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Batting Average in Tough Conditions

Who is the 2nd Best Batsman in tough conditions

  • Hammond

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  • Steve Waugh

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  • H Sutcliffe

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  • Ab De Villiers

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  • Viv Richards

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  • Chanderpaul

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  • Greenidge

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  • Inzamam ul haq

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  • Other (please mention)

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  • Total voters
    10

vidiq

State Regular
Some Famous Test Batsman Batting average in tough conditions -

Tough conditions are matches where the rest of the batters averaged less than 25. That includes players from the same team and the opposition.

(current players are not included)
1- Don bradman - AVG -108.63 ,Mean AVG -18.74.
2- Sangakkara - AVG - 63.29 , Mean AVG -21.56.
3 - Hammond - AVG -57.9 ,Mean AVG - 20.19.

4- Steve Waugh - AVG -56.42 , mean AVG - 21.19.

5- H Sutcliffe - AVG -55.95 , mean AVG -21.77.

6- S Chanderpaul - AVG -55.85 , Mean AVG -20.84.

7- J Hobbs - AVG -55.83 , Mean AVG - 20.52.

8- L Hutton - Avg - 54.65 ,mean AVG -19.08

9- Inzamam ul haq - AVG - 52.71 , mean AVG -20.99

10- R Kanhai - AVG -52. 45 , mean AVG -20.71

11 - Ab De Villiers - AVG - 51.04 , mean AVG - 21.29

12- Viv Richards - AVG -50.94, Mean AVG -21.1.

13- Greenidge - AVG -49.09 , Mean AVG -21.2

14- Q De kock- AVG -48.71 , Mean AVG -20.65

15- K barrington -avg- 46.68 , Mean AVG -21.53

16- H Amla - AVG -45.46 , Mean AVG -20.6

17- Saeed Anwar - AVG 45.38 ,Mean AVG -20.74

18- GC Smith - AVG-45.34, Mean AVG -21.73

19- R Dravid - AVG - 45.23, Mean AVG - 20.13

20- GS Sobers - AVG -45.15, Mean AVG -21.04

21 - G Chappell - AVG -44.1 , Mean AVG -21.33

22- R Ponting - AVG -43.84 , Mean AVG -21.28

23- BC Lara - AVG -42.52 , Mean AVG -20.31

24- A Border - AVG-42.38 , mean AVG -21.53

26- A flower - AVG -41.14 ,mean AVG -20.93

27- J Kallis - AVG -40.54 , Mean AVG -21.37

28- Sachin Tendulkar - AVG -38.78 , Mean AVG -21.19

29- Sunil Gavaskar - AVG -36.48 , Mean AVG -20.8

30- David Warner - AVG -35.23 , mean AVG -21.29

31- A Cook - AVG -33.8 , mean AVG - 21.91

32- VVS Laxman - AVG -33.41 , Mean AVG -20.52.
 

vidiq

State Regular
Travis Head is the best modern era batsman in tough conditions, his average is around 52.
 

sayon basak

International Coach
Some Famous Test Batsman Batting average in tough conditions -

Tough conditions are matches where the rest of the batters averaged less than 25. That includes players from the same team and the opposition.

(current players are not included)
1- Don bradman - AVG -108.63 ,Mean AVG -18.74.
2- Sangakkara - AVG - 63.29 , Mean AVG -21.56.
3 - Hammond - AVG -57.9 ,Mean AVG - 20.19.

4- Steve Waugh - AVG -56.42 , mean AVG - 21.19.

5- H Sutcliffe - AVG -55.95 , mean AVG -21.77.

6- S Chanderpaul - AVG -55.85 , Mean AVG -20.84.

7- J Hobbs - AVG -55.83 , Mean AVG - 20.52.

8- L Hutton - Avg - 54.65 ,mean AVG -19.08

9- Inzamam ul haq - AVG - 52.71 , mean AVG -20.99

10- R Kanhai - AVG -52. 45 , mean AVG -20.71

11 - Ab De Villiers - AVG - 51.04 , mean AVG - 21.29

12- Viv Richards - AVG -50.94, Mean AVG -21.1.

