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Batting in dead rubbers - Tables

Travis Basevi
16-Oct-2007

Biggest drop in batting average when excluding dead Tests (qualification: 20 career innings)
Player Span TestsCareer Dead Tests Runs Avg 100 Avg exc dead Tests Diff
VG Kambli (India)1993-1994 17 54.20 2 281140.50 1 44.61 -9.588
CP Mead (Eng) 1914-1921 17 49.37 4378 94.50 2 40.35 -9.024
JT Murray (Eng) 1962-1967 21 22.00 4 207 69.00 1 14.95-7.049
DM Jones (Aus) 1987-1992 52 46.55 8 963 87.54 4 39.82-6.730
JM Gregory (Aus) 1921-1925 24 36.96 6 436 54.50 0 30.86-6.098
TJE Andrews (Aus) 1921-1925 16 26.90 4 244 40.66 0 21.75-5.159
JW Zulch (SA) 1910-1914 16 32.83 3 293 58.60 1 27.68-5.153
MH Denness (Eng) 1974-1975 28 39.69 3 353 88.25 2 34.57-5.111
WG Grace (Eng) 1886-1892 22 32.29 2 228 114.00 1 27.18-5.106
AR Morris (Aus) 1947-1955 46 46.48 7 840 76.36 4 41.43-5.056
Basit Ali (Pak) 1993-1995 19 26.81 4 286 47.66 1 22.00-4.812
G Gunn (Eng) 1908-1912 15 40.00 2 235 78.33 1 35.40-4.599
Wazir Mohammad (Pak) 1958-1959 20 27.62 2 200 66.66 1 23.11-4.505
DJ Bravo (WI) 2004-2007 23 34.24 5 384 54.85 1 30.00-4.243
Rev.DS Sheppard (Eng) 1951-1963 22 37.80 7 432 48.00 1 33.63-4.170
JL Langer (Aus) 1999-2007 105 45.27 19 1816 67.25 8 41.11-4.151
PM Toohey (Aus) 1978-1979 15 31.89 2 227 56.75 1 27.75-4.142
RT Simpson (Eng) 1951-1951 27 33.35 2 261 87.00 1 29.23-4.126
BC Lara (WI) 1993-2006 131 52.88 18 2369 78.96 6 48.89-3.991
JN Crawford (Eng) 1906-1908 12 22.33 3 157 39.25 0 18.35-3.980
WK Lees (NZ) 1976-1980 21 23.57 2 209 52.25 1 19.62-3.955
G Ulyett (Eng) 1882-1886 25 24.33 2 213 71.00 1 20.44-3.888
RG Archer (Aus) 1955-1955 19 24.58 1 128 128.00 1 20.89-3.693
GL Jessop (Eng) 1902-1902 18 21.88 2 168 42.00 1 18.22-3.657
AE Stoddart (Eng) 1892-1892 16 35.57 1 134 134.00 1 31.92-3.645
MHN Walker (Aus) 1973-1977 34 19.53 6 187 37.40 0 15.96-3.573
B Mitchell (SA) 1929-1947 42 48.88 5 569 81.28 2 45.34-3.543
CH Gayle (WI) 2001-2007 68 38.28 10 961 60.06 3 34.83-3.450
CC McDonald (Aus) 1952-1959 47 39.32 6 625 62.50 2 35.97-3.358
Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) 1959-1976 57 39.17 5 598 74.75 3 35.82-3.348

