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U19 12th Man
Given that Australia has been the most dominant team in the last 20 years it is no surprise that batting against Australia in Australia was possibly the hardest proposition faced by batters around the world.
On top of that, batting in the 4th innings of a Test vs. Aus in Aus was an even more arduous task as batters were either in the midst of a huge run chase or fighting a desperate battle to save a Test under immense pressure from the Australians.
Its interesting to take a closer look at how batters around the world have managed to cope with the above over the last 20 years or so.
Here are the 4th innings stats (top 10 in terms of runs scored) of visiting batters to Australia in the period between Jan 1990 and Dec 2009.
Player-------------Mat------Inns------NO-----Runs-----HS-----Ave-----100----50
JH Kallis------------7---------6---------2------275-----101-----68.75----1------2
KC Sangakkara-----3---------3---------0------258------192----86.00-----1------1
GC Smith-----------6---------6--------0------241------108-----40.16----1------1
GA Gooch-----------5--------5--------0------233-------117-----46.60----1-----2
R Dravid------------7---------7--------2------212------72*-----42.40----0-----1
ST Jayasuriya-------4--------4--------0------195-------112-----48.75----1-----0
AB de Villiers--------5--------4--------1------182-------106*----60.66----1-----1
MA Atherton--------7--------7--------1-------179-------87-----29.83-----0----1
AJ Stewart----------8--------8--------2-------165------63*-----27.50----0----1
SC Ganguly----------6-------5---------0-------163------51------32.60----0----1
The following are the 4th innings stats of two of the modern game's greatest batsmen of all time when playing against Australia in Australia.
Player-------------Mat------Inns------NO-----Runs-----HS-----Ave-----100----50
SR Tendulkar--------8--------7--------0------138-------52----19.71------0-----1
BC Lara-------------9--------8--------0------101-------44----12.62------0-----0
Tendulkar's overall Avg vs. Australia in Australia is 58 but that drops to 19 in the 4th innings. Similarly Brian Lara's overall Avg vs. Australia in Australia is 43 but that drops to 12 in the 4th innings.
It's incredible to think that Brian Lara was unable to even get past 50 in eight 4th innings attempts.
On top of that, batting in the 4th innings of a Test vs. Aus in Aus was an even more arduous task as batters were either in the midst of a huge run chase or fighting a desperate battle to save a Test under immense pressure from the Australians.
Its interesting to take a closer look at how batters around the world have managed to cope with the above over the last 20 years or so.
Here are the 4th innings stats (top 10 in terms of runs scored) of visiting batters to Australia in the period between Jan 1990 and Dec 2009.
Player-------------Mat------Inns------NO-----Runs-----HS-----Ave-----100----50
JH Kallis------------7---------6---------2------275-----101-----68.75----1------2
KC Sangakkara-----3---------3---------0------258------192----86.00-----1------1
GC Smith-----------6---------6--------0------241------108-----40.16----1------1
GA Gooch-----------5--------5--------0------233-------117-----46.60----1-----2
R Dravid------------7---------7--------2------212------72*-----42.40----0-----1
ST Jayasuriya-------4--------4--------0------195-------112-----48.75----1-----0
AB de Villiers--------5--------4--------1------182-------106*----60.66----1-----1
MA Atherton--------7--------7--------1-------179-------87-----29.83-----0----1
AJ Stewart----------8--------8--------2-------165------63*-----27.50----0----1
SC Ganguly----------6-------5---------0-------163------51------32.60----0----1
The following are the 4th innings stats of two of the modern game's greatest batsmen of all time when playing against Australia in Australia.
Player-------------Mat------Inns------NO-----Runs-----HS-----Ave-----100----50
SR Tendulkar--------8--------7--------0------138-------52----19.71------0-----1
BC Lara-------------9--------8--------0------101-------44----12.62------0-----0
Tendulkar's overall Avg vs. Australia in Australia is 58 but that drops to 19 in the 4th innings. Similarly Brian Lara's overall Avg vs. Australia in Australia is 43 but that drops to 12 in the 4th innings.
It's incredible to think that Brian Lara was unable to even get past 50 in eight 4th innings attempts.