Top four averaging 50+

[silentstriker]

Right now, Gambhir, Sehwag, Dravid and Tendulkar all have a career average of 50+. How many times has that happened in Test cricket?

 

[Prince EWS]

Jaques, Hayden, Ponting, Hussey would've qualified back when they were the Aussie top four.

 

[Somerset]

I'm fairly certain there was a topic very similar to this recently, will try to find the link.

 

[Sir Alex]

3rd Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 11-15, 1930 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

Going into this match all the top 5 English batsmen averaged more than 50 - Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond, duleep and Leyland.

 

[AaronK]

if they continue to play on flat pitches like the one Sehwag is playing right now.. they will end up with an average of 60 soon..

 

[bagapath]

didnt at some point patsy hendren and eddie paynter avg over 50 and play with hobbs, sutcliffe and hammond?

 

[Shri]

if they continue to play on flat pitches like the one Sehwag is playing right now.. they will end up with an average of 60 soon..

Plenty of turn for Herath. SL are just looking toothless because of Muralitharan's form. If you are going to comment on something, I suggest you do some research on the topic.

 

[AaronK]

^ so Herath is geting alot of turn.. fast bowler are reverse swinging the bowle.. despite that india is scoring comfortably with average of almost 5..

the pitch was good for bowlers and wasn''t when SL made 400 with run rate of almost 4.5...

u know what i will make it sweet for u... if there is a result on this test.. i will be ur bitch..if not u r my bitch...

 

[Xuhaib]

if they continue to play on flat pitches like the one sehwag is playing right now.. They will end up with an average of 60 soon..

 

[Turbinator]

u know what i will make it sweet for u... if there is a result on this test.. i will be ur bitch..if not u r my bitch...

Can I be your bitch?

 

[Somerset]

Found it eventually, heres the topic I was thinking of:
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/416-cricket-trivia.html

And shortly following that topic, Cricinfo released an article which answers your question, SS:
Cricinfo - Blogs - It Figures - Teams with four or more batsmen having 50+ averages

 

[AaronK]

for the sake of test cricket.. plz plz noo test cricket in subcontinent..

looking back this year when Sri Lanaka toured Pakistan..

and now this SL and India series..


Look at Aus.. i haven't seen a draw test match or series there for a while now.. South Africa, New Zealand, England.. all these place.. they make such a great cricket pitches.. why not have test cricket there...

 

[Edged&Taken]

good for sehwag, for the ability to take full advantage of a flat pitch - much better then all the sangas, jayawardenes and tendulkars

 

[bagapath]

good for sehwag, for the ability to take full advantage of a flat pitch - much better then all the sangas, jayawardenes and tendulkars

and the pontings who become dead ducks on these flat wickets....

 

[Shri]

^ so Herath is geting alot of turn.. fast bowler are reverse swinging the bowle.. despite that india is scoring comfortably with average of almost 5..

the pitch was good for bowlers and wasn''t when SL made 400 with run rate of almost 4.5...

u know what i will make it sweet for u... if there is a result on this test.. i will be ur bitch..if not u r my bitch...

I am not good at making long funny lines. I guess a simple "Screw You" would suffice. Looking forward to you being my bitch btw.(You are a girl right?)

 

[Prince EWS]

for the sake of test cricket.. plz plz noo test cricket in subcontinent..

looking back this year when Sri Lanaka toured Pakistan..

and now this SL and India series..


Look at Aus.. i haven't seen a draw test match or series there for a while now.. South Africa, New Zealand, England.. all these place.. they make such a great cricket pitches.. why not have test cricket there...

If you are so sure it's going to be a draw, I really must urge you to sign up to an online betting site and dump all your spare cash on that option.

India are overwhelming favourites with the bookies; I haven't seen a market with the draw paying less than 3.20 since the close to play.

 

[Julian87]

Should have got on Darren Sammy to top score tbh.

 

[silentstriker]

and the pontings who become dead ducks on these flat wickets....

Obviously, if you fail, it was dodgy wickets and if you succeed, it was just because the pitch was flat.

 

[Turbinator]

u know what i will make it sweet for u... if there is a result on this test.. i will be ur bitch..if not u r my bitch...

Who's gonna' be whose bitch, you tell me! You can't possibly make this any sweeter!

 

[Jono]

^ so Herath is geting alot of turn.. fast bowler are reverse swinging the bowle.. despite that india is scoring comfortably with average of almost 5..

the pitch was good for bowlers and wasn''t when SL made 400 with run rate of almost 4.5...

u know what i will make it sweet for u... if there is a result on this test.. i will be ur bitch..if not u r my bitch...

Haha you're ****ed champ.