Biggest rise in batting average when excluding dead Tests (qualification: 20 career innings)
PlayerSpan Tests Career Dead Tests RunsAve 100 Avg exc dead Tests Diff
HL Collins (Aus) 1921-1925 19 45.06 6 239 23.90 0 55.6510.583
AF Kippax (Aus) 1925-1932 22 36.12 7 249 22.63 0 42.866.742
PF Warner (Eng) 1904-1906 15 23.92 3 21 3.50 0 30.056.126
DR Jardine (Eng) 1929-1933 22 48.00 3 160 26.66 0 54.096.095
DS Atkinson (WI) 1952-1956 22 31.79 3 58 9.66 0 37.565.772
AN Cook (Eng) 2006-2007 21 44.81 4 198 24.75 0 50.345.534
Rashid Latif (Pak) 1993-2003 37 28.77 6 87 8.70 0 34.055.281
J Ryder (Aus) 1921-1929 20 51.62 6 372 41.33 0 56.775.148
SJ McCabe (Aus) 1931-1936 39 48.21 6 147 18.37 0 53.084.871
ED Weekes (WI) 1952-1958 48 58.61 5 209 23.22 0 63.374.754
WH Ponsford (Aus) 1925-1932 29 48.22 5 216 27.00 0 52.944.717
BK Kunderan (India) 1962-1967 18 32.70 3 46 9.20 0 37.404.700
RA Woolmer (Eng) 1976-1977 19 33.09 3 80 13.33 0 37.654.560
D Ganga (WI) 1999-2007 45 26.19 9 137 8.56 0 30.744.549
AJ Watkins (Eng) 1948-1948 15 40.50 1 2 1.00 0 44.884.388
KP Pietersen (Eng) 2006-2007 30 52.69 4 216 27.00 0 57.064.372
MJ Clarke (Aus) 2004-2007 27 42.00 4 75 15.00 0 46.354.354
VS Ransford (Aus) 1908-1912 20 37.84 3 76 15.20 0 42.034.193
MLC Foster (WI) 1973-1978 14 30.52 2 61 15.25 0 34.604.073
G Gambhir (India) 2004-2004 13 36.00 1 4 2.00 0 40.004.000
SM Nurse (WI) 1962-1967 29 47.60 4 153 21.85 0 51.523.917
RWT Key (Eng) 2002-2004 15 31.00 3 79 15.80 0 34.803.800
KS Ranjitsinhji (Eng) 1898-1898 15 44.95 1 14 7.00 0 48.753.795
LC Braund (Eng) 1902-1908 23 25.97 4 94 11.75 0 29.763.792
ML Hayden (Aus) 1997-2007 89 53.00 20 1326 40.18 4 56.753.745
LE Favell (Aus) 1955-1959 19 27.03 3 20 5.00 0 30.703.672
FCM Alexander (WI) 1957-1959 25 30.03 4 85 14.16 0 33.693.661
DT Ring (Aus) 1948-1952 13 22.42 3 36 9.00 0 26.003.578
A Sandham (Eng) 1921-1925 14 38.21 4 86 21.50 0 41.733.519
JDB Robertson (Eng) 1947-1947 11 46.36 1 34 17.00 0 49.823.455

Biggest rise in bowling average when excluding dead Tests (qualification: 2000 balls)
PlayerSpan Tests Career Dead tests WktsAve 5 Avg exc dead Tests Diff
MR Whitney (Aus) 1981-1992 12 33.97 3 21 17.42 2 53.2719.303
HB Cave (NZ) 1955-1956 19 43.14 2 11 8.00 0 59.9516.809
C Pringle (NZ) 1990-1994 14 46.30 2 12 23.00 1 61.8315.533
LC Braund (Eng) 1902-1908 23 38.51 4 19 17.00 2 53.1014.596
ML Jaisimha (India) 1962-1968 39 92.11 3 2 42.00 0 106.4214.317
Surendranath (India) 1959-1959 11 40.50 2 10 20.50 2 53.0012.500
AR Border (Aus) 1980-1993 156 39.10 18 14 18.92 1 50.4011.297
HA Gomes (WI) 1978-1986 60 62.00 10 4 32.25 0 72.8110.818
RG Holland (Aus) 1984-1985 11 39.76 1 10 14.40 1 50.3310.568
PL Taylor (Aus) 1987-1991 13 39.55 3 13 29.92 1 48.508.944
PJW Allott (Eng) 1984-1984 13 41.69 2 8 24.62 0 49.277.585
PGH Fender (Eng) 1921-1921 13 40.86 4 12 30.41 2 48.237.373
P Lever (Eng) 1975-1975 17 36.80 1 9 11.44 1 43.937.132
B Mitchell (SA) 1929-1947 42 51.11 5 5 20.80 1 58.006.888
C Kelleway (Aus) 1911-1925 26 32.36 5 17 18.47 0 39.116.748
CL McCool (Aus) 1947-1950 14 26.61 3 12 15.33 1 32.255.638
GA Hick (Eng) 1992-1994 65 56.78 5 7 44.14 0 62.315.529
GS Chappell (Aus) 1973-1981 87 40.70 10 9 17.44 1 46.215.508
JDF Larter (Eng) 1962-1965 10 25.43 3 18 19.77 1 30.785.357
AW Nourse (SA) 1906-1924 45 37.87 8 10 23.50 0 42.514.638
PR Sleep (Aus) 1987-1987 14 45.06 1 5 23.80 1 49.154.089
HC Griffith (WI) 1928-1931 13 28.25 3 12 18.08 1 32.063.812
MS Kasprowicz (Aus) 1997-2006 38 32.88 7 29 21.96 2 36.653.769
AH Kardar (Pak) 1955-1958 26 45.42 2 2 10.50 0 49.103.676
JC Watkins (SA) 1954-1954 15 28.13 1 5 11.00 0 31.703.570
H Ironmonger (Aus) 1931-1933 14 17.97 4 28 12.14 3 21.523.548
RK Chauhan (India) 1993-1994 21 39.51 2 7 19.85 0 42.953.439
GE Gomez (WI) 1952-1952 29 27.41 1 10 11.30 1 30.773.357
DT Ring (Aus) 1948-1952 13 37.28 3 8 26.00 0 40.623.343
Saleem Altaf (Pak) 1973-1973 21 37.17 1 7 18.71 0 40.483.313

