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One Day Internationals - Batting Records and Statistics - Averages / Scoring Rates
Batting Averages - Comparison Between Final 2 Years and Earlier Career
(Retired with minimum 3000 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
G A Gooch
England
36.98
61.87
109
4071
39.52
62.41
13
219
16.85
53.28
-22.68
-9.13
N S Sidhu
India
37.08
69.73
103
3935
41.42
70.76
24
478
19.92
62.24
-21.50
-8.52
I V A Richards
West Indies
47.00
90.20
148
6200
49.60
90.83
19
521
28.94
83.36
-20.66
-7.47
C G Greenidge
West Indies
45.04
64.92
115
4869
46.82
66.33
12
265
26.50
46.74
-20.32
-19.59
Mohammad Yousuf
Pakistan
41.72
75.10
254
9242
43.19
75.35
19
478
25.16
70.71
-18.03
-4.64
M G Bevan
Australia
53.58
74.16
151
5635
56.92
75.36
45
1277
42.57
69.29
-14.35
-6.08
B C Lara
West Indies
40.49
79.51
244
9280
42.57
79.75
45
1125
28.85
77.53
-13.72
-2.22
D M Jones
Australia
44.62
72.57
129
5048
47.62
74.43
32
1020
34.00
64.56
-13.62
-9.88
Mohammad Ashraful
Bangladesh
22.23
70.09
159
3372
23.10
70.63
10
96
9.60
55.17
-13.50
-15.46
M E K Hussey
Australia
48.16
87.17
121
4287
51.65
88.48
36
1155
38.50
82.62
-13.15
-5.86
R T Ponting
Australia
42.04
80.39
331
12731
43.30
80.53
34
973
30.41
78.66
-12.90
-1.87
Younis Khan
Pakistan
31.25
75.28
243
7014
31.88
75.35
12
235
19.58
73.21
-12.30
-2.15
A C Parore
New Zealand
25.69
68.09
121
2823
28.52
68.39
40
491
16.37
66.44
-12.15
-1.95
D J Cullinan
South Africa
32.99
70.28
98
3112
36.19
71.38
35
748
24.13
66.08
-12.06
-5.30
Kapil Dev
India
23.79
95.07
172
3486
25.45
97.43
26
297
13.50
74.06
-11.95
-23.36
M N Samuels
West Indies
32.98
75.12
177
5180
34.30
76.24
19
426
22.42
63.68
-11.88
-12.57
H H Dippenaar
South Africa
42.23
67.78
70
2639
45.50
67.65
25
782
34.00
68.24
-11.50
0.59
S T Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka
32.36
91.20
420
13151
32.71
91.12
13
279
21.46
95.22
-11.25
4.10
A J Lamb
England
39.31
75.69
95
3305
41.84
74.89
23
705
30.65
79.66
-11.18
4.77
E Chigumbura
Zimbabwe
25.23
80.01
188
4220
25.73
80.89
10
120
15.00
57.97
-10.73
-22.92
C Z Harris
New Zealand
29.00
66.52
186
3955
30.42
67.41
27
424
20.19
59.22
-10.23
-8.19
L Klusener
South Africa
41.10
89.92
114
3152
42.59
89.77
23
424
32.62
90.99
-9.98
1.21
D I Gower
England
30.78
75.15
99
2905
31.92
76.57
12
265
22.08
62.50
-9.84
-14.07
K C Wessels
South Africa
34.36
55.29
66
2318
38.00
59.00
39
1049
28.35
48.54
-9.65
-10.45
R R Sarwan
West Indies
42.68
75.74
159
5568
43.16
75.83
10
236
33.71
73.75
-9.45
-2.08
A N Cook
England
36.41
