Cribbage's Standardised Test Averages (UPDATED November 2018 - posts 753-755)

[Teja.]

Good to see Herbie Taylor and Hazare getting massive boosts like I expected them to.

Immense stuff, Cribbage.

 

[Furball]

They must've been playing against a lot of poor attacks, or possibly a disproportionate amount of home games.

Why would playing a disproportionate amount of home games affect their average given that their home conditions are probably the hardest to bat in?

 

[G.I.Joe]

Good job, PEWS.
Barrington so under-rated that he makes second, and still no one talks about him.

And people to stop quoting the lists, some of us are browsing on our phones!

 

[Prince EWS]

Why would playing a disproportionate amount of home games affect their average given that their home conditions are probably the hardest to bat in?

Because it's impossible to measure that properly. If they're playing a lot of games at home they'll be credited with facing 'away' bowling attacks, which are usually statistically worse than 'home' bowling attacks.

 

[The Sean]

Good job, PEWS.
Barrington so under-rated that he makes second, and still no one talks about him.

He looked sixth to me. Still fantastic, mind.

 

[Prince EWS]

He looked sixth to me. Still fantastic, mind.

Was second on the list Marcuss requested of batsmen with 50+ Tests to their names.

 

[Dan]

The drop in Samaraweera's average is huge, 10-odd runs.

Surprised to see Hussey and Katich drop so much as well.

 

[Darth018]

Interesting, but surely these lists have their flaws.

 

[Burgey]

I've standardised matches across era standards as well now. I've also put in a simple method in which to measure the 'value' of a batsman by considering by standardised average (performance) and standardised matches (longevity).

EDIT: You have to scroll across now, unfortunately.

