How do batsmen compare in their ability to make big hundreds?
How do batsmen compare in their ability to make big hundreds? One way of measuring this is to take the ratio of a batsman’s 150s to the number of dismissals between 100 and 150 (dividing the former by the latter). Among batsmen with 15 or more Test centuries, the players with the lowest (or poorest) ratios are
100s
Out 100-150
150+
Ratio
ME Waugh
20
16
1
0.063
GP Thorpe
16
10
1
0.100
DL Haynes
18
13
2
0.154
ML Hayden
26
20
4
0.200
DC Boon
21
15
3
0.200
G Boycott
22
13
3
0.231
MA Atherton
16
13
3
0.231
Inzamam-ul-Haq
25
15
4
0.267
Curiously, the list features mostly modern players, perhaps because batsmen achieving the qualification standard of 15 tons are more common today. If the standard was relaxed to 10 centuries, the list would be led by Allan Lamb and Mohinder Amarnath, both of whom never reached 150 in Tests. Ian Botham, Peter May, John Wright and Saurav Ganguly would also rank above Hayden.
At the other end of the scale, well, no prizes for guessing the leader. Don Bradman reached 150 more than twice as often as he fell short. The leaders are
100s
Out 100-150
150+
Ratio
DG Bradman
29
7
18
2.571
WR Hammond
22
7
10
1.429
SR Waugh
32
10
14
1.400
BC Lara
31
13
18
1.385
L Hutton
19
8
10
1.250
MS Atapattu
16
7
8
1.143
GStA Sobers
26
10
11
1.100
SR Tendulkar
35
15
15
1.000
Javed Miandad
23
10
10
1.000
R Dravid
22
9
9
1.000
There is one batsman in the 10-14 century range with a better ratio than Bradman. Dennis Amiss was out only twice between 100 and 150 in Tests, but scored 150 eight times, giving him a ratio of 4.00.
*stats from z-scores
How do batsmen compare in their ability to make big hundreds? One way of measuring this is to take the ratio of a batsman’s 150s to the number of dismissals between 100 and 150 (dividing the former by the latter). Among batsmen with 15 or more Test centuries, the players with the lowest (or poorest) ratios are
100s
Out 100-150
150+
Ratio
ME Waugh
20
16
1
0.063
GP Thorpe
16
10
1
0.100
DL Haynes
18
13
2
0.154
ML Hayden
26
20
4
0.200
DC Boon
21
15
3
0.200
G Boycott
22
13
3
0.231
MA Atherton
16
13
3
0.231
Inzamam-ul-Haq
25
15
4
0.267
Curiously, the list features mostly modern players, perhaps because batsmen achieving the qualification standard of 15 tons are more common today. If the standard was relaxed to 10 centuries, the list would be led by Allan Lamb and Mohinder Amarnath, both of whom never reached 150 in Tests. Ian Botham, Peter May, John Wright and Saurav Ganguly would also rank above Hayden.
At the other end of the scale, well, no prizes for guessing the leader. Don Bradman reached 150 more than twice as often as he fell short. The leaders are
100s
Out 100-150
150+
Ratio
DG Bradman
29
7
18
2.571
WR Hammond
22
7
10
1.429
SR Waugh
32
10
14
1.400
BC Lara
31
13
18
1.385
L Hutton
19
8
10
1.250
MS Atapattu
16
7
8
1.143
GStA Sobers
26
10
11
1.100
SR Tendulkar
35
15
15
1.000
Javed Miandad
23
10
10
1.000
R Dravid
22
9
9
1.000
There is one batsman in the 10-14 century range with a better ratio than Bradman. Dennis Amiss was out only twice between 100 and 150 in Tests, but scored 150 eight times, giving him a ratio of 4.00.
*stats from z-scores