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Sub-Continent Batsmen in SENA countries

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sumantra

U19 Cricketer
Someone mentioned about Laxman's average in SENA countries in that Laxman thread. Thought it's a good idea to see how Sub-Continent batsmen overall preformed in SENA countries and check if something interesting can be found there. Among the batsmen who played around Laxman's era and had 40+ test avg and 2000+ runs (since the re-introduction of cricket in S. A) this is how it looks like

Sachin Tendulkar - avg 51.30
Rahul Dravid - avg 48.54
Kumara Sangakkara - avg 45.92
Younis Khan - avg 43.35
Mohm. Yusuf - avg 42.14
Sourav Ganguly - avg 42.01
V. V. S. Laxman - avg 40.45
Inzamam Ul Haq - avg 40.38
Aravinda de Silva - avg 39.23
Virendra Sehwag - avg 33.41
Mahela Jayawardhane - avg 30.76
Misbah Ul Haq - avg 29.45

Few Notes -

1. Highest avg in Australia - Kumara Sangakkara (60.33), highest average in England - Rahul Dravid (68.80), highest average in S. A - Sachin Tendulkar (46.44), highest average in N. Z - Rahul Dravid (63.83).

2. Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman who averaged 45+ in S. A. Laxman managed 40. No one else among the 12 has a career average of 40+ in S. A.

3. Sachin Tendulkar is also the only batsman who has 40+ average in all these 4 countries.

4. Highest Averages -
Rahul Dravid in England (68.80)
Sourav Ganguly in England (65.36)
Rahul Dravid in N. Z (63.83)
Kumara Sangakkara in N. Z (61.00)
Kumara Sangakkara in Australia (60.33)
Inzamam Ul Haq in N. Z (59.58)

5. Mahela Jayawardhane is the only batsman who has a -40 average in all these 4 countries.

*Applying the same to the batsmen a generation before...taking out S. A and including W. I...

Sunil Gavaskar - avg 51.77
Mohinder Amarnath - avg 48.40
Javed Miandad - avg 46.38
Salim Malik - avg 45.50
Mohm. Azharuddin - avg 38.73
Zaheer Abbas - 38.41
Gundappa Viswanath - avg 37.84
Shoaib Mohammad - avg 37.66
Dilip Vengsarkar - 32.40
 
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sumantra

U19 Cricketer
Just checked, Sidhu and Gambhir also fit the criteria and should have been included, and also some S. L batters like Tillekeratne, Samaraweera, Jayasuriya and Dilshan...and my God, I haven't included Saeed Anwar also...
 
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Window

U19 Debutant
If Sangakkara has an average of 60 in Australia, then he has the highest average in Australia, not Sachin, right? Also would have thought Kohli would be part of the 40+ club in SENA as well.
 
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sumantra

U19 Cricketer
Window said:
If Sangakkara has an average of 60 in Australia, then he has the highest average in Australia, not Sachin, right? Also would have thought Kohli would be part of the 40+ club in SENA as well.
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Window said:
If Sangakkara has an average of 60 in Australia, then he has the highest average in Australia, not Sachin, right? Also would have thought Kohli would be part of the 40+ club in SENA as well.
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Right, Sangakkara has the highest average in Australia. My mistake.
 
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sumantra

U19 Cricketer
Window said:
If Sangakkara has an average of 60 in Australia, then he has the highest average in Australia, not Sachin, right? Also would have thought Kohli would be part of the 40+ club in SENA as well.
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Not only Kohli, so many others would also qualify...2000+runs, 40+ career average...but I included players who are done playing, Laxman's era and the era before that...
 
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sumantra

U19 Cricketer
Missed out 7 batsmen who fit the criteria

Saeed Anwar - avg 43.35
Gautam Gambhir - 36. 85
Tillekeratne Dilshan - 35.18
Thilan Samaraweera - 34.00
Hashan Tillekeratne - 32.15
Navjot Singh Sidhu - 28.27
Sanath Jayasuriya - 26.15

Hashan Tillekeratne, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Mahela Jayawardhane are the batsmen who have -40 average in all these 4 countries...
 
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AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
h_hurricane said:
Mohinder Amarnath's career record is amazing ! Averages 30 at home and 52 abroad :laugh:

Was awesome against WI in their den as well. Away track bully !
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It's even more striking in the 1980s, when he averaged 29.53 at home and 67.82 away.
Part of that was the series home and away to WI and Pakistan in 1983, when he scored 5 hundreds and 7 fifties in the away series, but only 4, 7, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 in the home series.
 
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