The best minnow basher of this decade

[Shri]

Who has hurt teams like Zimbabwe, Bangladesh most in this decade and before consistently?

Sachin's record against Zim and Bangladesh:


TESTS

Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0

v Bangladesh 2000-2007 5 6 2 556 248* 139.00 3 0 0

v Zimbabwe 1992-2002 9 14 2 918 201* 76.50 3 3 1

ODIS

v Bermuda 2007-2007 1 1 1 57 57* - 29 196.55 0 1 0 2 4

v England 1990-2008 36 36 4 1335 105* 41.71 1516 88.06 1 10 0 163 12

v Ireland 2007-2007 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 3 133.33 0 0 0 1 0

v Kenya 1996-2003 10 9 3 647 146 107.83 667 97.00 4 1 0 73 5

v Namibia 2003-2003 1 1 0 152 152 152.00 151 100.66 1 0 0 18 0

v Netherlands 2003-2003 1 1 0 52 52 52.00 72 72.22 0 1 0 7 0

v U.A.E. 1994-2004 2 2 0 81 63 40.50 102 79.41 0 1 0 9 1

v Zimbabwe 1992-2004 34 33 5 1377 146 49.17 1504 91.55 5 5 0 152 20

But then, he has been good against all teams in his career.

Who is the 'best minnow basher' playing international cricket now in your opinion?

[Trumpers_Ghost]

Robert Mugabe

[Migara]

Vettori

[Days of Grace]

Mohammad Yousuf

[jondavluc]

Mavan Atapattu.

[Uppercut]

Sachin's a good shout, never fails to score against weaker teams. Which is completely, 100% a good thing, and it's funny how "minnow basher" is supposed to be an insult.

[silentstriker]

Murali does well against Bangladesh too.

Dravid doesn't do well vs. Bangladesh if I remember.

[Evermind]

Jayasuria? Hayden? What're their stats like?

[The Sean]

Originally Posted by Evermind

Jayasuria? Hayden? What're their stats like?

Gillespie.

I actually can't see how it would be any Australian really, given how rarely they play the minnows.

[HMas]

Virender Sehwag

[TT Boy]

Shane Bond. What is his test record against Zimbabwe?

[Shri]

Originally Posted by Nangi_Larki

Virender Sehwag

Surprise!

v Bangladesh 2004-2004 2 23 13 11.50 0 - - - - 2 0

v Zimbabwe 2002-2005 3 176 74 58.66 0 0 - - 0 0 0

Sehwag is not that good when playing weaker teams. He scores runs against top teams in the world. Unless you count Pakistan as a weak team - which they are not.

[Slifer]

What about Jacques Kallis?

[Shri]

Originally Posted by Slifer

What about Jacques Kallis?

Plays incredibly well against weak teams. Does'nt look for quick runs and does'nt throw his wicket away in the process.

v Zimbabwe 1999-2005 6 679 189* 169.75 3 21 4/13 14.71 0 4 0

v Bangladesh 2002-2008 6 317 139* 79.25 1 17 5/21 14.05 2 8 0

[Prince EWS]

Most runs against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Tests since 2000:

Player  		Mat  	Inns  	NO  	Runs  	HS  	Ave  	BF  	SR  	100  	50  	0  	4s  	6s  

KC Sangakkara (SL)  	16  	20  	2  	1412  	270  	78.44  	2207  	63.97  	4  	6  	1  	180  	7 
SR Tendulkar (India) 	11 	16 	4 	1371 	248* 	114.25 	2318 	59.14 	6 	2 	0 	177 	3
R Dravid (India) 	13 	18 	4 	1238 	200* 	88.42 	2260 	54.77 	4 	6 	1 	166 	3
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 	16 	20 	3 	1164 	166 	68.47 	1766 	65.91 	5 	3 	1 	142 	10
GC Smith (SA) 		10 	11 	0 	905 	232 	82.27 	1247 	72.57 	4 	1 	0 	114 	6
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 	10 	11 	0 	878 	157 	79.81 	1119 	78.46 	3 	3 	0 	107 	15
TT Samaraweera (SL) 	13 	14 	2 	854 	138 	71.16 	1720 	49.65 	2 	7 	0 	99 	1
MS Atapattu (SL) 	9 	10 	1 	853 	249 	94.77 	1275 	66.90 	4 	1 	0 	110 	1
SC Ganguly (India) 	13 	17 	1 	818 	136 	51.12 	1636 	50.00 	3 	4 	1 	99 	8
JH Kallis (SA) 		10 	12 	6 	817 	189* 	136.16 	1570 	52.03 	3 	3 	0 	85 	16
TM Dilshan (SL) 	11 	12 	1 	781 	168 	71.00 	976 	80.02 	3 	2 	1 	87 	6
RR Sarwan (WI) 		8 	12 	2 	747 	261* 	74.70 	1521 	49.11 	2 	3 	0 	106 	1
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 	7 	9 	4 	725 	204* 	145.00 	1252 	57.90 	3 	3 	1 	109 	3
CH Gayle (WI) 		10 	16 	2 	700 	175 	50.00 	1331 	52.59 	2 	3 	2 	122 	0
ML Hayden (Aus) 	6 	8 	1 	669 	380 	95.57 	893 	74.91 	2 	2 	0 	75 	15
ME Trescothick (Eng) 	6 	8 	1 	653 	194 	93.28 	972 	67.18 	3 	2 	0 	82 	9
SP Fleming (NZ) 	11 	13 	0 	644 	202 	49.53 	1130 	56.99 	1 	5 	0 	87 	1
G Kirsten (SA) 	 	4 	5 	1 	626 	220 	156.50 	949 	65.96 	3 	1 	0 	76 	2
SS Das (India) 	 	7 	12 	2 	611 	110 	61.10 	1410 	43.33 	2 	4 	0 	84 	0
Taufeeq Umar (Pak)  	7 	11 	1 	605 	111 	60.50 	1228 	49.26 	2 	3 	0 	84 	1
Habibul Bashar (Ban)  	8 	15 	0 	578 	108 	38.53 	1115 	51.83 	1 	6 	4 	79 	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 	8 	11 	3 	566 	138* 	70.75 	943 	60.02 	3 	0 	1 	84 	5
MG Vandort (SL) 	8 	12 	2 	565 	140 	56.50 	1020 	55.39 	2 	2 	2 	66 	5
DL Vettori (NZ) 	11 	10 	1 	526 	127 	58.44 	797 	65.99 	1 	3 	1 	67 	3
RT Ponting (Aus) 	6 	8 	2 	519 	169 	86.50 	871 	59.58 	2 	3 	0 	68 	4
NJ Astle (NZ) 		8 	10 	1 	511 	141 	56.77 	1166 	43.82 	2 	2 	1 	67 	5

