Stats Thread : Ranking batsman based on Away-Home Average

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For this table , Neutral venues are considered home for Pakistani players but away or the rest.
Players are ranked b categories , for players in same category , Higher away average players are ranked higher.
Min requirement (2500+ runs both home and away)

Category
A - 60+ avg both home and away.
B - 55+ avg both home and away.
C - 50+ in both, 60+ avg in either
D - 50+ avg both home and away.
E - 45+ avg both home and away.
F - 40+ avg both home and away.
G - 35+ in both, 50+ avg in either (HTB's).
H - 35+ in both, 40+ avg in either.
I - 35+ in both home and away.
J - Rest

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[tr][td]Rank [/td][td]Player [/td][td]Away-Mat [/td][td]Away-Runs [/td][td]Away-Avg [/td][td]Home-Mat [/td][td]Home-Runs [/td][td]Home-Avg [/td][td]Diff-Avg [/td][td]Cat [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1 [/td][td]DG Bradman (AUS) [/td][td]19 [/td][td]2674 [/td][td]102.84 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]4322 [/td][td]98.22 [/td][td]4.62 [/td][td]A [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2 [/td][td]L Hutton (ENG) [/td][td]35 [/td][td]3041 [/td][td]55.29 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]3930 [/td][td]57.79 [/td][td]-2.5 [/td][td]B [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3 [/td][td]KF Barrington (ENG) [/td][td]36 [/td][td]3459 [/td][td]69.18 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]3347 [/td][td]50.71 [/td][td]18.47 [/td][td]C [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4 [/td][td]WR Hammond (ENG) [/td][td]41 [/td][td]4245 [/td][td]66.32 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]3004 [/td][td]50.06 [/td][td]16.26 [/td][td]C [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5 [/td][td]GS Sobers (WI) [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3957 [/td][td]50.73 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]4075 [/td][td]66.8 [/td][td]-16.07 [/td][td]C [/td][/tr]
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[tr][td]6 [/td][td]SR Tendulkar (INDIA) [/td][td]106 [/td][td]8705 [/td][td]54.74 [/td][td]94 [/td][td]7216 [/td][td]52.67 [/td][td]2.07 [/td][td]D [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7 [/td][td]KC Sangakkara (SL) [/td][td]59 [/td][td]5570 [/td][td]54.07 [/td][td]75 [/td][td]6830 [/td][td]60.44 [/td][td]-6.37 [/td][td]D [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8 [/td][td]JH Kallis (SA) [/td][td]78 [/td][td]6254 [/td][td]53.91 [/td][td]88 [/td][td]7035 [/td][td]56.73 [/td][td]-2.82 [/td][td]D [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9 [/td][td]R Dravid (INDIA) [/td][td]94 [/td][td]7690 [/td][td]53.03 [/td][td]70 [/td][td]5598 [/td][td]51.35 [/td][td]1.68 [/td][td]D [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]10 [/td][td]GS Chappell (AUS) [/td][td]32 [/td][td]2595 [/td][td]52.95 [/td][td]55 [/td][td]4515 [/td][td]54.39 [/td][td]-1.44 [/td][td]D [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]11 [/td][td]SM Gavaskar (INDIA) [/td][td]60 [/td][td]5055 [/td][td]52.11 [/td][td]65 [/td][td]5067 [/td][td]50.16 [/td][td]1.95 [/td][td]D [/td][/tr]
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[tr][td]12 [/td][td]AR Border (AUS) [/td][td]70 [/td][td]5431 [/td][td]56.57 [/td][td]86 [/td][td]5743 [/td][td]45.94 [/td][td]10.63 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]13 [/td][td]SR Waugh (AUS) [/td][td]79 [/td][td]5217 [/td][td]55.5 [/td][td]89 [/td][td]5710 [/td][td]47.58 [/td][td]7.92 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]14 [/td][td]AB de Villiers (SA) [/td][td]48 [/td][td]3977 [/td][td]55.23 [/td][td]58 [/td][td]4097 [/td][td]46.55 [/td][td]8.68 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]15 [/td][td]RN Harvey (AUS) [/td][td]43 [/td][td]3343 [/td][td]51.43 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]2806 [/td][td]45.25 [/td][td]6.18 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]16 [/td][td]IVA Richards (WI) [/td][td]73 [/td][td]5404 [/td][td]50.5 [/td][td]48 [/td][td]3136 [/td][td]49.77 [/td][td]0.73 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]17 [/td][td]AC Gilchrist (AUS) [/td][td]41 [/td][td]2634 [/td][td]49.69 [/td][td]55 [/td][td]2936 [/td][td]45.87 [/td][td]3.82 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]18 [/td][td]Younis Khan (PAK) [/td][td]71 [/td][td]5608 [/td][td]48.76 [/td][td]47 [/td][td]4491 [/td][td]56.84 [/td][td]-8.08 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19 [/td][td]HM Amla (SA) [/td][td]53 [/td][td]4107 [/td][td]48.31 [/td][td]54 [/td][td]4174 [/td][td]49.69 [/td][td]-1.38 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]20 [/td][td]AN Cook (ENG) [/td][td]65 [/td][td]5505 [/td][td]47.86 [/td][td]80 [/td][td]6063 [/td][td]45.93 [/td][td]1.93 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]21 [/td][td]BC Lara (WI) [/td][td]66 [/td][td]5736 [/td][td]47.8 [/td][td]65 [/td][td]6217 [/td][td]58.65 [/td][td]-10.85 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]22 [/td][td]G Boycott (ENG) [/td][td]51 [/td][td]3758 [/td][td]46.97 [/td][td]57 [/td][td]4356 [/td][td]48.4 [/td][td]-1.43 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]23 [/td][td]CH Lloyd (WI) [/td][td]66 [/td][td]4634 [/td][td]46.8 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]2881 [/td][td]46.46 [/td][td]0.34 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]24 [/td][td]Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) [/td][td]67 [/td][td]4820 [/td][td]46.79 [/td][td]52 [/td][td]4009 [/td][td]54.91 [/td][td]-8.12 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]25 [/td][td]RB Kanhai (WI) [/td][td]39 [/td][td]3163 [/td][td]46.51 [/td][td]40 [/td][td]3064 [/td][td]48.63 [/td][td]-2.12 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]26 [/td][td]RT Ponting (AUS) [/td][td]76 [/td][td]5800 [/td][td]46.4 [/td][td]92 [/td][td]7578 [/td][td]56.97 [/td][td]-10.57 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]27 [/td][td]Javed Miandad (PAK) [/td][td]64 [/td][td]4351 [/td][td]45.8 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]4481 [/td][td]61.38 [/td][td]-15.58 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]28 [/td][td]S Chanderpaul (WI) [/td][td]83 [/td][td]5680 [/td][td]45.44 [/td][td]81 [/td][td]6187 [/td][td]58.36 [/td][td]-12.92 [/td][td]E [/td][/tr]
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[tr][td]29 [/td][td]GC Smith (SA) [/td][td]56 [/td][td]5279 [/td][td]54.98 [/td][td]61 [/td][td]3986 [/td][td]41.52 [/td][td]13.46 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]30 [/td][td]G Kirsten (SA) [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3905 [/td][td]48.2 [/td][td]52 [/td][td]3384 [/td][td]42.3 [/td][td]5.9 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]31 [/td][td]DI Gower (ENG) [/td][td]52 [/td][td]3777 [/td][td]46.06 [/td][td]65 [/td][td]4454 [/td][td]42.82 [/td][td]3.24 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]32 [/td][td]MC Cowdrey (ENG) [/td][td]59 [/td][td]4087 [/td][td]44.91 [/td][td]55 [/td][td]3537 [/td][td]43.13 [/td][td]1.78 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]33 [/td][td]Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) [/td][td]55 [/td][td]4174 [/td][td]44.88 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]3356 [/td][td]65.8 [/td][td]-20.92 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]34 [/td][td]V Sehwag (INDIA) [/td][td]52 [/td][td]3930 [/td][td]44.65 [/td][td]52 [/td][td]4656 [/td][td]54.13 [/td][td]-9.48 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]35 [/td][td]GP Thorpe (ENG) [/td][td]51 [/td][td]3401 [/td][td]44.16 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3343 [/td][td]45.17 [/td][td]-1.01 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]36 [/td][td]MA Taylor (AUS) [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3532 [/td][td]43.6 [/td][td]55 [/td][td]3993 [/td][td]43.4 [/td][td]0.2 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]37 [/td][td]CH Gayle (WI) [/td][td]50 [/td][td]3777 [/td][td]43.41 [/td][td]53 [/td][td]3437 [/td][td]40.91 [/td][td]2.5 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]38 [/td][td]IM Chappell (AUS) [/td][td]36 [/td][td]2624 [/td][td]43.01 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]2721 [/td][td]41.86 [/td][td]1.15 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]39 [/td][td]ML Hayden (AUS) [/td][td]47 [/td][td]3415 [/td][td]42.68 [/td][td]56 [/td][td]5210 [/td][td]57.88 [/td][td]-15.2 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]40 [/td][td]HH Gibbs (SA) [/td][td]43 [/td][td]3112 [/td][td]42.63 [/td][td]47 [/td][td]3055 [/td][td]41.28 [/td][td]1.35 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]41 [/td][td]VVS Laxman (INDIA) [/td][td]77 [/td][td]5014 [/td][td]42.49 [/td][td]57 [/td][td]3767 [/td][td]51.6 [/td][td]-9.11 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]42 [/td][td]CG Greenidge (WI) [/td][td]62 [/td][td]4349 [/td][td]42.22 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]3209 [/td][td]48.62 [/td][td]-6.4 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]43 [/td][td]LRPL Taylor (NZ) [/td][td]45 [/td][td]3184 [/td][td]41.89 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]2846 [/td][td]54.73 [/td][td]-12.84 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]44 [/td][td]KP Pietersen (ENG) [/td][td]51 [/td][td]3644 [/td][td]41.88 [/td][td]53 [/td][td]4537 [/td][td]52.75 [/td][td]-10.87 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]45 [/td][td]SC Ganguly (INDIA) [/td][td]63 [/td][td]4032 [/td][td]41.56 [/td][td]50 [/td][td]3180 [/td][td]42.97 [/td][td]-1.41 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]46 [/td][td]JL Langer (AUS) [/td][td]50 [/td][td]3268 [/td][td]41.36 [/td][td]55 [/td][td]4428 [/td][td]48.65 [/td][td]-7.29 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]47 [/td][td]ME Waugh (AUS) [/td][td]67 [/td][td]4010 [/td][td]40.5 [/td][td]61 [/td][td]4019 [/td][td]43.21 [/td][td]-2.71 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]48 [/td][td]DC Boon (AUS) [/td][td]47 [/td][td]2881 [/td][td]40.01 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]4541 [/td][td]46.33 [/td][td]-6.32 [/td][td]F [/td][/tr]
