Better Test stats than FC stats

[LongHopCassidy]

Sutcliffe deserves a mention, especially considering the gigantic sample size of his FC record.

 

[Flametree]

I always thought Barrington was a bit of a dasher at first class level, played all the shots,but in test cricket with 5 days not 3 to take advantage of, he put away his shots and turned out to be better as a defensive player than in "normal" mode.

 

[JontyPanesar]

Another potential reason: pitches in domestic cricket might be more/less helpful than those in test cricket, thus aiding batsman/bowler when he starts playing test cricket

County pitches might have been tougher than the average test pitch for some time (perhaps some Shield batsmen would have better averages in test given current state of pitches). On the flip side, I would suspect some Pakistani bowlers to have better test averages than fc averages as the flip side to this (since Pakistani domestic pitches can be quite dead, though their fc structure isn't the most credible either).

 

[Furball]

Sutcliffe deserves a mention, especially considering the gigantic sample size of his FC record.

Probably because the general standard of English FC cricket was higher than most Test cricket, and Australian pitches were flat as ****.

 

[Hooksey]

Michael Clarke is another one who has better Test (and ODI, iirc) stats than First Class and List A.

With players like Clarke, when they're selected young and on the basis of talent, they'll play so little domestic First Class cricket that if they develop and perform as hoped in the Test side, they won't play enough FC to "correct" their record.

Michael Clarke's batting and bowling averages are both better at test level than at FC level.

 

[Furball]

Because he doesn't get to bowl at India in the Shield.

 

[wpdavid]

David Gower's test average (44) is higher than his FC average of 40. The feeling at the time was he simply cba with the domestic game.

 

[Hooksey]

Because he doesn't get to bowl at India in the Shield.

14 of Clarke's 30 test wickets have come against India. But he also has 9 West Indian wickets.