Test Cricket - Batting Records and Statistics - Averages / Scoring Rates
Batting Averages - Comparison Between Final 2 Years and Earlier Career
 
(Retired with minimum 4000 Runs and minimum 10 Innings in Final 2 Years)

Worsened by 5% or more    Improved by 5% or more

Player Country Career
Average
Career
S/R
  Prior to Final 2 Years   Final 2 Years   Variation
Inns Runs Avg S/R Inns Runs Avg S/R Avg S/R
S M Katich Australia 45.03 49.38   54 2092 42.69 49.15   45 2096 47.64 49.61   4.94    0.46   
S C Ganguly India 42.18 51.26   140 5221 40.79 48.79   48 1991 46.30 59.08   5.51 10.29
K C Sangakkara Sri Lanka 57.41 54.19   200 10486 56.99 53.97   33 1914 59.81 55.41   2.82    1.45   
D G Bradman Australia 99.94   57 5093 97.94   23 1903 105.72   7.78   
R Dravid India 52.31 42.51   240 11395 53.75 42.39   46 1893 45.07 43.26   -8.68 0.87   
M E Trescothick England 43.80 54.52   101 3948 42.91 53.63   42 1877 45.78 56.50   2.87    2.88   
A N Cook England 45.35 46.96   239 10599 47.32 47.02   52 1873 36.73 46.59   -10.59 -0.43   
B C Lara West Indies 52.89 60.52   197 10094 52.85 59.97   35 1859 53.11 63.66   0.27    3.70   
K P Pietersen England 47.29 61.72   133 6361 50.48 62.64   48 1820 38.72 58.69   -11.76 -3.95   
M A Taylor Australia 43.50 41.48   137 5705 44.57 41.17   49 1820 40.44 42.49   -4.13    1.32   
V V S Laxman India 45.97 49.37   180 6993 45.71 49.13   45 1788 47.05 50.32   1.35    1.19   
A Flower Zimbabwe 51.55 45.07   81 3006 44.21 41.14   31 1788 71.52 53.71   27.31 12.57
G Boycott England 47.73   147 6415 49.73   46 1699 41.44   -8.29   
C H Lloyd West Indies 46.68   143 5831 43.84   32 1684 60.14   16.30   
A R Border Australia 50.56 40.98   224 9532 52.37 41.05   41 1642 42.10 40.56   -10.27 -0.49   
G P Thorpe England 44.66 45.90   140 5109 41.88 46.58   39 1635 56.38 43.92   14.50 -2.66   
N Hussain England 37.19 40.39   126 4131 36.56 39.72   45 1633 38.88 42.16   2.32    2.44   
G Kirsten South Africa 45.27 43.43   148 5671 41.70 41.63   28 1618 64.72 51.17   23.02 9.54
C L Hooper West Indies 36.47 50.27   136 4153 33.76 50.93   37 1609 45.97 48.64   12.21 -2.29   
R C Fredericks West Indies 42.49   71 2741 40.91   38 1593 45.51   4.60      
M E K Hussey Australia 51.53 50.13   103 4650 51.10 48.48   34 1585 52.83 55.67   1.73    7.19
Younis Khan Pakistan 52.06 52.12   175 8547 53.75 52.53   38 1552 44.34 49.98   -9.41 -2.55   
M A Atherton England 37.70 37.32   167 6178 38.37 37.49   45 1550 35.23 36.64   -3.15    -0.85   
M J Slater Australia 42.84 53.30   88 3792 44.61 52.85   43 1520 38.97 54.44   -5.64 1.59   
G C Smith South Africa 48.26 59.69   168 7760 49.43 60.37   37 1505 43.00 56.45   -6.43 -3.91   
T M Dilshan Sri Lanka 40.99 65.55   105 3990 42.45 65.67   40 1502 37.55 65.25   -4.90    -0.42   
H M Amla South Africa 46.64 49.97   169 7799 49.99 50.30   46 1483 34.49 48.31   -15.51 -2.00   
M A Butcher England 34.58 42.02   91 2811 31.94 40.92   40 1477 41.03 44.30   9.08 3.38   
S M Gavaskar India 51.12   185 8654 50.61   29 1468 54.37   3.76      
I R Redpath Australia 43.46   91 3277 39.96   29 1460 54.07   14.11   
D J Cullinan South Africa 44.21 48.97   80 3107 43.15 49.98   35 1447 46.68 46.93   3.52    -3.04   
P D Collingwood England 40.56 46.66   75 2817 42.04 45.30   40 1442 37.95 49.55   -4.10    4.25   
M E Waugh Australia 41.82 52.27   171 6593 41.73 51.93   38 1436 42.24 53.92   0.51    2.00   
