Flying first class - Tables

Travis Basevi

01-May-2006

Most First-class runs without playing a Test
Best career First-class batting average without playing a Test
Biggest difference of a higher First-class average than a Test average
Biggest difference of a higher Test average than a First-class average
Highest proportion of Test runs as First-class runs

Most First-class runs without playing a Test
Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100
A Jones	1957-1983	645	36049	204*	32.89	56
JG Langridge	1928-1955	574	34378	250*	37.44	76
GL Berry	1924-1951	609	30225	232	30.25	45
KG Suttle	1949-1971	612	30225	204*	31.09	49
PA Perrin	1896-1902	538	29709	343*	35.92	66
BF Davison	1967/68-1987/88	467	27453	189	39.96	53
J Seymour	1900-1926	553	27237	218*	32.08	53
KS McEwan	1972/73-1991/92	428	26628	218	41.73	74
DE Davies	1924-1954	621	26564	287*	27.90	32
CEB Rice	1969/70-1993/94	482	26331	246	40.95	48
DM Young	1946-1964	475	24555	198	30.69	40
MR Hallam	1950-1970	504	24488	210*	28.84	32
CJB Wood	1896-1904	456	23879	225	31.05	37
RB Nicholls	1951-1975	534	23607	217	26.17	18
FB Watson	1920-1937	470	23596	300*	36.98	50
JA Ormrod	1962-1985	500	23206	204*	30.90	32
G Cox	1931-1961	455	22949	234*	32.92	50
JR Gray	1948-1966	458	22650	213*	30.73	30
WH Ashdown	1914-1947	487	22589	332	30.73	39
KJ Grieves	1945/46-1964	490	22454	224	33.66	29

Best career First-class batting average without playing a Test (qualification: 50 First-class matches)
Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100
SS Sugwekar	1987/88-2001/02	85	6563	299*	63.10	19
SS Bhave	1986/87-2000/01	97	7971	292	58.18	28
AV Kale	1993/94-2005/06	89	7004	248*	56.03	25
S Sriram	1993/94-2005/06	109	8279	288	55.19	28
PM Mullick	1996/97-2005/06	68	4989	207*	54.22	17
K Bhaskar Pillai	1982/83-1994/95	95	5443	222*	52.84	18
S Sharath	1992/93-2005/06	127	8080	224	52.81	26
A Kaypee	1980/81-1999/00	117	7894	210*	52.27	27
AA Muzumdar	1993/94-2005/06	117	8035	260	51.83	20
P Dharmani	1992/93-2005/06	113	7327	305*	51.23	20
Y Venugopal Rao	1998/99-2005/06	60	4298	228*	51.16	11
DJ Hussey	2002/03-2006	68	4569	232*	50.76	16
SS Mitra	1958/59-1971/72	59	3058	155	50.13	7
SV Jedhe	1989/90-1997/98	58	3902	182	50.02	15
MH Parmar	1987/88-2005/06	83	6674	283	49.80	20
Yusuf Ali Khan	1982/83-1994/95	64	4531	233	49.79	14
SJ Kalyani	1983/84-2000/01	101	6306	260	49.65	14
VSK Waragoda	1990/91-2005/06	97	5478	204	49.35	13
S Abbas Ali	1996/97-2005/06	75	4784	251	49.31	12
RV Sapru	1982/83-1998/99	98	6007	200*	49.23	18

Biggest difference of a higher First-class average than a Test average (qualification: 10 Tests)
Player	Span	FC	Runs	Ave	Tests	Runs	Ave	Diff
A Jadeja	1988/89-2005/06	105	7871	56.22	15	576	26.18	30.039
MG Bevan	1989/90-2005/06	234	18943	57.75	18	785	29.07	28.678
NH Fairbrother	1982-2002	366	20612	41.22	10	219	15.64	25.581
CZ Harris	1989/90-2005/06	119	6801	45.95	23	777	20.44	25.505
AV Mankad	1963/64-1982/83	218	12980	50.90	22	991	25.41	25.491
Asif Mujtaba	1984/85-2005/06	290	17931	49.67	25	928	24.42	25.249
W Jaffer	1996/97-2005/06	121	9110	51.46	10	511	26.89	24.574
Rizwan-uz-Zaman	1976/77-1999/00	205	14452	43.53	11	345	19.16	24.363
VM Merchant	1929/30-1950/51	150	13470	71.64	10	859	47.72	23.926
LSM Miller	1950/51-1959/60	82	4777	37.61	13	346	13.83	23.774
A Symonds	1994/95-2005/06	198	12819	42.58	10	286	19.06	23.521
WM Wallace	1933/34-1960/61	121	7757	44.32	13	439	20.90	23.420
MR Ramprakash	1987-2006	374	26640	49.33	52	2350	27.32	22.007
GA Hick	1983/84-2006	487	38451	52.67	65	3383	31.32	21.348
NV Knight	1991-2006	226	15410	45.19	17	719	23.96	21.223
VJ Scott	1937/38-1952/53	80	5620	49.73	10	458	28.62	21.109
AF Kippax	1918/19-1935/36	175	12762	57.22	22	1192	36.12	21.107
A Chopra	1997/98-2005/06	92	6117	44.00	10	437	23.00	21.007
J Arun Lal	1974/75-1995/96	156	10421	46.94	16	729	26.03	20.905
W Mathias	1953/54-1976/77	146	7520	44.49	21	783	23.72	20.769

