A Test Team of Players Who Played More Than 10 Tests But It Could Have Been Better If

[ankitj]

Jimmy Adams
Narendra Hirwani

 

[AndrewB]

Some players whose batting average dropped sharply after 10 Tests:

Mark Greatbatch: 65.50 to 30.62
Azhar Mahmood: 59.90 to 30.00
Neil Harvey: 95.00 to 48.42
Tim Robinson: 66.50 to 36.39
Stuart Broad: 33.91 to 18.67
Gary Ballance: 67.93 to 37.45
Tim Bresnan: 45.43 to 26.14
Vinod Kambli: 93.70 to 54.20
Sherwin Campbell: 55.73 to 32.38

Some players whose bowling average rose sharply after 10 Tests:

John Emburey: 22.72 to 38.41
Wilfred Rhodes: 16.42 to 26.97
Ian Botham: 17.34 to 28.40
Hedley Howarth: 22.93 to 36.95
Brett Lee: 19.38 to 30.82
Rodney Hogg: 18.62 to 28.48
Phil Edmonds: 22.91 to 34.18
Abid Ali: 29.18 to 42.13
Srinivas Venkataraghavan: 25.19 to 36.12

Bresnan isn't far off making the bowling list as well, whereas Broad's bowling average also dropped sharply (45.23 to 28.51)

 

[ataraxia]

Some players whose batting average dropped sharply after 10 Tests:

Mark Greatbatch: 65.50 to 30.62
Azhar Mahmood: 59.90 to 30.00
Neil Harvey: 95.00 to 48.42
Tim Robinson: 66.50 to 36.39
Stuart Broad: 33.91 to 18.67
Gary Ballance: 67.93 to 37.45
Tim Bresnan: 45.43 to 26.14
Vinod Kambli: 93.70 to 54.20
Sherwin Campbell: 55.73 to 32.38

Some players whose bowling average rose sharply after 10 Tests:

John Emburey: 22.72 to 38.41
Wilfred Rhodes: 16.42 to 26.97
Ian Botham: 17.34 to 28.40
Hedley Howarth: 22.93 to 36.95
Brett Lee: 19.38 to 30.82
Rodney Hogg: 18.62 to 28.48
Phil Edmonds: 22.91 to 34.18
Abid Ali: 29.18 to 42.13
Srinivas Venkataraghavan: 25.19 to 36.12

Bresnan isn't far off making the bowling list as well, whereas Broad's bowling average also dropped sharply (45.23 to 28.51)

Suspect that the opposite was true for his batting though.

 

[SteveNZ]

Neil Harvey: 95.00 to 48.42

Playing your 11th Test and beyond was harder in his day.

 

[a massive zebra]

Some players whose batting average dropped sharply after 10 Tests:

Mark Greatbatch: 65.50 to 30.62
Azhar Mahmood: 59.90 to 30.00
Neil Harvey: 95.00 to 48.42
Tim Robinson: 66.50 to 36.39
Stuart Broad: 33.91 to 18.67
Gary Ballance: 67.93 to 37.45
Tim Bresnan: 45.43 to 26.14
Vinod Kambli: 93.70 to 54.20
Sherwin Campbell: 55.73 to 32.38

Some players whose bowling average rose sharply after 10 Tests:

John Emburey: 22.72 to 38.41
Wilfred Rhodes: 16.42 to 26.97
Ian Botham: 17.34 to 28.40
Hedley Howarth: 22.93 to 36.95
Brett Lee: 19.38 to 30.82
Rodney Hogg: 18.62 to 28.48
Phil Edmonds: 22.91 to 34.18
Abid Ali: 29.18 to 42.13
Srinivas Venkataraghavan: 25.19 to 36.12

Bresnan isn't far off making the bowling list as well, whereas Broad's bowling average also dropped sharply (45.23 to 28.51)

Interesting. I think it would be worth adding their average after their 10th test in addition to their career end average.