Cricket Trivia

[zaremba]

Awesome. All the 5 batsmen had averages above 50 during the 3rd Test at Leeds of the 1930 Ashes

Cricinfo - Career Averages - 3rd Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 11-15, 1930

Hobbs the weak link in the top 4 with an average of 57.85.

 

[Rebecca]

Awesome. All the 5 batsmen had averages above 50 during the 3rd Test at Leeds of the 1930 Ashes

Cricinfo - Career Averages - 3rd Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 11-15, 1930

So, hasn't that happened since 1930?

 

[zaremba]

I can't think of any other contenders since then.

 

[SJS]

I can't think of any other contenders since then.

There maybe but one has to look

I find this team of Australia (played India on 26th December 20007) very impressive

1. Jacque : 69.0
2. Hayden : 52.6
3. Ponting : 59.7
4. Hussey : 86.2
5. Clarke : 46.7
6. Symonds : 39.9
7. Gilchrist : 49.3

It will be difficult to beat a top seven with such a combined record.

 

[Somerset]

I think you're only looking for times its happened in English cricket but not forgetting the current Indian team - Gambhir, Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar all averaging above 50 in the top 4, likewise the Australian team mentioned above by SJS.

 

[martin88]

Cricinfo - Blogs - It Figures - Teams with four or more batsmen having 50+ averages

Just as we discuss, it's on cricinfo!

 

[Somerset]

"Coming to the original question, thanks to Ashwin Mahesh for that, of the first 4 batsmen having 50+ averages."

That anyone on here lol?