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The Hurricane Hundred's top 20

biased indian

International Coach
Test cricket's fastest runscorers
Career S/R Runs Ave
1 A.C. Gilchrist (Aus) 1999- 81.9 3485 52.80
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2 Kapil Dev (Ind) 1978-94 80-81 5248 31.05
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3 M.W. Tate (Eng) 1924-35 75-76 1198 25.48
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4 J.H.Sinclair (SAf) 1896-1911 73-74 1069 23.23
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5 V Sehwag (Ind) 2001- 73.10 1951 52.72
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6 A. Flintoff (Eng) 1998- 69.40 2012 32.98
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7 I.V.A. Richards (WI) 1974-91 68-69 8540 50.23
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8 V.T. Trumper (Aus) 1899-1912 67-68 3163 39.04
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9 S.T. Jayasuriya (SL) 1991- 64.6 5964 41.70
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10 K. Srikkanth (Ind) 1981-92 64-65 2062 29.88
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11 M.L. Hayden (Aus) 1994- 63.5 5059 58.14
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12 I.D.S. Smith (NZ) 1980-92 63.2 1815 23.56
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13 S.M. Patil (Ind) 1980-84 63-64 1588 36.93
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14 G.C. Smith (SAf) 2002- 62.1 2350 57.31
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15 D.S. Lehmann (Aus) 1998- 61.6 1549 51.63
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16 D.G. Bradman (Aus) 1928-48 60-61 6996 99.94
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17 J.M. Gregory (Aus) 1920-28 60-61 1146 36.96
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18 S.J. McCabe (Aus) 1930-38 60-61 2748 48.21
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19 R.S. Kaluwitharana (SL) 1992- 60.8 1867 26.67
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20 I.T.Botham (Eng) 1977-92 60.7 5200 33.54
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Bapu Rao Swami

U19 12th Man
Nice list, goes to show Sehwag is very underrated. btw did you know he's rated no 2 behind Dravid in the Test batsmens list as we speak.
 

KennyD

International Vice-Captain
incredible, i didnt realise Lehmans average was in the 50's...

I mean whats incredible is that he could be dropped while having that average...
 

Simon

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KennyD said:
incredible, i didnt realise Lehmans average was in the 50's...

I mean whats incredible is that he could be dropped while having that average...
i thought his average feel below 50, i notice Haydens average listed there is 58.14 enough though its now "only" a touch above 56.
im not convinced by this list though, its well known that balls per innings werent recorded all that closely in the early years, but i guess its about the most accurate list we are likely to get....
 

SquidAU

First Class Debutant
We will never know if this list is accurate but it is the best measure we have of this. It's nice to see some of the real oldies in there that scored really fast.
 

KennyD

International Vice-Captain
really though, Gilchrist, i mean, how good is he, I love him, i wanna boof him, get him up here.
 

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
They did take a lot of effort from what was written. Calculating over rates in regards to time spent by batsmen in the middle, so it is fairly accurate I'd think.
 

The Baconator

International Vice-Captain
yes its good to see that its not just todays quick scorers but people from a long time ago as well but theres noone from around 50s/60s
 

Neil Pickup

Cricket Web Moderator
The Baconator said:
yes its good to see that its not just todays quick scorers but people from a long time ago as well but theres noone from around 50s/60s
That's because 1960s Test Cricket was dominated by efforts not to lose rather than to win.
 

Tim

Cricketer Of The Year
Surprised to see Ian Smith in the top 20. I thought Nathan Astle would have been higher than him.

Although Smithy was capable of being extremely brutal on occassions.
 

Smudge

Hall of Fame Member
Tim said:
Surprised to see Ian Smith in the top 20. I thought Nathan Astle would have been higher than him.

Although Smithy was capable of being extremely brutal on occassions.
Stockley happily admits he was a slogger, so I'm not that surprised - the 173 against India was a day when it came off a little better than usual.
 

Eclipse

International Debutant
Tim said:
Surprised to see Ian Smith in the top 20. I thought Nathan Astle would have been higher than him.

Although Smithy was capable of being extremely brutal on occassions.
Astle has a strike rate in the 40s.
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
I am amazed at Jessop's career strike rate of 112. He didnt make the list only because of the minimum 1000 career test runs criteria. He must have been something else.

Wonder what Constantine's strike rate was ?
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
The other amazing thing here is Bradman's figures. One new he scored very quickly but to have a confirmation that he averaged 99.94 and had a strike rate higher than the Raving Kalu and the Boisterous Botham is still mind boggling. This when he hardly ever resorted to hitting sixes !!
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
SquidAU said:
We will never know if this list is accurate but it is the best measure we have of this. It's nice to see some of the real oldies in there that scored really fast.
It is absolutely accurate within the range provided. Let me explain

Its possible to calculate who played which ball from a scorecard most of the time although it is a very laborious task. The problem comes in no balls and runs scored off them and byes and legbyes for odd number of runs (which would change the batsman's end but were not recorded in the bowlers over those days). These can, sometimes (not always) cause confusion. But one can still come to either this/or that kind of scenario and proceed. In an innings it can make a difference of a few balls (the problem lasts till the fall of the next wicket).

This has been taken care of and that is why you see the strike rates of those players in whose cases such a situation/s has arisen, are given as a range. (say 61-63 instead of a specific , say, 61.75). Within this range, the strike rate is accurate.
 

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