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[tr][td]49 [/td][td]MJ Clarke (AUS) [/td][td]62 [/td][td]3989 [/td][td]39.49 [/td][td]53 [/td][td]4654 [/td][td]62.05 [/td][td]-22.56 [/td][td]G [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]50 [/td][td]DPMD Jayawardene (SL) [/td][td]68 [/td][td]4647 [/td][td]39.71 [/td][td]81 [/td][td]7167 [/td][td]59.72 [/td][td]-20.01 [/td][td]G [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]51 [/td][td]M Azharuddin (INDIA) [/td][td]53 [/td][td]2803 [/td][td]36.4 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]3412 [/td][td]55.93 [/td][td]-19.53 [/td][td]G [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]52 [/td][td]PA de Silva (SL) [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3071 [/td][td]36.12 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]3290 [/td][td]52.22 [/td][td]-16.1 [/td][td]G [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]53 [/td][td]RB Richardson (WI) [/td][td]44 [/td][td]2732 [/td][td]39.02 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]3217 [/td][td]50.26 [/td][td]-11.24 [/td][td]G [/td][/tr]
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[tr][td]54 [/td][td]AJ Strauss (ENG) [/td][td]39 [/td][td]2992 [/td][td]42.74 [/td][td]61 [/td][td]4045 [/td][td]39.65 [/td][td]3.09 [/td][td]H [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]55 [/td][td]Saleem Malik (PAK) [/td][td]53 [/td][td]2860 [/td][td]39.17 [/td][td]50 [/td][td]2908 [/td][td]49.28 [/td][td]-10.11 [/td][td]H [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]56 [/td][td]TM Dilshan (SL) [/td][td]41 [/td][td]2567 [/td][td]38.89 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]2925 [/td][td]43.01 [/td][td]-4.12 [/td][td]H [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]57 [/td][td]AJ Stewart (ENG) [/td][td]59 [/td][td]3813 [/td][td]38.13 [/td][td]74 [/td][td]4650 [/td][td]40.78 [/td][td]-2.65 [/td][td]H [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]58 [/td][td]IR Bell (ENG) [/td][td]53 [/td][td]3277 [/td][td]37.23 [/td][td]65 [/td][td]4450 [/td][td]47.84 [/td][td]-10.61 [/td][td]H [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]59 [/td][td]GA Gooch (ENG) [/td][td]44 [/td][td]2983 [/td][td]36.82 [/td][td]74 [/td][td]5917 [/td][td]46.22 [/td][td]-9.4 [/td][td]H [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]60 [/td][td]GR Viswanath (INDIA) [/td][td]43 [/td][td]2578 [/td][td]36.3 [/td][td]48 [/td][td]3502 [/td][td]47.32 [/td][td]-11.02 [/td][td]H [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]61 [/td][td]ST Jayasuriya (SL) [/td][td]48 [/td][td]2859 [/td][td]35.73 [/td][td]62 [/td][td]4114 [/td][td]43.76 [/td][td]-8.03 [/td][td]H [/td][/tr]
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[tr][td]62 [/td][td]MA Atherton (ENG) [/td][td]48 [/td][td]3012 [/td][td]35.85 [/td][td]67 [/td][td]4716 [/td][td]38.97 [/td][td]-3.12 [/td][td]I [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]63 [/td][td]MS Atapattu (SL) [/td][td]42 [/td][td]2831 [/td][td]39.31 [/td][td]48 [/td][td]2671 [/td][td]38.71 [/td][td]0.6 [/td][td]I [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]64 [/td][td]N Hussain (ENG) [/td][td]49 [/td][td]2931 [/td][td]36.18 [/td][td]47 [/td][td]2833 [/td][td]38.28 [/td][td]-2.1 [/td][td]I [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]65 [/td][td]CL Hooper (WI) [/td][td]57 [/td][td]3207 [/td][td]35.24 [/td][td]45 [/td][td]2555 [/td][td]38.13 [/td][td]-2.89 [/td][td]I [/td][/tr]
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[tr][td]66 [/td][td]SP Fleming (NZ) [/td][td]57 [/td][td]4225 [/td][td]45.92 [/td][td]54 [/td][td]2947 [/td][td]33.87 [/td][td]12.05 [/td][td]J [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]67 [/td][td]DL Haynes (WI) [/td][td]67 [/td][td]3619 [/td][td]33.5 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3868 [/td][td]56.05 [/td][td]-22.55 [/td][td]J [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]68 [/td][td]DB Vengsarkar (INDIA) [/td][td]62 [/td][td]3143 [/td][td]32.73 [/td][td]54 [/td][td]3725 [/td][td]55.59 [/td][td]-22.86 [/td][td]J [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]69 [/td][td]BB McCullum (NZ) [/td][td]52 [/td][td]2862 [/td][td]31.1 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3591 [/td][td]47.88 [/td][td]-16.78 [/td][td]J [/td][/tr]
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[Proactive_]