				Span		Mts	Std Mts	Runs	Avg	Std Avg	Value

DG Bradman (Aus)		1928-1948	52	[b]95[/b]	6996	99.94	[b]95.48	156.55[/b]
SR Tendulkar (India)		1989-2011	181	[b]108[/b]	14965	56.26	[b]54.43	57.87[/b]
GS Sobers (WI)			1954-1974	93	[b]95[/b]	8032	57.78	[b]55.59	53.22[/b]
GA Headley (WI)			1930-1954	22	[b]59[/b]	2190	60.83	[b]67.67	48.88[/b]
WR Hammond (Eng)		1927-1947	85	[b]89[/b]	7249	58.46	[b]54.02	47.25[/b]
AD Nourse (SA)			1935-1951	34	[b]85[/b]	2960	53.82	[b]54.60	45.90[/b]
JB Hobbs (Eng)			1908-1930	61	[b]80[/b]	5410	56.95	[b]55.54	44.57[/b]
B Mitchell (SA)			1929-1949	42	[b]104[/b]	3471	48.89	[b]48.31	44.14[/b]
HW Taylor (SA)			1912-1932	42	[b]100[/b]	2936	40.78	[b]47.06	40.07[/b]
SM Gavaskar (India)		1971-1987	125	[b]82[/b]	10122	51.12	[b]51.66	39.76[/b]
Javed Miandad (Pak)		1976-1993	124	[b]87[/b]	8832	52.57	[b]50.26	39.66[/b]
L Hutton (Eng)			1937-1955	79	[b]77[/b]	6971	56.67	[b]52.76	38.84[/b]
AR Border (Aus)			1978-1994	156	[b]80[/b]	11174	50.56	[b]51.05	37.69[/b]
R Dravid (India)		1996-2011	156	[b]80[/b]	12752	53.36	[b]50.38	36.78[/b]
SR Waugh (Aus)			1985-2004	168	[b]82[/b]	10927	51.06	[b]49.40	36.40[/b]
JH Kallis (SA)			1995-2011	144	[b]75[/b]	11864	57.31	[b]51.58	36.36[/b]
BC Lara (WI)			1990-2006	130	[b]70[/b]	11912	53.18	[b]53.24	35.83[/b]
IVA Richards (WI)		1974-1991	121	[b]78[/b]	8540	50.24	[b]49.82	35.12[/b]
RN Harvey (Aus)			1948-1963	79	[b]75[/b]	6149	48.42	[b]49.27	33.14[/b]
CG Macartney (Aus)		1907-1926	35	[b]74[/b]	2131	41.78	[b]49.59	33.07[/b]
CH Lloyd (WI)			1966-1984	110	[b]81[/b]	7515	46.68	[b]46.70	32.16[/b]
W Bardsley (Aus)		1909-1926	41	[b]87[/b]	2469	40.48	[b]45.11	31.94[/b]
DCS Compton (Eng)		1937-1957	78	[b]74[/b]	5807	50.06	[b]48.61	31.49[/b]
RT Ponting (Aus)		1995-2011	153	[b]71[/b]	12387	53.16	[b]49.02	31.00[/b]
RB Kanhai (WI)			1957-1974	79	[b]79[/b]	6227	47.53	[b]46.27	30.64[/b]
AL Hassett (Aus)		1938-1953	43	[b]78[/b]	3073	46.56	[b]46.38	30.55[/b]
Hanif Mohammad (Pak)		1952-1969	55	[b]87[/b]	3915	43.99	[b]43.97	30.35[/b]
WW Armstrong (Aus)		1902-1921	50	[b]85[/b]	2863	38.69	[b]43.73	29.51[/b]
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)		1992-2007	119	[b]70[/b]	8829	50.16	[b]48.02	29.33[/b]
S Chanderpaul (WI)		1994-2011	133	[b]71[/b]	9367	49.04	[b]47.23	28.88[/b]
ED Weekes (WI)			1948-1958	48	[b]50[/b]	4455	58.62	[b]56.19	28.87[/b]
C Hill (Aus)			1896-1912	49	[b]69[/b]	3412	39.22	[b]47.35	28.09[/b]
AW Nourse (SA)			1902-1924	45	[b]120[/b]	2234	29.79	[b]35.59	27.60[/b]
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)		1997-2011	122	[b]69[/b]	9852	52.4	[b]45.65	25.93[/b]
CL Walcott (WI)			1948-1960	44	[b]45[/b]	3798	56.69	[b]56.30	25.91[/b]
EAB Rowan (SA)			1935-1951	26	[b]65[/b]	1965	43.67	[b]46.90	25.90[/b]
FMM Worrell (WI)		1948-1963	51	[b]54[/b]	3860	49.49	[b]51.10	25.70[/b]
M Azharuddin (India)		1984-2000	99	[b]74[/b]	6215	45.04	[b]43.72	25.63[/b]
GS Chappell (Aus)		1970-1984	87	[b]49[/b]	7110	53.86	[b]53.38	25.47[/b]
A Flower (Zim)			1992-2002	63	[b]53[/b]	4794	51.55	[b]51.27	25.25[/b]
KF Barrington (Eng)		1955-1968	82	[b]44[/b]	6806	58.67	[b]55.83	24.94[/b]
PA de Silva (SL)		1984-2002	93	[b]76[/b]	6361	42.98	[b]42.41	24.66[/b]
DB Vengsarkar (India)		1976-1992	116	[b]73[/b]	6868	42.13	[b]42.97	24.26[/b]
VVS Laxman (India)		1996-2011	127	[b]65[/b]	8328	46.27	[b]45.21	24.11[/b]
VT Trumper (Aus)		1899-1912	48	[b]63[/b]	3163	39.05	[b]45.86	24.08[/b]
B Sutcliffe (NZ)		1947-1965	42	[b]68[/b]	2727	40.1	[b]44.07	23.85[/b]
CG Greenidge (WI)		1974-1991	108	[b]70[/b]	7558	44.72	[b]43.44	23.84[/b]
KC Sangakkara (SL)		2000-2011	100	[b]56[/b]	8651	55.81	[b]48.35	23.59[/b]
DL Haynes (WI)			1978-1994	116	[b]78[/b]	7487	42.3	[b]40.74	23.48[/b]
MP Donnelly (NZ)		1937-1949	7	[b]51[/b]	582	52.91	[b]49.83	22.96[/b]
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)		1998-2010	90	[b]53[/b]	7530	52.29	[b]48.57	22.74[/b]
GA Faulkner (SA)		1906-1924	25	[b]59[/b]	1754	40.79	[b]45.99	22.45[/b]
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)		1969-1985	78	[b]68[/b]	5062	44.8	[b]42.71	22.33[/b]
JB Stollmeyer (WI)		1939-1955	32	[b]74[/b]	2159	42.33	[b]40.83	22.26[/b]
DJ McGlew (SA)			1951-1962	34	[b]49[/b]	2440	42.07	[b]49.79	21.87[/b]
RG Pollock (SA)			1963-1970	23	[b]35[/b]	2256	60.97	[b]58.54	21.87[/b]
MC Cowdrey (Eng)		1954-1975	114	[b]63[/b]	7624	44.07	[b]43.85	21.82[/b]
H Sutcliffe (Eng)		1924-1935	54	[b]40[/b]	4555	60.73	[b]54.94	21.66[/b]
GR Viswanath (India)		1969-1983	91	[b]63[/b]	6080	41.93	[b]43.38	21.40[/b]
G Boycott (Eng)			1964-1982	108	[b]56[/b]	8114	47.73	[b]45.57	21.05[/b]
WM Lawry (Aus)			1961-1971	67	[b]51[/b]	5234	47.15	[b]47.77	21.04[/b]
PR Umrigar (India)		1948-1962	59	[b]65[/b]	3631	42.22	[b]42.32	20.94[/b]
Saleem Malik (Pak)		1982-1999	103	[b]67[/b]	5768	43.7	[b]41.69	20.94[/b]
Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak)		1959-1979	57	[b]76[/b]	3643	39.17	[b]38.92	20.86[/b]
DI Gower (Eng)			1978-1992	117	[b]58[/b]	8231	44.25	[b]44.38	20.62[/b]
JR Reid (NZ)			1949-1965	58	[b]85[/b]	3428	33.28	[b]36.66	20.60[/b]
Asif Iqbal (Pak)		1964-1980	58	[b]71[/b]	3575	38.86	[b]39.79	20.22[/b]
A Ranatunga (SL)		1982-2000	93	[b]86[/b]	5105	35.7	[b]35.83	20.09[/b]
VM Merchant (India)		1933-1951	10	[b]45[/b]	859	47.72	[b]49.75	20.06[/b]
GA Gooch (Eng)			1975-1995	118	[b]59[/b]	8900	42.58	[b]42.84	19.78[/b]
SP Fleming (NZ)			1994-2008	111	[b]67[/b]	7172	40.07	[b]40.01	19.56[/b]
WL Murdoch (Aus/Eng)		1877-1892	18	[b]40[/b]	908	31.31	[b]51.61	19.30[/b]
Saeed Ahmed (Pak)		1958-1972	41	[b]68[/b]	2991	40.42	[b]39.35	19.14[/b]
HP Tillakaratne (SL)		1989-2004	83	[b]57[/b]	4545	42.88	[b]43.08	19.07[/b]
MD Crowe (NZ)			1982-1995	77	[b]57[/b]	5444	45.37	[b]42.95	19.06[/b]
C Kelleway (Aus)		1910-1928	26	[b]61[/b]	1422	37.42	[b]41.37	18.89[/b]
WM Woodfull (Aus)		1926-1934	35	[b]44[/b]	2300	46	[b]48.69	18.79[/b]
SE Gregory (Aus)		1890-1912	58	[b]93[/b]	2282	24.54	[b]33.38	18.78[/b]
AJ Stewart (Eng)		1990-2003	133	[b]59[/b]	8463	39.55	[b]41.72	18.75[/b]
TL Goddard (SA)			1955-1970	41	[b]67[/b]	2516	34.47	[b]39.09	18.63[/b]
SJ McCabe (Aus)			1930-1938	39	[b]44[/b]	2748	48.21	[b]48.33	18.52[/b]
ME Waugh (Aus)			1991-2002	128	[b]57[/b]	8029	41.82	[b]42.31	18.50[/b]
DC Boon (Aus)			1984-1996	107	[b]57[/b]	7422	43.66	[b]42.22	18.44[/b]
