Australia under Michael Clarke’s captaincy has slipped while bowling first –and it’s the 2nd Innings they allow their opponents to score big.
Here is a comparison of 1st innings and 2nd Inning when Australia bowl first in a Test match.
Under various captains since Oct 1998.
A) All Test match result
|
Australian Era |
Tests |
Won |
% win |
|
M Taylor |
8 |
4 |
50.00 % |
|
S Waugh |
59 |
42 |
71.18% |
|
R Ponting |
82 |
51 |
62.19 % |
|
M Clarke |
29 |
12 |
41.37 % |
|
(1998-2013) |
178 |
109 |
61.23 % |
B ) Australia era under various captains.
i) First bowling / 1st Innings
| Australian era |
1st bowl |
Won |
1st Inn (Avg score) |
1st Inn (Avg Overs) |
300+score |
100+overs |
|
M Taylor |
3 Tests |
2 |
217 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
|
S Waugh |
29Tests |
25 |
265 |
87 |
8 |
11 |
|
R Ponting |
32 Tests |
17 |
354 |
105 |
22 |
19 |
|
M Clarke |
13 Tests |
7 |
261 |
82 |
3 |
3 |
|
(1998-2013) |
77 Tests |
51 |
299.66 |
93 overs |
33 |
33 |
ii) Second bowling /1st Innings
|
Australian era |
2nd inn (Avg score) |
2nd Inn (Avg Overs) |
300+score |
100+overs |
|
M Taylor |
193 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
|
S Waugh |
239 |
78 |
5 |
6 |
|
R Ponting |
243 |
74 |
9 |
3 |
|
M Clarke |
256 |
86 |
6 |
5 |
|
(1998-2013) |
242 |
78 |
20 |
14 |
Above table clearly shows Australia (u/ M Clarke) slipped up badly in second innings while bowling first. They conceded 300 runs & 100+ overs in every second Test they played!.
Then, is this a recent Test match trend?. Yes!
Well in this decade (since 2010) in 149 Test matches (till end of 4th Ashes Test).
the question we ask –
Do teams score more in second innings?.
Answer : 49 times they went past 300 score in the 2nd Inn(3rd inn of Test) (33.33%)
Do teams bowl more overs in second innings ?
Answer : 44 times they bowled 100+ overs in the 2nd Inn(3rd inn of Test). (29.93 %)
All stats updated till end of 4th Ashes Test.
