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AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
Starfighter said:
Someone pointed out in the SL tour thread the huge difference between Dilruwan Perera's home and away bowling averages for a cricketer as experienced as him (28.48 vs 44.30, a difference of 15.82) and asked if there's anyone with a bigger difference for a similar number of wickets. Abdul Qadir's is 20.77 (26.82 vs 47.59). Can anyone think of a bigger difference for a bowler with c. 150 test wickets or more?
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Danny Morrison seems to have the biggest difference (for 100+ wickets): 27.12 at home, 54.00 away.
 
a massive zebra

a massive zebra

International Captain
AndrewB said:
Danny Morrison seems to have the biggest difference (for 100+ wickets): 27.12 at home, 54.00 away.
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Yeah, Venkatapathy Raju is even worse (24.00 at home, 52.40 away, difference 28.40) but he didn't quite reach 100 wickets.

Other contenders include Ray Illingworth (27.14 at home, 51.89 away, difference 24.75), Maninder Singh (30.61, 53.46, 22.84) and Carl Hooper (39.88, 60.80, 20.92).

So even though, with a 100 wicket minimum criteria, Danny Morrison 'wins', most of the leading contenders seem to be finger spinners. I guess this fits with the theory that unexceptional finger spinners are very conditions reliant.

However, using the same minimum wicket criteria, the two bowlers with the biggest discrepancy in favour of away matches also seem to be finger spinners. Alf Valentine (39.84, 25.76, -14.08) and Nicky Boje (51.39, 37.93, -13.47). I guess you could argue that this might fit the same theory, if their home conditions were unfavourable to spin but they bowled in more favourable conditions away.
 
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AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
a massive zebra said:
From memory I think John Emburey played an entire tour without taking a test wicket.
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You’re probably thinking of the 1987 home series against Pakistan, when he played 4 Tests without taking a wicket (though he was above Gower and Broad in the batting averages).
 
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AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
Emburey was in the middle of a Matthews-ish spell of 20 or so Tests with a batting average of 40 and a bowling average of 50.
 
Starfighter

Starfighter

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I've read some articles from a few years ago where it was noted that there was a modern tendency for the team batting second rather than first to win, with the 80s, 90s and 00's having a bat first win:loss of 0.722, 1.027 and 0.832 respectively (with the truncated forties being the only other decade below 1). Well in the 2010s this has completely reversed with the ratio being 1.580, the highest since the 1900s. Feel free to speculate on why this may be the case.
 
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