VS Hazare (India)		1946-1953	30	[b]36[/b]	2192	47.65	[b]53.16	18.37[/b]
J Ryder (Aus)			1920-1929	20	[b]35[/b]	1394	51.63	[b]53.63	18.32[/b]
KD Walters (Aus)		1965-1981	74	[b]46[/b]	5357	48.26	[b]46.74	18.31[/b]
RB Simpson (Aus)		1957-1978	62	[b]47[/b]	4869	46.82	[b]46.17	18.21[/b]
G Kirsten (SA)			1993-2004	101	[b]52[/b]	7289	45.27	[b]43.95	18.01[/b]
ML Hayden (Aus)			1994-2009	102	[b]46[/b]	8437	50.22	[b]46.49	18.00[/b]
WA Brown (Aus)			1934-1948	22	[b]48[/b]	1592	46.82	[b]45.29	17.88[/b]
Majid Khan (Pak)		1964-1983	63	[b]68[/b]	3931	38.92	[b]38.24	17.88[/b]
EJ Barlow (SA)			1961-1970	30	[b]49[/b]	2516	45.75	[b]44.46	17.63[/b]
Younis Khan (Pak)		2000-2011	68	[b]42[/b]	5719	51.06	[b]48.03	17.45[/b]
WH Ponsford (Aus)		1924-1934	29	[b]40[/b]	2122	48.23	[b]49.19	17.38[/b]
SG Barnes (Aus)			1938-1948	13	[b]36[/b]	1072	63.06	[b]51.92	17.36[/b]
Imran Khan (Pak)		1971-1992	88	[b]71[/b]	3807	37.69	[b]36.72	17.26[/b]
A Shrewsbury snr (Eng)		1881-1893	23	[b]41[/b]	1277	35.47	[b]48.02	17.04[/b]
ST Jayasuriya (SL)		1991-2007	110	[b]66[/b]	6973	40.07	[b]37.55	16.96[/b]
SC Ganguly (India)		1996-2008	113	[b]56[/b]	7212	42.18	[b]40.76	16.91[/b]
V Sehwag (India)		2001-2011	88	[b]40[/b]	7652	52.41	[b]47.71	16.68[/b]
M Amarnath (India)		1969-1988	69	[b]49[/b]	4378	42.5	[b]43.11	16.65[/b]
JG Wright (NZ)			1978-1993	82	[b]71[/b]	5334	37.83	[b]35.95	16.58[/b]
RB Richardson (WI)		1983-1995	86	[b]52[/b]	5949	44.4	[b]41.62	16.25[/b]
JL Langer (Aus)			1993-2007	104	[b]47[/b]	7674	45.68	[b]43.84	16.21[/b]
W Rhodes (Eng)			1899-1930	58	[b]77[/b]	2325	30.19	[b]33.97	16.06[/b]
GP Thorpe (Eng)			1993-2005	100	[b]42[/b]	6744	44.66	[b]45.78	15.97[/b]
GC Smith (SA)			2002-2011	90	[b]46[/b]	7445	50.3	[b]43.71	15.97[/b]
JHB Waite (SA)			1951-1965	50	[b]66[/b]	2405	30.44	[b]36.49	15.92[/b]
IR Redpath (Aus)		1964-1976	66	[b]46[/b]	4737	43.46	[b]43.68	15.92[/b]
PBH May (Eng)			1951-1961	66	[b]37[/b]	4537	46.77	[b]48.34	15.75[/b]
VL Manjrekar (India)		1951-1965	55	[b]57[/b]	3208	39.12	[b]39.06	15.73[/b]
AI Kallicharran (WI)		1972-1980	66	[b]41[/b]	4399	44.43	[b]46.21	15.73[/b]
FE Woolley (Eng)		1909-1934	64	[b]77[/b]	3283	36.08	[b]33.39	15.51[/b]
AR Morris (Aus)			1946-1955	46	[b]44[/b]	3533	46.49	[b]43.88	15.49[/b]
MA Taylor (Aus)			1989-1999	104	[b]48[/b]	7525	43.5	[b]42.10	15.35[/b]
MA Noble (Aus)			1898-1909	42	[b]60[/b]	1997	30.26	[b]37.50	15.33[/b]
TW Graveney (Eng)		1951-1969	79	[b]44[/b]	4882	44.38	[b]43.60	15.13[/b]
RC Fredericks (WI)		1968-1977	59	[b]44[/b]	4334	42.49	[b]43.49	15.08[/b]
MA Atherton (Eng)		1989-2001	115	[b]55[/b]	7728	37.7	[b]38.94	15.02[/b]
EH Hendren (Eng)		1920-1935	51	[b]43[/b]	3525	47.64	[b]43.83	15.01[/b]
GM Turner (NZ)			1969-1983	41	[b]44[/b]	2991	44.64	[b]43.21	14.95[/b]
N Kapil Dev (India)		1978-1994	131	[b]84[/b]	5248	31.05	[b]31.20	14.75[/b]
IM Chappell (Aus)		1964-1980	75	[b]47[/b]	5345	42.42	[b]41.75	14.70[/b]
A Melville (SA)			1938-1949	11	[b]39[/b]	894	52.59	[b]45.35	14.51[/b]
AC Gilchrist (Aus)		1999-2008	95	[b]41[/b]	5475	47.61	[b]44.36	14.50[/b]
BF Butcher (WI)			1958-1969	44	[b]43[/b]	3104	43.11	[b]43.25	14.47[/b]
CC Hunte (WI)			1958-1967	44	[b]47[/b]	3245	45.07	[b]41.16	14.45[/b]
CL Hooper (WI)			1987-2002	102	[b]58[/b]	5762	36.47	[b]37.05	14.45[/b]
RA McLean (SA)			1951-1964	40	[b]55[/b]	2120	30.29	[b]38.05	14.35[/b]
JJ Lyons (Aus)			1887-1897	14	[b]33[/b]	731	27.07	[b]48.60	14.25[/b]
Hon.FS Jackson (Eng)		1893-1905	20	[b]29[/b]	1415	48.79	[b]52.41	14.20[/b]
MS Atapattu (SL)		1990-2007	90	[b]57[/b]	5502	39.02	[b]36.39	13.75[/b]
PS McDonnell (Aus)		1880-1888	19	[b]31[/b]	955	28.94	[b]49.57	13.71[/b]
CC McDonald (Aus)		1952-1961	47	[b]40[/b]	3107	39.33	[b]43.37	13.59[/b]
WG Grace (Eng)			1880-1899	22	[b]37[/b]	1098	32.29	[b]44.56	13.48[/b]
JH Edrich (Eng)			1963-1976	77	[b]41[/b]	5138	43.54	[b]42.33	13.46[/b]
G Giffen (Aus)			1881-1896	31	[b]61[/b]	1238	23.36	[b]34.99	13.43[/b]
AC MacLaren (Eng)		1894-1909	35	[b]47[/b]	1931	33.88	[b]39.63	13.39[/b]
AC Bannerman (Aus)		1879-1893	28	[b]60[/b]	1108	23.08	[b]35.22	13.38[/b]
J Darling (Aus)			1894-1905	34	[b]50[/b]	1657	28.57	[b]38.47	13.38[/b]
Saeed Anwar (Pak)		1990-2001	55	[b]35[/b]	4052	45.53	[b]45.32	13.10[/b]
TW Hayward (Eng)		1896-1909	35	[b]44[/b]	1999	34.47	[b]39.92	12.83[/b]
KR Miller (Aus)			1946-1956	55	[b]50[/b]	2958	36.98	[b]37.58	12.82[/b]
G Ulyett (Eng)			1877-1890	25	[b]52[/b]	949	24.33	[b]36.51	12.63[/b]
CP Mead (Eng)			1911-1928	17	[b]28[/b]	1185	49.38	[b]50.10	12.61[/b]
RJ Shastri (India)		1981-1992	80	[b]51[/b]	3830	35.79	[b]36.71	12.50[/b]
NC O'Neill (Aus)		1958-1965	42	[b]30[/b]	2779	45.56	[b]47.59	12.45[/b]
TT Samaraweera (SL)		2001-2011	68	[b]38[/b]	4683	52.62	[b]42.44	12.38[/b]
M Leyland (Eng)			1928-1938	41	[b]27[/b]	2764	46.07	[b]49.67	12.22[/b]
GHS Trott (Aus)			1888-1898	24	[b]53[/b]	921	21.93	[b]35.83	12.21[/b]
AP Gurusinha (SL)		1985-1996	41	[b]44[/b]	2452	38.92	[b]38.95	12.10[/b]
NJ Astle (NZ)			1996-2006	81	[b]49[/b]	4702	37.02	[b]36.88	11.99[/b]
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)		1976-1989	76	[b]50[/b]	4114	38.09	[b]36.49	11.96[/b]
SM Nurse (WI)			1960-1969	29	[b]29[/b]	2523	47.6	[b]47.58	11.95[/b]
CH Gayle (WI)			2000-2010	91	[b]44[/b]	6373	41.65	[b]38.85	11.94[/b]
RH Catterall (SA)		1922-1931	24	[b]42[/b]	1555	37.93	[b]39.25	11.77[/b]
HH Gibbs (SA)			1996-2008	90	[b]42[/b]	6167	41.95	[b]39.38	11.77[/b]
C Washbrook (Eng)		1937-1956	37	[b]36[/b]	2569	42.82	[b]42.51	11.76[/b]
DJ Cullinan (SA)		1993-2001	70	[b]36[/b]	4554	44.21	[b]42.58	11.70[/b]
N Hussain (Eng)			1990-2004	96	[b]43[/b]	5764	37.19	[b]38.87	11.70[/b]
JV Coney (NZ)			1974-1987	52	[b]48[/b]	2668	37.58	[b]36.62	11.67[/b]
MEK Hussey (Aus)		2005-2011	62	[b]29[/b]	5113	53.26	[b]46.91	11.43[/b]
DR Martyn (Aus)			1992-2006	67	[b]29[/b]	4406	46.38	[b]46.21	11.34[/b]
BE Congdon (NZ)			1965-1978	61	[b]62[/b]	3448	32.22	[b]31.73	11.30[/b]
KP Pietersen (Eng)		2005-2011	78	[b]30[/b]	6361	50.48	[b]45.74	11.28[/b]
NS Sidhu (India)		1983-1999	51	[b]35[/b]	3202	42.13	[b]42.37	11.25[/b]
ER Dexter (Eng)			1958-1968	62	[b]31[/b]	4502	47.89	[b]44.40	11.21[/b]
MAK Pataudi (India)		1961-1975	46	[b]53[/b]	2793	34.91	[b]34.23	11.16[/b]
RR Sarwan (WI)			2000-2011	87	[b]44[/b]	5842	40.01	[b]37.26	11.06[/b]
RA Smith (Eng)			1988-1996	62	[b]30[/b]	4236	43.67	[b]44.91	11.01[/b]
