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Captaincy Records and Statistics - Test Cricket
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Comparison of Performances playing as Captain and Non-Captain
Minimum 10 matches as each
Player
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Country
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Career
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Tests
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Not Captain
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As Captain
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Inns
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Bat Avg
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Bowl Avg
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Inns
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Bat Avg
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Bowl Avg
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Adams, J C
|
West Indies
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1992-2001
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54
|
63
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45.61
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44.47
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27
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31.18
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61.38
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Allen, G O B
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England
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1930-1948
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25
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15
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31.93
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33.79
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18
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16.94
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25.26
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Amla, H M
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South Africa
|
2004-2019
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124
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195
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46.34
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20
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49.67
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Armstrong, W W
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Australia
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1902-1921
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50
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71
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35.67
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35.81
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13
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56.00
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24.47
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Atapattu, M S
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Sri Lanka
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1990-2007
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90
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125
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38.31
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24.00
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31
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41.67
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Atherton, M A
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England
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1989-2001
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115
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114
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35.25
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282.00
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98
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40.59
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20.00
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Azharuddin, M
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India
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1984-2000
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99
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79
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46.01
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68
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43.94
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Bedi, B S
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India
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1966-1979
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67
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68
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7.10
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31.29
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33
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13.36
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24.82
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Benaud, R
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Australia
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1952-1964
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63
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57
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25.65
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28.59
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40
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22.67
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25.79
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Border, A R
|
Australia
|
1978-1994
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156
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111
|
50.01
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37.60
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154
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50.95
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40.04
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Botham, I T
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England
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1977-1992
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102
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140
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36.75
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27.93
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21
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13.14
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33.09
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Bradman, D G
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Australia
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1928-1948
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52
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42
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98.69
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31.00
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38
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101.52
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Burgess, M G
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New Zealand
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1968-1980
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50
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73
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32.87
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35.33
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19
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24.94
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Campbell, A D R
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Zimbabwe
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1992-2002
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60
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69
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28.50
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40
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25.05
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Chanderpaul, S
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West Indies
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1994-2015
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164
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255
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51.81
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93.22
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25
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47.18
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Chandimal, D*
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Sri Lanka
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2011-
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59
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73
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41.18
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34
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39.88
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Chappell, G S
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Australia
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1970-1984
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87
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65
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51.80
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51.25
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86
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55.38
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29.70
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Chappell, I M
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Australia
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1964-1980
