re: Rahul Dravid retires from international cricket
Again we don’t have to put down other batsmen while praising Dravid. The fact of the matter is all three have struggled against Australia and South Africa. And I respectfully disagree, esp. that Inzi was not a top tier batsman. He just did not do full justice to his talent (was lazy!). Inzi actually averages 50 in tests for Pakistan (if you exclude the one-off test between World XI and Australia)
But overall, I would agree that Dravid was a slightly better (not hugely better) TEST batsman than both
**Dravid
Batting
[TABLE]
Versus
M
Inns
NO
50s
100s
HS
Runs
Avg
Ca
St
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
Australia
33
62
6
13
2
233
2166
38.68
47
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
Bangladesh
7
10
2
1
3
160
560
70.00
13
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
England
21
37
5
8
7
217
1950
60.94
30
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
New Zealand
15
28
2
6
6
222
1659
63.81
17
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
Pakistan
15
26
3
3
5
270
1236
53.74
19
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
South Africa
21
40
3
5
2
148
1252
33.84
21
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
Sri Lanka
20
32
1
9
3
177
1508
48.65
16
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
West Indies
23
38
7
13
5
146
1978
63.81
26
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
Zimbabwe
9
13
3
5
3
*200
979
97.90
21
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
Overall (9)
164
286
32
63
36
270
13288
52.31
210
[/TR]
Inzi
Batting
[TABLE]
Versus
M
Inns
NO
50s
100s
HS
Runs
Avg
Ca
St
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
Australia
14
27
2
6
1
118
785
31.40
9
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
Bangladesh
6
8
3
2
*138
404
80.80
5
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
England
19
32
3
10
5
148
1584
54.62
9
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
India
10
17
1
4
3
184
833
52.06
4
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
New Zealand
12
19
3
4
3
329
1059
66.19
6
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
South Africa
13
23
1
6
96
710
32.27
7
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
Sri Lanka
20
31
5
7
5
*200
1559
59.96
17
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
West Indies
15
24
3
5
4
177
1124
53.52
6
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
Zimbabwe
11
19
1
4
2
112
772
42.89
18
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
Overall (9)
120
200
22
46
25
329
8830
49.61
81
[/TR]
Yousuf
Batting
[TABLE]
Versus
M
Inns
NO
50s
100s
HS
Runs
Avg
Ca
St
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
Australia
11
21
3
1
111
622
29.62
11
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
Bangladesh
5
6
4
2
2
*204
503
251.50
4
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
England
14
24
3
6
223
1499
62.46
12
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
India
15
27
2
6
4
173
1247
49.88
8
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
New Zealand
9
15
1
5
1
203
747
53.36
5
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
South Africa
7
13
1
3
83
357
29.75
2
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
Sri Lanka
15
26
1
3
1
112
725
29.00
10
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
West Indies
8
14
2
3
7
192
1214
101.17
6
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #fff8dc”]
Zimbabwe
6
10
1
5
2
159
616
68.44
7
[/TR]
[TR=“bgcolor: #ffdab9”]
Overall (9)
90
156
12
33
24
223
7530
52.29
65
[/TR]
**