CG Borde (India)		1958-1969	55	[b]52[/b]	3061	35.59	[b]34.12	10.90[/b]
Wasim Raja (Pak)		1973-1985	57	[b]42[/b]	2821	36.17	[b]37.67	10.68[/b]
JW Zulch (SA)			1910-1921	16	[b]40[/b]	983	32.77	[b]38.27	10.64[/b]
HA Gomes (WI)			1976-1987	60	[b]38[/b]	3171	39.64	[b]38.98	10.57[/b]
J Hardstaff jnr (Eng)		1935-1948	23	[b]29[/b]	1636	46.74	[b]45.04	10.54[/b]
MH Mankad (India)		1946-1959	44	[b]55[/b]	2109	31.48	[b]32.56	10.54[/b]
IT Botham (Eng)			1977-1992	102	[b]50[/b]	5200	33.55	[b]33.95	10.53[/b]
MJ Clarke (Aus)			2004-2011	71	[b]32[/b]	4912	46.78	[b]42.57	10.50[/b]
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)		1987-2001	60	[b]39[/b]	3315	37.67	[b]38.73	10.49[/b]
AB de Villiers (SA)		2004-2011	66	[b]34[/b]	4741	47.41	[b]41.41	10.46[/b]
WJ Edrich (Eng)			1938-1955	39	[b]38[/b]	2440	40	[b]38.86	10.44[/b]
JT Tyldesley (Eng)		1899-1909	31	[b]38[/b]	1661	30.76	[b]38.72	10.23[/b]
KC Bland (SA)			1961-1966	21	[b]25[/b]	1669	49.09	[b]47.29	10.11[/b]
JC Adams (WI)			1992-2001	54	[b]30[/b]	3012	41.26	[b]43.15	10.07[/b]
JM Gregory (Aus)		1920-1928	24	[b]40[/b]	1146	36.97	[b]36.82	9.92[/b]
DG Phadkar (India)		1947-1958	31	[b]41[/b]	1229	32.34	[b]36.31	9.90[/b]
MJ Slater (Aus)			1993-2001	74	[b]31[/b]	5312	42.84	[b]42.20	9.85[/b]
W Bruce (Aus)			1885-1895	14	[b]29[/b]	702	29.25	[b]42.90	9.82[/b]
Sadiq Mohammad (Pak)		1969-1980	41	[b]40[/b]	2579	35.82	[b]36.46	9.74[/b]
PJP Burge (Aus)			1955-1966	42	[b]33[/b]	2290	38.17	[b]40.17	9.72[/b]
FA Iredale (Aus)		1894-1899	14	[b]21[/b]	807	36.68	[b]49.98	9.63[/b]
DM Jones (Aus)			1984-1992	52	[b]28[/b]	3631	46.55	[b]43.16	9.60[/b]
TM Dilshan (SL)			1999-2011	71	[b]40[/b]	4382	42.96	[b]36.48	9.60[/b]
KS Ranjitsinhji (Eng)		1896-1902	15	[b]18[/b]	989	44.95	[b]54.79	9.56[/b]
AJ Lamb (Eng)			1982-1992	79	[b]39[/b]	4656	36.09	[b]36.80	9.55[/b]
MG Burgess (NZ)			1968-1980	50	[b]52[/b]	2684	31.21	[b]31.78	9.53[/b]
P Roy (India)			1951-1982	45	[b]42[/b]	2513	32.64	[b]35.31	9.52[/b]
WR Endean (SA)			1951-1958	28	[b]34[/b]	1630	33.96	[b]39.41	9.42[/b]
MP Vaughan (Eng)		1999-2008	82	[b]33[/b]	5719	41.44	[b]39.77	9.40[/b]
APE Knott (Eng)			1967-1981	95	[b]51[/b]	4389	32.75	[b]31.67	9.31[/b]
SM Pollock (SA)			1995-2008	108	[b]52[/b]	3781	32.32	[b]31.55	9.29[/b]
GP Howarth (NZ)			1975-1985	47	[b]44[/b]	2531	32.45	[b]34.29	9.28[/b]
AN Cook (Eng)			2006-2011	72	[b]27[/b]	5868	49.73	[b]43.57	9.28[/b]
AJ Strauss (Eng)		2004-2011	89	[b]34[/b]	6340	41.99	[b]38.51	9.25[/b]
AE Stoddart (Eng)		1888-1898	16	[b]28[/b]	996	35.57	[b]42.46	9.22[/b]
FM Engineer (India)		1961-1975	46	[b]53[/b]	2611	31.08	[b]31.05	9.18[/b]
HL Collins (Aus)		1920-1926	19	[b]27[/b]	1352	45.07	[b]43.17	9.15[/b]
R Abel (Eng)			1888-1902	13	[b]21[/b]	744	37.2	[b]49.28	9.12[/b]
IR Bell (Eng)			2004-2011	69	[b]27[/b]	5027	49.28	[b]43.31	9.07[/b]
WJ Cronje (SA)			1992-2000	68	[b]39[/b]	3714	36.41	[b]35.91	9.03[/b]
DL Amiss (Eng)			1966-1977	50	[b]28[/b]	3612	46.31	[b]42.17	8.89[/b]
AG Steel (Eng)			1880-1888	13	[b]21[/b]	600	35.29	[b]48.08	8.82[/b]
AG Prince (SA)			2002-2011	62	[b]32[/b]	3556	43.37	[b]38.99	8.75[/b]
GT Dowling (NZ)			1961-1972	39	[b]47[/b]	2306	31.16	[b]31.75	8.57[/b]
KJ Hughes (Aus)			1977-1984	70	[b]30[/b]	4415	37.42	[b]39.62	8.56[/b]
Shoaib Mohammad (Pak)		1983-1995	45	[b]30[/b]	2705	44.34	[b]40.01	8.56[/b]
ME Trescothick (Eng)		2000-2006	76	[b]27[/b]	5825	43.8	[b]41.74	8.56[/b]
KR Stackpole (Aus)		1966-1974	43	[b]32[/b]	2807	37.43	[b]38.12	8.39[/b]
AH Jones (NZ)			1987-1995	39	[b]28[/b]	2922	44.27	[b]40.86	8.33[/b]
KD Mackay (Aus)			1956-1963	37	[b]33[/b]	1507	33.49	[b]37.21	8.26[/b]
CB Fry (Eng)			1896-1912	26	[b]32[/b]	1223	32.18	[b]37.92	8.23[/b]
MW Gatting (Eng)		1978-1995	79	[b]38[/b]	4409	35.56	[b]34.28	8.19[/b]
LEG Ames (Eng)			1929-1939	47	[b]33[/b]	2434	40.57	[b]37.13	8.13[/b]
SV Manjrekar (India)		1987-1996	37	[b]29[/b]	2043	37.15	[b]39.31	8.09[/b]
HG Vivian (NZ)			1931-1937	7	[b]23[/b]	421	42.1	[b]43.65	7.93[/b]
CL Cairns (NZ)			1989-2004	62	[b]41[/b]	3320	33.54	[b]32.71	7.89[/b]
VS Ransford (Aus)		1907-1912	20	[b]21[/b]	1211	37.84	[b]45.45	7.87[/b]
BB McCullum (NZ)		2004-2011	57	[b]38[/b]	3389	37.24	[b]33.50	7.78[/b]
KWR Fletcher (Eng)		1968-1982	59	[b]30[/b]	3272	39.9	[b]37.73	7.77[/b]
HM Amla (SA)			2004-2011	51	[b]26[/b]	3897	46.95	[b]40.38	7.69[/b]
CD McMillan (NZ)		1997-2005	55	[b]31[/b]	3116	38.47	[b]36.77	7.65[/b]
W Barnes (Eng)			1880-1890	21	[b]37[/b]	725	23.39	[b]33.68	7.62[/b]
AW Greig (Eng)			1972-1977	58	[b]27[/b]	3599	40.44	[b]39.56	7.62[/b]
WW Read (Eng)			1882-1893	18	[b]30[/b]	720	27.69	[b]36.82	7.39[/b]
JWHT Douglas (Eng)		1911-1925	23	[b]43[/b]	962	29.15	[b]30.80	7.38[/b]
DL Houghton (Zim)		1992-1997	22	[b]25[/b]	1464	43.06	[b]40.10	7.30[/b]
HB Cameron (SA)			1927-1935	26	[b]39[/b]	1239	30.22	[b]32.00	7.27[/b]
SM Katich (Aus)			2001-2010	55	[b]23[/b]	4186	46	[b]41.82	7.27[/b]
AL Wadekar (India)		1966-1974	37	[b]39[/b]	2113	31.07	[b]31.58	7.13[/b]
MH Richardson (NZ)		2000-2004	38	[b]20[/b]	2776	44.77	[b]43.76	7.03[/b]
BL D'Oliveira (Eng)		1966-1972	44	[b]25[/b]	2484	40.06	[b]38.99	6.97[/b]
CPS Chauhan (India)		1969-1981	40	[b]31[/b]	2084	31.58	[b]34.91	6.90[/b]
PD Collingwood (Eng)		2003-2011	68	[b]27[/b]	4259	40.56	[b]37.87	6.90[/b]
DT Lindsay (SA)			1963-1970	19	[b]29[/b]	1130	37.67	[b]36.12	6.87[/b]
E Paynter (Eng)			1931-1939	20	[b]15[/b]	1540	59.23	[b]49.83	6.79[/b]
GM Wood (Aus)			1978-1988	59	[b]29[/b]	3374	31.83	[b]35.69	6.77[/b]
S Mushtaq Ali (India)		1934-1952	11	[b]34[/b]	612	32.21	[b]33.15	6.74[/b]
RA Duff (Aus)			1902-1905	22	[b]16[/b]	1317	35.59	[b]47.07	6.58[/b]
DN Sardesai (India)		1961-1972	30	[b]32[/b]	2001	39.24	[b]33.56	6.58[/b]
Mohsin Khan (Pak)		1978-1986	48	[b]29[/b]	2709	37.11	[b]35.24	6.56[/b]
JN Rhodes (SA)			1992-2000	52	[b]30[/b]	2532	35.66	[b]34.95	6.54[/b]
MA Butcher (Eng)		1997-2004	71	[b]28[/b]	4288	34.58	[b]36.07	6.54[/b]
Rameez Raja (Pak)		1984-1997	57	[b]39[/b]	2833	31.83	[b]30.15	6.42[/b]
JW Burke (Aus)			1951-1959	24	[b]20[/b]	1280	34.59	[b]41.81	6.39[/b]
CA Roach (WI)			1928-1935	16	[b]32[/b]	952	30.71	[b]32.99	6.36[/b]
BC Booth (Aus)			1961-1966	29	[b]20[/b]	1773	42.21	[b]41.71	6.25[/b]
AF Kippax (Aus)			1925-1934	22	[b]28[/b]	1192	36.12	[b]35.23	6.24[/b]
RES Wyatt (Eng)			1927-1937	40	[b]28[/b]	1839	31.71	[b]35.03	6.24[/b]
JM Taylor (Aus)			1920-1926	20	[b]29[/b]	997	35.61	[b]34.67	6.21[/b]
