Are Sangakkara and Jayawardene really Flat Track Bullies and Minnow Bashers

Published - 15 Jun 2014, 19:52 IST | Updated - 15 Jun 2014, 19:52 IST

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Many People argue that Kumar Sangakkara’s and Mahela Jayawardene’s most percentage of their Test format runs have been came against Low Profile teams like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and other of them are at their home and on Flat Tracks produced in Subcontinent.

Some stats prove that they are really “Flat Track Bullies” and “Minnow Bashers”.

Here are the stats of players who have been played in Modern Age of Cricket against remaining 9 Test countries.

Overall Career Stats of Players (Minimum 8000 Test Runs ordered by Batting Average):

Name	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
KC Sangakkara	124	213	17	11493	319	58.63	36	48	9
JH Kallis	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	45	58	16
SR Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
BC Lara	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	34	48	17
R Dravid	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	36	63	8
S Chanderpaul	155	264	46	11374	203*	52.19	29	63	14
RT Ponting	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41	62	17
MJ Clarke	105	180	20	8240	329*	51.50	27	27	9
ML Hayden	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30	29	14
DPMD Jayawardene	145	244	15	11493	374	50.18	33	48	14
Inzamam-ul-Haq	120	200	22	8830	329	49.60	25	46	15
V Sehwag	104	180	6	8586	319	49.34	23	32	16
GC Smith	117	205	13	9265	277	48.25	27	38	11
KP Pietersen	104	181	8	8181	227	47.28	23	35	10
AN Cook	104*	187	10	8121	294	45.90	25	35	7
VVS Laxman	134	225	34	8781	281	45.97	17	56	14

Players Stats At Home(Minimum 8000 Test Runs ordered by Batting Average):

Name	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
KC Sangakkara	67	108	11	6138	287	63.27	21	21	6
MJ Clarke	52	84	11	4519	329*	61.90	16	13	2
DPMD Jayawardene	77	121	9	6846	374	61.12	22	32	3
S Chanderpaul	75	122	24	5785	203*	59.03	18	30	7
BC Lara	65	111	5	6217	400*	58.65	17	26	8
ML Hayden	56	98	8	5210	380	57.88	21	16	5
RT Ponting	92	154	21	7578	257	56.97	23	38	9
JH Kallis	88	143	19	7035	224	56.73	23	34	9
V Sehwag	52	89	3	4656	319	54.13	13	19	6
Inzamam-ul-Haq	49	79	10	3709	329	53.75	11	20	9
KP Pietersen	53	89	3	4537	226	52.75	15	18	5
SR Tendulkar	94	153	16	7216	217	52.67	22	32	4
VVS Laxman	57	91	18	3767	281	51.60	8	24	7
R Dravid	70	120	11	5598	222	51.35	15	27	3
AN Cook	56	97	3	3980	294	42.34	11	17	3
GC Smith	61	103	7	3986	200	41.52	10	19	6

Away Home Stats of Players (Minimum 8000 Test Runs ordered by Batting Average):

Name	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
GC Smith	56	102	6	5279	277	54.98	17	19	5
SR Tendulkar	106	176	17	8705	248*	54.74	29	36	10
JH Kallis	78	137	21	6254	189*	53.91	22	24	7
KC Sangakkara	57	105	6	5355	319	54.09	15	27	3
R Dravid	94	166	21	7690	270	53.03	21	36	5
AN Cook	48	90	7	4145	235*	49.93	14	18	4
BC Lara	66	121	1	5736	277	47.80	17	22	9
Inzamam-ul-Haq	71	121	12	5121	200*	46.98	14	26	6
S Chanderpaul	80	142	22	5589	203*	46.57	11	33	7
RT Ponting	76	133	8	5800	206	46.40	18	24	8
V Sehwag	52	91	3	3930	309	44.65	10	13	10
MJ Clarke	53	96	9	3721	187	42.77	11	14	7
ML Hayden	47	86	6	3415	203	42.68	9	13	9
VVS Laxman	77	134	16	5014	178	42.49	9	32	7
KP Pietersen	51	92	5	3644	227	41.88	8	17	5
DPMD Jayawardene	68	123	6	4647	275	39.71	11	16	11

Sangakkara’s record outside home is similar to other but compared to others with overall there is some decrement. But in Jayawardene’s case it differs by a long margin.

Overall Test Stats of players excluding against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe (Minimum 8000 Test Runs ordered by Batting Average):

Name	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
KC Sangakkara	104	186	15	9141	287	53.45	27	40	8
JH Kallis	154	266	34	12293	224	52.98	41	54	16
BC Lara	127	226	6	11558	400*	52.53	32	47	17
MJ Clarke	103	177	19	8189	329*	51.82	27	27	9
S Chanderpaul	139	242	41	10354	203*	51.51	25	61	14
RT Ponting	161	278	27	12828	257	51.10	39	59	17
SR Tendulkar	184	306	28	14183	241*	51.01	43	65	13
R Dravid	148	263	27	11749	270	49.78	30	57	7
V Sehwag	97	170	4	8234	319	49.60	23	29	16
Inzamam-ul-Haq	103	173	18	7654	329	49.38	21	42	14
ML Hayden	97	176	13	7956	203	48.80	28	27	14
DPMD Jayawardene	124	217	10	9927	374	47.95	27	43	13
KP Pietersen	100	174	6	7839	227	46.66	23	32	10
VVS Laxman	125	213	32	8384	281	46.32	16	55	14
GC Smith	107	194	13	8360	277	46.18	23	37	11
AN Cook	100	180	9	7724	294	45.16	23	35	7

