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 Test Cricket - Batting Records and Statistics - Averages / Scoring Rates
Batting Averages - Comparison Between Final 2 Years and Earlier Career
 (Retired with minimum 4000 Runs and minimum 10 Innings in Final 2 Years)

  Worsened by 5% or more    Improved by 5% or more

Player Country Career
Average 		Career
S/R 		  Prior to Final 2 Years   Final 2 Years   Variation
Inns Runs Avg S/R Inns Runs Avg S/R Avg S/R
Katich, S M Australia 45.03 49.38   54 2092 42.69 49.15   45 2096 47.64 49.61   4.94    0.46   
Ganguly, S C India 42.18 51.26   140 5221 40.79 48.79   48 1991 46.30 59.08   5.51 10.29
Sangakkara, K C Sri Lanka 57.41 54.19   200 10486 56.99 53.97   33 1914 59.81 55.41   2.82    1.45   
Bradman, D G Australia 99.94   57 5093 97.94   23 1903 105.72   7.78   
Dravid, R India 52.31 42.51   240 11395 53.75 42.39   46 1893 45.07 43.26   -8.68 0.87   
Trescothick, M E England 43.80 54.52   101 3948 42.91 53.63   42 1877 45.78 56.50   2.87    2.88   
Cook, A N England 45.35 46.96   239 10599 47.32 47.02   52 1873 36.73 46.59   -10.59 -0.43   
Lara, B C West Indies 52.89 60.52   197 10094 52.85 59.97   35 1859 53.11 63.66   0.27    3.70   
Pietersen, K P England 47.29 61.72   133 6361 50.48 62.64   48 1820 38.72 58.69   -11.76 -3.95   
Taylor, M A Australia 43.50 41.48   137 5705 44.57 41.17   49 1820 40.44 42.49   -4.13    1.32   
Laxman, V V S India 45.97 49.37   180 6993 45.71 49.13   45 1788 47.05 50.32   1.35    1.19   
Flower, A Zimbabwe 51.55 45.07   81 3006 44.21 41.14   31 1788 71.52 53.71   27.31 12.57
Boycott, G England 47.73   147 6415 49.73   46 1699 41.44   -8.29   
Lloyd, C H West Indies 46.68   143 5831 43.84   32 1684 60.14   16.30   
Border, A R Australia 50.56 40.98   224 9532 52.37 41.05   41 1642 42.10 40.56   -10.27 -0.49   
Thorpe, G P England 44.66 45.90   140 5109 41.88 46.58   39 1635 56.38 43.92   14.50 -2.66   
Hussain, N England 37.19 40.39   126 4131 36.56 39.72   45 1633 38.88 42.16   2.32    2.44   
Kirsten, G South Africa 45.27 43.43   148 5671 41.70 41.63   28 1618 64.72 51.17   23.02 9.54
Hooper, C L West Indies 36.47 50.27   136 4153 33.76 50.93   37 1609 45.97 48.64   12.21 -2.29   
Fredericks, R C West Indies 42.49   71 2741 40.91   38 1593 45.51   4.60      
Hussey, M E K Australia 51.53 50.13   103 4650 51.10 48.48   34 1585 52.83 55.67   1.73    7.19
Younis Khan Pakistan 52.06 52.12   175 8547 53.75 52.53   38 1552 44.34 49.98   -9.41 -2.55   
Atherton, M A England 37.70 37.32   167 6178 38.37 37.49   45 1550 35.23 36.64   -3.15    -0.85   
Slater, M J Australia 42.84 53.30   88 3792 44.61 52.85   43 1520 38.97 54.44   -5.64 1.59   
Smith, G C South Africa 48.26 59.69   168 7760 49.43 60.37   37 1505 43.00 56.45   -6.43 -3.91   
Dilshan, T M Sri Lanka 40.99 65.55   105 3990 42.45 65.67   40 1502 37.55 65.25   -4.90    -0.42   
Butcher, M A England 34.58 42.02   91 2811 31.94 40.92   40 1477 41.03 44.30   9.08 3.38   
Gavaskar, S M India 51.12   185 8654 50.61   29 1468 54.37   3.76      
Redpath, I R Australia 43.46   91 3277 39.96   29 1460 54.07   14.11   
Cullinan, D J South Africa 44.21 48.97   80 3107 43.15 49.98   35 1447 46.68 46.93   3.52    -3.04   
Collingwood, P D England 40.56 46.66   75 2817 42.04 45.30   40 1442 37.95 49.55   -4.10    4.25   
