Biggest difference in an individual's performance in 2 consecutive series

[AndrewB]

He averaged 37 in the West Indies series, which isn't too bad (and better than he'd done the previous winter in India).

Tim Robinson probably had the worst decline across those series: 490@61.25 against Aus, 72@9.00 against WI.

 

[h_hurricane]

Sunil Gavaskar averaged 155 in his debut series (WI 1971) and then averaged 24 in his next series in England few months later.

As a matter of fact, he didn't average 50 plus in another series until 1976 !

 

[wpdavid]

He (Gower) averaged 37 in the West Indies series, which isn't too bad (and better than he'd done the previous winter in India).

Tim Robinson probably had the worst decline across those series: 490@61.25 against Aus, 72@9.00 against WI.

That'll teach me to post these things from memory without checking. As you say, 37 wasn't too bad against that attack, especially on some of the pitches that our hosts served up in that series.

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Azharuddins in 1984/85 - 439 @ 109.75 (debut series vs England) vs 112 @ 18.67 (2nd series vs Sri Lanka)

 

[Immenso]

Ken Rutherford.

Debut series in West Indies 1985: 4 tests, 12 runs, ave 1.71
Second series v Australia 1985/86: 3 tests, 115 runs, ave 38.33

Is it a cheat, that he missed 1 series between these? Away v Australia late 1985.

 

[Starfighter]

Jofra Archer 2019
Home series vs Australia 22 wickets at 20.27
Away series vs New Zealand 2 wickets at 104.50

 

[sunilz]

Rohit Sharma
Averaged 288 against WI at home in 2013
Averaged 11 against SA overseas

 

[Starfighter]

Rohit Sharma
Averaged 288 against WI at home in 2013
Averaged 11 against SA overseas

Can anyone think a bigger difference in batting average than this?

 

[sunilz]

Can anyone think a bigger difference in batting average than this?

David Warner
9.5 in Ashes
489 vs Pakistan

 

[Daemon]

sunilz delivers yet again

 

[h_hurricane]

Can anyone think a bigger difference in batting average than this?

Wally Hammond averaged 563 vs NZ in 1933 away series and then went on to average 24.67 against WI the next series at home. I think this is the biggest difference in a batsman's average in consecutive series in history.

 

[vcs]

Rohit Sharma
Averaged 288 against WI at home in 2013
Averaged 11 against SA overseas

This was the same series IIRC where he missed a straight Steyn full toss in the 2nd Test and responded to his sledge with "come and bowl in India". /facepalm