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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
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
V Sehwag
India
49.34
82.21
150
7694
53.43
81.89
30
892
29.73
85.11
-23.70
3.23
A C Gilchrist
Australia
47.61
81.96
116
4918
50.18
82.14
21
652
34.32
80.59
-15.87
-1.55
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
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
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
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
M S Dhoni
India
38.09
59.11
115
3883
38.07
58.53
29
993
38.19
61.49
0.12
2.95
M L Hayden
Australia
50.74
60.11
159
7739
53.01
60.08
25
886
36.92
60.35
-16.09
0.27
A J Lamb
England
36.09
51.40
108
3488
35.23
49.04
31
1168
38.93
60.02
3.70
10.98
J L Langer
Australia
45.27
54.23
145
6401
46.05
53.26
37
1295
41.77
59.57
-4.28
6.31
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 P Pietersen
England
47.29
61.72
133
6361
50.48
62.64
48
1820
38.72
58.69
-11.76
-3.95
M E Trescothick
England
43.80
54.52
101
3948
42.91
53.63
42
1877
45.78
56.50
2.87
2.88
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
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
M J Clarke
Australia
49.11
55.92
162
7621
52.20
55.93
36
1022
34.07
55.85
-18.13
-0.08
D I Gower
England
44.25
50.60
185
7455
43.60
50.11
19
776
51.73
55.83
8.14
5.72
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
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
M J Prior
England
40.19
61.67
81
2793
42.32
65.33
42
1306
36.28
55.06
-6.04
-10.27
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Pakistan
49.61
54.02
168
7620
50.80
53.87
32
1210
43.21
55.00
-7.59
1.13
S R Waugh
Australia
51.06
48.65
228
9505
50.83
47.83
32
1422
52.67
54.97
1.84
7.14
M J Slater
Australia
42.84
53.30
88
3792
44.61
52.85
43
1520
38.97
54.44
-5.64
1.59
M E Waugh
Australia
41.82
52.27
171
6593
41.73
51.93
38
1436
42.24
53.92
0.51
2.00
A Flower
Zimbabwe
51.55
45.07
81
3006
44.21
41.14
31
1788
71.52
53.71
27.31
12.57
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
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
Asad Shafiq
Pakistan
38.20
48.60
102
3768
39.25
47.76
26
892
34.31
52.50
-4.94
4.74
A J Stewart
England
39.55
48.67
207
7469
39.31
48.22
28
994
41.42
52.32
2.11
4.10
Saeed Anwar
Pakistan
45.53
55.77
69
3084
46.03
57.05
22
968
44.00
52.07
-2.03
-4.98
D R Martyn
Australia
46.38
51.41
82
3402
47.92
51.27
27
1004
41.83
51.91
-6.08
0.65
G Kirsten
South Africa
45.27
43.43
148
5671
41.70
41.63
28
1618
64.72
51.17
23.02
9.54
Mohammad Yousuf
Pakistan
52.29
52.40
134
6770
55.49
52.59
22
760
34.55
50.77
-20.95
-1.82
R T Ponting
Australia
51.85
58.72
253
12311
54.72
59.54
34
1067
32.33
50.69
-22.38
-8.85
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
Younis Khan
Pakistan
52.06
52.12
175
8547
53.75
52.53
38
1552
44.34
49.98
-9.41
-2.55
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
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
S M Katich
Australia
45.03
49.38
54
2092
42.69
49.15
45
2096
47.64
49.61
4.94
0.46
P D Collingwood
England
40.56
46.66
75
2817
42.04
45.30
40
1442
37.95
49.55
-4.10
4.25
I R Bell
England
42.69
49.46
160
6487
46.67
49.48
45
1240
29.52
49.38
-17.15
-0.09
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
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
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
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
G A Gooch
England
42.58
49.24
181
7608
43.47
49.46
34
1292
38.00
47.98
-5.47
-1.48
S Chanderpaul
West Indies
51.37
43.32
251
10830
51.82
42.95
29
1037
47.14
47.66
-4.68
4.71
Misbah-ul-Haq
Pakistan
46.63
44.53
95
3886
49.19
43.72
37
1336
40.48
47.09
-8.71
3.38
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
A N Cook
England
45.35
46.96
239
10599
47.32
47.02
52
1873
36.73
46.59
-10.59
-0.43
M P Vaughan
England
41.44
51.13
115
4595
42.94
52.40
32
1124
36.26