L Hutton England 56.67   106 5545 59.62   32 1426 47.53   -12.09   
S R Waugh Australia 51.06 48.65   228 9505 50.83 47.83   32 1422 52.67 54.97   1.84    7.14
Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan 46.63 44.53   95 3886 49.19 43.72   37 1336 40.48 47.09   -8.71 3.38   
M J Prior England 40.19 61.67   81 2793 42.32 65.33   42 1306 36.28 55.06   -6.04 -10.27
J L Langer Australia 45.27 54.23   145 6401 46.05 53.26   37 1295 41.77 59.57   -4.28    6.31
G A Gooch England 42.58 49.24   181 7608 43.47 49.46   34 1292 38.00 47.98   -5.47 -1.48   
A J Strauss England 40.91 48.92   137 5745 43.85 50.18   41 1292 31.51 44.01   -12.34 -6.17
D P M D Jayawardene Sri Lanka 49.85 51.47   223 10540 50.43 51.67   29 1274 45.50 49.84   -4.93    -1.83   
J H Kallis South Africa 55.37 45.98   253 12036 56.24 45.33   27 1253 48.19 53.34   -8.05 8.01
T W Graveney England 44.38   94 3639 44.38   29 1243 44.39   0.01      
I R Bell England 42.69 49.46   160 6487 46.67 49.48   45 1240 29.52 49.38   -17.15 -0.09   
B B McCullum New Zealand 38.64 64.60   145 5219 38.09 60.71   31 1234 41.13 88.59   3.04    27.87
D C Boon Australia 43.66 40.97   152 6199 45.92 40.78   38 1223 34.94 41.94   -10.98 1.16   
Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan 49.61 54.02   168 7620 50.80 53.87   32 1210 43.21 55.00   -7.59 1.13   
K F Barrington England 58.67   110 5598 57.12   21 1208 67.11   9.99   
A J Lamb England 36.09 51.40   108 3488 35.23 49.04   31 1168 38.93 60.02   3.70    10.98
M P Vaughan England 41.44 51.13   115 4595 42.94 52.40   32 1124 36.26 46.52   -6.69 -5.88
G S Chappell Australia 53.86   128 5988 52.99   23 1122 59.05   6.06   
R T Ponting Australia 51.85 58.72   253 12311 54.72 59.54   34 1067 32.33 50.69   -22.38 -8.85
T T Samaraweera Sri Lanka 48.77 46.92   98 4395 54.26 48.03   34 1067 34.42 42.85   -19.84 -5.18
J H Edrich England 43.54   102 4086 43.01   25 1052 45.74   2.73      
S Chanderpaul West Indies 51.37 43.32   251 10830 51.82 42.95   29 1037 47.14 47.66   -4.68    4.71   
M J Clarke Australia 49.11 55.92   162 7621 52.20 55.93   36 1022 34.07 55.85   -18.13 -0.08   
G R Viswanath India 41.93   125 5072 43.72   30 1008 34.76   -8.97   
D R Martyn Australia 46.38 51.41   82 3402 47.92 51.27   27 1004 41.83 51.91   -6.08 0.65   
R A Smith England 43.67 45.65   84 3237 46.24 45.79   28 999 37.00 45.20   -9.24 -0.59   
A J Stewart England 39.55 48.67   207 7469 39.31 48.22   28 994 41.42 52.32   2.11    4.10   
M S Dhoni India 38.09 59.11   115 3883 38.07 58.53   29 993 38.19 61.49   0.12    2.95   
S P Fleming New Zealand 40.07 45.83   168 6194 39.20 44.54   21 978 46.57 56.11   7.37 11.57
Saeed Anwar Pakistan 45.53 55.77   69 3084 46.03 57.05   22 968 44.00 52.07   -2.03    -4.98   
K J Hughes Australia 37.42 42.79   96 3464 38.49 42.17   28 951 33.96 45.22   -4.52    3.05   
W M Lawry Australia 47.15   93 4310 50.12   30 924 36.96   -13.16   
V Sehwag India 49.34 82.21   150 7694 53.43 81.89   30 892 29.73 85.11   -23.70 3.23   
Asad Shafiq Pakistan 38.20 48.60   102 3768 39.25 47.76   26 892 34.31 52.50   -4.94    4.74   
I A Healy Australia 27.40 49.73   143 3470 27.98 51.21   39 886 25.31 44.66   -2.67    -6.55
M L Hayden Australia 50.74 60.11   159 7739 53.01 60.08   25 886 36.92 60.35   -16.09 0.27   
D C S Compton England 50.06   110 4944 51.50   21 863 43.15   -8.35   
