(478)…Test batting: Staying and batting deep into innings

“Bat a while” – The usual mantra from Australian captain to his players, especially in sub-continent. If a player is able to bat whole session than he can be credited as a decent Test batsman. It is a good benchmark irrespective of their batting position. On average 30 overs are bowled in one session.

In the ongoing series (Australia in Bangladesh-2017) these batsmen stayed at the crease for more than 30 overs in first test match.

For Bangladesh : Tamim Iqbal (twice), Shakib Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim

For Australia Matt Renshaw, Ashton Agar, David Warner, and Steve Smith.

Keeping this mind – I took the liberty of analysing Australia’s Test performance in last 19 years(Oct ’98 onwards) with comparison to their performance in sub-continent in same period.

We start with David Warner’s batting performance in each phase. In sub continent he batted in 29 Inns and 6 times(including 1st test in Bangladesh) he was dismissed inside the 3rd over but also batted beyond the 30th over in 7 innings. Overall he has batted in 121 Inns in which 35 he batted beyond 30th over and 19 times was dismissed inside 3rd over

	(0-10)	(011-20)	(021-30)	(031-40)	(041-50)	(051-60)	(061-70)	(071-80)	(081-90)	(091-100)
Balls	1136	705	521	258	111	70	62	34	35	14
Runs	979	531	401	220	98	47	56	33	44	9
Wkts	22	9	10	6	3	0	0	1	0	1
Scoring shots	378	262	207	112	47	25	35	19	22	3

Here is the list of comparison for all players who played Test Cricket for Australia since Oct 1998(Min.qualification 500 runs). To simplify my analysis i have segregated indicators in various graphics. The data includes test matches played in sub-continent, home, away, and neutral venues.

	R Ponting	Clarke	M Hayden	J Langer	M Hussey	A Gilchrist	Warner	S Smith	S Waugh	S Katich	D Martyn	Watson	Haddin	M Waugh	M Slater	Rogers	S Warne	D Lehman	Khawaja	P Hughes	Voges	S Marsh	A Symonds	B Lee	M Johnson	M North	J Gillespie	Cowan	Starc	Siddle	P Jaques	Wade M	Burns	M Taylor	G Blewett	Lyon	M Marsh	Johnson	Handscomb	Renshaw	B Hodge
Inn	299	229	191	193	158	191	131	110	130	111	119	118	132	100	74	50	155	52	48	52	40	46	52	152	102	42	123	36	72	123	22	42	26	16	30	136	42	44	18	18	12
Avg	53.61	49.11	52.94	46.69	51.53	47.61	46.76	59.51	54.23	45.03	48.68	35.2	32.99	39.59	38.95	42.87	19.43	44.77	44.31	32.66	61.88	36	40.61	20.15	21.97	35.48	19.57	34.59	24.81	14.27	47.47	29.27	37.96	58.64	29.54	11.98	21.74	22.72	46.07	39.8	55.89
Balls/wkt	89.65	87.82	87	84.47	102.78	58.03	60.52	104.97	107.79	91.22	93.31	66.92	56.43	78.14	72.71	84.72	29.68	73.62	81.95	60.98	111.13	80.59	62.67	38.04	37.5	73.7	60.84	77	35.86	31.1	87.47	60.6	64.13	127.21	89.04	26.81	41.52	39.17	89.43	91.73	107.22
Scoring rate/ 100 balls	29.98	28.11	29.31	26.95	25.93	36.68	32.03	25.89	25.47	24.77	25.85	24.15	27.67	24.91	25.53	20.67	30.39	30.27	24.12	24.74	18.9	20.82	30.5	23.62	25.96	24.42	15.67	22.32	28.79	22.24	28.58	25.96	22.64	23.81	17.69	19.24	23.15	23.15	27.56	20.86	25.91
Lesser scoring shots/ 100 balls	22.82	21.88	21.24	19.96	20.07	25.16	25.29	22.29	19.39	18.85	19.47	17.16	20.26	19.02	18.86	15.75	21.65	22.64	21.4	17.38	19.27	16.62	22.34	16.25	18.04	18.34	11.45	16.56	22.37	17.07	22.44	20.85	18.03	19.2	14.93	14.07	18.18	18.84	21.57	15.55	19.48
Boundary rate/ 100 balls	7.16	6.61	8.08	7	5.86	11.52	10.18	6.66	6.08	5.92	6.38	7.27	7.46	5.89	6.68	6.78	8.75	7.63	5.94	7.36	5.96	4.84	8.16	7.37	7.92	6.09	4.22	5.76	8.95	5.21	6.14	5.12	7.93	4.6	2.76	5.89	6.92	7.83	5.99	5.31	6.42

Role-play : Here is a comparison of role-play for Australia in sub-continent(on left) against all performance.

The indicators used here are : –

1) % of partnerships runs/team Runs

2) % of overs at the crease/team overs

3) % > 30 overs @ crease

4) % < 3 overs @crease

	R Ponting	M Hayden	Clarke	M Hussey	S Smith	J Langer	D Martyn	Warner	A Gilchrist	S Katich	D Lehman
%partnership runs	25.35	32.45	22.76	37.55	42.32	21.39	32.6	24.79	16.7	29.8	23.57
% overs @crease	25.22	29.68	22.53	37.21	41.3	21.23	33.87	19.88	14.67	29.83	21.25
% > 30 overs @ crease	31.25	28.95	20	40.91	45.83	21.05	40.91	20.69	20	40.91	31.25
% < 3 overs @crease	14.58	10.53	10	4.55	8.33	10.53	22.73	20.69	33.33	0	18.75

Batting Order: A comparison in sub-continent(on left) using primary indicators.

	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI
Inns	441	441	441	441	441	441	441	441	441	441	440
Avg	43.3	48.45	49.1	41.61	54.09	36.13	37.4	19.99	20.08	13.73	11.59
Balls/Wkt	79.09	83.77	85.79	80.27	100.39	68.31	60.9	34.2	39.45	27.95	25.96
Scoring rate/100 balls	25.29	27.07	27.46	25.72	26.68	26.33	29.13	26.45	23.27	22.66	19.82
lesser SS/100 balls	18.45	20.59	21.69	20.22	20.62	20.31	21.51	19.09	17.09	16.98	14.64
Boundary rate/100 balls	7.3	7.27	6.96	5.89	6.45	6.3	7.86	7.74	6.64	6.08	5.6

All data is updated at end of 1st Test match at Mirpur.

5 Sep / 2017(478)…Test batting: Staying and batting deep into innings

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