Two’s Company

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Nichael Bluth in Scorer's Notes

Recently, one of our number wrote a piece looking at the shitfest that is Cricinfo’s most recent redesign. For those who find Matt L’s egregious use of punctuation too much to cope with, we can summarise it thus: Cricinfo has gone to shit. In fact, it’s gone even more to shit than that time we proclaimed it to have died back in 2014. In terms of shitting on its legacy, it’s up there with the Simpsons, the last series of Dexter and Jonathan Trott’s spell opening the batting for England in the West Indies.

But despite descending towards the zero degrees Kelvin of website design at a frightening rate, there remains one bit of goodness on Cricinfo: Statsguru, the greatest cricket statistics tool of them all and one thankfully untouched by the site redesigns of the past few years. With a combination of a little skill and a lot of patience, it remains possible to extract huge quantities of data. And so it came to pass that on a particularly slow day, we decided to extract the entire history of Test cricket into a rather nifty little database.

The actual reason we did this seems to have got lost in the gin haze of the day. Perhaps it was because we were bored, or perhaps because we wanted to expand on our concept of contribution once again (although given that there are two years and 50 weeks until the next article in the series is due, that seems unlikely). Or maybe it was because some of us are desperately sad individuals, trying to paper over the huge cracks of our sorry lives with big spreadsheets. Either way, the important thing is that we did it and, given the chance, we’d do it again.

Of course, having built such a wondrous database, the obvious question is around what we planned to do with it. The obvious answer is, of course, some basket analysis, to determine who, in any of the great cricketing pairs, was actually the best.

To take a step back, basket analysis is all about things happening in combination. It’s often used by companies to look at shopping baskets and see which products are purchased together so that they can make appropriate offers for that customer. In its simplest form, it’s suggesting batteries when someone buys a torch.

In cricketing terms, the idea is different but still fairly simple – for every match that a given player plays, we can also look at the records of the players that played alongside them. We can then sum up all the results for specific pairs, giving us the chance to make genuinely even comparisons, given that we’re looking at matches that the two played together, against the same opposition in the same conditions. Hence we can definitively state which of any pair of players is better, and no-one can ever disagree.

This is probably best explained with an example, so we’ll use legendary Pakistani bowling pair Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram. Both of them have a fairly decent record with the ball: Waqar played 87 matches and took 373 wickets at 23.56, Wasim 104 matches and 414 wickets at 23.62. But in matches that the two of them played together, 61 of them, Waqar took 277 wickets at 22.93 and Wasim 282 at 21.33. Thus we can say, without any doubt, that Wasim Akram was slightly better than Waqar Younis.

And so, with the concept explained, we can get to producing tables of results, allowing the reader (singular) to look at the top partnerships in the history of Test cricket. So don’t except to find Ian Salisbury and Chris Lewis in there.

Bowling partnerships

Without any further ado, here’s the table. The best way to use it is actually just to type names at random into the search box. Try typing in SI Mahmood and see what you find!