D L Haynes West Indies 42.30   178 6644 42.32   24 843 42.15   -0.17      
S R Tendulkar India 53.79   301 15086 56.08   28 835 30.93   -25.16   
Zaheer Abbas Pakistan 44.80   97 4229 46.99   27 833 36.22   -10.77   
H P Tillakaratne Sri Lanka 42.88   104 3713 44.20   27 832 37.82   -6.38   
M Azharuddin India 45.04   127 5386 44.88   20 829 46.06   1.17      
J B Hobbs England 56.95   82 4596 61.28   20 814 40.70   -20.58   
N J Astle New Zealand 37.02 49.60   113 3906 37.56 49.01   24 796 34.61 52.72   -2.95    3.70   
D I Gower England 44.25 50.60   185 7455 43.60 50.11   19 776 51.73 55.83   8.14 5.72
Javed Miandad Pakistan 52.57   166 8065 54.49   23 767 38.35   -16.14   
Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 52.29 52.40   134 6770 55.49 52.59   22 760 34.55 50.77   -20.95 -1.82   
F du Plessis South Africa 40.03 46.33   94 3408 42.07 45.63   24 755 32.83 49.74   -9.25 4.10   
C G Greenidge West Indies 44.72   161 6814 46.67   24 744 32.35   -14.32   
R B Kanhai West Indies 47.53   117 5489 48.58   20 738 41.00   -7.58   
R B Simpson Australia 46.82   92 4131 48.60   19 738 38.84   -9.76   
R N Harvey Australia 48.42   119 5416 49.69   18 733 40.72   -8.97   
R B Richardson West Indies 44.40   122 5231 46.71   24 718 32.64   -14.07   
M Amarnath India 42.50   91 3680 44.88   22 698 33.24   -11.64   
I V A Richards West Indies 50.24   161 7849 51.98   21 691 36.37   -15.61   
A B de Villiers South Africa 50.66 54.53   176 8074 50.46 53.75   15 691 53.15 65.50   2.69    11.74
H H Gibbs South Africa 41.95 50.26   123 5478 46.82 50.50   31 689 22.97 48.42   -23.85 -2.08   
A I Kallicharran West Indies 44.43   81 3711 50.15   28 688 27.52   -22.63   
P A de Silva Sri Lanka 42.98   144 5685 42.74   15 676 45.07   2.32      
M D Crowe New Zealand 45.37 44.66   112 4777 46.83 44.77   19 667 37.06 43.85   -9.78 -0.92   
A C Gilchrist Australia 47.61 81.96   116 4918 50.18 82.14   21 652 34.32 80.59   -15.87 -1.55   
E D C Weekes West Indies 58.62   63 3805 64.49   18 650 38.24   -26.26   
J G Wright New Zealand 37.83   132 4706 37.35   16 628 41.87   4.52      
Mudassar Nazar Pakistan 38.09   94 3514 40.39   22 600 28.57   -11.82   
A Ranatunga Sri Lanka 35.70   137 4544 35.22   18 561 40.07   4.85      
Kapil Dev India 31.05   168 4690 30.26   16 558 39.86   9.60   
Saleem Malik Pakistan 43.70   139 5291 44.84   15 477 34.07   -10.77   
M V Boucher South Africa 30.30 50.11   186 5068 30.90 50.22   20 447 24.83 48.91   -6.07 -1.32   
G S A Sobers West Indies 57.78   147 7591 59.77   13 441 36.75   -23.02   
H Sutcliffe England 60.73   73 4129 63.52   11 426 42.60   -20.92   
M W Gatting England 35.56 45.16   119 3984 37.94 46.14   19 425 22.37 37.61   -15.57 -8.53
S T Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 40.07 65.13   170 6580 42.18 64.96   18 393 21.83 68.23   -20.35 3.27   
D B Vengsarkar India 42.13   168 6498 44.51   17 370 21.76   -22.74   
W R Hammond England 58.46   127 6883 61.46   13 366 30.50   -30.96   
P B H May England 46.77   93 4182 49.20   13 355 29.58   -19.62   
A P E Knott England 32.75   138 4175 33.67   11 214 21.40   -12.27   
R R Sarwan West Indies 40.01 46.80   142 5671 42.32 46.85   12 171 14.25 45.12   -28.07 -1.73   
No. of Records = 110   S/R not calculated for players with incomplete balls faced records

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