77.13
56
2121
40.02
79.29
36
1083
30.94
73.23
-9.08
-6.06
G C Smith
South Africa
37.98
80.82
173
6360
39.02
81.73
21
629
29.95
72.63
-9.07
-9.09
A B de Villiers
South Africa
53.50
101.10
192
8621
54.56
100.19
26
956
45.52
110.14
-9.04
9.95
D L Haynes
West Indies
41.38
63.09
195
7355
43.01
63.35
42
1293
34.03
61.69
-8.99
-1.66
M V Boucher
South Africa
28.57
84.77
210
4525
29.01
85.01
11
161
20.13
78.54
-8.88
-6.47
Saleem Malik
Pakistan
32.89
76.41
233
6622
33.79
77.39
23
548
24.91
66.34
-8.88
-11.04
G J Bailey
Australia
40.59
83.51
50
1945
44.20
87.97
35
1099
35.45
76.64
-8.75
-11.33
J-P Duminy
South Africa
36.81
84.55
160
4638
37.71
83.43
19
479
29.94
97.16
-7.77
13.73
Ramiz Raja
Pakistan
32.09
63.32
158
4915
33.44
63.57
39
926
26.46
62.06
-6.98
-1.50
A Flintoff
England
32.02
88.82
106
3029
32.92
87.85
16
365
26.07
97.86
-6.85
10.01
M Azharuddin
India
36.92
74.02
264
8163
37.97
74.42
44
1215
31.15
71.43
-6.81
-2.99
H Masakadza
Zimbabwe
27.74
73.21
175
4922
28.78
74.09
33
736
22.30
67.83
-6.48
-6.26
J G Wright
New Zealand
26.47
57.19
132
3557
27.15
57.15
16
334
20.88
57.59
-6.28
0.44
H M Amla
South Africa
49.47
88.40
153
7186
50.25
89.06
25
927
44.14
83.59
-6.11
-5.47
G A Hick
England
37.34
74.09
86
2990
38.83
76.22
32
856
32.92
67.51
-5.91
-8.71
A D R Campbell
Zimbabwe
30.50
66.19
153
4388
31.57
67.32
31
797
25.71
60.61
-5.86
-6.71
H H Gibbs
South Africa
36.13
83.26
217
7383
36.73
83.38
23
711
30.91
82.10
-5.82
-1.28
M S Dhoni
India
50.58
87.56
255
9496
51.33
88.70
42
1277
45.61
79.96
-5.72
-8.74
S R Tendulkar
India
44.83
86.24
431
17598
45.12
86.26
21
828
39.43
85.71
-5.69
-0.55
R J Shastri
India
29.05
60.60
104
2557
30.08
64.51
24
551
25.05
47.30
-5.04
-17.21
A J Stewart
England
31.60
68.37
132
3931
32.49
68.06
30
746
27.63
70.05
-4.86
1.99
S R Watson
Australia
40.54
90.45
141
4832
41.30
88.77
28
925
37.00
100.33
-4.30
11.55
P V Simmons
West Indies
28.94
67.97
117
3242
29.47
66.93
21
433
25.47
76.91
-4.00
9.98
W J Cronje
South Africa
38.65
76.48
122
3985
39.85
74.72
53
1580
35.91
81.32
-3.94
6.59
Aamir Sohail
Pakistan
31.87
65.43
134
4201
32.32
65.89
21
579
28.95
62.33
-3.37
-3.56
D R Martyn
Australia
40.81
77.74
135
3880
41.72
78.96
47
1466
38.58
74.68
-3.14
-4.28
R S Mahanama
Sri Lanka
29.50
60.58
155
4122
30.09
58.86
43
1040
27.37
68.51
-2.72
9.65
A R Border
Australia
30.63
71.43
223
5900
30.89
70.50
29
624
28.36
81.57
-2.53
11.07
G Gambhir
India
39.68
85.25
101
3680
40.44
86.53
42
1558
38.00
82.39
-2.44
-4.14
R S Kaluwitharana
Sri Lanka
22.22
77.70
162
3349
22.48
79.78
19
362
20.11