The chart doesn't show Steve Smith due to the number of runs criteria but just look at this:

Home: 2403 runs at an average of 68.65
Away / Neutral : 2848 runs at an average of 56.26

Holy smokes. So he's the second grade B performer along side Hutton. Best batsman of this generation by some distance.

 

[Sin Nombre]

The issue with any of these lists is that there is no weightage to averaging 50 over 100 tests vs averaging 55 over 30.

For anyone with a braincell, the first one is clearly better.

The only way to do this analysis correctly is to use the best stretch of 50 tests for each player.

 

[jeetu]

The issue with any of these lists is that there is no weightage to averaging 50 over 100 tests vs averaging 55 over 30.

For anyone with a braincell, the first one is clearly better.

The only way to do this analysis correctly is to use the best stretch of 50 tests for each player.

It does take runs into account. I went with 2500 runs each , which means atleast 30 test both home and away. The only exception was Bradman who took just 19 tests (possibly even less) to reach 2500+ runs.
5000+ career.

Anyways, there are many ways to assess a players based on stats. This is one method. Longevity based stats is another criteria , which would require a separate stats thread.

 

[jeetu]

The chart doesn't show Steve Smith due to the number of runs criteria but just look at this:

Home: 2403 runs at an average of 68.65
Away / Neutral : 2848 runs at an average of 56.26

Holy smokes. So he's the second grade B performer along side Hutton. Best batsman of this generation by some distance.

I noticed this too while creating stats. If i had lowered the limit to 2000 runs then overall list would be too long. Anyhow Steven Smith would be right up there in few months. No wonder Smith rules current ICC test ranking list.