46.52
-6.69
-5.88
K J Hughes
Australia
37.42
42.79
96
3464
38.49
42.17
28
951
33.96
45.22
-4.52
3.05
R A Smith
England
43.67
45.65
84
3237
46.24
45.79
28
999
37.00
45.20
-9.24
-0.59
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
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 A Butcher
England
34.58
42.02
91
2811
31.94
40.92
40
1477
41.03
44.30
9.08
3.38
A J Strauss
England
40.91
48.92
137
5745
43.85
50.18
41
1292
31.51
44.01
-12.34
-6.17
G P Thorpe
England
44.66
45.90
140
5109
41.88
46.58
39
1635
56.38
43.92
14.50
-2.66
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
R Dravid
India
52.31
42.51
240
11395
53.75
42.39
46
1893
45.07
43.26
-8.68
0.87
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
M A Taylor
Australia
43.50
41.48
137
5705
44.57
41.17
49
1820
40.44
42.49
-4.13
1.32
N Hussain
England
37.19
40.39
126
4131
36.56
39.72
45
1633
38.88
42.16
2.32
2.44
D C Boon
Australia
43.66
40.97
152
6199
45.92
40.78
38
1223
34.94
41.94
-10.98
1.16
A R Border
Australia
50.56
40.98
224
9532
52.37
41.05
41
1642
42.10
40.56
-10.27
-0.49
M W Gatting
England
35.56
45.16
119
3984
37.94
46.14
19
425
22.37
37.61
-15.57
-8.53
M A Atherton
England
37.70
37.32
167
6178
38.37
37.49
45
1550
35.23
36.64
-3.15
-0.85
K F Barrington
England
58.67
110
5598
57.12
21
1208
67.11
9.99
G Boycott
England
47.73
147
6415
49.73
46
1699
41.44
-8.29
D C S Compton
England
50.06
110
4944
51.50
21
863
43.15
-8.35
J H Edrich
England
43.54
102
4086
43.01
25
1052
45.74
2.73
L Hutton
England
56.67
106
5545
59.62
32
1426
47.53
-12.09
A P E Knott
England
32.75
138
4175
33.67
11
214
21.40
-12.27
P B H May
England
46.77
93
4182
49.20
13
355
29.58
-19.62
T W Graveney
England
44.38
94
3639
44.38
29
1243
44.39
0.01
W R Hammond
England
58.46
127
6883
61.46
13
366
30.50
-30.96
J B Hobbs
England
56.95
82
4596
61.28
20
814
40.70
-20.58
D G Bradman
Australia
99.94
57
5093
97.94
23
1903
105.72
7.78
G S Chappell
Australia
53.86
128
5988
52.99
23
1122
59.05
6.06
R N Harvey
Australia
48.42
119
5416
49.69
18
733
40.72
-8.97
W M Lawry
Australia
47.15
93
4310
50.12
30
924
36.96
-13.16
I R Redpath
Australia
43.46
91
3277
39.96
29
1460
54.07
14.11
R B Simpson
Australia
46.82
92
4131
48.60
19
738
38.84
-9.76
J G Wright
New Zealand
37.83
132
4706
37.35
16
628
41.87
4.52
Saleem Malik
Pakistan
43.70
139
5291
44.84
15
477
34.07
-10.77
Javed Miandad
Pakistan
52.57
166
8065
54.49
23
767
38.35
-16.14
Mudassar Nazar
Pakistan
38.09
94
3514
40.39
22
600
28.57
-11.82
Zaheer Abbas
Pakistan
44.80
97
4229
46.99
27
833
36.22
-10.77
H Sutcliffe
England
60.73
73
4129
63.52
11
426
42.60
-20.92
M Amarnath
India
42.50
91
3680
44.88
22
698
33.24
-11.64
M Azharuddin
India
45.04
127
5386
44.88
20
829
46.06
1.17
Kapil Dev
India
31.05
168
4690
30.26
16
558
39.86
9.60
S M Gavaskar
India
51.12
185
8654
50.61
29
1468
54.37
3.76
S R Tendulkar
India
53.79
301
15086
56.08
28
835
30.93
-25.16
D B Vengsarkar
India
42.13
168
6498
44.51
17
370
21.76
-22.74
G R Viswanath
India
41.93
125
5072
43.72
30
1008
34.76
-8.97
R C Fredericks
West Indies
42.49
71
2741
40.91
38
1593
45.51
4.60
C G Greenidge
West Indies
44.72
161
6814
46.67
24
744
32.35
-14.32
D L Haynes
West Indies
42.30
178
6644
42.32
24
843
42.15
-0.17
C H Lloyd
West Indies
46.68
143
5831
43.84
32
1684
60.14
16.30
I V A Richards
West Indies
50.24
161
7849
51.98
21
691
36.37
-15.61
R B Richardson
West Indies
44.40
122
5231
46.71
24
718
32.64
-14.07
G S A Sobers
West Indies
57.78
147
7591
59.77
13
441
36.75
-23.02
E D C Weekes
West Indies
58.62
63
3805
64.49
18
650
38.24
-26.26
A I Kallicharran
West Indies
44.43
81
3711
50.15
28
688
27.52
-22.63
R B Kanhai
West Indies
47.53
117
5489
48.58
20
738
41.00
-7.58
P A de Silva
Sri Lanka
42.98
144
5685
42.74
15
676
45.07
2.32
A Ranatunga
Sri Lanka
35.70
137
4544
35.22
18
561
40.07
4.85
H P Tillakaratne
Sri Lanka
42.88
104
3713
44.20
27
832
37.82
-6.38
No. of Records = 110
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