Biggest difference of a higher Test average than a First-class average (qualification: 10 Tests)
Player	Span	FC	Runs	Ave	Tests	Runs	Ave	Diff
AG Fairfax	1928/29-1934	56	1910	28.93	10	410	51.25	22.310
MEK Hussey	1994/95-2005/06	187	16452	53.94	11	1139	75.93	21.992
CF Walters	1923-1935	245	12145	30.74	11	784	52.26	21.519
CS Dempster	1921/22-1947/48	184	12145	44.98	10	723	65.72	20.745
E Paynter	1926-1945	352	20075	42.26	20	1540	59.23	16.967
PJ Sharpe	1956-1976	493	22530	30.73	12	786	46.23	15.498
CAG Russell	1908-1930	437	27354	41.57	10	910	56.87	15.303
FS Jackson	1890-1893	309	15901	33.83	20	1415	48.79	14.961
A Melville	1928/29-1948/49	190	10598	37.85	11	894	52.58	14.738
KF Barrington	1953-1968	533	31714	45.63	82	6806	58.67	13.040
Shoaib Malik	1997/98-2005/06	66	2340	26.89	15	798	39.89	13.003
CA Davis	1960/61-1975/76	90	5538	41.32	15	1301	54.20	12.879
RR Jumadeen	1967/68-1980/81	99	604	8.50	12	84	21.00	12.492
KC Bland	1956/57-1973/74	131	7249	37.95	21	1669	49.08	11.135
HJH Marshall	1998/99-2005/06	64	2695	27.78	13	652	38.35	10.569
AJ Watkins	1939-1963	484	20361	30.57	15	810	40.50	9.927
ME Trescothick	1993-2006	199	11738	35.78	69	5502	45.47	9.684
GE Tyldesley	1909-1936	648	38874	45.46	14	990	55.00	9.533
AW Greig	1965/66-1978	350	16660	31.19	58	3599	40.43	9.239
SG Barnes	1936/37-1952/53	110	8333	54.11	13	1072	63.05	8.948

Highest proportion of Test runs as FC runs (qualification: 10 Tests)
Player	Span	FC	Runs	Ave	Tests	Runs	Ave	%
FH Edwards	2001/02-2005/06	37	161	4.35	23	114	4.22	70.80
Mohammad Yousuf	1996/97-2005/06	104	7342	47.36	66	5106	50.55	69.54
Mohammad Rafique	2000/01-2005/06	47	1464	20.33	26	982	21.82	67.07
B Lee	1994/95-2005/06	89	1579	18.57	54	1033	21.08	65.42
GD McGrath	1992/93-2005/06	184	967	7.86	119	631	7.51	65.25
DL Vettori	1996/97-2005/06	113	3200	24.24	70	2074	24.69	64.81
Habibul Bashar	1997/98-2005/06	72	4616	35.23	42	2838	34.60	61.48
WPUJC Vaas	1990/91-2006	158	3783	22.38	90	2251	21.23	59.50
GC Smith	1999/00-2005/06	82	6589	49.91	47	3760	48.83	57.06
JH Kallis	1993/94-2005/06	187	14047	53.61	101	8011	56.41	57.02
KC Sangakkara	1997/98-2006	128	7461	39.68	57	4225	47.47	56.62
SR Tendulkar	1988/89-2005/06	228	18872	59.72	132	10469	55.39	55.47
IK Pathan	2000/01-2005/06	59	1476	25.01	24	816	28.13	55.28
JN Gillespie	1994/95-2006	130	2205	17.50	71	1218	18.73	55.23
M Dillon	1996/97-2005/06	87	995	8.15	38	549	8.44	55.17
M Muralitharan	1989/90-2006	194	1929	11.41	103	1056	12.27	54.74
MV Boucher	1995/96-2005/06	149	6374	34.26	93	3390	30.00	53.18
BC Lara	1987/88-2005/06	252	21312	51.60	124	11294	53.02	52.99
NJ Astle	1991/92-2005/06	158	8671	38.03	78	4585	37.89	52.87
AC Gilchrist	1992/93-2005/06	176	9759	44.97	85	5124	48.79	52.50

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1800: South Africa v New Zealand at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Apr 27-May 1, 2006
• ODI # 2369: West Indies v Zimbabwe at St John's, 2nd ODI, Apr 30, 2006