Player One	Player Two	Country	Matches Played	Player One Wickets Taken	Player One Bowling Average	Player Two Wickets Taken	Player Two Bowling Average	Better Bowler
GD McGrath	SK Warne	Australia	104	488	21.38	513	24.87	SK Warne
JM Anderson	SCJ Broad	England	97	399	25.56	349	28.90	JM Anderson
M Muralitharan	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	95	586	22.05	309	28.01	M Muralitharan
CA Walsh	CEL Ambrose	West Indies	95	373	24.30	389	21.11	CEL Ambrose
JH Kallis	SM Pollock	South Africa	93	170	33.48	377	22.61	SM Pollock
JH Kallis	M Ntini	South Africa	93	188	32.57	350	29.31	M Ntini
M Muralitharan	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	90	584	20.88	83	34.33	M Muralitharan
CA Walsh	CL Hooper	West Indies	83	315	25.70	95	47.52	CA Walsh
ST Jayasuriya	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	81	84	30.85	265	29.64	WPUJC Vaas
N Kapil Dev	RJ Shastri	India	79	243	31.73	151	40.66	N Kapil Dev
CEL Ambrose	CL Hooper	West Indies	70	291	21.95	76	47.60	CEL Ambrose
DW Steyn	JH Kallis	South Africa	65	335	22.57	89	36.34	DW Steyn
M Ntini	SM Pollock	South Africa	63	255	27.67	235	24.70	M Ntini
DW Steyn	M Morkel	South Africa	61	303	22.27	213	28.61	DW Steyn
Waqar Younis	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	61	277	22.92	282	21.33	Wasim Akram
GS Sobers	LR Gibbs	West Indies	60	181	32.60	237	29.00	LR Gibbs
IT Botham	RGD Willis	England	60	254	25.67	222	24.62	IT Botham
Harbhajan Singh	Z Khan	India	59	268	30.37	206	30.14	Harbhajan Singh
CS Martin	DL Vettori	New Zealand	58	186	35.61	177	37.49	CS Martin
GD McGrath	JN Gillespie	Australia	58	274	20.52	210	26.27	GD McGrath
GP Swann	JM Anderson	England	56	236	29.80	219	28.56	GP Swann
A Kumble	Harbhajan Singh	India	54	281	28.36	220	32.60	A Kumble
JN Gillespie	SK Warne	Australia	53	176	28.57	269	25.78	SK Warne
A Kumble	J Srinath	India	52	225	27.94	187	29.30	A Kumble
Abdul Qadir	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan	51	190	32.75	50	33.82	Abdul Qadir
KR Miller	RR Lindwall	Australia	51	150	23.68	195	22.47	RR Lindwall
JH Kallis	M Morkel	South Africa	51	68	36.26	174	30.37	M Morkel
GP Swann	SCJ Broad	England	50	223	29.39	183	29.22	GP Swann
AW Greig	DL Underwood	England	49	119	31.41	161	28.09	DL Underwood
A Flintoff	MJ Hoggard	England	49	167	30.06	200	28.32	MJ Hoggard
GS Sobers	WW Hall	West Indies	48	144	31.94	192	26.38	WW Hall
AA Donald	SM Pollock	South Africa	47	208	22.01	189	21.65	AA Donald
B Lee	SK Warne	Australia	45	175	30.61	246	24.88	SK Warne
MJ Hoggard	SJ Harmison	England	45	166	30.27	174	30.93	SJ Harmison
B Lee	GD McGrath	Australia	45	177	29.63	194	21.37	GD McGrath
L Klusener	SM Pollock	South Africa	45	67	39.70	195	19.68	SM Pollock
Abdul Qadir	Imran Khan	Pakistan	44	135	37.28	197	19.13	Imran Khan
MG Johnson	SR Watson	Australia	43	187	27.65	62	29.90	MG Johnson
BS Bedi	EAS Prasanna	India	43	169	29.04	162	31.03	BS Bedi
A Flintoff	SJ Harmison	England	43	142	31.55	150	32.56	SJ Harmison
ER Dexter	FS Trueman	England	43	54	28.96	202	22.09	FS Trueman
AA Donald	JH Kallis	South Africa	43	192	21.39	83	28.78	AA Donald
IT Botham	JE Emburey	England	43	164	27.39	111	33.25	IT Botham
IWG Johnson	KR Miller	Australia	43	106	29.28	135	24.04	KR Miller
A Kumble	Z Khan	India	43	200	31.07	132	35.79	A Kumble
CA Walsh	MD Marshall	West Indies	42	137	26.64	201	19.65	MD Marshall
BS Bedi	BS Chandrasekhar	India	42	184	27.22	184	28.70	Equal
BL Cairns	Sir RJ Hadlee	New Zealand	42	130	32.58	207	22.02	Sir RJ Hadlee
JH Kallis	L Klusener	South Africa	42	78	30.65	60	41.28	JH Kallis
JH Kallis	N Boje	South Africa	41	81	34.70	95	40.65	N Boje
CA Walsh	IR Bishop	West Indies	41	148	25.94	149	24.87	IR Bishop
IWG Johnson	RR Lindwall	Australia	41	95	30.84	138	24.57	RR Lindwall
TA Boult	TG Southee	New Zealand	41	165	27.74	156	29.35	TA Boult
MM Ali	SCJ Broad	England	41	120	37.00	147	26.10	SCJ Broad
AK Davidson	R Benaud	Australia	41	177	20.57	169	27.37	AK Davidson
A Flintoff	AF Giles	England	40	137	29.38	106	41.55	A Flintoff
J Garner	MA Holding	West Indies	40	170	20.42	161	23.60	J Garner
Mushtaq Ahmed	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	40	139	30.84	177	23.29	Waqar Younis
CL Cairns	DL Vettori	New Zealand	40	143	26.62	127	36.07	CL Cairns
PR Adams	SM Pollock	South Africa	39	105	35.02	151	21.55	SM Pollock
EJ Chatfield	Sir RJ Hadlee	New Zealand	39	115	32.33	195	21.29	Sir RJ Hadlee
AF Giles	MJ Hoggard	England	39	99	39.51	156	29.01	MJ Hoggard
CEL Ambrose	IR Bishop	West Indies	39	154	21.62	150	23.65	CEL Ambrose
MG Johnson	PM Siddle	Australia	38	175	26.34	120	31.59	MG Johnson
Mushtaq Ahmed	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	38	128	32.60	185	19.75	Wasim Akram
KR Miller	WA Johnston	Australia	38	116	22.40	147	23.36	WA Johnston
LR Gibbs	WW Hall	West Indies	37	161	25.92	136	27.18	LR Gibbs
JH Kallis	PL Harris	South Africa	37	61	33.26	103	37.87	PL Harris
DL Underwood	RGD Willis	England	37	120	31.24	123	27.03	RGD Willis
RR Lindwall	WA Johnston	Australia	37	149	22.16	146	23.68	RR Lindwall
IT Botham	PH Edmonds	England	37	140	25.97	79	33.81	IT Botham
JG Bracewell	Sir RJ Hadlee	New Zealand	37	95	34.77	208	19.94	Sir RJ Hadlee
M Ntini	N Boje	South Africa	37	142	27.47	79	47.96	M Ntini
NM Lyon	PM Siddle	Australia	36	130	34.12	119	29.28	NM Lyon
M Morkel	VD Philander	South Africa	36	114	29.36	133	23.28	VD Philander
BS Bedi	S Venkataraghavan	India	36	139	29.23	98	35.68	BS Bedi
J Garner	MD Marshall	West Indies	36	152	21.38	170	22.02	MD Marshall
MS Kasprowicz	SK Warne	Australia	36	109	32.71	186	27.50	SK Warne
BA Stokes	SCJ Broad	England	36	85	35.74	125	27.77	SCJ Broad
JM Anderson	MM Ali	England	36	159	20.11	101	38.17	JM Anderson
Saqlain Mushtaq	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	36	156	27.76	109	29.45	Saqlain Mushtaq
Maninder Singh	N Kapil Dev	India	35	88	37.36	106	29.78	N Kapil Dev
DW Steyn	VD Philander	South Africa	35	158	21.31	135	22.09	DW Steyn
Imran Khan	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan	35	155	25.18	120	31.42	Imran Khan
Harbhajan Singh	I Sharma	India	35	131	35.42	112	33.78	Harbhajan Singh
N Boje	SM Pollock	South Africa	35	91	36.52	134	24.11	SM Pollock
FS Trueman	JB Statham	England	35	143	25.76	141	25.71	FS Trueman
CJ McDermott	SK Warne	Australia	35	141	29.11	166	22.48	SK Warne
DW Steyn	M Ntini	South Africa	34	172	23.97	122	30.86	DW Steyn
JH Kallis	PR Adams	South Africa	34	67	33.94	92	36.76	PR Adams
JB Statham	TE Bailey	England	34	119	24.89	67	29.74	JB Statham
MA Starc	NM Lyon	Australia	34	139	28.71	122	36.00	MA Starc
N Kapil Dev	NS Yadav	India	34	107	26.83	98	35.65	N Kapil Dev
Imran Khan	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	34	115	23.18	124	25.33	Wasim Akram
BA Stokes	MM Ali	England	34	80	32.72	106	36.49	MM Ali
A Nel	M Ntini	South Africa	34	116	32.18	146	28.57	M Ntini
R Ashwin	UT Yadav	India	33	195	26.01	89	36.91	R Ashwin
A Nel	JH Kallis	South Africa	33	113	31.46	59	34.52	A Nel
DR Doshi	N Kapil Dev	India	33	114	30.71	137	28.29	N Kapil Dev
MA Holding	MD Marshall	West Indies	33	129	25.27	162	20.77	MD Marshall
PR Reiffel	SK Warne	Australia	33	97	27.47	158	22.78	SK Warne
AW Greig	CM Old	England	33	77	29.83	102	29.72	CM Old
HMRKB Herath	RAS Lakmal	Sri Lanka	33	177	25.81	75	45.26	HMRKB Herath
FMM Worrell	S Ramadhin	West Indies	32	51	36.92	114	32.38	S Ramadhin
DW Steyn	PL Harris	South Africa	32	177	21.98	87	39.64	DW Steyn
I Sharma	R Ashwin	India	32	68	40.91	168	27.03	R Ashwin
DL Vettori	JDP Oram	New Zealand	32	103	32.87	60	31.43	DL Vettori
AA Donald	BM McMillan	South Africa	32	155	21.91	60	35.01	AA Donald
G Miller	RGD Willis	England	32	59	30.16	107	25.89	RGD Willis
