Symmetry in wins, losses and draws:
So far we have seen lists of Test players with “unsymmetrical” careers-either the dominance or absence of wins, losses and draws. But there are a few cases where the players ended their career with exactly the same number of wins, draws and losses:
TBA May (Aus): 8 wins, 8 losses and 8 draws.
Akram Raza (Pak): 3, 3 and 3.
JM Wiener (Aus): 2, 2 and 2.
And there were some who ended up with almost similar numbers of wins, losses and draws:
NJ Astle (NZ): 81 (27 wins, 28 losses, 26 draws)
EH Hendren (Eng): 51 (16, 18, 17)
FMM Worrell (WI): 51 (18, 17, 16)
ED Weekes (WI): 48 (16, 15, 17)
N Kulashekara (SL): 21 (7,6,8)
Symmetry and asymmetry in centuries in particular innings
You would expect that all leading batsmen (say with 20 or more centuries) would have scored centuries in all 4 innings. But there are some exceptions:
SR Waugh (Aus): 32 (No 4th)
M. Yousuf (Pak): 24 (No 4th)
V Sehwag (Ind): 23 (No 4th)
IR Bell (Eng): 22 (No 4th)
MC Cowdrey (Eng): 22 (No 4th)
DC Boon (Aus): 21 (No 4th)
G Kirsten (SA): 21 (No 4th)
DC Boon (Aus): 21 (No 4th)
Some other odd cases:
H Masakadza (Zim) and A Melville (SA) each scored 4 centuries, with one in each innings.
Melville was the first to score 4 Test centuries in consecutive innings-though World War 2 came in between the first and second century.
AF Rae (WI) and Wasim Raja (Pak) each scored all their 4 centuries in the 1st innings
MJ Horne (NZ) and RT Simpson (Eng) each scored all their 4 centuries in the 2nd innings
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