62.63
-2.37
-17.15
P A de Silva
Sri Lanka
34.90
81.13
266
8430
35.13
81.19
30
854
32.85
80.57
-2.28
-0.62
B J Haddin
Australia
31.54
84.24
90
2614
31.88
81.84
25
508
29.88
99.22
-2.00
17.38
S Chanderpaul
West Indies
41.60
70.76
228
8016
41.75
71.35
23
762
40.11
65.07
-1.64
-6.28
R B Richardson
West Indies
33.41
63.75
195
5641
33.58
63.68
22
607
31.95
64.37
-1.63
0.69
M S Atapattu
Sri Lanka
37.57
67.72
219
7296
37.80
67.06
40
1233
36.26
71.90
-1.54
4.83
A C Gilchrist
Australia
35.89
96.95
231
8025
36.15
96.18
48
1594
34.65
101.01
-1.50
4.84
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Pakistan
39.53
74.24
312
10631
39.67
73.91
38
1108
38.21
77.54
-1.46
3.63
M J Clarke
Australia
44.59
78.99
207
7375
44.70
78.23
16
606
43.29
89.51
-1.41
11.28
G Kirsten
South Africa
40.95
72.04
148
5511
41.13
71.24
37
1287
40.22
75.71
-0.91
4.47
R P Arnold
Sri Lanka
35.27
72.57
111
2911
35.50
71.24
44
1039
34.63
76.57
-0.87
5.32
C L Hooper
West Indies
35.34
76.64
166
4612
35.48
75.63
40
1149
34.82
80.97
-0.66
5.34
S B Styris
New Zealand
32.49
79.39
135
3715
32.59
78.86
26
768
32.00
82.05
-0.59
3.19
H P Tillakaratne
Sri Lanka
29.60
57.51
154
3439
29.65
57.38
14
350
29.17
58.82
-0.48
1.44
K Srikkanth
India
29.01
71.75
123
3486
29.05
72.17
22
605
28.81
69.38
-0.24
-2.79
Shahid Afridi
Pakistan
23.58
117.01
325
7197
23.60
114.57
44
867
23.43
142.13
-0.16
27.57
Moin Khan
Pakistan
23.00
81.30
159
2853
23.01
81.10
24
413
22.94
82.77
-0.06
1.67
M A Taylor
Australia
32.24
59.49
76
2411
32.15
58.79
34
1103
32.44
61.07
0.29
2.28
N J Astle
New Zealand
34.93
72.64
184
6030
34.86
72.72
33
1060
35.33
72.21
0.48
-0.51
N V Knight
England
40.41
71.54
53
1924
40.08
70.19
47
1713
40.79
73.11
0.70
2.92
Abdul Razzaq
Pakistan
29.71
81.25
204
4590
29.61
79.87
24
490
30.63
97.03
1.01
17.16
B B McCullum
New Zealand
30.42
96.37
199
5172
30.25
90.80
29
911
31.41
147.89
1.17
57.09
D P M D Jayawardene
Sri Lanka
33.38
78.96
365
10892
33.21
78.24
53
1758
34.47
83.75
1.26
5.51
M E Trescothick
England
37.37
85.22
87
3109
37.01
86.46
35
1226
38.31
82.23
1.30
-4.23
A Symonds
Australia
39.75
92.44
136
4226
39.50
92.31
25
862
41.05
93.09
1.55
0.78
S P Fleming
New Zealand
32.41
71.48
226
6648
32.12
70.25
43
1389
33.88
78.08
1.76
7.83
Imran Khan
Pakistan
33.41
72.64
127
3010
33.08
73.54
24
699
34.95
69.00
1.87
-4.54
C D McMillan
New Zealand
28.19
75.93
152
3872
27.86
73.82
31
835
29.82
87.53
1.97
13.70
Saeed Anwar
Pakistan
39.22
80.67
215
7757
38.98
81.44
29
1067
41.04
75.51
2.06
-5.93
K R Rutherford
New Zealand
29.65
64.30
80
2068
28.72
63.59