Biggest drop in bowling average when excluding dead Tests (qualification: 2000 balls)
PlayerSpan Tests Career Dead Tests WktsAve 5 Avg exc dead Tests Diff
IVA Richards (WI) 1976-1991 121 61.37 17 6 95.33 0 53.53-7.836
EA McDonald (Aus) 1921-1921 11 33.27 4 8 61.75 1 26.77-6.507
L Tuckett (SA) 1947-1947 9 51.57 1 0 - 0 45.47-6.105
CN McCarthy (SA) 1950-1950 15 41.94 2 3 96.66 0 36.96-4.974
VC Drakes (WI) 2003-2004 12 41.27 2 2 117.50 0 36.35-4.917
C Gladwin (Eng) 1947-1947 8 38.06 1 0 - 0 33.26-4.800
JM Gregory (Aus) 1921-1925 24 31.15 6 9 65.33 0 27.10-4.047
NBF Mann (SA) 1947-1950 19 33.10 3 8 58.25 0 29.08-4.023
CE McLeod (Aus) 1898-1905 17 40.15 3 0 - 0 36.48-3.666
L Sivaramakrishnan (India) 1983-1983 9 44.03 1 0 - 0 40.38-3.653
NGB Cook (Eng) 1984-1989 15 32.48 3 4 73.25 0 29.08-3.397
CD Collymore (WI) 2004-2007 30 32.30 5 6 79.66 0 29.03-3.266
CH Gayle (WI) 2001-2007 68 39.59 10 4 83.75 0 36.38-3.211
IM Chappell (Aus) 1968-1980 75 65.80 8 0 - 0 62.60-3.199
H Larwood (Eng) 1928-1933 21 28.35 4 12 45.41 0 25.25-3.101
Wasim Raja (Pak) 1978-1984 57 35.80 5 2 109.50 0 32.79-3.007
AER Gilligan (Eng) 1924-1925 11 29.05 3 3 62.00 0 26.06-2.994
ED Solkar (India) 1974-1974 27 59.44 1 0 - 0 56.55-2.888
DR Tuffey (NZ) 2000-2000 22 31.16 2 0 - 0 28.33-2.833
R Tattersall (Eng) 1951-1951 16 26.08 2 4 64.25 0 23.25-2.826
KD Walters (Aus) 1968-1980 74 29.08 9 2 93.50 0 26.34-2.741
OAC Banks (WI) 2003-2003 10 48.82 1 3 71.66 0 46.08-2.741
Azhar Mahmood (Pak) 1997-1999 21 35.94 2 1 137.00 0 33.28-2.659
RF Surti (India) 1962-1968 26 46.71 4 7 59.71 0 44.11-2.600
CL Hooper (WI) 1988-2002 102 49.42 12 15 66.53 0 46.83-2.591
WW Davis (WI) 1983-1984 15 32.71 3 7 46.71 0 30.13-2.579
Asif Masood (Pak) 1973-1973 16 41.26 1 0 - 0 38.73-2.526
Majid Khan (Pak) 1973-1983 63 53.92 5 1 118.00 0 51.46-2.464
RD King (WI) 1999-1999 19 32.69 1 0 - 0 30.24-2.452
AP Freeman (Eng) 1928-1929 12 25.86 2 6 50.16 0 23.43-2.430

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