M Prabhakar	N Kapil Dev	India	32	92	36.60	86	32.91	M Prabhakar
BA Stokes	JM Anderson	England	32	72	38.38	131	22.91	JM Anderson
AF Giles	SJ Harmison	England	31	70	45.02	125	28.69	SJ Harmison
AA Donald	L Klusener	South Africa	31	143	20.37	56	35.26	AA Donald
MG Johnson	NM Lyon	Australia	31	132	26.61	109	33.39	MG Johnson
JR Hazlewood	NM Lyon	Australia	31	118	25.75	125	31.31	NM Lyon
I Sharma	Z Khan	India	31	88	39.35	123	30.70	Z Khan
JM Anderson	MS Panesar	England	31	117	30.29	98	36.82	JM Anderson
AW Greig	GG Arnold	England	31	88	29.52	107	28.75	GG Arnold
JA Snow	R Illingworth	England	31	127	27.21	78	26.34	JA Snow
JC Laker	TE Bailey	England	31	134	19.07	61	27.67	JC Laker
GP Wickramasinghe	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	30	56	44.78	146	27.82	M Muralitharan
GR Dilley	JE Emburey	England	30	113	28.25	50	49.98	GR Dilley
Abdul Razzaq	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan	30	74	34.39	132	32.03	Danish Kaneria
AR Caddick	D Gough	England	30	106	29.14	127	25.79	D Gough
AME Roberts	MA Holding	West Indies	30	117	25.22	116	26.09	AME Roberts
B Lee	JN Gillespie	Australia	30	105	36.95	107	27.73	JN Gillespie
MA Noble	WW Armstrong	Australia	30	76	25.85	50	33.32	MA Noble
CRD Fernando	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	30	78	34.82	172	22.81	M Muralitharan
Maninder Singh	RJ Shastri	India	30	78	35.23	54	39.53	Maninder Singh
R Benaud	RR Lindwall	Australia	30	101	25.56	110	25.11	RR Lindwall
AL Valentine	S Ramadhin	West Indies	29	113	30.04	111	29.35	AL Valentine
G Miller	IT Botham	England	29	52	27.86	131	25.45	IT Botham
SCJ Broad	ST Finn	England	29	112	26.27	95	31.50	SCJ Broad
A Kumble	BKV Prasad	India	29	113	35.21	85	34.70	A Kumble
Mushtaq Mohammad	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan	29	55	28.10	106	31.36	Sarfraz Nawaz
A Kumble	IK Pathan	India	29	149	30.48	100	32.26	A Kumble
CJ McDermott	MG Hughes	Australia	29	131	26.63	110	28.73	CJ McDermott
CM Old	DL Underwood	England	29	92	28.93	98	23.43	DL Underwood
CEL Ambrose	MD Marshall	West Indies	29	128	22.91	135	19.52	MD Marshall
IWG Johnson	WA Johnston	Australia	29	76	28.10	118	21.68	WA Johnston
Imran Khan	Iqbal Qasim	Pakistan	29	121	21.83	99	29.03	Imran Khan
DL Underwood	JA Snow	England	29	102	24.31	100	29.63	DL Underwood
DG Phadkar	MH Mankad	India	29	60	33.95	93	36.93	MH Mankad
BS Chandrasekhar	EAS Prasanna	India	28	118	29.08	84	35.64	BS Chandrasekhar
DNT Zoysa	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	28	59	34.59	92	29.98	WPUJC Vaas
KD Ghavri	N Kapil Dev	India	28	79	35.73	114	25.47	N Kapil Dev
Abdul Qadir	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	28	90	31.35	98	26.15	Wasim Akram
N Wagner	TA Boult	New Zealand	28	116	28.08	117	25.85	TA Boult
CC Griffith	GS Sobers	West Indies	28	94	28.54	96	32.91	GS Sobers
DL Underwood	GG Arnold	England	27	101	23.20	95	26.00	DL Underwood
AN Connolly	GD McKenzie	Australia	27	95	29.00	99	32.54	GD McKenzie
GD McGrath	SCG MacGill	Australia	27	121	21.93	142	23.79	SCG MacGill
CC Griffith	LR Gibbs	West Indies	27	93	27.75	118	28.60	LR Gibbs
FS Trueman	GAR Lock	England	27	119	19.25	107	18.58	FS Trueman
AA Donald	PR Adams	South Africa	27	129	19.96	80	31.53	AA Donald
Shahadat Hossain	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	27	51	50.13	108	29.98	Shakib Al Hasan
JM Anderson	ST Finn	England	27	127	21.03	104	28.41	JM Anderson
HDPK Dharmasena	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	27	55	44.10	166	21.16	M Muralitharan
CEH Croft	J Garner	West Indies	26	120	23.74	112	21.24	CEH Croft
GR Dilley	IT Botham	England	26	79	30.94	76	32.51	GR Dilley
DNT Zoysa	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	26	54	32.00	169	21.14	M Muralitharan
M Ntini	PL Harris	South Africa	26	88	33.40	79	33.35	M Ntini
BS Chandrasekhar	S Venkataraghavan	India	26	122	30.09	65	39.29	BS Chandrasekhar
M Morkel	PL Harris	South Africa	26	91	32.16	64	46.54	M Morkel
CA Walsh	KCG Benjamin	West Indies	26	118	25.50	92	30.27	CA Walsh
R Ashwin	RA Jadeja	India	26	159	22.79	138	20.74	R Ashwin
DK Lillee	JR Thomson	Australia	26	119	26.26	98	28.34	DK Lillee
Sir RJ Hadlee	SL Boock	New Zealand	26	133	20.39	56	37.14	Sir RJ Hadlee
Saqlain Mushtaq	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	26	111	27.45	91	22.64	Saqlain Mushtaq
Danish Kaneria	Umar Gul	Pakistan	25	102	37.72	89	34.97	Danish Kaneria
Danish Kaneria	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	25	93	37.11	111	21.23	Shoaib Akhtar
Danish Kaneria	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	25	102	37.96	57	56.59	Danish Kaneria
CRD Fernando	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	25	69	34.56	67	34.20	CRD Fernando
B Lee	SCG MacGill	Australia	25	108	30.45	119	29.68	SCG MacGill
N Wagner	TG Southee	New Zealand	25	108	26.87	112	25.82	TG Southee
CS Martin	JEC Franklin	New Zealand	25	77	35.28	71	34.98	CS Martin
A Flintoff	JM Anderson	England	25	64	38.29	65	41.96	JM Anderson
GD McKenzie	NJN Hawke	Australia	25	116	27.64	89	28.58	GD McKenzie
DL Underwood	R Illingworth	England	24	109	21.01	53	32.33	DL Underwood
JH Wardle	TE Bailey	England	24	89	20.46	61	22.75	JH Wardle
AW Greig	RGD Willis	England	24	50	39.80	91	25.80	RGD Willis
GAR Lock	JC Laker	England	24	92	20.40	114	15.87	JC Laker
AME Roberts	J Garner	West Indies	24	92	27.67	104	21.93	J Garner
BP Patterson	CA Walsh	West Indies	24	76	33.85	92	25.06	CA Walsh
HMRKB Herath	N Pradeep	Sri Lanka	24	90	35.14	64	41.73	HMRKB Herath
GD McGrath	MS Kasprowicz	Australia	24	131	17.86	73	30.42	GD McGrath
HJ Tayfield	NAT Adcock	South Africa	24	105	24.52	95	21.54	HJ Tayfield
CC Griffith	WW Hall	West Indies	23	85	26.71	72	32.88	CC Griffith
M Muralitharan	SL Malinga	Sri Lanka	23	179	16.78	72	33.54	M Muralitharan
JN Gillespie	SCG MacGill	Australia	23	89	23.20	109	31.11	SCG MacGill
CM Old	RGD Willis	England	23	68	27.36	99	21.11	RGD Willis
Abdul Qadir	Iqbal Qasim	Pakistan	23	98	25.79	86	24.97	Abdul Qadir
MS Panesar	SCJ Broad	England	23	73	35.76	64	37.07	MS Panesar
MC Snedden	Sir RJ Hadlee	New Zealand	23	53	38.11	112	20.89	Sir RJ Hadlee
JB Statham	JH Wardle	England	22	85	21.97	90	18.07	JH Wardle
DL Vettori	IE O'Brien	New Zealand	22	80	31.85	73	33.27	DL Vettori
CEL Ambrose	KCG Benjamin	West Indies	22	105	18.74	65	32.63	CEL Ambrose
DL Vettori	JEC Franklin	New Zealand	22	88	26.13	58	35.87	DL Vettori
AV Bedser	DVP Wright	England	22	96	27.70	72	38.18	AV Bedser
GD McGrath	PR Reiffel	Australia	22	105	21.69	71	24.30	GD McGrath
AA Mallett	DK Lillee	Australia	22	66	34.06	116	22.92	DK Lillee
JR Hazlewood	MA Starc	Australia	22	97	22.58	105	24.94	MA Starc
B Lee	SR Clark	Australia	22	113	25.48	90	22.96	B Lee
DAJ Bracewell	TA Boult	New Zealand	22	58	38.10	68	33.70	TA Boult
MH Mankad	SP Gupte	India	22	70	35.55	99	26.81	SP Gupte
H Trumble	MA Noble	Australia	22	111	19.72	93	19.86	H Trumble
C Sharma	N Kapil Dev	India	22	57	37.28	62	32.80	N Kapil Dev
NS Yadav	RJ Shastri	India	22	62	37.01	51	41.33	NS Yadav
BP Patterson	MD Marshall	West Indies	21	70	29.78	96	20.65	MD Marshall
BW Hilfenhaus	PM Siddle	Australia	21	80	28.21	92	25.33	PM Siddle
Harbhajan Singh	J Srinath	India	21	84	27.58	73	28.84	Harbhajan Singh
D Gough	DG Cork	England	21	86	26.29	72	26.66	D Gough
BKV Prasad	J Srinath	India	21	68	31.73	100	29.59	J Srinath
M Hendrick	RGD Willis	England	21	62	23.58	88	22.47	RGD Willis
CA Walsh	WKM Benjamin	West Indies	21	71	26.28	61	27.01	CA Walsh
PM Pollock	TL Goddard	South Africa	21	76	27.53	59	25.37	PM Pollock
AA Mailey	JM Gregory	Australia	21	99	33.91	73	31.83	AA Mailey
KD Boyce	LR Gibbs	West Indies	21	60	30.01	70	32.11	LR Gibbs
GD McKenzie	JW Gleeson	Australia	21	73	35.95	73	36.46	Equal