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75
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82
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37.27
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72.71
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54
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50.00
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49.67
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Clarke, M J
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Australia
|
2004-2015
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115
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112
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46.97
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39.14
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86
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51.92
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36.20
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Coney, J V
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New Zealand
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1974-1987
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52
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62
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40.68
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32.38
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23
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30.19
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47.67
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Congdon, B E
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New Zealand
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1965-1978
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61
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85
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29.40
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37.46
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29
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41.04
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35.76
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Contractor, N J
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India
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1955-1962
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31
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34
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32.91
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42.00
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18
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29.17
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Cook, A N
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England
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2006-2018
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161
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180
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44.61
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111
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46.58
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6.00
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Cowdrey, M C
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England
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1954-1975
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114
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143
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46.16
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45
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38.11
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Cronje, W J
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South Africa
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1992-2000
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68
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27
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36.71
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62.00
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84
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36.32
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25.74
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Crowe, M D
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New Zealand
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1982-1995
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77
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100
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42.77
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46.69
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31
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54.30
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69.00
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Darling, J
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Australia
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1894-1905
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34
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23
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39.43
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37
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21.43
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Dexter, E R
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England
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1958-1968
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62
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53
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42.35
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28.18
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49
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53.93
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41.70
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Dhoni, M S
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India
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2005-2014
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90
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48
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33.07
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96
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40.64
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Dilshan, T M
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Sri Lanka
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1999-2013
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87
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125
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42.28
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39.79
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20
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33.60
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55.70
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Dowling, G T
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New Zealand
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1961-1972
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39
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39
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30.21
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19.00
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38
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32.17
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Dravid, R
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India
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1996-2012
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164
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241
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53.73
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39.00
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45
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44.51
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du Plessis, F*
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South Africa
|
2012-
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67
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47
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43.93
|
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67
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38.93
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Fazal Mahmood
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Pakistan
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1952-1962
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34
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35
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16.80
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27.03
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15
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8.29
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19.15
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Fleming, S P
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New Zealand
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1994-2008
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111
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54
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38.77
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135
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40.60
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Flintoff, A
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England
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1998-2009
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79
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110
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31.54
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32.49
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20
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33.24
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34.44