LG Rowe (WI)			1972-1980	30	[b]18[/b]	2047	43.55	[b]43.04	6.20[/b]
GN Yallop (Aus)			1976-1984	39	[b]18[/b]	2756	41.13	[b]43.19	6.20[/b]
TE Bailey (Eng)			1949-1959	61	[b]37[/b]	2290	29.74	[b]30.17	6.11[/b]
JHW Fingleton (Aus)		1932-1938	18	[b]23[/b]	1189	42.46	[b]38.51	6.10[/b]
MS Dhoni (India)		2005-2011	61	[b]27[/b]	3242	38.14	[b]35.03	6.10[/b]
W Bates (Eng)			1881-1887	15	[b]22[/b]	656	27.33	[b]38.71	6.07[/b]
GA Hick (Eng)			1991-2001	65	[b]30[/b]	3383	31.32	[b]33.45	6.00[/b]
G Gambhir (India)		2004-2011	41	[b]18[/b]	3336	48.35	[b]42.25	5.97[/b]
PAM Hands (SA)			1913-1924	7	[b]23[/b]	300	25	[b]37.41	5.93[/b]
Aamer Sohail (Pak)		1992-2000	47	[b]27[/b]	2823	35.29	[b]35.01	5.93[/b]
ND McKenzie (SA)		2000-2009	58	[b]26[/b]	3253	37.39	[b]35.13	5.91[/b]
G Gunn (Eng)			1907-1930	15	[b]20[/b]	1120	40	[b]40.68	5.89[/b]
BM McMillan (SA)		1992-1998	38	[b]22[/b]	1968	39.36	[b]37.80	5.76[/b]
LC Braund (Eng)			1901-1908	23	[b]27[/b]	987	25.97	[b]34.37	5.71[/b]
KC Wessels (Aus/SA)		1982-1994	24	[b]19[/b]	2788	41	[b]40.64	5.70[/b]
NJ Contractor (India)		1955-1962	31	[b]28[/b]	1611	31.59	[b]33.66	5.67[/b]
JDC Goddard (WI)		1948-1957	27	[b]30[/b]	859	30.68	[b]32.04	5.62[/b]
M Prabhakar (India)		1984-1995	39	[b]31[/b]	1600	32.65	[b]31.58	5.58[/b]
HR Adhikari (India)		1947-1959	21	[b]26[/b]	872	31.14	[b]34.69	5.56[/b]
AL Logie (WI)			1983-1991	52	[b]29[/b]	2470	35.8	[b]32.50	5.51[/b]
Waqar Hasan (Pak)		1952-1959	21	[b]28[/b]	1071	31.5	[b]33.07	5.49[/b]
LRPL Taylor (NZ)		2007-2011	30	[b]21[/b]	2221	41.13	[b]38.26	5.44[/b]
DS Atkinson (WI)		1948-1958	22	[b]23[/b]	922	31.79	[b]35.95	5.42[/b]
A Flintoff (Eng)		1998-2009	78	[b]31[/b]	3795	31.89	[b]31.04	5.35[/b]
JF Reid (NZ)			1979-1986	19	[b]16[/b]	1296	46.29	[b]43.14	5.33[/b]
GC White (SA)			1906-1912	17	[b]23[/b]	872	30.07	[b]35.51	5.31[/b]
JED Sealy (WI)			1930-1939	11	[b]29[/b]	478	28.12	[b]32.05	5.30[/b]
GR Marsh (Aus)			1985-1992	50	[b]28[/b]	2854	33.19	[b]32.40	5.28[/b]
AP Sheahan (Aus)		1967-1974	31	[b]22[/b]	1594	33.91	[b]36.34	5.26[/b]
GL Weir (NZ)			1930-1937	11	[b]30[/b]	416	29.71	[b]30.79	5.16[/b]
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)		2001-2011	26	[b]17[/b]	1712	45.05	[b]41.48	5.15[/b]
Hon.LH Tennyson (Eng)		1913-1921	9	[b]26[/b]	345	31.36	[b]32.78	5.11[/b]
SP Jones (Aus)			1882-1888	12	[b]16[/b]	428	21.4	[b]42.07	5.05[/b]
PE Richardson (Eng)		1956-1963	34	[b]18[/b]	2061	37.47	[b]39.41	5.02[/b]
RL Dias (SL)			1982-1987	20	[b]22[/b]	1285	36.71	[b]35.56	5.01[/b]
JS Solomon (WI)			1958-1965	27	[b]27[/b]	1326	34	[b]31.83	4.99[/b]
CP Carter (SA)			1912-1924	10	[b]27[/b]	181	18.1	[b]31.40	4.89[/b]
MJ Prior (Eng)			2007-2011	47	[b]17[/b]	2549	44.72	[b]39.18	4.85[/b]
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)		1988-1996	41	[b]29[/b]	2021	30.62	[b]30.11	4.83[/b]
CJ Barnett (Eng)		1933-1948	20	[b]22[/b]	1098	35.42	[b]34.37	4.81[/b]
GO Rabone (NZ)			1949-1955	12	[b]16[/b]	562	31.22	[b]40.15	4.79[/b]
BF Hastings (NZ)		1969-1976	31	[b]28[/b]	1510	30.2	[b]30.60	4.79[/b]
GRJ Matthews (Aus)		1983-1993	33	[b]18[/b]	1849	41.09	[b]38.61	4.78[/b]
PH Parfitt (Eng)		1961-1972	37	[b]20[/b]	1882	40.91	[b]36.18	4.76[/b]
JDP Oram (NZ)			2002-2009	33	[b]20[/b]	1780	36.33	[b]36.10	4.73[/b]
OG Smith (WI)			1955-1959	26	[b]21[/b]	1331	31.69	[b]35.15	4.72[/b]
AF Rae (WI)			1948-1953	15	[b]16[/b]	1016	46.18	[b]39.54	4.65[/b]
IJ Siedle (SA)			1928-1936	18	[b]26[/b]	977	28.74	[b]31.17	4.62[/b]
RG Barlow (Eng)			1881-1887	17	[b]25[/b]	591	22.73	[b]31.60	4.59[/b]
DW Randall (Eng)		1977-1984	47	[b]20[/b]	2470	33.38	[b]35.38	4.59[/b]
JM Parks (Eng)			1954-1968	46	[b]24[/b]	1962	32.16	[b]32.14	4.58[/b]
MJK Smith (Eng)			1958-1972	50	[b]28[/b]	2278	31.64	[b]30.13	4.56[/b]
L Klusener (SA)			1996-2004	49	[b]23[/b]	1906	32.86	[b]32.93	4.43[/b]
SL Campbell (WI)		1995-2002	52	[b]23[/b]	2882	32.38	[b]31.99	4.34[/b]
AD Gaekwad (India)		1974-1984	40	[b]23[/b]	1985	30.08	[b]32.22	4.33[/b]
A Bacher (SA)			1965-1970	12	[b]22[/b]	679	32.33	[b]32.95	4.30[/b]
EL Dalton (SA)			1929-1939	15	[b]26[/b]	698	31.73	[b]30.41	4.29[/b]
RS Madugalle (SL)		1982-1988	21	[b]26[/b]	1029	29.4	[b]30.09	4.19[/b]
CE McLeod (Aus)			1894-1905	17	[b]25[/b]	573	23.88	[b]30.38	4.17[/b]
Taufeeq Umar (Pak)		2001-2011	32	[b]20[/b]	2179	38.23	[b]33.44	4.12[/b]
MC Carew (WI)			1963-1972	19	[b]21[/b]	1127	34.15	[b]32.65	4.10[/b]
SB Styris (NZ)			2002-2007	29	[b]19[/b]	1586	36.05	[b]34.19	4.10[/b]
Imran Farhat (Pak)		2001-2010	39	[b]24[/b]	2327	31.88	[b]30.86	4.09[/b]
GS Blewett (Aus)		1995-2000	46	[b]19[/b]	2552	34.03	[b]34.38	4.08[/b]
AC Hudson (SA)			1992-1998	35	[b]21[/b]	2007	33.45	[b]33.04	4.06[/b]
KJ Funston (SA)			1952-1958	18	[b]22[/b]	824	25.75	[b]31.90	4.03[/b]
Tamim Iqbal (Ban)		2008-2011	20	[b]16[/b]	1503	39.55	[b]36.82	4.03[/b]
MR Ramprakash (Eng)		1991-2002	52	[b]23[/b]	2350	27.33	[b]30.82	4.02[/b]
PF Warner (Eng)			1899-1912	15	[b]17[/b]	622	23.92	[b]35.17	3.92[/b]
WH Scotton (Eng)		1881-1887	15	[b]22[/b]	510	22.17	[b]30.44	3.76[/b]
J Worrall (Aus)			1885-1899	11	[b]22[/b]	478	25.16	[b]30.98	3.75[/b]
JP Crawley (Eng)		1994-2003	37	[b]15[/b]	1800	34.62	[b]36.28	3.62[/b]
AJ Pithey (SA)			1957-1965	17	[b]21[/b]	819	31.5	[b]30.63	3.61[/b]
J Selby (Eng)			1877-1882	6	[b]16[/b]	256	23.27	[b]34.84	3.61[/b]
BA Young (NZ)			1993-1999	35	[b]19[/b]	2034	31.78	[b]32.37	3.57[/b]
KLT Arthurton (WI)		1988-1995	33	[b]19[/b]	1382	30.71	[b]31.80	3.56[/b]
Shoaib Malik (Pak)		2001-2010	32	[b]19[/b]	1606	33.46	[b]31.79	3.56[/b]
BK Kunderan (India)		1960-1967	18	[b]18[/b]	981	32.7	[b]32.75	3.52[/b]
MS Sinclair (NZ)		1999-2010	33	[b]20[/b]	1635	32.06	[b]31.13	3.52[/b]
GC Grant (WI)			1930-1935	12	[b]21[/b]	413	25.81	[b]30.57	3.47[/b]
AE Relf (Eng)			1903-1914	13	[b]16[/b]	416	23.11	[b]34.42	3.43[/b]
Shahid Afridi (Pak)		1998-2010	27	[b]16[/b]	1716	36.51	[b]34.27	3.40[/b]
DJ Bravo (WI)			2004-2010	40	[b]20[/b]	2200	31.43	[b]30.50	3.40[/b]
L Vincent (NZ)			2001-2007	23	[b]15[/b]	1332	34.15	[b]33.91	3.21[/b]
WW Hinds (WI)			2000-2005	45	[b]17[/b]	2608	33.01	[b]31.03	2.98[/b]
UC Hathurusingha (SL)		1991-1999	26	[b]17[/b]	1274	29.63	[b]30.81	2.96[/b]
Yuvraj Singh (India)		2003-2011	35	[b]17[/b]	1709	35.6	[b]30.93	2.95[/b]
AG Chipperfield (Aus)		1934-1938	14	[b]16[/b]	552	32.47	[b]30.01	2.63[/b]