13- Greenidge - AVG -49.09 , Mean AVG -21.2

14- Q De kock- AVG -48.71 , Mean AVG -20.65

15- K barrington -avg- 46.68 , Mean AVG -21.53

16- H Amla - AVG -45.46 , Mean AVG -20.6

17- Saeed Anwar - AVG 45.38 ,Mean AVG -20.74

18- GC Smith - AVG-45.34, Mean AVG -21.73

19- R Dravid - AVG - 45.23, Mean AVG - 20.13

20- GS Sobers - AVG -45.15, Mean AVG -21.04

21 - G Chappell - AVG -44.1 , Mean AVG -21.33

22- R Ponting - AVG -43.84 , Mean AVG -21.28

23- BC Lara - AVG -42.52 , Mean AVG -20.31

24- A Border - AVG-42.38 , mean AVG -21.53

26- A flower - AVG -41.14 ,mean AVG -20.93

27- J Kallis - AVG -40.54 , Mean AVG -21.37

28- Sachin Tendulkar - AVG -38.78 , Mean AVG -21.19

29- Sunil Gavaskar - AVG -36.48 , Mean AVG -20.8

30- David Warner - AVG -35.23 , mean AVG -21.29

31- A Cook - AVG -33.8 , mean AVG - 21.91

32- VVS Laxman - AVG -33.41 , Mean AVG -20.52.
How does it define tough condition?
 

sayon basak

International Coach
Don Bradman:-

On normal wickets:-
65 innings; 6712 runs @119.90; 29 100's, 12 50's & 3 0's

On sticky wickets:-
15 innings; 284 runs @20.29; 0 100's, 1 50's & 4 0's
 

vidiq

State Regular
Don Bradman:-

On normal wickets:-
65 innings; 6712 runs @119.90; 29 100's, 12 50's & 3 0's

On sticky wickets:-
15 innings; 284 runs @20.29; 0 100's, 1 50's & 4 0's
What is sticky wickets?
Were they playing on mud filled pitches?
Who gave these stats from that ancient era ?
 

Johan

Hall of Fame Member
What is sticky wickets?
Were they playing on mud filled pitches?
Who gave these stats from that ancient era ?
???

No, A sticky pitch is a wicket where rain has damaged the pitch, batting on it is extremely hard, last time a sticky pitch was used, West Indies hospitalised half of Indian team.
 

capt_Luffy

Hall of Fame Member
Don Bradman:-

On normal wickets:-
65 innings; 6712 runs @119.90; 29 100's, 12 50's & 3 0's

On sticky wickets:-
15 innings; 284 runs @20.29; 0 100's, 1 50's & 4 0's
From a post last month.



With the millions of words written about Bradman, many repeated thousands of times, there has been surprisingly little research on his record on bad pitches. Especially since it was a criticism often thrown at him while he was playing and for some time afterwards. Not all wet pitches were bad of course. Sometimes they made batting easier, as with dew in India.



Irving Rosenwater, a professional statistician, wrote a pretty comprehensive biography back in 1978. He identified the following Bradman Test innings on rain-damaged wickets. Highest score of teammate in blue type.



1 v England, Brisbane 1928 (2nd innings) [Woodfull 30*, carried bat]

43 and 0 v West Indies, Sydney 1931 [Fairfax 54 & 60*]

13 v England, Lord's 1934 (2nd innings) [Woodfull 43 "notable defiance after Bradman lashed out wildly". Pitch was a slow turner.]

0 v England, Brisbane 1936 (2nd innings) [Chipperfield 26*]

0 v England, Sydney 1936 (1st innings) [O'Reilly 37* "taking advantage of some speculative overs of spin"]



A CW poster found another one. 8 v England, Nottingham, 1930 (1st innings) [Kippax 64* "fine innings on a drying wicket"]



This gives 65 runs at an average of 9.28. Sample size 7 innings out of 80, or 8.75%.



Bradman never denied his failings on bad pitches, merely saying he didn't think proper cricket should be played on them. One of the few to speak out in his defence on these surfaces was Verity, who used as evidence a match between Yorkshire and the Australians at Sheffield in 1938. The pitch was a slow turner throughout, similar to the second innings at Lord's in 1934. There was a large crowd and Verity noticed that Bradman, stung by previous criticism, was determined this time to cut out his cross-batted shots and stay in.



Yorkshire inserted the visitors who made 222. Hassett got 94 and Bradman 59. Next highest was McCabe's 13. Yorkshire replied with 205. Three of their esteemed wet-wicket batsmen, Sutcliffe, Hutton and Leyland, scored 44 between them, Sutcliffe retiring hurt with a damaged finger before resuming. When the Australians went in again they made 132, Bradman top-scoring with 42 while the next best was Badcock's 22. Set 150 to win, Yorkshire settled for a draw with 86-3 from 46 overs. Hutton 18, Sutcliffe 36*. Verity noted that in both Bradman's innings, virtually everything came off the middle of the bat.
 

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