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Flower, A
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Zimbabwe
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1992-2002
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63
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78
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52.52
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|
34
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49.29
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Ganguly, S C
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India
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1996-2008
|
113
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113
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45.16
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39.30
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75
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37.66
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124.00
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Gatting, M W
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England
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1978-1995
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79
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99
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32.21
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83.50
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39
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44.06
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75.00
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Gavaskar, S M
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India
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1971-1987
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125
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140
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51.33
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143.00
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74
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50.72
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Gayle, C H
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West Indies
|
2000-2014
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103
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148
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40.91
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41.07
|
34
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47.75
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50.46
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Goddard, T L
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South Africa
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1955-1970
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41
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53
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27.92
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23.78
|
25
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49.64
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36.33
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Gooch, G A
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England
|
1975-1995
|
118
|
152
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35.93
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48.73
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63
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58.72
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42.25
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Gower, D I
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England
|
1978-1992
|
117
|
149
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44.51
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7.00
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55
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43.60
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Greig, A W
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England
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1972-1977
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58
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68
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41.32
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30.12
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25
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38.04
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42.38
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Habibul Bashar
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Bangladesh
|
2000-2008
|
50
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64
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31.46
|
|
35
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29.83
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|
Hammond, W R
|
England
|
1927-1947
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85
|
107
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59.49
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36.34
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33
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55.23
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77.00
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Hanif Mohammad
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Pakistan
|
1952-1969
|
55
|
79
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41.00
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91.00
|
18
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58.73
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Hassett, A L
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Australia
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1938-1953
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43
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28
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45.85
|
|
41
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47.03
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Hazare, V S
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India
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1946-1953
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30
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28
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54.92
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73.75
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24
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39.73
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41.88
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Hill, C
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Australia
|
1896-1912
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49
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71
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39.32
|
|
18
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38.83
|
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Hooper, C L
|
West Indies
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1987-2002
|
102
|
136
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33.76
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47.01
|
37
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45.97
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60.14
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Howarth, G P
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New Zealand
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1975-1985
|
47
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32
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35.86
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83.50
|
51
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30.43
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104.00
|
Hughes, K J
|
Australia
|
1977-1984
|
70
|
73
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38.97
|
|
51
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35.22
|
|
Hussain, N
|
England
|
1990-2004
|
96
|
94
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38.10
|
|
77
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36.04
|
|
Hutton, L
|
England
|
1937-1955
|
79
|
100
|
58.48
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93.50
|
38
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52.14
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45.00
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Illingworth, R
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England
|
1958-1973
|
61
|
41
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16.12
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27.79
|
49
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28.62
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35.96
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Imran Khan
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Pakistan
|
1971-1992
|
88
|
62
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25.44
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25.53
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64
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52.35
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20.27
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Intikhab Alam
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Pakistan
|
1959-1977
|
47
|
47
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22.13
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39.15
|
30
|
22.52
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31.74
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Inzamam-ul-Haq
|
Pakistan
|
1992-2007
|
120
|
147
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48.73
|
|
53
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52.11
|
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Javed Miandad
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Pakistan
|
1976-1993
|
124
|
138
|
53.54
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35.88
|
51
