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24th Feb, 2001
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We have previously highlighted the up and down career of Marvan Atapattu.
During his latest run famine he scored 4 ducks in his 9 consecutive innings of
20 or under, but as so often in the past he has ended the run of low scores in
spectacular fashion. As we mentioned in the previous story, its all or nothing!
Check out his batting graph
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His dour 201 not out in 536 balls against England at Galle International
Stadium, was his fourth double century. His double centuries are
listed below:
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He now joins
L Hutton (ENG),
G S Chappell (AUS),
S M Gavaskar (IND),
Zaheer Abbas (PAK), and
C G Greenidge (WIN)
on the list of players who have scored 4 double centuries.
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Only Javed Miandad (PAK) with 6,
W R Hammond (ENG) with 7, and
D G Bradman (AUS) with 12 have scored more.
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Other Interesting Statistics about Marvan Atapattu
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It is interesting to note that his average of 35.85, is the lowest of any
player scoring 3 double centuries or more. The next lowest is 44.72 by
C G Greenidge.
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He has scored 4 double centuries and only 2 single centuries. This 2:1 ratio
is matched only by Qasim Omar of Pakistan who scored 2 double centuries and
only 1 single century.
Atapattu’s Centuries and Double Centuries
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He has scored a double century in each of the last 4 years - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 - the
first player to do this in 4 consecutive years.
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He now has a Test average of
225 in 3 innings in his 2 matches against England,
but if the England bowlers are now tired of seeing him at the other end of the
pitch, then beware! He has scored
581 runs at an average of 116.20 including 1 century and 2 double centuries at
Asgiriya Stadium, which is the venue of
the next Test match.
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He has scored 14 ducks in 74 innings (18.92 %). However, he has the highest
run aggregate of any other player listed above him on the list.
(See Players scoring 15% or more ducks) He began his Test Career with 5 ducks in
his first 6 innings.
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Dismissal Analysis
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He has been bowled only 7 times in the 67 innings in which he has been
dismissed, which is a very low percentage (10.4%) and indicates that he
has a very tight defence. However, he is caught or caught behind 62.7% of
the time, so perhaps opposition bowlers should take note of this.
How Out Graph
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Also his running between wickets may be questionable, as he has been run
out 7 times or 10.45% of his innings. This percentage rates him at 18th out
on the all time list of players who have been run out in 10% or more of
their innings.
Batsmen Most Run Out
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