GP Swann	TT Bresnan	England	21	85	31.87	69	31.11	GP Swann
HH Streak	PA Strang	Zimbabwe	21	81	26.02	60	35.95	HH Streak
AN Connolly	JW Gleeson	Australia	21	85	28.05	78	34.29	AN Connolly
Fazal Mahmood	Mahmood Hussain	Pakistan	21	90	23.18	58	35.27	Fazal Mahmood
GF Lawson	TM Alderman	Australia	20	78	31.10	88	27.18	TM Alderman
GA Faulkner	RO Schwarz	South Africa	20	60	28.30	55	25.76	GA Faulkner
FJ Titmus	FS Trueman	England	20	61	25.85	99	21.77	FS Trueman
CEL Ambrose	WKM Benjamin	West Indies	20	71	22.90	59	26.35	CEL Ambrose
B Yardley	JR Thomson	Australia	20	81	30.39	67	29.00	B Yardley
SL Malinga	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	20	68	31.25	68	25.02	Equal
CL Cairns	SB Doull	New Zealand	20	56	33.91	73	24.64	SB Doull
DR Hadlee	HJ Howarth	New Zealand	20	55	35.43	61	33.57	HJ Howarth
JN Gillespie	MS Kasprowicz	Australia	20	67	28.89	65	29.44	JN Gillespie
HJ Tayfield	TL Goddard	South Africa	20	92	24.96	64	27.01	HJ Tayfield
A Mishra	I Sharma	India	20	70	35.65	55	35.69	A Mishra
A Nel	SM Pollock	South Africa	20	75	31.17	68	30.63	A Nel
DK Lillee	MHN Walker	Australia	20	103	23.66	82	29.08	DK Lillee
HMRKB Herath	KTGD Prasad	Sri Lanka	20	93	30.01	65	32.56	HMRKB Herath
GAR Lock	JB Statham	England	20	54	38.05	70	25.25	JB Statham
Harbhajan Singh	IK Pathan	India	20	74	36.74	68	30.92	Harbhajan Singh
PH Edmonds	RGD Willis	England	20	51	28.35	91	18.76	RGD Willis
A Kumble	SLV Raju	India	20	102	23.94	72	29.90	A Kumble
NM Lyon	RJ Harris	Australia	20	75	32.36	84	23.80	RJ Harris
JM Anderson	TT Bresnan	England	20	77	30.37	62	32.58	JM Anderson
LR Gibbs	VA Holder	West Indies	19	56	35.44	61	32.47	VA Holder
FH Edwards	JE Taylor	West Indies	19	59	35.93	51	33.78	FH Edwards
M Morkel	M Ntini	South Africa	19	61	34.49	67	30.04	M Ntini
GP Swann	ST Finn	England	19	89	25.65	78	26.67	GP Swann
Imran Khan	Tauseef Ahmed	Pakistan	19	64	21.45	61	31.13	Imran Khan
FS Trueman	JC Laker	England	19	84	19.69	79	19.54	FS Trueman
Imran Tahir	M Morkel	South Africa	19	51	43.58	68	26.50	M Morkel
NAT Adcock	TL Goddard	South Africa	19	71	22.00	58	28.77	NAT Adcock
MS Panesar	SJ Harmison	England	19	68	33.51	64	34.64	MS Panesar
JE Taylor	SJ Benn	West Indies	19	52	35.73	62	41.19	SJ Benn
DL Vettori	PJ Wiseman	New Zealand	19	85	28.22	54	41.92	DL Vettori
CL Cairns	DJ Nash	New Zealand	19	83	23.69	59	24.00	CL Cairns
Shoaib Akhtar	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	19	68	25.13	69	25.46	Waqar Younis
IT Botham	M Hendrick	England	19	92	22.55	57	23.59	IT Botham
Intikhab Alam	Pervez Sajjad	Pakistan	19	61	30.95	59	23.89	Intikhab Alam
Saeed Ajmal	Umar Gul	Pakistan	19	110	24.29	53	37.49	Saeed Ajmal
MS Panesar	RJ Sidebottom	England	19	60	35.01	76	25.30	RJ Sidebottom
Iqbal Qasim	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan	19	51	31.90	56	28.39	Sarfraz Nawaz
PM Siddle	RJ Harris	Australia	19	55	32.00	77	24.62	RJ Harris
JB Statham	JC Laker	England	19	59	25.91	84	20.53	JC Laker
AME Roberts	CEH Croft	West Indies	18	59	33.37	88	23.11	CEH Croft
N Kapil Dev	SLV Raju	India	18	54	25.94	61	29.67	SLV Raju
MJ Hoggard	SP Jones	England	18	65	29.01	59	28.23	MJ Hoggard
Mohammed Shami	R Ashwin	India	18	67	24.89	98	26.35	R Ashwin
CM Old	GG Arnold	England	18	53	32.24	57	29.54	GG Arnold
HMRKB Herath	MDK Perera	Sri Lanka	18	128	21.60	76	32.82	HMRKB Herath
HMRKB Herath	RMS Eranga	Sri Lanka	18	91	30.45	55	37.01	HMRKB Herath
HMRKB Herath	UWMBCA Welegedara	Sri Lanka	18	84	29.33	50	40.02	HMRKB Herath
DL Vettori	SE Bond	New Zealand	18	62	24.74	87	22.09	SE Bond
DL Vettori	SB Doull	New Zealand	18	58	32.05	53	28.41	DL Vettori
Danish Kaneria	Mohammad Asif	Pakistan	18	77	34.64	89	22.88	Mohammad Asif
DAJ Bracewell	TG Southee	New Zealand	18	51	35.94	60	32.43	TG Southee
CR Miller	GD McGrath	Australia	18	69	26.15	66	24.87	CR Miller
BS Bedi	KD Ghavri	India	18	76	26.61	56	28.08	BS Bedi
JR Thomson	MHN Walker	Australia	18	90	23.88	59	34.72	JR Thomson
Junaid Khan	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	18	65	28.83	92	30.07	Saeed Ajmal
CD Collymore	FH Edwards	West Indies	18	51	33.35	56	37.46	FH Edwards
GOB Allen	H Verity	England	18	69	27.05	50	28.30	GOB Allen
Ghulam Ahmed	MH Mankad	India	18	57	29.29	85	24.20	MH Mankad
CS Martin	IE O'Brien	New Zealand	18	58	35.77	57	37.24	CS Martin
BL Cairns	EJ Chatfield	New Zealand	17	57	29.82	60	26.78	EJ Chatfield
MG Hughes	SK Warne	Australia	17	74	27.05	73	26.27	MG Hughes
BW Hilfenhaus	MG Johnson	Australia	17	55	34.65	66	33.22	MG Johnson
BP Patterson	CEL Ambrose	West Indies	17	53	34.07	82	22.08	CEL Ambrose
SK Warne	TBA May	Australia	17	105	20.11	50	34.22	SK Warne
MG Hughes	TM Alderman	Australia	17	66	26.74	84	22.08	TM Alderman
JK Lever	RGD Willis	England	17	56	25.71	66	22.18	RGD Willis
ARC Fraser	DE Malcolm	England	17	71	28.09	59	38.67	ARC Fraser
B Lee	MG Johnson	Australia	17	79	28.53	74	28.58	B Lee
SCJ Broad	TT Bresnan	England	17	74	26.44	52	33.11	SCJ Broad
CV Grimmett	TW Wall	Australia	17	83	28.90	54	35.68	CV Grimmett
Harbhajan Singh	S Sreesanth	India	17	80	31.86	53	37.81	Harbhajan Singh
MG Johnson	RJ Harris	Australia	17	96	20.71	73	22.06	MG Johnson
MJ Hoggard	MS Panesar	England	17	54	32.44	62	31.50	MS Panesar
A Flintoff	SP Jones	England	17	68	24.80	58	28.17	A Flintoff
Abdur Rehman	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	17	72	28.29	105	23.40	Saeed Ajmal
Saqlain Mushtaq	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	16	71	25.60	57	25.08	Saqlain Mushtaq
SJ Harmison	SP Jones	England	16	68	28.33	54	27.87	SJ Harmison
SCG MacGill	SK Warne	Australia	16	82	22.10	74	29.56	SCG MacGill
Mushtaq Ahmed	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	16	63	34.50	74	27.21	Saqlain Mushtaq
CEL Ambrose	FA Rose	West Indies	16	50	21.34	50	26.90	Equal
DW Fleming	GD McGrath	Australia	16	58	25.98	75	20.78	GD McGrath
MG Johnson	NM Hauritz	Australia	16	70	30.17	58	36.22	MG Johnson
E Jones	H Trumble	Australia	16	59	27.94	60	25.80	H Trumble
CEH Croft	MA Holding	West Indies	16	66	26.74	78	20.17	MA Holding
DE Malcolm	PAJ DeFreitas	England	16	52	38.11	60	29.33	PAJ DeFreitas
MD Craig	TA Boult	New Zealand	15	50	46.52	59	31.28	TA Boult
DK Lillee	TM Alderman	Australia	15	81	23.03	64	27.12	DK Lillee
M Hayward	SM Pollock	South Africa	15	50	29.88	61	21.01	SM Pollock
CV Grimmett	WJ O'Reilly	Australia	15	88	20.85	81	21.46	CV Grimmett
Wahab Riaz	Yasir Shah	Pakistan	15	50	33.62	85	31.61	Yasir Shah
AEE Vogler	GA Faulkner	South Africa	15	64	22.73	59	23.37	AEE Vogler
ARC Fraser	D Gough	England	15	55	27.47	55	31.47	Equal
E Jones	MA Noble	Australia	14	53	26.22	50	22.64	E Jones
JL Pattinson	NM Lyon	Australia	14	61	23.67	55	29.03	JL Pattinson
Iqbal Qasim	Tauseef Ahmed	Pakistan	14	72	21.73	51	25.96	Iqbal Qasim
KAJ Roach	SJ Benn	West Indies	14	51	27.15	51	35.07	Equal
CJ McDermott	GD McGrath	Australia	14	55	28.96	59	27.96	GD McGrath
S Sreesanth	Z Khan	India	14	54	33.11	65	26.13	Z Khan
AA Donald	PS de Villiers	South Africa	14	67	25.34	63	25.17	AA Donald
CA Walsh	M Dillon	West Indies	14	58	23.82	51	30.21	CA Walsh
BA Reid	CJ McDermott	Australia	14	57	24.45	52	32.05	BA Reid
DL Underwood	JK Lever	England	13	52	23.75	50	23.76	DL Underwood
RO Collinge	Sir RJ Hadlee	New Zealand	13	52	27.82	61	27.93	Sir RJ Hadlee
PP Ojha	R Ashwin	India	13	71	24.26	77	25.84	R Ashwin
HJ Tayfield	PS Heine	South Africa	13	73	22.69	56	23.78	HJ Tayfield
B Yardley	DK Lillee	Australia	13	73	24.04	59	23.91	B Yardley
H Verity	K Farnes	England	13	51	26.49	54	29.33	K Farnes
GA Lohmann	J Briggs	England	12	65	12.50	51	11.58	GA Lohmann
CV Grimmett	H Ironmonger	Australia	12	56	26.16	67	16.65	H Ironmonger
DK Lillee	LS Pascoe	Australia	11	64	18.87	51	25.58	DK Lillee