Stats at Home of Players excluding against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe (Minimum 8000 Test Runs ordered by Batting Average):

Name	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
MJ Clarke	52	84	11	4519	329*	61.90	16	13	2
DPMD Jayawardene	67	110	8	6123	374	60.02	19	29	2
S Chanderpaul	69	115	23	5470	203*	59.45	16	30	7
BC Lara	63	109	5	6044	400*	58.11	16	25	8
KC Sangakkara	55	93	9	4850	287	57.73	15	17	6
RT Ponting	88	149	20	7250	257	56.20	22	36	9
JH Kallis	81	136	17	6605	224	55.50	22	30	9
ML Hayden	52	93	7	4648	197	54.04	19	15	5
V Sehwag	51	88	3	4582	319	53.90	13	18	6
Inzamam-ul-Haq	41	66	6	3194	329	53.23	9	19	8
KP Pietersen	51	86	2	4445	226	52.91	15	17	5
VVS Laxman	55	89	17	3736	281	51.88	8	24	7
SR Tendulkar	89	146	15	6538	217	49.90	19	31	4
R Dravid	66	114	9	5094	222	48.51	13	25	3
GC Smith	55	97	7	3416	183	37.95	7	19	6
AN Cook	54	94	3	3921	294	43.08	11	17	3

Away Home Stats of Players excluding against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe (Minimum 8000 Test Runs ordered by Batting Average):

Name	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
GC Smith	52	97	6	4944	277	54.32	16	18	5
SR Tendulkar	95	160	13	7645	241*	52.00	24	34	9
R Dravid	82	149	18	6655	270	50.80	17	32	4
JH Kallis	73	130	17	5688	182*	50.33	19	24	7
KC Sangakkara	49	93	6	4291	230	49.32	12	23	2
AN Cook	46	86	6	3803	235*	47.53	12	18	4
BC Lara	64	117	1	5514	277	47.53	16	22	9
Inzamam-ul-Haq	62	107	12	4460	200*	46.94	12	23	6
RT Ponting	73	129	7	5578	206	45.72	17	23	8
V Sehwag	46	82	1	3652	309	45.08	10	11	10
S Chanderpaul	70	127	18	4884	140	44.80	9	31	7
MJ Clarke	51	93	8	3670	187	43.17	11	14	7
ML Hayden	45	83	6	3308	203	42.96	9	12	9
VVS Laxman	70	124	15	4648	178	42.64	8	31	7
KP Pietersen	49	88	4	3394	227	40.40	8	15	5
DPMD Jayawardene	57	107	2	3804	275	36.22	8	13	11

Overall Test Stats of Asian Batsmen excluding against Asian Teams and Zimbabwe (Minimum 8000 Test Runs ordered by Batting Average):

Name	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
SR Tendulkar	141	243	23	11131	241*	50.59	32	52	11
DPMD Jayawardene	79	138	6	6561	374	49.70	19	27	7
R Dravid	112	203	23	8982	233	49.90	22	45	5
Inzamam-ul-Haq	72	123	12	5261	329	47.39	13	31	10
VVS Laxman	97	166	22	6709	281	46.59	13	41	11
KC Sangakkara	70	125	7	5398	287	45.75	13	28	7
V Sehwag	76	136	3	5636	319	42.37	14	23	13

Stats at Home of Asian Batsmen excluding against Asian Teams and Zimbabwe (Minimum 8000 Test Runs ordered by Batting Average):

Name	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
DPMD Jayawardene	44	71	5	4399	374	66.65	14	20	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq	26	41	5	2024	329	56.22	5	13	5
VVS Laxman	40	64	11	2853	281	53.83	6	16	4
SR Tendulkar	68	115	13	5124	217	50.23	14	24	2
V Sehwag	43	75	3	3491	319	48.48	9	16	5
KC Sangakkara	38	63	3	2849	287	47.48	7	12	5
R Dravid	49	86	8	3562	222	45.66	9	17	3

Away Home Stats of Asian Batsmen excluding against Asian Teams and Zimbabwe (Minimum 8000 Test Runs ordered by Batting Average):

Name	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
R Dravid	63	117	15	5420	233	53.13	13	28	2
SR Tendulkar	73	128	10	6007	241*	50.90	18	28	9
Inzamam-ul-Haq	46	82	7	3237	148	43.16	8	18	5
KC Sangakkara	32	62	4	2549	192	43.94	6	16	2
VVS Laxman	57	102	11	3856	178	42.37	7	25	7
V Sehwag	33	61	0	2145	195	35.16	5	7	8
DPMD Jayawardene	35	67	1	2162	141	32.75	5	7	7

Against Big teams like Australia, South Africa, England, West Indies, New Zealand at opposition’s home, Mahela and Sanga have failed badly as around 15 run difference in average is seen compared to their career average.

Overall by having a glance at these stats we can find that Kumar Sangakkara’s and Mahela Jayawardene’s Test Batting Average ridiculously decreases when seen their performances against the Top 8 Test Counties and played Outside Home and Outside Asia.

However, they are some what class batsman but it will be a worst thing to compare it with other players who have reasonably done well against all teams and everywhere even they lag a bit in Overall stats with Sanga and Mahela as the both have been brilliant in sub continent and against weak teams.

Note: All the Stats Considered are as of 24th June, 2014.

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