Top 10 Batsmen with Debut after 2000

[Coronis]

So I read this thread this morning and was actually thinking about it off an on and finding a statistical way to get a sense of a top ten test batsman list. Came up with the following:

• 2000+ runs overseas
• 2000+ runs at home
• Has to feature in both list (i.e. 2000+ at home, <2000 away not included)
• Position on the home run scoring chart would be worth a multiple of 5 i.e. last place is 1 x 5, first place is 39 x 5 points
• Away runs would be worth double, so 10 points per position
• Overall position determined by sum of both points

In the end 39 players made the cut. Simon Katich was the only player I noticed who scored 2000+ away runs but <2000 home runs.
Filtering was a bit of a pain because I had to manually extract Pakistan's stats because of the neutral games being home games thing.
Doing everything manually means I probably ****ed it up tbh

Anyway here's the list. Home stats are first, away second.

Player

Span

Mat

Inns

NO

Runs

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/e...al1=span;team=7;template=results;type=batting​ Ave

Score

Mat

Inns

NO

Runs

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/e...al1=span;team=7;template=results;type=batting​ Ave

Score

Total

SPD Smith (AUS)

2010-2025

58​

100​

16​

5015​

59.7​

175​

58​

106​

9​

5256​

54.18​

370​

545​

KC Sangakkara (SL)

2000-2015

75​

124​

11​

6830​

60.44​

180​

59​

109​

6​

5570​

54.07​

360​

540​

Younis Khan

2000-2016

47​

86​

7​

4491​

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/e...6;team=8;team=9;template=results;type=batting​ 56.84​

165​

71​

127​

12​

5608​

48.76​

350​

515​

KS Williamson (NZ)

2011-2024

52​

87​

10​

5142​

66.77​

195​

53​

99​

7​

4134​

44.93​

310​

505​

JE Root (ENG)

2013-2024

78​

137​

14​

6758​

54.94​

155​

74​

141​

9​

6214​

47.07​

340​

495​

AB de Villiers (SA)

2004-2018

66​

109​

8​

4788​

47.4​

80​

48​

82​

10​

3977​

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/e...6;team=8;team=9;template=results;type=batting​ 55.23​

390​

470​

V Sehwag (IND)

2001-2013

52​

89​

3​

4656​

54.13​

150​

52​

91​

3​

3930​

44.65​

300​

450​

GC Smith (SA)

2002-2014

61​

103​

7​

3986​

41.52​

40​

56​

102​

6​

5279​

54.98​

380​

420​

TT Samaraweera (SL)

2001-2012

45​

70​

12​

3123​

53.84​

140​

36​

62​

8​

2339​

43.31​

280​

420​

MEK Hussey (AUS)

2005-2013

45​

76​

14​

3794​

61.19​

185​

34​

61​

2​

2441​

41.37​

230​

415​

I hadn’t looked at the thread title and was sad to see you were excluding Sutcliffe (1971 runs away).

Interesting list to end up with. The last 2 I doubt many of us would have in our top 10 bats who debuted from 2000 but the other 8 very solid.

 

[ankitj]

So I read this thread this morning and was actually thinking about it off an on and finding a statistical way to get a sense of a top ten test batsman list. Came up with the following:

• 2000+ runs overseas
• 2000+ runs at home
• Has to feature in both list (i.e. 2000+ at home, <2000 away not included)
• Position on the home run scoring chart would be worth a multiple of 5 i.e. last place is 1 x 5, first place is 39 x 5 points
• Away runs would be worth double, so 10 points per position
• Overall position determined by sum of both points

In the end 39 players made the cut. Simon Katich was the only player I noticed who scored 2000+ away runs but <2000 home runs.
Filtering was a bit of a pain because I had to manually extract Pakistan's stats because of the neutral games being home games thing.
Doing everything manually means I probably ****ed it up tbh

Anyway here's the list. Home stats are first, away second.

Player

Span

Mat

Inns

NO

Runs

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/e...al1=span;team=7;template=results;type=batting​ Ave

Score

Mat

Inns

NO

Runs

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/e...al1=span;team=7;template=results;type=batting​ Ave

Score

Total

SPD Smith (AUS)

2010-2025

58​

100​

16​

5015​

59.7​

175​

58​

106​

9​

5256​

54.18​

370​

545​

KC Sangakkara (SL)

2000-2015

75​

124​

11​

6830​

60.44​

180​

59​

109​

6​

5570​

54.07​

360​

540​

Younis Khan

2000-2016

47​

86​

7​

4491​

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/e...6;team=8;team=9;template=results;type=batting​ 56.84​

165​

71​

127​

12​

5608​

48.76​

350​

515​

KS Williamson (NZ)

2011-2024

52​

87​

10​

5142​

66.77​

195​

53​

99​

7​

4134​

44.93​

310​

505​

JE Root (ENG)

2013-2024

78​

137​

14​

6758​

54.94​

155​

74​

141​

9​

6214​

47.07​

340​

495​

AB de Villiers (SA)

2004-2018

66​

109​

8​

4788​

47.4​

80​

48​

82​

10​

3977​

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/e...6;team=8;team=9;template=results;type=batting​ 55.23​

390​

470​

V Sehwag (IND)

2001-2013

52​

89​

3​

4656​

54.13​

150​

52​

91​

3​

3930​

44.65​

300​

450​

GC Smith (SA)

2002-2014

61​

103​

7​

3986​

41.52​

40​

56​

102​

6​

5279​

54.98​

380​

420​

TT Samaraweera (SL)

2001-2012

45​

70​

12​

3123​

53.84​

140​

36​

62​

8​

2339​

43.31​

280​

420​

MEK Hussey (AUS)

2005-2013

45​

76​

14​

3794​

61.19​

185​

34​

61​

2​

2441​

41.37​

230​

415​

Kohli not even in top 10

 

[NZTailender]

Kohli not even in top 10

15th overall tbh. Or equal 14th I guess but Pietersen the better overseas record, just

11​

HM Amla (SA)

2004-2019

69​

117​

7​

5135​

46.68​

75​

55​

98​

9​

4147​

46.59​

330​

405​

12​

MJ Clarke (AUS)

2004-2014

53​

86​

11​

4654​

62.05​

190​

62​

112​

11​

3989​

39.49​

200​

390​

13​

Misbah-ul-Haq

2002-2016

32​

52​

8​

2378​

54.04​

145​

43​

80​

12​

2844​

41.82​

240​

385​

14​

KP Pietersen (ENG)

2005-2013

53​

89​

3​

4537​

52.75​

130​

51​

92​

5​

3644​

41.88​

250​

380​

15​

V Kohli (IND)

2011-2024

55​

87​

9​

4336​

55.58​

160​

68​

123​

4​

4894​

41.12​

220​

380​

16​

AN Cook (ENG)

2006-2018

89​

155​

7​

6568​

44.37​

50​

72​

136​

9​

5904​

46.48​

320​

370​

17​

UT Khawaja (AUS)

2011-2025

41​

72​

9​

3039​

48.23​

95​

39​

72​

5​

2891​

43.14​

270​

365​

18​

AD Mathews (SL)

2009-2025

66​

113​

17​

4323​

45.03​

55​

52​

97​

10​

3844​

44.18​

290​

345​

19​

LRPL Taylor (NZ)

2008-2022

54​

87​

14​

3905​

53.49​

135​

58​

109​

10​

3778​

38.16​

180​

315​

20​

LD Chandimal (SL)

2012-2025

39​

69​

8​

2973​

48.73​

105​

49​

89​

7​

3235​

39.45​

190​

295​