Aside from some of those old-time South Africans with ridiculously long careers, the top 10 or so on that list isn't at all surprising.

Sorry mate, you lost me at Jayawardene > G Chappell.

Monumental effort to put it together though.

 

[Furball]

Sorry mate, you lost me at Jayawardene > G Chappell.

Monumental effort to put it together though.

In terms of longevity.

 

[Bun]

Awesome stuff Mate.

 

[centurymaker]

Because it's impossible to measure that properly. If they're playing a lot of games at home they'll be credited with facing 'away' bowling attacks, which are usually statistically worse than 'home' bowling attacks.

it does take into account country by country bowling avg right (like bowling avg in SA, bowling avg in australia) to allow for the relative difficulty of all the conditions?

and did you use 5 year continuous cumulative average for the bowling attacks?

thanks

 

[hang on]

very interesting. ta.

was surprised by headley's jump in the std average to 67 given that, to my knowledge, he sometimes played what were, essentially, B teams, especially in the case of england. shows how much i know!

 

[Prince EWS]

Sorry mate, you lost me at Jayawardene > G Chappell.

Monumental effort to put it together though.

More valuable because of longevity only. Chappell has the higher standardised average.

 

[weldone]

I've standardised matches across era standards as well now. I've also put in a simple method in which to measure the 'value' of a batsman by considering by standardised average (performance) and standardised matches (longevity).

EDIT: You have to scroll across now, unfortunately.

Superb stuff - though I think I have a better measure of longevity (which I'll discuss in a separate thread some day, maybe). But brilliant work on standardised averages, I must say.

One personal request - can I have your list of top 25 standardised averages? My qualification criteria are:

1. The batsman must have been dismissed at least 30 times. AND
2. The batsman must have played for at least 10 years [that means (last test date minus debut date) for retired players, and (today's date minus debut date) for current players]

 

[vic_orthdox]

Surprised Headley's has gone up so much. I was under the impression a lot of the sides we sent on the early Windies tours were some way below full strength.

Would it be that some of these second string bowlers had decent overall career statistics because they spent a lot of time playing their Tests against weaker teams like the Windies?

 

[Prince EWS]

it does take into account country by country bowling avg right (like bowling avg in SA, bowling avg in australia) to allow for the relative difficulty of all the conditions?

I experimented a lot with things like that, but the quality of the home side had far too much influence of it, so I was basically accounting for the same thing twice. I think it's very accurate in determining the strength of bowling attacks you face away from home but it's less accurate in determing the strength of attacks you face at home because it mainly just uses the opposition's 'away' figures, leaving potential problems relating to condition variance.

and did you use 5 year continuous cumulative average for the bowling attacks?

thanks

Yeah. For example, in a match against India in 2001, India's bowling performances from 1999-2003 (with different weighting to home and away performances being given depending on if the 2001 was at home or away) would be taken into account when determining their standard at the time.

very interesting. ta.

was surprised by headley's jump in the std average to 67 given that, to my knowledge, he sometimes played what were, essentially, B teams, especially in the case of england. shows how much i know!

Actually, I think Headley's anomalous here, because it takes into account the quality of Team Bowling Attack X rather than Bowler A + Bowler B + Bowler C + Bowler D. Countries sending below-strength teams or having lots of injuries during a series is definitely a little flaw in the system, and from what I can see Headley is a good example of that.

It's definitely not perfect - no measure will be - but I maintain it's generally a better judge of quality that scorebook averages, which is what I set out to do.

 

[Prince EWS]

Superb stuff - though I think I have a better measure of longevity (which I'll discuss in a separate thread some day, maybe).

Yeah, the longevity formula is pretty basic.

MatchesPlayed / TotalMatchesByYourCountryDuringYourCareer * YearsPlayed

And I multipled that number by 5.47 (Australia's average Tests per year since the start of Test cricket) to get the 'standardised matches' number.

One personal request - can I have your list of top 25 standardised averages? My qualification criteria are:

1. The batsman must have been dismissed at least 30 times. AND
2. The batsman must have played for at least 10 years [that means (last test date minus debut date) for retired players, and (today's date minus debut date) for current players]

Yep, coming up.

