MAHELA JAYAWARDENE: Will He Retire With A 50+ Test Average ?

[size=18pt]MAHELA JAYAWARDENE MISSED OUT ON THE MAGICAL 50.00 TEST AVERAGE BY 36 RUNS.[/size]

* He truly deserved to end his illisutrious career with a 50+ test average.

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[quote author=Kyle link=topic=91188.msg581420#msg581420 date=1408070583]
Anywho - 1 more innings to go and I don't see him compensating for the first innings low score. So he's gonna join the sub 50s club. Sad, because he deserves 50+ average IMO - despite being bit of a home/flat track bully.
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I think this is a very fair assessment. ESPNcricinfo's stats editor S Rajesh provided an interesting look at Jayawardene's career away from home.

Quote:Among all the glittering stats, the one aspect that isn't quite top-class are his stats away from home, especially outside the subcontinent. Outside Asia he averaged 34.50; outside Asia and excluding Zimbabwe he averaged 32.75. The biggest problems have been Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa, countries where Jayawardene's tendency to push outside off with an angled bat were exposed. In 31 Tests in these four countries, Jayawardene averages 31.66, with four hundreds in 60 innings. Thirty times in those 60 innings he has been dismissed before 20; seven of his 15 ducks have come in these 31 Tests, while the other eight have spanned 117 Tests that haven't been played in these four countries.

[quote author=dillinger10 link=topic=91188.msg582043#msg582043 date=1408314743]
I think this is a very fair assessment. ESPNcricinfo's stats editor S Rajesh provided an interesting look at Jayawardene's career away from home.
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Yep, in agreement with most of that. The pushing outside the offstump/angled bat thing is readily observable. He plays that shot through slip cordon for runs often, even. He's no Sanga, but he's good to watch when he's on song and still scored all those runs. Respect for that.

Yes, he did, no doubt about that. He leaves the game as the seventh highest run scorer in Test cricket with 11,814 runs. He trails only Tendulkar, Ponting, Kallis, Dravid, Sangakkara and Lara.

[size=18pt]JAYAWARDENE HAS THE UNIQUE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ONLY BATSMAN IN THE 10K CLUB WHO DOES NOT AVERAGE 50.00[/size]


* But he scored 34 hundreds---same as Lara.

* And he scored 50 fifties---2 more than Lara.

* But his AVERAGE was below 50.00----49.84

stats.espncricinfo.comBatting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | Cricinfo.com

*Jayawardene's HOME average was 59.73

* Jayawardene's AWAY average was 39.72


BOTTOM LINE:

*[size=14pt] Mahala Jayawardene did not achieve statistical greatness.[/size]

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[quote author=Kyle link=topic=91912.msg582077#msg582077 date=1408330311]

Too bad about Mahela - couldn't make it 50+ category. I suppose it's fair in a way too.
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Playing at HOME did not help him, eh ??

Pittay !