Most wickets against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Tests since 2000:

Player  		Mat  	Inns  	Overs  	Mdns  	Runs  	Wkts  	BBI  	BBM  	Ave  	Econ  	SR  	5  	10  	

M Muralitharan (SL)  	16  	32  	738.5  	218  	1703  	133  	9/51  	13/115  12.80  	2.30  	33.3  	14  	5 
DL Vettori (NZ) 	11 	20 	425.5 	159 	881 	58 	6/28 	12/170 	15.18 	2.06 	44.0 	5 	1
M Ntini (SA) 		11 	22 	314.5 	91 	851 	41 	5/19 	7/74 	20.75 	2.70 	46.0 	1 	0
IK Pathan (India)  	4 	8 	128.1 	33 	451 	39 	7/59 	12/126 	11.56 	3.51 	19.7 	6 	2
Z Khan (India) 		11 	22 	292.2 	51 	1033 	37 	5/34 	7/88 	27.91 	3.53 	47.4 	1 	0
A Kumble (India) 	8 	14 	271.3 	82 	724 	35 	5/63 	9/145 	20.68 	2.66 	46.5 	1 	0
SCG MacGill (Aus)  	5 	10 	185.4 	35 	584 	35 	8/108 	10/133 	16.68 	3.14 	31.8 	4 	1
Danish Kaneria (Pak)  	5 	10 	204.4 	56 	558 	34 	7/77 	12/94 	16.41 	2.72 	36.1 	3 	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)  	12 	24 	338.1 	94 	932 	33 	4/55 	5/94 	28.24 	2.75 	61.4 	0 	0
JH Kallis (SA) 	 	10 	18 	176.5 	51 	436 	31 	5/21 	7/47 	14.06 	2.46 	34.2 	2 	0
Harbhajan Singh (India) 8 	16 	325.4 	70 	820 	30 	6/62 	8/132 	27.33 	2.51 	65.1 	1 	0
PT Collins (WI)  	5 	10 	173.2 	43 	492 	28 	6/53 	9/117 	17.57 	2.83 	37.1 	2 	0
CRD Fernando (SL) 	8 	15 	174.0 	40 	540 	28 	5/60 	7/95 	19.28 	3.10 	37.2 	1 	0
SJ Harmison (Eng)  	5 	10 	159.3 	39 	428 	28 	5/35 	9/79 	15.28 	2.68 	34.1 	2 	0
SL Malinga (SL)  	7 	14 	162.0 	16 	670 	27 	4/25 	5/111 	24.81 	4.13 	36.0 	0 	0
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)  	5 	10 	156.1 	33 	476 	27 	6/50 	10/80 	17.62 	3.04 	34.7 	1 	1
MJ Hoggard (Eng)  	5 	10 	165.1 	51 	444 	26 	5/73 	8/97 	17.07 	2.68 	38.1 	1 	0
CS Martin (NZ) 		6 	12 	158.0 	41 	467 	26 	5/65 	7/100 	17.96 	2.95 	36.4 	2 	0
Waqar Younis (Pak) 	5 	10 	118.4 	22 	410 	26 	6/55 	7/82 	15.76 	3.45 	27.3 	1 	0
J Srinath (India)  	7 	14 	275.1 	76 	721 	25 	5/60 	9/141 	28.84 	2.62 	66.0 	1 	0

Really has to be Kallis or Vettori IMO. Murali's really racked up the figures with the ball but Kallis and Vettori have done it with both.

Kallis - 817 runs @ 136.16; 31 wickets @ 14.06
Vettori - 512 runs @ 58.44; 58 wickets @ 15.18