 

[Prince EWS]

weldone's request:

				Span		Mts	Runs	Avg	Std Avg

DG Bradman (Aus)		1928-1948	52	6996	99.94	[b]95.48[/b]
GA Headley (WI)			1930-1954	22	2190	60.83	[b]67.67[/b]
CL Walcott (WI)			1948-1960	44	3798	56.69	[b]56.30[/b]
ED Weekes (WI)			1948-1958	48	4455	58.62	[b]56.19[/b]
KF Barrington (Eng)		1955-1968	82	6806	58.67	[b]55.83[/b]
GS Sobers (WI)			1954-1974	93	8032	57.78	[b]55.59[/b]
JB Hobbs (Eng)			1908-1930	61	5410	56.95	[b]55.54[/b]
H Sutcliffe (Eng)		1924-1935	54	4555	60.73	[b]54.94[/b]
AD Nourse (SA)			1935-1951	34	2960	53.82	[b]54.60[/b]
SR Tendulkar (India)		1989-2011	181	14965	56.26	[b]54.43[/b]
WR Hammond (Eng)		1927-1947	85	7249	58.46	[b]54.02[/b]
GS Chappell (Aus)		1970-1984	87	7110	53.86	[b]53.38[/b]
BC Lara (WI)			1990-2006	130	11912	53.18	[b]53.24[/b]
L Hutton (Eng)			1937-1955	79	6971	56.67	[b]52.76[/b]
SM Gavaskar (India)		1971-1987	125	10122	51.12	[b]51.66[/b]
JH Kallis (SA)			1995-2011	144	11864	57.31	[b]51.58[/b]
A Flower (Zim)			1992-2002	63	4794	51.55	[b]51.27[/b]
FMM Worrell (WI)		1948-1963	51	3860	49.49	[b]51.10[/b]
AR Border (Aus)			1978-1994	156	11174	50.56	[b]51.05[/b]
R Dravid (India)		1996-2011	156	12752	53.36	[b]50.38[/b]
Javed Miandad (Pak)		1976-1993	124	8832	52.57	[b]50.26[/b]
IVA Richards (WI)		1974-1991	121	8540	50.24	[b]49.82[/b]
DJ McGlew (SA)			1951-1962	34	2440	42.07	[b]49.79[/b]
M Leyland (Eng)			1928-1938	41	2764	46.07	[b]49.67[/b]
CG Macartney (Aus)		1907-1926	35	2131	41.78	[b]49.59[/b]
SR Waugh (Aus)			1985-2004	168	10927	51.06	[b]49.40[/b]
RN Harvey (Aus)			1948-1963	79	6149	48.42	[b]49.27[/b]
WH Ponsford (Aus)		1924-1934	29	2122	48.23	[b]49.19[/b]
RT Ponting (Aus)		1995-2011	153	12387	53.16	[b]49.02[/b]
DCS Compton (Eng)		1937-1957	78	5807	50.06	[b]48.61[/b]
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)		1998-2010	90	7530	52.29	[b]48.57[/b]
KC Sangakkara (SL)		2000-2011	100	8651	55.81	[b]48.35[/b]
PBH May (Eng)			1951-1961	66	4537	46.77	[b]48.34[/b]
B Mitchell (SA)			1929-1949	42	3471	48.89	[b]48.31[/b]
Younis Khan (Pak)		2000-2011	68	5719	51.06	[b]48.03[/b]
A Shrewsbury snr (Eng)		1881-1893	23	1277	35.47	[b]48.02[/b]
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)		1992-2007	119	8829	50.16	[b]48.02[/b]
WM Lawry (Aus)			1961-1971	67	5234	47.15	[b]47.77[/b]
V Sehwag (India)		2001-2011	88	7652	52.41	[b]47.71[/b]
C Hill (Aus)			1896-1912	49	3412	39.22	[b]47.35[/b]
S Chanderpaul (WI)		1994-2011	133	9367	49.04	[b]47.23[/b]
HW Taylor (SA)			1912-1932	42	2936	40.78	[b]47.06[/b]
EAB Rowan (SA)			1935-1951	26	1965	43.67	[b]46.90[/b]
KD Walters (Aus)		1965-1981	74	5357	48.26	[b]46.74[/b]
CH Lloyd (WI)			1966-1984	110	7515	46.68	[b]46.70[/b]
ML Hayden (Aus)			1994-2009	102	8437	50.22	[b]46.49[/b]
AL Hassett (Aus)		1938-1953	43	3073	46.56	[b]46.38[/b]
RB Kanhai (WI)			1957-1974	79	6227	47.53	[b]46.27[/b]
DR Martyn (Aus)			1992-2006	67	4406	46.38	[b]46.21[/b]
RB Simpson (Aus)		1957-1978	62	4869	46.82	[b]46.17[/b]
GA Faulkner (SA)		1906-1924	25	1754	40.79	[b]45.99[/b]
VT Trumper (Aus)		1899-1912	48	3163	39.05	[b]45.86[/b]
GP Thorpe (Eng)			1993-2005	100	6744	44.66	[b]45.78[/b]
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)		1997-2011	122	9852	52.40	[b]45.65[/b]
G Boycott (Eng)			1964-1982	108	8114	47.73	[b]45.57[/b]
Saeed Anwar (Pak)		1990-2001	55	4052	45.53	[b]45.32[/b]
WA Brown (Aus)			1934-1948	22	1592	46.82	[b]45.29[/b]
VVS Laxman (India)		1996-2011	127	8328	46.27	[b]45.21[/b]
W Bardsley (Aus)		1909-1926	41	2469	40.48	[b]45.11[/b]
J Hardstaff jnr (Eng)		1935-1948	23	1636	46.74	[b]45.04[/b]
WG Grace (Eng)			1880-1899	22	1098	32.29	[b]44.56[/b]
ER Dexter (Eng)			1958-1968	62	4502	47.89	[b]44.40[/b]
DI Gower (Eng)			1978-1992	117	8231	44.25	[b]44.38[/b]
B Sutcliffe (NZ)		1947-1965	42	2727	40.10	[b]44.07[/b]
Hanif Mohammad (Pak)		1952-1969	55	3915	43.99	[b]43.97[/b]
G Kirsten (SA)			1993-2004	101	7289	45.27	[b]43.95[/b]
MC Cowdrey (Eng)		1954-1975	114	7624	44.07	[b]43.85[/b]
JL Langer (Aus)			1993-2007	104	7674	45.68	[b]43.84[/b]
EH Hendren (Eng)		1920-1935	51	3525	47.64	[b]43.83[/b]
WW Armstrong (Aus)		1902-1921	50	2863	38.69	[b]43.73[/b]
M Azharuddin (India)		1984-2000	99	6215	45.04	[b]43.72[/b]
IR Redpath (Aus)		1964-1976	66	4737	43.46	[b]43.68[/b]
TW Graveney (Eng)		1951-1969	79	4882	44.38	[b]43.60[/b]
CG Greenidge (WI)		1974-1991	108	7558	44.72	[b]43.44[/b]
GR Viswanath (India)		1969-1983	91	6080	41.93	[b]43.38[/b]
BF Butcher (WI)			1958-1969	44	3104	43.11	[b]43.25[/b]
GM Turner (NZ)			1969-1983	41	2991	44.64	[b]43.21[/b]
M Amarnath (India)		1969-1988	69	4378	42.50	[b]43.11[/b]
HP Tillakaratne (SL)		1989-2004	83	4545	42.88	[b]43.08[/b]
DB Vengsarkar (India)		1976-1992	116	6868	42.13	[b]42.97[/b]
MD Crowe (NZ)			1982-1995	77	5444	45.37	[b]42.95[/b]
GA Gooch (Eng)			1975-1995	118	8900	42.58	[b]42.84[/b]
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)		1969-1985	78	5062	44.80	[b]42.71[/b]
C Washbrook (Eng)		1937-1956	37	2569	42.82	[b]42.51[/b]
TT Samaraweera (SL)		2001-2011	68	4683	52.62	[b]42.44[/b]
PA de Silva (SL)		1984-2002	93	6361	42.98	[b]42.41[/b]
NS Sidhu (India)		1983-1999	51	3202	42.13	[b]42.37[/b]
JH Edrich (Eng)			1963-1976	77	5138	43.54	[b]42.33[/b]
PR Umrigar (India)		1948-1962	59	3631	42.22	[b]42.32[/b]
ME Waugh (Aus)			1991-2002	128	8029	41.82	[b]42.31[/b]
DC Boon (Aus)			1984-1996	107	7422	43.66	[b]42.22[/b]
DL Amiss (Eng)			1966-1977	50	3612	46.31	[b]42.17[/b]
MA Taylor (Aus)			1989-1999	104	7525	43.50	[b]42.10[/b]
IM Chappell (Aus)		1964-1980	75	5345	42.42	[b]41.75[/b]
AJ Stewart (Eng)		1990-2003	133	8463	39.55	[b]41.72[/b]
Saleem Malik (Pak)		1982-1999	103	5768	43.70	[b]41.69[/b]
RB Richardson (WI)		1983-1995	86	5949	44.40	[b]41.62[/b]
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)		2001-2011	26	1712	45.05	[b]41.48[/b]
C Kelleway (Aus)		1910-1928	26	1422	37.42	[b]41.37[/b]
JB Stollmeyer (WI)		1939-1955	32	2159	42.33	[b]40.83[/b]
SC Ganguly (India)		1996-2008	113	7212	42.18	[b]40.76[/b]
DL Haynes (WI)			1978-1994	116	7487	42.30	[b]40.74[/b]
KC Wessels (Aus/SA)		1982-1994	24	2788	41.00	[b]40.64[/b]
PJP Burge (Aus)			1955-1966	42	2290	38.17	[b]40.17[/b]
Shoaib Mohammad (Pak)		1983-1995	45	2705	44.34	[b]40.01[/b]
SP Fleming (NZ)			1994-2008	111	7172	40.07	[b]40.01[/b]
TW Hayward (Eng)		1896-1909	35	1999	34.47	[b]39.92[/b]
Asif Iqbal (Pak)		1964-1980	58	3575	38.86	[b]39.79[/b]
AC MacLaren (Eng)		1894-1909	35	1931	33.88	[b]39.63[/b]
HH Gibbs (SA)			1996-2008	90	6167	41.95	[b]39.38[/b]
Saeed Ahmed (Pak)		1958-1972	41	2991	40.42	[b]39.35[/b]
TL Goddard (SA)			1955-1970	41	2516	34.47	[b]39.09[/b]
VL Manjrekar (India)		1951-1965	55	3208	39.12	[b]39.06[/b]
HA Gomes (WI)			1976-1987	60	3171	39.64	[b]38.98[/b]
AP Gurusinha (SL)		1985-1996	41	2452	38.92	[b]38.95[/b]
MA Atherton (Eng)		1989-2001	115	7728	37.70	[b]38.94[/b]
Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak)		1959-1979	57	3643	39.17	[b]38.92[/b]
N Hussain (Eng)			1990-2004	96	5764	37.19	[b]38.87[/b]
WJ Edrich (Eng)			1938-1955	39	2440	40.00	[b]38.86[/b]
CH Gayle (WI)			2000-2010	91	6373	41.65	[b]38.85[/b]
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)		1987-2001	60	3315	37.67	[b]38.73[/b]
JT Tyldesley (Eng)		1899-1909	31	1661	30.76	[b]38.72[/b]
GRJ Matthews (Aus)		1983-1993	33	1849	41.09	[b]38.61[/b]
J Darling (Aus)			1894-1905	34	1657	28.57	[b]38.47[/b]
Majid Khan (Pak)		1964-1983	63	3931	38.92	[b]38.24[/b]
RA McLean (SA)			1951-1964	40	2120	30.29	[b]38.05[/b]
CB Fry (Eng)			1896-1912	26	1223	32.18	[b]37.92[/b]
KWR Fletcher (Eng)		1968-1982	59	3272	39.90	[b]37.73[/b]
Wasim Raja (Pak)		1973-1985	57	2821	36.17	[b]37.67[/b]
KR Miller (Aus)			1946-1956	55	2958	36.98	[b]37.58[/b]
ST Jayasuriya (SL)		1991-2007	110	6973	40.07	[b]37.55[/b]
MA Noble (Aus)			1898-1909	42	1997	30.26	[b]37.50[/b]
RR Sarwan (WI)			2000-2011	87	5842	40.01	[b]37.26[/b]
LEG Ames (Eng)			1929-1939	47	2434	40.57	[b]37.13[/b]
CL Hooper (WI)			1987-2002	102	5762	36.47	[b]37.05[/b]
NJ Astle (NZ)			1996-2006	81	4702	37.02	[b]36.88[/b]
AJ Lamb (Eng)			1982-1992	79	4656	36.09	[b]36.80[/b]
Imran Khan (Pak)		1971-1992	88	3807	37.69	[b]36.72[/b]
RJ Shastri (India)		1981-1992	80	3830	35.79	[b]36.71[/b]
JR Reid (NZ)			1949-1965	58	3428	33.28	[b]36.66[/b]
JV Coney (NZ)			1974-1987	52	2668	37.58	[b]36.62[/b]
G Ulyett (Eng)			1877-1890	25	949	24.33	[b]36.51[/b]
JHB Waite (SA)			1951-1965	50	2405	30.44	[b]36.49[/b]
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)		1976-1989	76	4114	38.09	[b]36.49[/b]
TM Dilshan (SL)			1999-2011	71	4382	42.96	[b]36.48[/b]
Sadiq Mohammad (Pak)		1969-1980	41	2579	35.82	[b]36.46[/b]
MS Atapattu (SL)		1990-2007	90	5502	39.02	[b]36.39[/b]
DG Phadkar (India)		1947-1958	31	1229	32.34	[b]36.31[/b]
PH Parfitt (Eng)		1961-1972	37	1882	40.91	[b]36.18[/b]
JG Wright (NZ)			1978-1993	82	5334	37.83	[b]35.95[/b]
GHS Trott (Aus)			1888-1898	24	921	21.93	[b]35.83[/b]
A Ranatunga (SL)		1982-2000	93	5105	35.70	[b]35.83[/b]
Rev.DS Sheppard (Eng)		1950-1963	22	1172	37.81	[b]35.75[/b]
GM Wood (Aus)			1978-1988	59	3374	31.83	[b]35.69[/b]
AW Nourse (SA)			1902-1924	45	2234	29.79	[b]35.59[/b]
P Roy (India)			1951-1982	45	2513	32.64	[b]35.31[/b]
AC Bannerman (Aus)		1879-1893	28	1108	23.08	[b]35.22[/b]
RES Wyatt (Eng)			1927-1937	40	1839	31.71	[b]35.03[/b]
G Giffen (Aus)			1881-1896	31	1238	23.36	[b]34.99[/b]
CPS Chauhan (India)		1969-1981	40	2084	31.58	[b]34.91[/b]
CJ Barnett (Eng)		1933-1948	20	1098	35.42	[b]34.37[/b]
GP Howarth (NZ)			1975-1985	47	2531	32.45	[b]34.29[/b]
MW Gatting (Eng)		1978-1995	79	4409	35.56	[b]34.28[/b]
Shahid Afridi (Pak)		1998-2010	27	1716	36.51	[b]34.27[/b]
MAK Pataudi (India)		1961-1975	46	2793	34.91	[b]34.23[/b]
CG Borde (India)		1958-1969	55	3061	35.59	[b]34.12[/b]
W Rhodes (Eng)			1899-1930	58	2325	30.19	[b]33.97[/b]
IT Botham (Eng)			1977-1992	102	5200	33.55	[b]33.95[/b]
W Barnes (Eng)			1880-1890	21	725	23.39	[b]33.68[/b]