35
1075
31.62
65.71
2.90
2.12
A Ranatunga
Sri Lanka
35.85
77.90
201
5738
35.20
78.82
54
1718
38.18
74.99
2.98
-3.83
C L Cairns
New Zealand
29.46
84.37
162
4211
29.04
82.12
31
739
32.13
100.00
3.09
17.88
A P Gurusinha
Sri Lanka
28.28
60.88
95
2436
27.07
60.21
48
1466
30.54
62.04
3.48
1.83
A Jadeja
India
37.48
69.81
119
3562
36.35
68.02
60
1797
39.93
73.65
3.59
5.63
W U Tharanga
Sri Lanka
33.74
75.93
187
5810
33.20
74.35
36
1141
36.81
85.15
3.61
10.80
S C Ganguly
India
41.02
73.71
270
10123
40.65
73.79
30
1240
44.29
73.03
3.63
-0.77
I R Bell
England
37.87
77.16
123
4149
37.04
74.70
34
1267
40.87
86.48
3.83
11.78
Ijaz Ahmed
Pakistan
32.33
80.30
192
5250
31.63
80.19
40
1314
35.51
80.76
3.89
0.57
K P Pietersen
England
40.73
86.58
108
3733
40.14
87.16
17
707
44.19
83.67
4.05
-3.49
V Sehwag
India
35.06
104.33
222
7380
34.65
103.26
23
893
38.83
114.05
4.18
10.79
P D Collingwood
England
35.36
76.99
139
3773
34.30
76.19
42
1319
38.79
79.36
4.49
3.17
Misbah-ul-Haq
Pakistan
43.41
73.75
101
3175
41.78
73.94
48
1947
46.36
73.44
4.58
-0.50
G R Marsh
Australia
39.97
55.93
84
3053
38.65
56.42
31
1304
43.47
54.81
4.82
-1.61
Yuvraj Singh
India
36.56
87.69
268
8329
36.37
87.25
10
372
41.33
98.67
4.96
11.42
M E Waugh
Australia
39.35
76.90
203
7275
38.70
76.87
33
1225
43.75
77.09
5.05
0.22
D C Boon
Australia
37.04
65.13
131
4329
35.78
66.05
46
1635
40.88
62.81
5.10
-3.24
T Taibu
Zimbabwe
29.25
67.59
99
2238
27.63
65.63
38
1155
33.00
71.74
5.37
6.11
Wasim Akram
Pakistan
16.52
88.29
248
3279
16.00
87.74
32
438
21.90
92.60
5.90
4.86
D S Lehmann
Australia
38.96
81.34
77
2285
37.46
81.87
24
793
44.06
79.86
6.60
-2.01
A J Strauss
England
35.64
80.82
78
2359
32.76
75.97
47
1846
40.13
87.99
7.37
12.01
T M Dilshan
Sri Lanka
39.27
86.22
262
8422
37.77
85.66
41
1868
47.90
88.87
10.13
3.21
A Flower
Zimbabwe
35.34
74.60
166
5140
33.16
72.66
42
1646
44.49
81.40
11.33
8.74
S M Pollock
South Africa
26.46
86.70
167
2630
24.13
84.38
38
889
37.04
94.37
12.91
10.00
J N Rhodes
South Africa
35.12
80.90
175
4492
32.55
78.77
45
1443
46.55
88.36
14.00
9.60
M L Hayden
Australia
43.81
78.96
115
4131
40.11
75.91
40
2002
54.11
86.11
14.00
10.20
S R Waugh
Australia
32.91
75.91
257
6515
31.47
74.85
31
1054
45.83
83.19
14.35
8.34
S M Gavaskar
India
35.14
62.26
59
1413
27.71
58.61
43
1679
45.38
65.71
17.67
7.11
K C Sangakkara
Sri Lanka
41.99
78.86
316
10915
38.57
75.60
64
3319
59.27
91.91
20.70
16.31
F du Plessis
South Africa
47.47
88.61
109
4168
43.42
87.25
27
1339
66.95
93.12
23.53
5.86
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