bottom of Ankitj's list is the more interesting part than the top, imo. Among the allrounders and keepers that aren't expected to pass 50 all that much comes a flurrly of mercurial players that failed so often but were kept in because they could produce magic innings. Hooper, Gibbs, Astle, Jayasuria, Aravinda, Slater.

And also Marvan Attapattu is right down there. In Andy Zaltzman's words: "The game of an orthodox grinder, the statistics of a temperamental, bat-hurling, tortured, tantrum-throwing genius." Hardly any fifties, but a lot of double-centuries.

It requires slight qualification outside the 'rules' but as an opener.

Shane Watson 16 from 36 44.44%

I had been wondering.

 

[stephen]

Interestingly for Bradman to fall into second place on this list he'd need to score under fifty in 11 consecutive innings. That would mean a full five test series without a score over fifty, followed by at least one innings in the next series without a half century.

To fall behind Sobers he'd need to play forty more innings without scoring a single half century.

To fall behind Healy he'd have to play another 214 innings without scoring a half century.