Now there are a number of things that we can take from this. For instance, Curtley Ambrose was better than Courtney Walsh, Harmison was better than Hoggard and Dilley was better than Botham who was better than Willis. Plus Stuart McGill actually outbowled Shane Warne when they played together. Like we said, there are lots of details in there to be played with. So we’ll take the option beloved of lazy websites across the world and throw it open to the reader – what interesting tidbit can you find in this table? Feel free to use the comments section below. You could email us, but there’s a pretty good chance it’ll get deleted, seeing as all we ever seem to get are messages about buying solar panels, or people in search of a fuckbuddy.

Batting partnerships

Batting is slightly more complicated – there are a number of examples of bowlers scoring a decent number of runs just by playing with the same player a lot – think Alastair Cook and Jimmy Anderson. Hence we’ve filtered this table on the top 500 run-scoring combinations. (That’s not together at the crease, just in the same matches – even we have a limit on how much time we can be bothered to waste).

Player One	Player Two	Country	Matches Played	Player One Runs Scored	Player One Batting Average	Player Two Runs Scored	Player Two Batting Average	Better Batsman
R Dravid	SR Tendulkar	India	146	11894	52.62	12586	56.18	SR Tendulkar
DPMD Jayawardene	KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	126	10372	51.60	11547	57.73	KC Sangakkara
R Dravid	VVS Laxman	India	132	10607	51.49	8529	45.12	R Dravid
SR Tendulkar	VVS Laxman	India	120	9851	52.39	7988	46.98	SR Tendulkar
GC Smith	JH Kallis	South Africa	105	8378	48.70	9242	59.62	JH Kallis
R Dravid	SC Ganguly	India	113	9142	53.15	7212	42.17	R Dravid
JH Kallis	MV Boucher	South Africa	136	11252	58.60	4970	29.40	JH Kallis
ML Hayden	RT Ponting	Australia	90	7910	54.17	8129	60.66	RT Ponting
AN Cook	IR Bell	England	106	8566	46.80	6920	42.71	AN Cook
SC Ganguly	SR Tendulkar	India	103	6353	40.72	9043	57.23	SR Tendulkar
R Dravid	V Sehwag	India	92	7466	52.95	7785	50.55	V Sehwag
AN Cook	KP Pietersen	England	95	7694	48.08	7461	47.82	AN Cook
SR Tendulkar	V Sehwag	India	93	7125	50.89	7785	49.90	V Sehwag
ME Waugh	SR Waugh	Australia	108	6698	41.09	7628	54.87	SR Waugh
AB de Villiers	HM Amla	South Africa	89	6637	51.05	7319	52.27	HM Amla
JL Langer	RT Ponting	Australia	83	6484	49.12	7460	63.76	RT Ponting
CG Greenidge	IVA Richards	West Indies	99	7013	46.44	6798	49.62	CG Greenidge
AB de Villiers	GC Smith	South Africa	88	6772	51.69	6748	46.53	AB de Villiers
V Sehwag	VVS Laxman	India	89	7710	51.40	5770	46.91	V Sehwag
DB Vengsarkar	SM Gavaskar	India	94	5872	44.48	7501	52.82	SM Gavaskar
AB de Villiers	JH Kallis	South Africa	83	6247	51.62	6998	55.98	JH Kallis
AC Gilchrist	RT Ponting	Australia	88	5120	49.23	8115	63.89	RT Ponting
CH Gayle	S Chanderpaul	West Indies	91	6492	43.57	6587	53.55	S Chanderpaul
IR Bell	KP Pietersen	England	88	6058	45.20	6985	46.56	KP Pietersen
GS Sobers	RB Kanhai	West Indies	73	7207	65.51	5825	47.35	GS Sobers
AC Gilchrist	ML Hayden	Australia	87	4946	47.10	7981	56.20	ML Hayden
AR Border	DC Boon	Australia	89	6335	51.08	6564	46.22	DC Boon
AJ Stewart	MA Atherton	England	99	6192	37.98	6508	37.18	MA Atherton
KC Sangakkara	TM Dilshan	Sri Lanka	81	7450	56.43	5188	41.50	KC Sangakkara
HH Gibbs	JH Kallis	South Africa	79	5550	43.35	7076	63.74	JH Kallis
GR Viswanath	SM Gavaskar	India	84	5341	40.15	7253	52.94	SM Gavaskar
BC Lara	S Chanderpaul	West Indies	84	6947	47.91	5634	43.67	BC Lara
JL Langer	ML Hayden	Australia	75	5640	46.61	6822	55.91	ML Hayden
MJ Clarke	RT Ponting	Australia	81	6239	51.56	6207	47.38	MJ Clarke
DPMD Jayawardene	TM Dilshan	Sri Lanka	85	7068	51.21	5255	40.42	DPMD Jayawardene
MA Taylor	SR Waugh	Australia	85	6148	43.60	6131	57.83	MA Taylor
A Kumble	SR Tendulkar	India	122	2291	17.89	9924	56.38	SR Tendulkar
AJ Strauss	KP Pietersen	England	82	5459	38.71	6665	50.11	KP Pietersen
DL Haynes	IVA Richards	West Indies	94	6056	42.95	6055	48.05	DL Haynes
CG Greenidge	DL Haynes	West Indies	90	6003	44.13	6090	43.81	DL Haynes
KC Sangakkara	TT Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	78	6528	52.22	5359	50.08	KC Sangakkara
DPMD Jayawardene	TT Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	80	6390	49.92	5404	48.68	DPMD Jayawardene
MEK Hussey	RT Ponting	Australia	74	5816	50.13	5969	48.13	RT Ponting
HM Amla	JH Kallis	South Africa	68	5731	53.06	5905	56.77	JH Kallis
GC Smith	HM Amla	South Africa	73	5457	45.09	6099	52.57	HM Amla
AN Cook	SCJ Broad	England	109	8736	47.22	2820	21.04	AN Cook
IA Healy	MA Taylor	Australia	103	4004	30.33	7493	43.56	MA Taylor
MA Taylor	ME Waugh	Australia	84	5700	41.00	5740	44.49	ME Waugh
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	68	5322	52.17	6098	58.07	Mohammad Yousuf
MEK Hussey	MJ Clarke	Australia	71	5479	49.80	5941	56.04	MJ Clarke
AC Gilchrist	JL Langer	Australia	81	4834	48.34	6391	48.78	JL Langer
GC Smith	MV Boucher	South Africa	92	7706	52.06	3452	30.82	GC Smith
AJ Strauss	AN Cook	England	78	5145	38.97	5935	46.36	AN Cook
Misbah-ul-Haq	Younis Khan	Pakistan	67	4847	48.47	6042	55.94	Younis Khan
IA Healy	SR Waugh	Australia	101	3713	27.30	7149	54.99	SR Waugh
DI Gower	IT Botham	England	87	6061	43.29	4755	35.48	DI Gower
MS Atapattu	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	80	5151	41.54	5651	43.13	ST Jayasuriya
DPMD Jayawardene	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	77	5599	47.44	5195	41.56	DPMD Jayawardene
A Kumble	R Dravid	India	107	2179	18.15	8570	52.57	R Dravid
G Kirsten	JH Kallis	South Africa	73	5324	47.11	5412	53.58	JH Kallis
JH Kallis	SM Pollock	South Africa	93	7486	55.45	3181	30.88	JH Kallis
DL Haynes	RB Richardson	West Indies	75	5233	45.11	5422	45.94	RB Richardson
DI Gower	GA Gooch	England	71	5284	46.76	5367	43.63	GA Gooch
SC Ganguly	VVS Laxman	India	87	5027	38.08	5546	45.83	VVS Laxman
DC Boon	SR Waugh	Australia	79	5637	44.73	4929	50.81	DC Boon
DB Vengsarkar	N Kapil Dev	India	104	6348	44.39	4186	30.55	DB Vengsarkar
N Kapil Dev	SM Gavaskar	India	87	3602	31.87	6883	52.54	SM Gavaskar
DC Boon	MA Taylor	Australia	71	5064	47.32	5401	45.00	MA Taylor
CH Lloyd	IVA Richards	West Indies	70	5047	53.69	5332	52.79	IVA Richards
ME Waugh	MJ Slater	Australia	74	5065	46.46	5312	42.83	MJ Slater
GS Chappell	RW Marsh	Australia	86	7044	53.77	3322	28.15	GS Chappell
AN Cook	MJ Prior	England	79	6163	45.99	4099	40.18	AN Cook
DPMD Jayawardene	MS Atapattu	Sri Lanka	76	5473	47.59	4699	40.50	DPMD Jayawardene
DCS Compton	L Hutton	England	62	4361	48.45	5799	61.04	L Hutton
RT Ponting	SR Waugh	Australia	70	5377	56.01	4719	53.62	RT Ponting
MJ Slater	SR Waugh	Australia	67	4640	41.06	5367	66.25	SR Waugh
CH Gayle	RR Sarwan	West Indies	70	5037	42.32	4963	42.78	CH Gayle
A Ranatunga	PA de Silva	Sri Lanka	81	4414	36.47	5504	43.33	PA de Silva
AN Cook	JM Anderson	England	116	8886	45.10	1031	9.91	AN Cook
BB McCullum	LRPL Taylor	New Zealand	69	4677	39.30	5232	45.49	LRPL Taylor
Javed Miandad	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan	75	5742	59.81	4098	38.66	Javed Miandad
AN Cook	JE Root	England	60	4512	42.16	5323	53.76	JE Root
SM Gavaskar	SMH Kirmani	India	88	6997	51.07	2759	27.04	SM Gavaskar
RR Sarwan	S Chanderpaul	West Indies	68	4664	40.91	5091	50.91	S Chanderpaul
IA Healy	ME Waugh	Australia	93	3636	29.56	6090	42.00	ME Waugh
Harbhajan Singh	R Dravid	India	95	2069	18.14	7555	51.74	R Dravid
AJ Strauss	IR Bell	England	74	4673	36.50	4909	45.45	IR Bell
DA Warner	SPD Smith	Australia	49	4523	49.70	5038	65.42	SPD Smith
JL Langer	SR Waugh	Australia	69	4914	45.08	4641	52.14	JL Langer
DPMD Jayawardene	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	87	6995	52.59	2535	26.96	DPMD Jayawardene
M Azharuddin	SR Tendulkar	India	69	4303	44.36	5218	53.79	SR Tendulkar
AJ Stewart	N Hussain	England	79	4981	39.84	4531	35.96	AJ Stewart
NJ Astle	SP Fleming	New Zealand	78	4466	36.30	4912	38.98	SP Fleming
M Amarnath	SM Gavaskar	India	64	4266	44.90	5084	50.84	SM Gavaskar
RT Ponting	SK Warne	Australia	85	7242	58.87	2085	20.24	RT Ponting
BC Lara	CL Hooper	West Indies	64	5202	47.72	4070	40.70	BC Lara
GP Thorpe	MA Atherton	England	67	4457	41.65	4784	40.20	MA Atherton
MS Dhoni	SR Tendulkar	India	70	3892	41.84	5342	50.39	SR Tendulkar
BC Lara	RR Sarwan	West Indies	56	5509	54.54	3695	37.70	BC Lara
KP Pietersen	PD Collingwood	England	63	5073	48.77	4128	43.00	KP Pietersen
Harbhajan Singh	SR Tendulkar	India	86	1849	18.12	7318	56.72	SR Tendulkar
HH Gibbs	MV Boucher	South Africa	82	5869	44.80	3180	31.48	HH Gibbs
Imran Khan	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	78	3369	39.63	5669	53.48	Javed Miandad
DPMD Jayawardene	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	96	8091	56.18	908	11.79	DPMD Jayawardene
DR Martyn	ML Hayden	Australia	58	3941	48.65	5022	51.77	ML Hayden
Mohammad Yousuf	Younis Khan	Pakistan	52	4559	54.27	4364	50.74	Mohammad Yousuf
AN Cook	PD Collingwood	England	62	4993	48.47	3901	41.94	AN Cook
G Kirsten	HH Gibbs	South Africa	54	4338	51.64	4541	51.02	HH Gibbs
AD Mathews	KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	49	3534	52.74	5279	63.60	KC Sangakkara
AR Border	KJ Hughes	Australia	64	4619	48.62	4166	38.93	AR Border
RT Ponting	SM Katich	Australia	52	4884	54.87	3896	45.30	RT Ponting
TM Dilshan	TT Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	63	4336	43.79	4417	48.01	TT Samaraweera
KC Sangakkara	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	58	5065	56.27	3673	38.66	KC Sangakkara
CG Greenidge	CH Lloyd	West Indies	59	4460	50.11	4274	53.42	CG Greenidge
