Having studied the Indian tailenders here , we take a look at Test batsmen from 8 to 12 (!) in all Tests.
Minimum 20 innings, average 25.00
Some of the players here also batted at 7 or higher. Jadeja’s only century and some of Kapil’s centuries came that way.
This list is headed by the relatively lesser known JDC Goddard who was the West Indies captain during the 1948-49 tour of India and the epochal 1950 tour of England.
The current players include (in descending order) Mahmudullah, Jadeja, JO Holder and Ashwin.
As most of us would be more familiar with recent players, we repeat the above exercise for players from 2000 onwards:
Minimum 20 innings, average 20.00 after 01 Jan 2000
Here, only performances after 1 Jan 2000 are included. So the earlier careers of a few trans-millenials such as Boucher, Vettori, Pollock and Streak are not included here.
Here, Boucher is followed by the already forgotten MD Craig, Mahmudullah, Prior and Jadeja. Those currently playing include Mahmudullah, Jadeja, Holder and Ashwin.
Vettori has the most centuries (5) and 50+ scores (20). In contrast, Australia’s NM Hauritz has only one fifty but still manages a batting average of above 20. Similarly for SA’s AJ Hall and England’s TT Bresnan with two fifties apiece.
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