Re: Yousuf and Younis the best Asian batsmen in Aus, SA and England since Jan 2005
Point noted but that is the whole point about (away) batting averages … they even out in the end.
Not saying we should ignore performances in Australia (our nemesis in tests) but then it is also quite remarkable that Younis has been able to maintain such a high average in those countries without doing anything special which proves that he has been consistent atleast over that period
Some of the greatest batsmen don’t even have such good records against every country and/or in every country. It is just not possible. Ponting (career average 53.44) for instance averages 26.48 in India and 38.52 in England. Lara (career average 52.89) averaged 33.00 in India and 36 in NZ
Even great Viv (career average 50.23) averaged just 19.25 in NZ (77 runs in 3 tests)
And why take out Yousuf’s best performances in England in 2006? It is not like he scored big in one test only. He was consistently good (631 runs at 90.14) over the 4 tests, infact outshone Inzi and many English batsmen in that series.
Stats: Pak v Eng 2006
**Pakistan
**http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=2641;team=7;type=series