Waugh, M E Australia 41.82 52.27   171 6593 41.73 51.93   38 1436 42.24 53.92   0.51    2.00   
Hutton, L England 56.67   106 5545 59.62   32 1426 47.53   -12.09   
Waugh, S R Australia 51.06 48.65   228 9505 50.83 47.83   32 1422 52.67 54.97   1.84    7.14
Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan 46.63 44.53   95 3886 49.19 43.72   37 1336 40.48 47.09   -8.71 3.38   
Prior, M J England 40.19 61.67   81 2793 42.32 65.33   42 1306 36.28 55.06   -6.04 -10.27
Langer, J L Australia 45.27 54.23   145 6401 46.05 53.26   37 1295 41.77 59.57   -4.28    6.31
Gooch, G A England 42.58 49.24   181 7608 43.47 49.46   34 1292 38.00 47.98   -5.47 -1.48   
Strauss, A J England 40.91 48.92   137 5745 43.85 50.18   41 1292 31.51 44.01   -12.34 -6.17
Jayawardene, D P M D Sri Lanka 49.85 51.47   223 10540 50.43 51.67   29 1274 45.50 49.84   -4.93    -1.83   
Kallis, J H South Africa 55.37 45.98   253 12036 56.24 45.33   27 1253 48.19 53.34   -8.05 8.01
Graveney, T W England 44.38   94 3639 44.38   29 1243 44.39   0.01      
Bell, I R England 42.69 49.46   160 6487 46.67 49.48   45 1240 29.52 49.38   -17.15 -0.09   
McCullum, B B New Zealand 38.64 64.60   145 5219 38.09 60.71   31 1234 41.13 88.59   3.04    27.87
Boon, D C Australia 43.66 40.97   152 6199 45.92 40.78   38 1223 34.94 41.94   -10.98 1.16   
Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan 49.61 54.02   168 7620 50.80 53.87   32 1210 43.21 55.00   -7.59 1.13   
Barrington, K F England 58.67   110 5598 57.12   21 1208 67.11   9.99   
Lamb, A J England 36.09 51.40   108 3488 35.23 49.04   31 1168 38.93 60.02   3.70    10.98
Vaughan, M P England 41.44 51.13   115 4595 42.94 52.40   32 1124 36.26 46.52   -6.69 -5.88
Chappell, G S Australia 53.86   128 5988 52.99   23 1122 59.05   6.06   
Ponting, R T Australia 51.85 58.72   253 12311 54.72 59.54   34 1067 32.33 50.69   -22.38 -8.85
Samaraweera, T T Sri Lanka 48.77 46.92   98 4395 54.26 48.03   34 1067 34.42 42.85   -19.84 -5.18
Edrich, J H England 43.54   102 4086 43.01   25 1052 45.74   2.73      
Chanderpaul, S West Indies 51.37 43.32   251 10830 51.82 42.95   29 1037 47.14 47.66   -4.68    4.71   
Clarke, M J Australia 49.11 55.92   162 7621 52.20 55.93   36 1022 34.07 55.85   -18.13 -0.08   
Viswanath, G R India 41.93   125 5072 43.72   30 1008 34.76   -8.97   
Martyn, D R Australia 46.38 51.41   82 3402 47.92 51.27   27 1004 41.83 51.91   -6.08 0.65   
Smith, R A England 43.67 45.65   84 3237 46.24 45.79   28 999 37.00 45.20   -9.24 -0.59   
Stewart, A J England 39.55 48.67   207 7469 39.31 48.22   28 994 41.42 52.32   2.11    4.10   
Fleming, S P New Zealand 40.07 45.83   168 6194 39.20 44.54   21 978 46.57 56.11   7.37 11.57
Saeed Anwar Pakistan 45.53 55.77   69 3084 46.03 57.05   22 968 44.00 52.07   -2.03    -4.98   
Hughes, K J Australia 37.42 42.79   96 3464 38.49 42.17   28 951 33.96 45.22   -4.52    3.05   
Lawry, W M Australia 47.15   93 4310 50.12   30 924 36.96   -13.16   
Sehwag, V India 49.34 82.21   150 7694 53.43 81.89   30 892 29.73 85.11   -23.70 3.23   
Healy, I A Australia 27.40 49.73   143 3470 27.98 51.21   39 886 25.31 44.66   -2.67    -6.55
Hayden, M L Australia 50.74 60.11   159 7739 53.01 60.08   25 886 36.92 60.35   -16.09 0.27   
Compton, D C S England 50.06   110 4944 51.50   21 863 43.15   -8.35   