BC Lara	CH Gayle	West Indies	52	5154	57.26	3537	38.44	BC Lara
DR Martyn	RT Ponting	Australia	53	3405	47.29	5262	65.77	RT Ponting
SK Warne	SR Waugh	Australia	96	2038	16.98	6592	52.31	SR Waugh
JH Kallis	M Ntini	South Africa	93	7936	58.35	637	9.50	JH Kallis
Azhar Ali	Younis Khan	Pakistan	51	4219	46.87	4343	52.96	Younis Khan
AJ Stewart	GP Thorpe	England	67	4310	39.90	4246	40.43	AJ Stewart
AG Prince	JH Kallis	South Africa	62	3343	41.78	5200	59.09	JH Kallis
IM Chappell	IR Redpath	Australia	56	4248	44.25	4281	44.59	IR Redpath
KS Williamson	LRPL Taylor	New Zealand	54	4698	54.00	3816	47.11	KS Williamson
ME Waugh	SK Warne	Australia	103	6391	40.96	2116	16.40	ME Waugh
DL Haynes	PJL Dujon	West Indies	80	5232	41.85	3255	31.60	DL Haynes
KP Pietersen	MJ Prior	England	68	4986	45.74	3472	40.37	KP Pietersen
DR Martyn	JL Langer	Australia	57	3879	47.88	4537	48.26	JL Langer
ME Trescothick	MP Vaughan	England	56	4419	46.51	3973	42.72	ME Trescothick
Azhar Ali	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	52	4611	50.67	3738	49.84	Azhar Ali
Javed Miandad	Saleem Malik	Pakistan	67	4936	57.39	3393	44.64	Javed Miandad
DC Boon	IA Healy	Australia	78	5521	45.25	2803	27.21	DC Boon
KF Barrington	MC Cowdrey	England	55	4107	53.33	4145	50.54	MC Cowdrey
DJ Cullinan	G Kirsten	South Africa	63	4168	44.81	4083	40.42	DJ Cullinan
JG Wright	MD Crowe	New Zealand	58	4046	40.46	4204	46.71	MD Crowe
MS Dhoni	R Dravid	India	64	3283	36.47	4910	48.61	R Dravid
ER Dexter	KF Barrington	England	52	3731	46.63	4457	60.22	KF Barrington
AN Cook	IJL Trott	England	52	4329	49.19	3835	44.08	AN Cook
AR Border	SR Waugh	Australia	65	4650	52.24	3495	43.68	AR Border
MS Dhoni	V Sehwag	India	60	3444	41.49	4701	46.08	V Sehwag
AG Prince	GC Smith	South Africa	61	3171	40.13	4951	49.51	GC Smith
CG Greenidge	PJL Dujon	West Indies	73	5041	45.41	3070	33.36	CG Greenidge
B Lee	RT Ponting	Australia	72	1404	20.95	6704	63.24	RT Ponting
AJ Lamb	DI Gower	England	61	3566	36.02	4478	45.69	DI Gower
IVA Richards	RB Richardson	West Indies	57	3679	46.56	4352	49.45	RB Richardson
AB de Villiers	MV Boucher	South Africa	70	5303	50.99	2716	30.17	AB de Villiers
Javed Miandad	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	55	4293	60.46	3687	49.82	Javed Miandad
A Flower	GW Flower	Zimbabwe	61	4644	51.03	3336	31.17	A Flower
BJ Haddin	MJ Clarke	Australia	62	3117	33.51	4855	49.04	MJ Clarke
IR Bell	MJ Prior	England	67	4611	46.57	3354	37.68	IR Bell
G Gambhir	V Sehwag	India	51	3971	46.71	3993	46.43	V Sehwag
AJ Strauss	PD Collingwood	England	60	4273	41.89	3681	40.45	AJ Strauss
CC Hunte	GS Sobers	West Indies	44	3245	45.06	4696	73.37	GS Sobers
MA Butcher	N Hussain	England	61	3804	35.88	4135	41.35	N Hussain
Asad Shafiq	Younis Khan	Pakistan	53	3311	40.87	4571	52.54	Younis Khan
HH Gibbs	SM Pollock	South Africa	72	5380	46.37	2464	33.75	HH Gibbs
AC Gilchrist	DR Martyn	Australia	60	3747	49.30	4089	48.67	DR Martyn
PA de Silva	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	55	4303	51.84	3522	41.43	PA de Silva
G Kirsten	SM Pollock	South Africa	76	5241	45.18	2580	32.65	G Kirsten
IVA Richards	PJL Dujon	West Indies	76	4537	43.20	3262	34.33	IVA Richards
HAPW Jayawardene	KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	55	2086	30.23	5696	69.46	KC Sangakkara
DB Vengsarkar	RJ Shastri	India	68	4349	47.79	3403	37.81	DB Vengsarkar
G Gambhir	SR Tendulkar	India	51	3869	44.47	3876	49.06	SR Tendulkar
AR Border	MA Taylor	Australia	54	3456	49.37	4275	46.97	MA Taylor
GC Smith	HH Gibbs	South Africa	51	4084	48.04	3624	44.19	GC Smith
CA Pujara	V Kohli	India	47	3943	55.53	3759	53.70	CA Pujara
AB de Villiers	AG Prince	South Africa	59	4219	47.94	3480	45.19	AB de Villiers
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Younis Khan	Pakistan	46	3910	55.85	3753	49.38	Inzamam-ul-Haq
KC Sangakkara	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	70	5440	50.37	2214	28.02	KC Sangakkara
CG Greenidge	RB Richardson	West Indies	56	3543	39.80	4109	47.77	RB Richardson
ML Hayden	SK Warne	Australia	69	5932	51.58	1685	18.72	ML Hayden
DW Steyn	HM Amla	South Africa	81	1117	14.13	6481	52.69	HM Amla
A Kumble	SC Ganguly	India	92	1792	17.23	5794	41.98	SC Ganguly
JH Kallis	ND McKenzie	South Africa	56	4329	52.15	3246	37.74	JH Kallis
Asad Shafiq	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	52	3114	38.92	4461	49.02	Azhar Ali
IM Chappell	KD Walters	Australia	54	3772	41.45	3791	46.80	KD Walters
ST Jayasuriya	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	81	5418	40.73	2123	23.32	ST Jayasuriya
KC Sangakkara	MS Atapattu	Sri Lanka	54	4071	48.46	3460	41.68	KC Sangakkara
DL Vettori	SP Fleming	New Zealand	76	2606	28.02	4918	39.98	SP Fleming
BB McCullum	KS Williamson	New Zealand	48	3469	41.79	4037	49.23	KS Williamson
SR Tendulkar	Z Khan	India	81	6432	52.29	1060	11.52	SR Tendulkar
Harbhajan Singh	VVS Laxman	India	85	1936	19.16	5554	46.67	VVS Laxman
AR Border	DM Jones	Australia	52	3814	56.92	3631	46.55	AR Border
AB de Villiers	DW Steyn	South Africa	80	6302	55.76	1141	14.26	AB de Villiers
ML Hayden	SR Waugh	Australia	48	4366	59.80	3055	51.77	ML Hayden
GD McGrath	RT Ponting	Australia	85	453	8.88	6954	59.43	RT Ponting
MJ Clarke	SR Watson	Australia	55	3889	42.73	3518	35.89	MJ Clarke
JL Langer	SK Warne	Australia	77	5421	44.43	1984	19.84	JL Langer
Asad Shafiq	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	54	3328	40.09	4057	50.71	Misbah-ul-Haq
GP Thorpe	N Hussain	England	59	3789	44.05	3595	37.84	GP Thorpe
DC Boon	ME Waugh	Australia	54	3752	46.32	3627	44.23	DC Boon
HM Amla	M Morkel	South Africa	77	6480	54.45	895	12.43	HM Amla
D Ramdin	S Chanderpaul	West Indies	64	2508	26.40	4866	55.93	S Chanderpaul
CH Lloyd	RC Fredericks	West Indies	53	3664	41.63	3710	40.76	RC Fredericks
DB Vengsarkar	M Amarnath	India	58	3491	44.18	3881	46.20	M Amarnath
G Gambhir	R Dravid	India	45	3625	47.07	3734	52.59	R Dravid
CL Walcott	ED Weekes	West Indies	41	3477	55.19	3877	59.64	ED Weekes
DI Gower	MW Gatting	England	53	4067	47.84	3287	41.08	DI Gower
ME Waugh	RT Ponting	Australia	59	3473	41.34	3847	47.49	RT Ponting
BC Lara	RD Jacobs	West Indies	52	5075	55.16	2244	29.52	BC Lara
Harbhajan Singh	V Sehwag	India	69	1678	20.46	5634	51.21	V Sehwag
G Kirsten	MV Boucher	South Africa	67	5002	48.56	2281	28.16	G Kirsten
MS Dhoni	VVS Laxman	India	60	3170	36.86	4095	48.17	VVS Laxman
A Flower	ADR Campbell	Zimbabwe	58	4572	53.16	2656	26.29	A Flower
N Kapil Dev	RJ Shastri	India	79	3478	33.12	3712	35.01	RJ Shastri
BB McCullum	DL Vettori	New Zealand	62	3915	39.54	3274	36.78	BB McCullum
Mohammad Hafeez	Younis Khan	Pakistan	46	3231	39.88	3957	54.20	Younis Khan
B Lee	ML Hayden	Australia	68	1298	20.28	5878	54.42	ML Hayden
GA Hick	MA Atherton	England	56	2947	32.03	4221	43.07	MA Atherton
KC Sangakkara	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	77	6488	55.45	675	10.71	KC Sangakkara
G Kirsten	WJ Cronje	South Africa	59	3998	42.08	3141	35.29	G Kirsten
R Dravid	Z Khan	India	81	6038	48.30	1079	12.26	R Dravid
GD McGrath	SR Waugh	Australia	89	404	6.41	6699	59.28	SR Waugh
BF Butcher	GS Sobers	West Indies	44	3104	43.11	3974	59.31	GS Sobers
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	49	3605	50.77	3446	42.54	Inzamam-ul-Haq
DPMD Jayawardene	HAPW Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	55	4966	57.74	2075	30.97	DPMD Jayawardene
MJ Clarke	SM Katich	Australia	46	3408	47.33	3629	46.52	SM Katich
GS Chappell	IM Chappell	Australia	43	3525	57.78	3509	47.41	GS Chappell
AI Kallicharran	CH Lloyd	West Indies	53	3432	42.90	3588	44.85	CH Lloyd
DC Boon	DM Jones	Australia	48	3663	46.96	3352	45.91	DC Boon
BC Lara	JC Adams	West Indies	49	4299	52.42	2697	39.66	BC Lara
MS Atapattu	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	76	5124	43.79	1872	22.28	MS Atapattu
Shakib Al Hasan	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	47	3489	42.54	3475	39.04	Shakib Al Hasan
CC Hunte	RB Kanhai	West Indies	44	3245	45.06	3715	50.20	RB Kanhai
Mushfiqur Rahim	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	50	3092	35.95	3834	40.35	Tamim Iqbal
GC Smith	M Ntini	South Africa	76	6354	50.83	548	10.33	GC Smith
BC Lara	CA Walsh	West Indies	78	6432	48.36	465	6.03	BC Lara
DA Warner	MJ Clarke	Australia	39	3461	49.44	3419	56.04	DA Warner
A Kumble	VVS Laxman	India	84	1687	17.75	5192	44.75	VVS Laxman
SC Ganguly	V Sehwag	India	49	2617	36.85	4260	53.25	V Sehwag
GA Gooch	RA Smith	England	42	4010	53.46	2864	44.75	GA Gooch
HP Tillakaratne	PA de Silva	Sri Lanka	57	2999	38.44	3865	42.94	PA de Silva
J Srinath	SR Tendulkar	India	66	1009	14.21	5812	58.12	SR Tendulkar
DB Vengsarkar	GR Viswanath	India	58	3205	38.15	3614	42.02	GR Viswanath
IR Bell	SCJ Broad	England	74	4753	41.33	2053	21.84	IR Bell
MA Taylor	MJ Slater	Australia	44	3336	46.33	3448	45.97	MJ Slater
RB Simpson	WM Lawry	Australia	41	3550	51.44	3233	46.85	RB Simpson
BJ Watling	KS Williamson	New Zealand	46	2440	40.00	4335	60.20	KS Williamson
GP Thorpe	ME Trescothick	England	42	3140	55.08	3633	49.76	ME Trescothick
IJL Trott	IR Bell	England	47	3431	42.88	3342	49.88	IJL Trott
HP Tillakaratne	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	59	3118	43.30	3648	40.98	ST Jayasuriya
PJL Dujon	RB Richardson	West Indies	61	2226	27.82	4536	47.74	RB Richardson
GD McGrath	JL Langer	Australia	83	464	8.00	6278	47.56	JL Langer
MA Atherton	N Hussain	England	57	3511	35.46	3225	35.43	MA Atherton
DG Bradman	SJ McCabe	Australia	33	4625	102.77	2109	41.35	DG Bradman
DL Haynes	MD Marshall	West Indies	77	4921	42.05	1759	19.11	DL Haynes
IR Bell	PD Collingwood	England	51	3429	42.86	3226	40.32	IR Bell
