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Worst fc record prior to test debut
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dontcloseyoureyes
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Never been flash IIRC, but seems an oddly timed question.
Precambrian
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Yep, he averaged 32.18 from 44 FC matches prior to his debut.
Precambrian
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Shane Warne averaged 30+ in FC before test debut. Not a very poor record though.
fredfertang
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Saj Mahmood averaged 30.31 on test debut
Richard
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That's interesting indeed. I'd not call an average of 32.18 abysmal, but certainly far from suggestive of being Test-class.
I guess Richards was similar in that respect to Michael Vaughan. Picked for Tests at just the right time, and performances at domestic level looked-up at the immediate same time as performances at international started. From 1974/75 onwards, Richards averaged 46 for his WI territory (something which changed over his career, first it was combined Leeward and Windward Islands then it became Leeward alone), which was a few runs over his average for most of his Test career (41 - there were also 2 short spells in there in which he averaged 80, brief times in which he fulfilled the "second-best after Bradman" tag that some conferred on him). He also averaged almost 50 for Somerset, 47 for Glamorgan and a really pretty fantastic 59 in tour games.