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50.09
|
|
Jayasuriya, S T
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Sri Lanka
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1991-2007
|
110
|
124
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41.70
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41.72
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64
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36.90
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25.30
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Jayawardene, D P M D
|
Sri Lanka
|
1997-2014
|
149
|
186
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46.57
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53.00
|
66
|
59.11
|
45.00
|
Johnson, I W
|
Australia
|
1946-1956
|
45
|
40
|
15.00
|
29.80
|
26
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25.56
|
28.10
|
Kanhai, R B
|
West Indies
|
1957-1974
|
79
|
117
|
48.58
|
|
20
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41.00
|
|
Kapil Dev
|
India
|
1978-1994
|
131
|
136
|
30.83
|
30.78
|
48
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31.72
|
26.35
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Karunaratne, D*
|
Sri Lanka
|
2012-
|
68
|
113
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36.59
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117.00
|
19
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37.17
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68.00
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Khaled Mashud
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Bangladesh
|
2000-2007
|
44
|
60
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18.62
|
|
24
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20.26
|
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Kohli, V*
|
India
|
2011-
|
87
|
55
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41.14
|
|
92
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60.70
|
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Kumble, A
|
India
|
1990-2008
|
132
|
152
|
18.13
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28.73
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21
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15.47
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39.49
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Lara, B C
|
West Indies
|
1990-2006
|
131
|
147
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50.12
|
|
85
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57.84
|
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Lawry, W M
|
Australia
|
1961-1971
|
67
|
76
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47.34
|
|
47
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46.83
|
|
Lloyd, C H
|
West Indies
|
1966-1984
|
110
|
64
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38.68
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52.30
|
111
|
51.30
|
|
MacLaren, A C
|
England
|
1894-1909
|
35
|
25
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32.29
|
|
36
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35.03
|
|
Mathews, A D*
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Sri Lanka
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2009-
|
87
|
92
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41.48
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71.09
|
64
|
50.95
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43.77
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May, P B H
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England
|
1951-1961
|
66
|
41
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36.43
|
|
65
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54.04
|
|
McCullum, B B
|
New Zealand
|
2004-2016
|
101
|
122
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35.63
|
|
54
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45.29
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70.00
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McGlew, D J
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South Africa
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1951-1962
|
34
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39
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37.92
|
|
25
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49.38
|
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Misbah-ul-Haq
|
Pakistan
|
2001-2017
|
75
|
33
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33.60
|
|
99
|
51.39
|
|
Mohammad Ashraful
|
Bangladesh
|
2001-2013
|
61
|
94
|
24.39
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64.62
|
25
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22.58
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58.43
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Moin Khan
|
Pakistan
|
1990-2004
|
69
|
87
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28.79
|
|
17
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27.38
|
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Mushfiqur Rahim*
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Bangladesh
|
2005-
|
70
|
69
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32.69
|
|
61
|
41.45
|
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Mushtaq Mohammad
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Pakistan
|
1959-1979
|
57
|
67
|
42.06
|
28.88
|
33
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33.39
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29.61
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Noble, M A
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Australia
|
1898-1909
|
42
|
44
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25.13
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25.33
|
29
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38.15
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24.03
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Nourse, A D
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South Africa
|
1935-1951
|
34
|
35
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55.42
|
|
27
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51.75
|
|
Paine, T D*
|
Australia
|
2010-
|
35
|
20
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41.67
|
|
37
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28.41
|
|
Pollock, S M
|
South Africa
|
1995-2008
|
108
|
121
|
29.92
|
23.69
|
35
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41.58
|
21.37
|
Ponting, R T
|
Australia
|
1995-2012
|
168
|
147
|
52.18
|
56.00
|
140
|
51.51
|
52.00
|
Ramdin, D*
|
West Indies
|
2005-2016
|
74
|
104
|
26.66
|
|
22
|
22.48
|
|
Ranatunga, A
|
Sri Lanka
|
1982-2000
|
93
|
63
|
34.86
|
57.18
|
92
|
36.26
|
82.20
|
Reid, J R
|
New Zealand
|
1949-1965
|
58
|
43
|
31.68
|
38.97
|
65
|
34.34
|
30.13
|
Richards, I V A
|
West Indies
|
1974-1991
|
121
|
108
|
53.65
|
56.93
|
74
|
45.12
|
65.29
|
Richardson, R B
|
West Indies
|
1983-1995
|
86
|
107
|
47.91
|
|
39
|
35.19
|
|
Root, J E*
|
England
|
2012-
|
98
|
98
|
52.80
|
48.07
|
81
|
44.33
|
53.00
|
Rutherford, K R
|
New Zealand
|
1985-1995
|
56
|
65
|
26.93
|
161.00
|
34
|
27.36
|
|
Saleem Malik
|
Pakistan
|
1982-1999
|
103
|
133
|
42.15
|
57.20
|
21
|
52.35
|
|
Sangakkara, K C
|
Sri Lanka
|
2000-2015
|
134
|
207
|
55.95
|
|
26
|
69.61
|
|
Sarfaraz Ahmed*
|
Pakistan
|
2010-
|
49
|
63
|
40.96
|
|
23
|
25.82
|
|
Shakib Al Hasan*
|
Bangladesh
|
2007-
|
56
|
78
|
40.89
|
32.09
|
27
|
35.31
|
28.77
|
Simpson, R B
|
Australia
|
1957-1978
|
62
|
40
|
33.68
|
32.13
|
71
|
54.07
|
49.68
|
Smith, M J K
|
England
|
1958-1972
|
50
|
41
|
30.75
|
25.00
|
37
|
32.75
|
|
Smith, S P D*
|
Australia
|
2010-
|
77
|
79
|
55.44
|
48.13
|
60
|
70.37
|
190.00
|
Sobers, G S A
|
West Indies
|
1954-1974
|
93
|
89
|
57.01
|
34.08
|
71
|
58.80
|
34.00
|
Stewart, A J
|
England
|
1990-2003
|
133
|
205
|
39.59
|
|
30
|
39.22
|
|
Stollmeyer, J B
|
West Indies
|
1939-1955
|
32
|
32
|
44.87
|
27.43
|
24
|
38.71
|
52.50
|
Strauss, A J
|
England
|
2004-2012
|
100
|
93
|
41.04
|
|
85
|
40.77
|
|
Streak, H H
|
Zimbabwe
|
1993-2005
|
65
|
72
|
16.02
|
25.81
|
35
|
36.18
|
34.80
|
Taibu, T
|
Zimbabwe
|
2001-2012
|
28
|
34
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26.42
|
|
20
|
37.44
|
27.00
|
Taylor, B R M*
|
Zimbabwe
|
2004-
|
31
|
36
|
28.11
|
|
26
|
46.57
|
|
Taylor, H W
|
South Africa
|
1912-1932
|
42
|
43
|
35.34
|
52.00
|
33
|
47.97
|
26.00
|
Taylor, L R P L*
|
New Zealand
|
2007-
|
105
|
157
|
45.59
|
24.00
|
26
|
47.26
|
|
Taylor, M A
|
Australia
|
1989-1999
|
104
|
97
|
46.98
|
|
89
|
39.63
|
11.00
|
Tendulkar, S R
|
India
|
1989-2013
|
200
|
286
|
54.17
|
55.71
|
43
|
51.35
|
38.00
|
Tillakaratne, H P
|
Sri Lanka
|
1989-2004
|
83
|
114
|
44.62
|
|
17
|
33.06
|
|
Turner, G M
|
New Zealand
|
1969-1983
|
41
|
55
|
48.47
|
|
18
|
34.22
|
|
Vaughan, M P
|
England
|
1999-2008
|
82
|
53
|
50.98
|
67.20
|
94
|
36.02
|
225.00
|
Vengsarkar, D B
|
India
|
1976-1992
|
116
|
170
|
42.14
|
|
15
|
42.08
|
|
Vettori, D L
|
New Zealand
|
1997-2014
|
113
|
118
|
25.63
|
34.83
|
56
|
39.12
|
33.39
|
Wadekar, A L
|
India
|
1966-1974
|
37
|
42
|
34.10
|
|
29
|
26.75
|
|
Walsh, C A
|
West Indies
|
1984-2001
|
132
|
158
|
7.56
|
24.19
|
27
|
7.50
|
25.72
|
Waqar Younis
|
Pakistan
|
1989-2003
|
87
|
95
|
9.91
|
23.58
|
25
|
11.17
|
23.48
|
Wasim Akram
|
Pakistan
|
1985-2002
|
104
|
106
|
22.02
|
23.71
|
41
|
24.16
|
23.36
|
Waugh, S R
|
Australia
|
1985-2004
|
168
|
177
|
50.44
|
34.89
|
83
|
52.31
|
113.33
|
Wessels, K C
|
South Africa
|
1982-1994
|
40
|
42
|
42.95
|
|
29
|
38.04
|
|
Williamson, K S*
|
New Zealand
|
2010-
|
83
|
89
|
49.23
|
37.93
|
55
|
62.82
|
95.00
|
Willis, R G D
|
England
|
1971-1984
|
90
|
100
|
11.35
|
26.32
|
28
|
12.00
|
21.60
|
Woodfull, W M
|
Australia
|
1926-1934
|
35
|
16
|
53.13
|
|
38
|
42.94
|
|
Worrell, F M M
|
West Indies
|
1948-1963
|
51
|
63
|
52.82
|
38.70
|
24
|
40.43
|
38.80
|
Wright, J G
|
New Zealand
|
1978-1993
|
82
|
124
|
35.83
|
|
24
|
48.64
|
|
Wyatt, R E S
|
England
|
1927-1937
|
40
|
39
|
31.03
|
33.67
|
25
|
32.82
|
39.67
|
Zaheer Abbas
|
Pakistan
|
1969-1985
|
78
|
103
|
44.68
|
|
21
|
45.47
|
18.67
|
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