AJ Stewart	GA Hick	England	57	3708	40.30	2928	30.18	AJ Stewart
MG Johnson	MJ Clarke	Australia	67	1872	22.28	4749	44.38	MJ Clarke
GS Chappell	KD Walters	Australia	48	3608	46.85	2988	42.08	GS Chappell
Asif Iqbal	Majid Khan	Pakistan	50	3232	41.97	3363	39.56	Majid Khan
AG Prince	HM Amla	South Africa	47	2731	45.51	3837	51.16	HM Amla
G Gambhir	VVS Laxman	India	46	3631	45.96	2928	46.47	G Gambhir
DJ Cullinan	WJ Cronje	South Africa	55	3557	43.91	3001	37.51	DJ Cullinan
AC Parore	SP Fleming	New Zealand	67	2649	28.48	3879	35.58	SP Fleming
JE Root	MM Ali	England	44	4226	59.52	2288	34.66	JE Root
DC Boon	GR Marsh	Australia	49	3695	47.37	2816	33.52	DC Boon
IR Redpath	KD Walters	Australia	41	3116	45.15	3394	52.21	KD Walters
DB Vengsarkar	SMH Kirmani	India	75	4199	38.52	2301	27.07	DB Vengsarkar
AN Cook	GP Swann	England	60	5117	51.17	1370	22.09	AN Cook
MV Boucher	SM Pollock	South Africa	88	3378	30.99	3095	33.64	MV Boucher
HMRKB Herath	KC Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	58	902	14.09	5568	56.81	KC Sangakkara
AR Border	GR Marsh	Australia	50	3600	53.73	2854	33.18	AR Border
IVA Richards	MD Marshall	West Indies	75	4714	46.21	1710	19.65	IVA Richards
A Flintoff	ME Trescothick	England	46	2481	35.95	3935	48.58	ME Trescothick
GA Gooch	IT Botham	England	59	3762	38.00	2649	30.80	GA Gooch
JL Langer	ME Waugh	Australia	53	3654	44.56	2753	35.75	JL Langer
V Sehwag	Z Khan	India	65	5464	49.67	930	12.56	V Sehwag
DW Steyn	GC Smith	South Africa	69	988	15.20	5395	48.16	GC Smith
Kamran Akmal	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	43	2219	31.25	4160	55.46	Mohammad Yousuf
NS Sidhu	SR Tendulkar	India	42	2786	44.22	3587	66.42	SR Tendulkar
M Azharuddin	N Kapil Dev	India	61	3910	46.54	2462	32.82	M Azharuddin
FE Woolley	JB Hobbs	England	44	2182	34.63	4184	62.44	JB Hobbs
IR Bell	JM Anderson	England	86	5528	40.94	835	10.06	IR Bell
M Muralitharan	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	90	967	12.39	5394	37.72	ST Jayasuriya
L Hutton	TG Evans	England	56	4868	55.95	1487	20.36	L Hutton
AB de Villiers	M Morkel	South Africa	69	5566	56.22	772	11.52	AB de Villiers
APE Knott	AW Greig	England	58	2730	32.11	3599	40.43	AW Greig
H Sutcliffe	WR Hammond	England	38	3037	55.21	3287	62.01	WR Hammond
HM Amla	MV Boucher	South Africa	55	4165	47.32	2158	30.82	HM Amla
IJL Trott	KP Pietersen	England	44	3269	46.04	3046	43.51	IJL Trott
M Vijay	V Kohli	India	41	2852	40.74	3459	54.04	V Kohli
Mushfiqur Rahim	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	47	2859	35.29	3431	41.84	Shakib Al Hasan
GA Gooch	MA Atherton	England	37	3560	52.35	2724	40.05	GA Gooch
CC McDonald	RN Harvey	Australia	45	2934	39.12	3337	45.71	RN Harvey
BC Lara	SL Campbell	West Indies	46	3630	46.53	2641	33.43	BC Lara
DW Steyn	JH Kallis	South Africa	65	940	15.16	5318	54.26	JH Kallis
GD McGrath	ML Hayden	Australia	69	351	8.56	5906	53.20	ML Hayden
IJL Trott	MJ Prior	England	49	3763	46.45	2490	39.52	IJL Trott
MA Atherton	RA Smith	England	44	3192	40.92	3061	45.01	MA Atherton
AC Gilchrist	SR Waugh	Australia	49	3131	56.92	3102	50.85	AC Gilchrist
M Azharuddin	NS Sidhu	India	48	3076	48.82	3151	44.38	NS Sidhu
AN Cook	JM Bairstow	England	45	3390	42.37	2824	39.77	AN Cook
KP Pietersen	SCJ Broad	England	60	4466	46.52	1724	23.94	KP Pietersen
CL Cairns	SP Fleming	New Zealand	52	2971	36.23	3212	38.69	SP Fleming
AG Prince	MV Boucher	South Africa	65	3641	42.33	2528	31.20	AG Prince
DA Warner	NM Lyon	Australia	64	5493	47.35	649	11.80	DA Warner
GC Smith	JA Rudolph	South Africa	45	3685	48.48	2450	36.02	GC Smith
AJ Strauss	MJ Prior	England	53	3293	37.85	2834	42.93	AJ Strauss
JE Root	SCJ Broad	England	56	4982	54.15	1136	16.00	JE Root
JG Wright	Sir RJ Hadlee	New Zealand	65	3939	35.80	2174	25.57	JG Wright
AC Gilchrist	SK Warne	Australia	70	4346	49.38	1764	20.27	AC Gilchrist
DCS Compton	TG Evans	England	58	4592	52.18	1511	20.14	DCS Compton
JM Anderson	KP Pietersen	England	73	710	10.59	5387	45.26	KP Pietersen
VVS Laxman	Z Khan	India	72	5055	51.58	1013	12.66	VVS Laxman
JE Root	JM Bairstow	England	39	3454	50.79	2610	41.42	JE Root
BA Stokes	JE Root	England	38	2350	35.60	3714	58.03	JE Root
DK Lillee	GS Chappell	Australia	64	752	12.74	5308	54.16	GS Chappell
AD Mathews	DPMD Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	42	2960	52.85	3087	42.87	DPMD Jayawardene
AW Greig	DL Amiss	England	41	2684	42.60	3354	51.60	DL Amiss
BF Butcher	RB Kanhai	West Indies	38	2650	42.74	3383	51.25	RB Kanhai
GR Viswanath	SMH Kirmani	India	64	4009	41.32	2002	25.66	GR Viswanath
APE Knott	JH Edrich	England	52	2302	33.85	3709	44.15	JH Edrich
Misbah-ul-Haq	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	40	3161	55.45	2838	40.54	Misbah-ul-Haq
R Benaud	RN Harvey	Australia	57	1754	21.92	4242	45.61	RN Harvey
ADR Campbell	GW Flower	Zimbabwe	58	2809	27.53	3186	30.93	GW Flower
PA de Silva	RS Mahanama	Sri Lanka	50	3461	44.37	2529	29.75	PA de Silva
AR Morris	RN Harvey	Australia	35	2516	41.24	3472	64.29	RN Harvey
MA Butcher	ME Trescothick	England	41	2877	41.69	3110	43.80	ME Trescothick
CD McMillan	SP Fleming	New Zealand	54	3069	38.36	2917	33.14	CD McMillan
Majid Khan	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	46	3048	40.10	2937	40.23	Majid Khan
KR Miller	RN Harvey	Australia	43	2331	34.79	3653	52.18	RN Harvey
AJ Stewart	MA Butcher	England	50	2846	36.48	3137	36.05	MA Butcher
JA Rudolph	JH Kallis	South Africa	40	2017	31.51	3940	64.59	JH Kallis
MN Samuels	S Chanderpaul	West Indies	43	2793	39.33	3162	53.59	S Chanderpaul
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Moin Khan	Pakistan	57	3581	41.16	2360	28.43	Inzamam-ul-Haq
AM Rahane	V Kohli	India	39	2725	46.98	3215	50.23	V Kohli
LRPL Taylor	MJ Guptill	New Zealand	43	3483	48.37	2455	30.68	LRPL Taylor
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	59	4230	48.06	1705	20.79	Inzamam-ul-Haq
JN Gillespie	RT Ponting	Australia	58	1029	21.00	4901	56.33	RT Ponting
AR Border	GM Wood	Australia	50	3215	42.30	2714	30.84	AR Border
BC Lara	CEL Ambrose	West Indies	61	5033	50.83	891	12.54	BC Lara
IA Healy	MJ Slater	Australia	52	2013	30.50	3904	43.86	MJ Slater
JN Gillespie	ML Hayden	Australia	61	998	18.48	4915	48.18	ML Hayden
RJ Shastri	SM Gavaskar	India	53	2458	36.68	3447	44.19	SM Gavaskar
A Kumble	V Sehwag	India	56	974	15.46	4921	54.67	V Sehwag
AI Kallicharran	RC Fredericks	West Indies	40	2923	47.91	2966	44.93	RC Fredericks
AR Border	IA Healy	Australia	62	3831	45.60	2057	25.71	AR Border
CG Greenidge	MD Marshall	West Indies	68	4193	41.51	1670	20.87	CG Greenidge
AJ Lamb	GA Gooch	England	39	2310	36.09	3551	52.22	GA Gooch
MJ Clarke	PM Siddle	Australia	56	4975	55.89	873	13.02	MJ Clarke
AN Cook	MM Ali	England	44	3558	46.81	2288	34.66	AN Cook
AJ Stewart	RA Smith	England	47	2993	37.41	2851	37.02	AJ Stewart
R Ashwin	V Kohli	India	49	2001	33.35	3835	51.82	V Kohli
AL Logie	DL Haynes	West Indies	51	2431	35.75	3399	41.96	DL Haynes
HA Gomes	IVA Richards	West Indies	50	2490	40.16	3316	49.49	IVA Richards
A Flintoff	AJ Strauss	England	44	2374	35.96	3432	43.44	AJ Strauss
CH Lloyd	DL Haynes	West Indies	47	3049	52.56	2749	38.71	CH Lloyd
IM Chappell	KR Stackpole	Australia	43	2987	40.91	2807	37.42	IM Chappell
C Hill	VT Trumper	Australia	41	2930	40.13	2862	41.47	C Hill
AL Hassett	AR Morris	Australia	37	2789	50.70	2998	49.14	AR Morris
GS Sobers	LR Gibbs	West Indies	60	5392	60.58	382	6.94	GS Sobers
MA Butcher	MP Vaughan	England	41	2643	38.86	3131	44.72	MP Vaughan
IDS Smith	JG Wright	New Zealand	58	1674	25.75	4093	41.34	JG Wright
Mudassar Nazar	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	44	2771	43.98	2994	54.43	Zaheer Abbas
AR Morris	KR Miller	Australia	44	3368	46.77	2396	39.27	AR Morris
Abdul Qadir	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	62	903	15.05	4836	60.45	Javed Miandad
Kamran Akmal	Younis Khan	Pakistan	39	1969	31.75	3759	56.10	Younis Khan
A Flintoff	MP Vaughan	England	48	2635	35.60	3084	37.15	MP Vaughan
A Flower	GJ Whittall	Zimbabwe	44	3617	54.80	2100	29.16	A Flower
Hanif Mohammad	Saeed Ahmed	Pakistan	36	2961	51.94	2745	42.89	Hanif Mohammad
MC Cowdrey	PBH May	England	43	2779	42.10	2914	47.00	PBH May
CH Lloyd	DL Murray	West Indies	54	3916	47.75	1775	22.75	CH Lloyd
Abdul Razzaq	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	40	1759	30.32	3926	64.36	Mohammad Yousuf
MJ Clarke	ML Hayden	Australia	41	2791	48.96	2885	41.21	ML Hayden
CJ McDermott	DC Boon	Australia	68	870	12.08	4801	45.72	DC Boon
GD McGrath	ME Waugh	Australia	87	423	6.40	5244	40.33	ME Waugh
DG Bradman	WM Woodfull	Australia	28	3849	98.69	1808	45.20	DG Bradman
DJ Cullinan	JH Kallis	South Africa	45	2954	46.88	2676	42.47	DJ Cullinan
APE Knott	DL Amiss	England	47	2112	32.49	3516	47.51	DL Amiss
LEG Ames	WR Hammond	England	43	2017	38.05	3594	59.90	WR Hammond
ER Dexter	MC Cowdrey	England	40	2752	43.68	2856	46.81	MC Cowdrey
BC Lara	D Ganga	West Indies	34	4050	64.28	1558	25.54	BC Lara
CD McMillan	NJ Astle	New Zealand	48	2699	38.01	2907	39.82	NJ Astle
IM Chappell	RW Marsh	Australia	44	3578	47.07	2019	33.65	IM Chappell
MV Boucher	ND McKenzie	South Africa	58	2342	30.02	3253	37.39	ND McKenzie
Asif Iqbal	Mushtaq Mohammad	Pakistan	42	2835	42.95	2753	40.48	Asif Iqbal
BJ Watling	LRPL Taylor	New Zealand	45	2192	37.79	3394	53.87	LRPL Taylor
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	64	4756	48.53	826	11.01	Inzamam-ul-Haq
IR Redpath	WM Lawry	Australia	41	2443	38.17	3129	46.01	WM Lawry
GD McKenzie	WM Lawry	Australia	59	930	12.40	4637	47.31	WM Lawry
HM Amla	JP Duminy	South Africa	45	3470	50.28	2096	33.26	HM Amla
GS Sobers	WW Hall	West Indies	48	4737	65.79	818	15.73	GS Sobers