Haynes, D L West Indies 42.30   178 6644 42.32   24 843 42.15   -0.17      
Tendulkar, S R India 53.79   301 15086 56.08   28 835 30.93   -25.16   
Zaheer Abbas Pakistan 44.80   97 4229 46.99   27 833 36.22   -10.77   
Tillakaratne, H P Sri Lanka 42.88   104 3713 44.20   27 832 37.82   -6.38   
Azharuddin, M India 45.04   127 5386 44.88   20 829 46.06   1.17      
Hobbs, J B England 56.95   82 4596 61.28   20 814 40.70   -20.58   
Astle, N J New Zealand 37.02 49.60   113 3906 37.56 49.01   24 796 34.61 52.72   -2.95    3.70   
Gower, D I England 44.25 50.60   185 7455 43.60 50.11   19 776 51.73 55.83   8.14 5.72
Javed Miandad Pakistan 52.57   166 8065 54.49   23 767 38.35   -16.14   
Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 52.29 52.40   134 6770 55.49 52.59   22 760 34.55 50.77   -20.95 -1.82   
Greenidge, C G West Indies 44.72   161 6814 46.67   24 744 32.35   -14.32   
Kanhai, R B West Indies 47.53   117 5489 48.58   20 738 41.00   -7.58   
Simpson, R B Australia 46.82   92 4131 48.60   19 738 38.84   -9.76   
Harvey, R N Australia 48.42   119 5416 49.69   18 733 40.72   -8.97   
Richardson, R B West Indies 44.40   122 5231 46.71   24 718 32.64   -14.07   
Amarnath, M India 42.50   91 3680 44.88   22 698 33.24   -11.64   
Richards, I V A West Indies 50.24   161 7849 51.98   21 691 36.37   -15.61   
de Villiers, A B South Africa 50.66 54.53   176 8074 50.46 53.75   15 691 53.15 65.50   2.69    11.74
Gibbs, H H South Africa 41.95 50.26   123 5478 46.82 50.50   31 689 22.97 48.42   -23.85 -2.08   
Kallicharran, A I West Indies 44.43   81 3711 50.15   28 688 27.52   -22.63   
de Silva, P A Sri Lanka 42.98   144 5685 42.74   15 676 45.07   2.32      
Crowe, M D New Zealand 45.37 44.66   112 4777 46.83 44.77   19 667 37.06 43.85   -9.78 -0.92   
Gilchrist, A C Australia 47.61 81.96   116 4918 50.18 82.14   21 652 34.32 80.59   -15.87 -1.55   
Weekes, E D C West Indies 58.62   63 3805 64.49   18 650 38.24   -26.26   
Wright, J G New Zealand 37.83   132 4706 37.35   16 628 41.87   4.52      
Mudassar Nazar Pakistan 38.09   94 3514 40.39   22 600 28.57   -11.82   
Ranatunga, A Sri Lanka 35.70   137 4544 35.22   18 561 40.07   4.85      
Kapil Dev India 31.05   168 4690 30.26   16 558 39.86   9.60   
Saleem Malik Pakistan 43.70   139 5291 44.84   15 477 34.07   -10.77   
Boucher, M V South Africa 30.30 50.11   186 5068 30.90 50.22   20 447 24.83 48.91   -6.07 -1.32   
Sobers, G S A West Indies 57.78   147 7591 59.77   13 441 36.75   -23.02   
Sutcliffe, H England 60.73   73 4129 63.52   11 426 42.60   -20.92   
Gatting, M W England 35.56 45.16   119 3984 37.94 46.14   19 425 22.37 37.61   -15.57 -8.53
Jayasuriya, S T Sri Lanka 40.07 65.13   170 6580 42.18 64.96   18 393 21.83 68.23   -20.35 3.27   
Vengsarkar, D B India 42.13   168 6498 44.51   17 370 21.76   -22.74   
Hammond, W R England 58.46   127 6883 61.46   13 366 30.50   -30.96   
May, P B H England 46.77   93 4182 49.20   13 355 29.58   -19.62   
Knott, A P E England 32.75   138 4175 33.67   11 214 21.40   -12.27   
Sarwan, R R West Indies 40.01 46.80   142 5671 42.32 46.85   12 171 14.25 45.12   -28.07 -1.73   
No. of Records = 106   S/R not calculated for players with incomplete balls faced records

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