DN Sardesai (India)		1961-1972	30	2001	39.24	[b]33.56[/b]
GA Hick (Eng)			1991-2001	65	3383	31.32	[b]33.45[/b]
Taufeeq Umar (Pak)		2001-2011	32	2179	38.23	[b]33.44[/b]
FE Woolley (Eng)		1909-1934	64	3283	36.08	[b]33.39[/b]
SE Gregory (Aus)		1890-1912	58	2282	24.54	[b]33.38[/b]
CL Cairns (NZ)			1989-2004	62	3320	33.54	[b]32.71[/b]
MH Mankad (India)		1946-1959	44	2109	31.48	[b]32.56[/b]
AD Gaekwad (India)		1974-1984	40	1985	30.08	[b]32.22[/b]
JM Parks (Eng)			1954-1968	46	1962	32.16	[b]32.14[/b]
MG Burgess (NZ)			1968-1980	50	2684	31.21	[b]31.78[/b]
GT Dowling (NZ)			1961-1972	39	2306	31.16	[b]31.75[/b]
BE Congdon (NZ)			1965-1978	61	3448	32.22	[b]31.73[/b]
APE Knott (Eng)			1967-1981	95	4389	32.75	[b]31.67[/b]
M Prabhakar (India)		1984-1995	39	1600	32.65	[b]31.58[/b]
SM Pollock (SA)			1995-2008	108	3781	32.32	[b]31.55[/b]
N Kapil Dev (India)		1978-1994	131	5248	31.05	[b]31.20[/b]
MS Sinclair (NZ)		1999-2010	33	1635	32.06	[b]31.13[/b]
FM Engineer (India)		1961-1975	46	2611	31.08	[b]31.05[/b]
A Flintoff (Eng)		1998-2009	78	3795	31.89	[b]31.04[/b]
MR Ramprakash (Eng)		1991-2002	52	2350	27.33	[b]30.82[/b]
JWHT Douglas (Eng)		1911-1925	23	962	29.15	[b]30.80[/b]
TE Bailey (Eng)			1949-1959	61	2290	29.74	[b]30.17[/b]
Rameez Raja (Pak)		1984-1997	57	2833	31.83	[b]30.15[/b]
MJK Smith (Eng)			1958-1972	50	2278	31.64	[b]30.13[/b]
RS Mahanama (SL)		1986-1998	52	2576	29.27	[b]29.97[/b]
MN Samuels (WI)			2000-2011	32	1567	29.02	[b]29.53[/b]
GE Gomez (WI)			1939-1954	29	1243	30.32	[b]29.35[/b]
PJL Dujon (WI)			1981-1991	81	3322	31.94	[b]29.19[/b]
MV Boucher (SA)			1997-2011	138	5295	30.96	[b]28.85[/b]
K Srikkanth (India)		1981-1992	43	2062	29.88	[b]28.81[/b]
DL Vettori (NZ)			1997-2011	104	4159	30.36	[b]28.72[/b]
Imtiaz Ahmed (Pak)		1952-1962	41	2079	29.28	[b]28.64[/b]
Moin Khan (Pak)			1990-2004	69	2741	28.55	[b]28.57[/b]
DB Close (Eng)			1949-1976	22	887	25.34	[b]28.54[/b]
P Willey (Eng)			1976-1986	26	1184	26.91	[b]28.54[/b]
AK Davidson (Aus)		1953-1963	44	1328	24.59	[b]28.48[/b]
GH Hirst (Eng)			1897-1909	24	790	22.57	[b]28.47[/b]
GW Flower (Zim)			1992-2004	67	3457	29.55	[b]28.39[/b]
SMH Kirmani (India)		1976-1986	88	2759	27.05	[b]28.35[/b]
ML Jaisimha (India)		1959-1971	39	2056	30.69	[b]28.18[/b]
KG Viljoen (SA)			1930-1949	27	1365	28.44	[b]27.98[/b]
JH Sinclair (SA)		1896-1911	25	1069	23.24	[b]27.86[/b]
SJ Snooke (SA)			1906-1923	26	1008	22.40	[b]27.62[/b]
L Amarnath (India)		1933-1952	24	878	24.39	[b]27.39[/b]
NWD Yardley (Eng)		1938-1950	20	812	25.38	[b]27.39[/b]
RC Russell (Eng)		1988-1998	54	1897	27.10	[b]27.39[/b]
IA Healy (Aus)			1988-1999	119	4356	27.40	[b]27.26[/b]
R Benaud (Aus)			1952-1964	63	2201	24.46	[b]27.12[/b]
JM Blackham (Aus)		1877-1894	35	800	15.69	[b]26.96[/b]
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)		2000-2011	42	1474	30.71	[b]26.83[/b]
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)		1973-1990	86	3124	27.17	[b]26.81[/b]
KR Rutherford (NZ)		1985-1995	56	2465	27.09	[b]26.74[/b]
H Carter (Aus)			1907-1921	28	873	22.97	[b]26.63[/b]
RW Marsh (Aus)			1970-1984	96	3633	26.52	[b]26.54[/b]
ADR Campbell (Zim)		1992-2002	60	2858	27.22	[b]26.54[/b]
RG Nadkarni (India)		1955-1968	41	1414	25.71	[b]26.52[/b]
AC Parore (NZ)			1990-2002	78	2865	26.28	[b]26.29[/b]
T Taibu (Zim)			2001-2011	26	1457	31.00	[b]26.03[/b]
AFA Lilley (Eng)		1896-1909	35	903	20.52	[b]26.02[/b]
H Trumble (Aus)			1890-1904	32	851	19.79	[b]25.83[/b]
Rashid Latif (Pak)		1992-2003	37	1381	28.77	[b]25.76[/b]
D Ganga (WI)			1998-2008	48	2160	25.71	[b]25.72[/b]
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)		1992-2004	49	1933	26.12	[b]25.51[/b]
H Masakadza (Zim)		2001-2011	17	913	27.67	[b]25.50[/b]
GOB Allen (Eng)			1930-1948	25	750	24.19	[b]25.45[/b]
SV Carlisle (Zim)		1995-2005	37	1615	26.92	[b]24.91[/b]
IDS Smith (NZ)			1980-1992	63	1815	25.56	[b]24.71[/b]
AH Kardar (India/Pak)		1946-1958	3	927	23.77	[b]24.71[/b]
JW Hearne (Eng)			1911-1926	24	806	26.00	[b]24.68[/b]
DL Murray (WI)			1963-1980	62	1993	22.91	[b]24.43[/b]
J Briggs (Eng)			1884-1899	33	815	18.11	[b]24.07[/b]
SA Durani (India)		1960-1973	29	1202	25.04	[b]24.05[/b]
S Madan Lal (India)		1974-1986	39	1042	22.65	[b]23.73[/b]
Asif Mujtaba (Pak)		1986-1997	25	928	24.42	[b]23.40[/b]
SN McGregor (NZ)		1955-1965	25	892	19.82	[b]22.94[/b]
Wasim Akram (Pak)		1985-2002	104	2898	22.64	[b]22.81[/b]
JE Emburey (Eng)		1978-1995	64	1713	22.54	[b]22.78[/b]
WAS Oldfield (Aus)		1920-1937	54	1427	22.65	[b]22.76[/b]
Intikhab Alam (Pak)		1959-1977	47	1493	22.28	[b]22.45[/b]
Mohammad Ashraful (Ban)		2001-2011	56	2418	23.03	[b]22.34[/b]
WPUJC Vaas (SL)			1994-2009	111	3089	24.32	[b]22.30[/b]
MW Tate (Eng)			1924-1935	39	1198	25.49	[b]22.28[/b]
FJ Titmus (Eng)			1955-1975	53	1449	22.29	[b]22.14[/b]
R Illingworth (Eng)		1958-1973	61	1836	23.24	[b]22.11[/b]
DAJ Holford (WI)		1966-1977	24	768	22.59	[b]21.53[/b]
TG Evans (Eng)			1946-1959	91	2439	20.50	[b]21.47[/b]
LN Constantine (WI)		1928-1939	18	635	19.24	[b]21.45[/b]
RR Lindwall (Aus)		1946-1960	61	1502	21.15	[b]21.35[/b]
HJ Tayfield (SA)		1949-1960	37	862	16.90	[b]21.14[/b]
CZ Harris (NZ)			1992-2002	23	777	20.45	[b]20.77[/b]
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)		1993-2004	31	868	19.73	[b]20.59[/b]
JEC Franklin (NZ)		2001-2011	27	683	21.34	[b]20.58[/b]
JG Bracewell (NZ)		1980-1990	41	1001	20.43	[b]20.57[/b]
HH Streak (Zim)			1993-2005	65	1990	22.36	[b]20.42[/b]
DN Patel (NZ)			1987-1997	37	1200	20.69	[b]20.05[/b]
CB Wishart (Zim)		1995-2005	27	1098	22.41	[b]19.74[/b]
IWG Johnson (Aus)		1946-1956	45	1000	18.52	[b]17.74[/b]
Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak)		1969-1984	55	1045	17.71	[b]17.68[/b]
A Kumble (India)		1990-2008	132	2506	17.77	[b]17.61[/b]
MD Marshall (WI)		1978-1991	81	1810	18.85	[b]17.44[/b]
JN Gillespie (Aus)		1996-2006	71	1218	18.74	[b]17.34[/b]
Harbhajan Singh (India)		1998-2011	98	2164	18.66	[b]17.21[/b]
RW Taylor (Eng)			1971-1984	57	1156	16.28	[b]17.11[/b]
SK Warne (Aus)			1992-2007	144	3142	17.46	[b]17.00[/b]
Nasim-ul-Ghani (Pak)		1958-1973	29	747	16.60	[b]16.83[/b]
Wasim Bari (Pak)		1967-1984	81	1366	15.88	[b]16.22[/b]
PH Edmonds (Eng)		1975-1987	51	875	17.50	[b]16.01[/b]
DR Pringle (Eng)		1982-1992	30	695	15.11	[b]15.97[/b]
JC Laker (Eng)			1948-1959	46	676	14.08	[b]15.83[/b]
TA Ward (SA)			1912-1924	23	459	13.91	[b]15.81[/b]
BL Cairns (NZ)			1974-1985	43	928	16.28	[b]15.68[/b]
Abdul Qadir (Pak)		1977-1990	67	1029	15.59	[b]15.34[/b]
WW Hall (WI)			1958-1969	48	818	15.73	[b]15.13[/b]
Fazal Mahmood (Pak)		1952-1962	34	620	14.09	[b]14.97[/b]
RO Collinge (NZ)		1965-1978	35	533	14.41	[b]14.94[/b]
VA Holder (WI)			1969-1979	40	682	14.21	[b]14.64[/b]
DK Lillee (Aus)			1971-1984	70	905	13.71	[b]14.18[/b]
GAR Lock (Eng)			1952-1968	49	742	13.74	[b]14.15[/b]
J Srinath (India)		1991-2002	67	1009	14.21	[b]14.13[/b]
CV Grimmett (Aus)		1925-1936	37	557	13.93	[b]13.99[/b]
GR Dilley (Eng)			1979-1989	41	521	13.36	[b]13.84[/b]
FS Trueman (Eng)		1952-1965	67	981	13.82	[b]13.63[/b]
MA Holding (WI)			1975-1987	60	910	13.79	[b]13.44[/b]
JA Snow (Eng)			1965-1976	49	772	13.54	[b]13.25[/b]
JR Thomson (Aus)		1972-1985	51	679	12.81	[b]13.05[/b]
Iqbal Qasim (Pak)		1976-1988	50	549	13.07	[b]12.95[/b]
WJ O'Reilly (Aus)		1932-1946	27	410	12.81	[b]12.82[/b]
HMRKB Herath (SL)		1999-2011	29	428	13.81	[b]12.66[/b]
NA Foster (Eng)			1983-1993	29	446	11.74	[b]12.53[/b]
J Garner (WI)			1977-1987	58	672	12.44	[b]12.47[/b]
GD McKenzie (Aus)		1961-1971	60	945	12.27	[b]12.35[/b]
AA Mallett (Aus)		1968-1980	38	430	11.62	[b]12.29[/b]
Z Khan (India)			2000-2011	79	1045	12.74	[b]12.23[/b]
JB Statham (Eng)		1951-1965	70	675	11.44	[b]12.06[/b]
CJ McDermott (Aus)		1984-1996	71	940	12.21	[b]12.03[/b]
RGD Willis (Eng)		1971-1984	90	840	11.51	[b]11.99[/b]
CEL Ambrose (WI)		1988-2000	98	1439	12.41	[b]11.98[/b]
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)		1990-2003	52	656	11.71	[b]11.95[/b]
EAS Prasanna (India)		1962-1978	49	735	11.48	[b]11.90[/b]
DL Underwood (Eng)		1966-1982	86	937	11.57	[b]11.59[/b]
S Venkataraghavan (India)	1965-1983	56	748	11.69	[b]11.55[/b]
M Muralitharan (SL)		1992-2010	132	1259	11.88	[b]11.29[/b]
AR Caddick (Eng)		1993-2003	62	861	10.37	[b]10.91[/b]
MS Kasprowicz (Aus)		1996-2006	38	445	10.60	[b]10.64[/b]
AA Donald (SA)			1992-2002	72	652	10.69	[b]10.30[/b]
Waqar Younis (Pak)		1989-2003	87	1010	10.20	[b]10.24[/b]
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)		1991-2001	40	555	9.41	[b]10.21[/b]
Mahmood Hussain (Pak)		1952-1962	27	336	10.18	[b]10.09[/b]
M Ntini (SA)			1998-2009	101	699	9.85	[b]9.50[/b]
SCG MacGill (Aus)		1998-2008	43	349	9.69	[b]9.40[/b]
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)		1997-2007	46	544	10.07	[b]9.38[/b]
S Ramadhin (WI)			1950-1960	43	361	8.20	[b]9.32[/b]
BS Bedi (India)			1966-1979	67	656	8.99	[b]9.28[/b]
DK Morrison (NZ)		1987-1997	48	379	8.42	[b]8.94[/b]
GD McGrath (Aus)		1993-2007	123	639	7.52	[b]7.54[/b]
CA Walsh (WI)			1984-2001	132	936	7.55	[b]7.51[/b]
TM Alderman (Aus)		1981-1991	41	203	6.55	[b]6.95[/b]
LR Gibbs (WI)			1958-1976	79	488	6.97	[b]6.93[/b]
SL Boock (NZ)			1978-1989	30	207	6.27	[b]6.75[/b]
Danish Kaneria (Pak)		2000-2010	61	360	7.06	[b]6.75[/b]
PI Pocock (Eng)			1968-1985	25	206	6.24	[b]5.45[/b]
BS Chandrasekhar (India)	1964-1979	58	167	4.07	[b]4.16[/b]
CS Martin (NZ)			2000-2011	61	109	2.53	[b]2.44[/b]

 

[hang on]

Actually, I think Headley's anomalous here, because it takes into account the quality of Team Bowling Attack X rather than Bowler A + Bowler B + Bowler C + Bowler D. Countries sending below-strength teams or having lots of injuries during a series is definitely a little flaw in the system, and from what I can see Headley is a good example of that.

It's definitely not perfect - no measure will be - but I maintain it's generally a better judge of quality that scorebook averages, which is what I set out to do.

sounds good. thanks.