M Leyland	WR Hammond	England	39	2649	45.67	2899	49.13	WR Hammond
CL Hooper	S Chanderpaul	West Indies	42	2794	44.34	2750	45.08	CL Hooper
AL Logie	CG Greenidge	West Indies	46	2227	36.50	3315	45.41	CG Greenidge
CA Walsh	RB Richardson	West Indies	72	651	9.04	4888	42.13	RB Richardson
GS Chappell	KJ Hughes	Australia	36	2986	54.29	2550	48.11	GS Chappell
MC Cowdrey	TW Graveney	England	44	2844	43.75	2692	44.13	MC Cowdrey
CA Pujara	M Vijay	India	38	2842	46.59	2691	41.40	CA Pujara
NM Lyon	SPD Smith	Australia	49	491	11.41	5038	65.42	SPD Smith
F du Plessis	HM Amla	South Africa	42	2580	43.00	2948	46.06	HM Amla
GS Blewett	SR Waugh	Australia	44	2427	33.70	3101	49.22	SR Waugh
IDS Smith	MD Crowe	New Zealand	54	1540	26.10	3988	50.48	MD Crowe
Imran Khan	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	47	1730	30.35	3790	55.73	Zaheer Abbas
AI Kallicharran	IVA Richards	West Indies	38	2286	42.33	3234	56.73	IVA Richards
CL Hooper	RB Richardson	West Indies	47	2233	31.45	3279	43.14	RB Richardson
DL Vettori	NJ Astle	New Zealand	62	1834	24.13	3672	37.85	NJ Astle
Aamer Sohail	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	43	2651	35.34	2854	45.30	Inzamam-ul-Haq
A Ranatunga	HP Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka	52	2710	33.87	2789	39.28	HP Tillakaratne
CG Greenidge	HA Gomes	West Indies	46	3215	50.23	2277	39.94	CG Greenidge
AL Logie	RB Richardson	West Indies	42	2111	37.03	3370	50.29	RB Richardson
M Muralitharan	MS Atapattu	Sri Lanka	74	851	12.89	4620	41.25	MS Atapattu
Majid Khan	Mushtaq Mohammad	Pakistan	39	2835	42.31	2632	42.45	Majid Khan
GA Gooch	MW Gatting	England	44	3234	39.92	2231	31.42	GA Gooch
RN Harvey	RR Lindwall	Australia	50	4255	54.55	1204	20.75	RN Harvey
MP Vaughan	N Hussain	England	40	3116	47.21	2329	36.39	MP Vaughan
LRPL Taylor	TG Southee	New Zealand	53	4230	50.96	1204	16.72	LRPL Taylor
Wasim Bari	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	61	1110	17.34	4319	47.46	Zaheer Abbas
AN Cook	BA Stokes	England	39	2973	41.87	2429	35.72	AN Cook
GS Blewett	ME Waugh	Australia	46	2552	34.02	2844	40.05	ME Waugh
APE Knott	G Boycott	England	43	1640	27.33	3750	55.14	G Boycott
AR Border	GS Chappell	Australia	36	2374	50.51	3013	54.78	GS Chappell
Azhar Ali	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	35	2920	48.66	2460	40.32	Azhar Ali
Javed Miandad	Mohsin Khan	Pakistan	45	2847	46.67	2518	37.58	Javed Miandad
AD Mathews	HMRKB Herath	Sri Lanka	60	4204	45.20	1157	16.06	AD Mathews
MD Marshall	RB Richardson	West Indies	53	1320	20.95	4041	48.10	RB Richardson
MA Taylor	SK Warne	Australia	66	4150	38.78	1211	15.13	MA Taylor
MEK Hussey	SR Watson	Australia	36	2943	48.24	2416	37.75	MEK Hussey
CPS Chauhan	SM Gavaskar	India	37	1979	32.98	3366	57.05	SM Gavaskar
KS Williamson	TWM Latham	New Zealand	31	3206	66.79	2139	38.89	KS Williamson
MS Atapattu	PA de Silva	Sri Lanka	39	2184	34.66	3157	53.50	PA de Silva
Saleem Malik	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	67	3412	38.77	1918	23.97	Saleem Malik
A Ranatunga	RS Mahanama	Sri Lanka	51	2770	36.93	2559	29.75	A Ranatunga
AB de Villiers	AN Petersen	South Africa	36	3236	66.04	2093	34.88	AB de Villiers
HH Gibbs	M Ntini	South Africa	64	4782	45.98	546	10.50	HH Gibbs
BJ Haddin	MEK Hussey	Australia	43	2257	35.82	3069	43.22	MEK Hussey
MH Richardson	SP Fleming	New Zealand	38	2776	44.77	2542	42.36	MH Richardson
Ijaz Ahmed	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	36	2507	44.76	2805	51.00	Inzamam-ul-Haq
AN Petersen	HM Amla	South Africa	35	2067	35.03	3244	62.38	HM Amla
G Boycott	JH Edrich	England	37	2745	49.90	2563	44.18	G Boycott
JL Langer	JN Gillespie	Australia	57	4436	45.73	866	15.74	JL Langer
PR Umrigar	VL Manjrekar	India	46	2768	41.31	2530	37.20	PR Umrigar
MJ Slater	SK Warne	Australia	60	4261	42.61	1035	14.78	MJ Slater
DM Jones	GR Marsh	Australia	42	2875	44.92	2409	33.45	DM Jones
DL Haynes	HA Gomes	West Indies	49	2792	38.24	2490	40.81	DL Haynes
DC Boon	MG Hughes	Australia	51	4270	55.45	1011	16.85	DC Boon
DG Bradman	WAS Oldfield	Australia	32	4559	99.10	720	18.94	DG Bradman
BJ Haddin	RT Ponting	Australia	41	2220	37.00	3059	43.70	RT Ponting
ME Trescothick	N Hussain	England	43	2848	38.48	2431	35.23	ME Trescothick
Javed Miandad	Shoaib Mohammad	Pakistan	40	2791	53.67	2486	47.80	Javed Miandad
GS Sobers	SM Nurse	West Indies	29	2732	59.39	2523	47.60	GS Sobers
AM Rahane	CA Pujara	India	35	2381	45.78	2868	50.31	CA Pujara
CL Walcott	FMM Worrell	West Indies	32	2611	52.22	2633	51.62	FMM Worrell
G Kirsten	L Klusener	South Africa	46	3383	46.98	1860	33.81	G Kirsten
IVA Richards	MA Holding	West Indies	56	4356	57.31	882	14.45	IVA Richards
AF Giles	ME Trescothick	England	49	1276	20.91	3953	45.96	ME Trescothick
KD Walters	RW Marsh	Australia	49	3107	42.56	2105	30.07	KD Walters
DM Jones	MA Taylor	Australia	33	2360	50.21	2842	49.00	MA Taylor
NR Mongia	SR Tendulkar	India	44	1442	24.03	3759	56.10	SR Tendulkar
A Ranatunga	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	46	2137	32.37	3058	44.31	ST Jayasuriya
DJ Bravo	S Chanderpaul	West Indies	38	2098	31.78	3094	56.25	S Chanderpaul
AJ Stewart	GA Gooch	England	35	2311	40.54	2881	45.73	GA Gooch
APE Knott	KWR Fletcher	England	51	2205	32.42	2969	41.23	KWR Fletcher
Asif Iqbal	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	38	2555	42.58	2617	40.89	Zaheer Abbas
CH Gayle	D Ramdin	West Indies	48	3382	42.81	1789	26.30	CH Gayle
Harbhajan Singh	SC Ganguly	India	63	1118	15.31	4053	42.21	SC Ganguly
Abdul Razzaq	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	41	1697	28.28	3470	56.88	Inzamam-ul-Haq
DJ Cullinan	SM Pollock	South Africa	51	3362	46.05	1803	32.19	DJ Cullinan
GC Smith	M Morkel	South Africa	56	4481	49.78	682	11.96	GC Smith
DR Martyn	SK Warne	Australia	56	3817	48.31	1343	18.14	DR Martyn
D Elgar	HM Amla	South Africa	38	2270	39.13	2883	50.57	HM Amla
M Azharuddin	RJ Shastri	India	45	2845	43.76	2304	37.77	M Azharuddin
IR Bell	JE Root	England	35	2127	36.67	3020	54.90	JE Root
AD Mathews	FDM Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	38	2864	43.39	2279	32.09	AD Mathews
Mohsin Khan	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan	43	2425	38.49	2711	45.18	Mudassar Nazar
G Boycott	IT Botham	England	41	3142	45.53	1989	31.57	G Boycott
M Amarnath	N Kapil Dev	India	50	3153	45.04	1977	31.38	M Amarnath
MEK Hussey	ML Hayden	Australia	30	2726	66.48	2398	46.11	MEK Hussey
AJ Strauss	JM Anderson	England	64	4491	41.97	627	11.00	AJ Strauss
GS Chappell	IR Redpath	Australia	28	2586	64.65	2528	51.59	GS Chappell
JE Root	JM Anderson	England	52	4702	55.97	407	9.04	JE Root
BB McCullum	BJ Watling	New Zealand	38	3014	48.61	2092	37.35	BB McCullum
CA Pujara	R Ashwin	India	41	3554	60.23	1548	33.65	CA Pujara
BB McCullum	TG Southee	New Zealand	48	3888	47.41	1209	16.79	BB McCullum
Sarfraz Ahmed	Younis Khan	Pakistan	34	2068	43.08	3020	50.33	Younis Khan
G Gambhir	MS Dhoni	India	39	2769	41.32	2304	42.66	G Gambhir
AC Parore	NJ Astle	New Zealand	52	1958	27.57	3106	38.34	NJ Astle
KC Sangakkara	NT Paranavitana	Sri Lanka	32	3264	64.00	1792	32.58	KC Sangakkara
KR Rutherford	MD Crowe	New Zealand	41	1828	28.12	3210	48.63	MD Crowe
A Flower	HH Streak	Zimbabwe	49	3705	52.92	1333	20.50	A Flower
JN Rhodes	WJ Cronje	South Africa	48	2270	34.92	2766	40.67	WJ Cronje
MEK Hussey	SM Katich	Australia	34	2100	36.20	2928	49.62	SM Katich
KD Walters	KR Stackpole	Australia	36	2589	47.07	2423	39.08	KD Walters
L Hutton	WJ Edrich	England	35	2749	48.22	2259	41.83	L Hutton
CA Walsh	CL Hooper	West Indies	83	620	7.75	4382	34.23	CL Hooper
PBH May	TW Graveney	England	40	2930	50.51	2069	38.31	PBH May
AD Mathews	LD Chandimal	Sri Lanka	36	2543	41.68	2450	40.16	AD Mathews
C Washbrook	DCS Compton	England	32	2181	41.94	2812	58.58	DCS Compton
BB McCullum	MJ Guptill	New Zealand	40	2718	37.23	2274	29.92	BB McCullum
RB Kanhai	WW Hall	West Indies	47	4173	51.51	817	16.01	RB Kanhai
VT Trumper	WW Armstrong	Australia	40	2740	40.89	2247	35.66	VT Trumper
ED Weekes	FMM Worrell	West Indies	31	2372	44.75	2615	51.27	FMM Worrell
GC Smith	SM Pollock	South Africa	43	3563	49.48	1416	32.93	GC Smith
JG Wright	JV Coney	New Zealand	46	2621	34.48	2356	38.00	JG Wright
Danish Kaneria	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	48	221	5.66	4749	65.95	Mohammad Yousuf
HP Tillakaratne	MS Atapattu	Sri Lanka	44	2297	43.33	2670	40.45	MS Atapattu
AP Gurusinha	PA de Silva	Sri Lanka	39	2396	39.93	2568	40.76	PA de Silva
Azhar Ali	Sarfraz Ahmed	Pakistan	32	3020	52.06	1938	44.04	Azhar Ali
MEK Hussey	MG Johnson	Australia	50	3555	43.35	1403	22.62	MEK Hussey
DL Vettori	LRPL Taylor	New Zealand	38	2155	35.91	2796	43.68	LRPL Taylor

Again, having created this monstrosity, we’re not that keen to actually dig through it. Instead, we’ll throw that back out to the world and hope for the best. But we did notice a few things, such as the fact that Graham Gooch > everyone else, despite being the worst coach ever. Also Michael Clarke was better than Ricky Ponting, bad news for fans of rat-faced cricketers across the world.

Conclusions

Sometimes, we use these sorts of exercises to make valid points about specific players. And sometimes they’re more like fancy pieces of art, where the beauty is in the process with the output left to fend for itself. All of which is basically admitting that this was just an excuse to throw some numbers around. The real interest comes next time around when we get into the exciting area of networks, tracing player associations back through time, allowing us to get from Dawid Malan to WG Grace in just eight glorious steps. Or not.