Test MIDDLE ORDERS - 2007-08 [Which is the Best ?]

[edgefan007]

Below are all the Middle Orders [No. 3 to 6] of the Big 3 of Asian Cricket with records of last 5 Tests batted :-

Ind. :-
Dravid - just 298 Runs at 33.11 with 2 Fifties !
Sachin - 631 Runs at 78.75 with 2 Tons & 4 Fifties !!!
Ganguly - 688 Runs at 68.80 with 1 Double Ton,1 Ton & 2 Fifties !!!
Laxman - 497 Runs Runs at 62.13 with 2 Tons & 2 Fifties !!!

Pak. :-
Younus Khan - 628 Runs at 69.78 with 3 Tons & 2 Fifties !!!
Mohammad Yousuf - 602 Runs at 75.25 with 2 Tons & 2 Fifties !!!
Shoaib Malik - just 209 Runs at 23.22 with 2 Fifties !
Misbah-ul-Haq - 564 Runs at 80.57 with 2 Tons & 2 Fifties !!!

S.L :-
K.C. Sangakkara - a whopping 1218 Runs at 203.00 with 2 Double Tons, 4 Tons[3 scores of 150+] & 1 Fifty !!!
D.P.M.D Jayawardena - 933 Runs at 103.67 with 1 Double Ton,4 Tons & 1 Fifty !!!
L.P.C Silva - just 234 Runs at 23.40 with NO Tons or Fifties !
T.M. Dilshan - 373 Runs at 41.44 with 3 Fifties !!!

Overall :-

Ind. - 2114 Runs at 528.50 per Batsman
Pak. - 2003 Runs at 500.75 per Batsman
S.L - 2758 Runs at 689.50 per Batsman

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basically, Pak. has the best AVERAGE Stats for 4 Batsmen ! But, Sri Lanka takes the cake with Mahela's amazing form & Sangakkara's Bradmanesque Stats since leaving the Wicket-keeper's position in Tests !!!

 

[SciD]

At the moment India is rocking. Only Australia can match our batting strength. Sri Lanka just butchered some Bangladesh bowlers and do the stats proud. Look them against proper test nations.

 

[King Pietersen]

Sri Lanka's last 2 series have been against Australia (away) and England (home), so you're at fault there. I think all-round India have the best Middle Order, Dravid, Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman are all world class, consistent players. Both Sri Lanka and Pakistan have weaknesses with Chamara Silva and Shoaib Malik being the main weaknesses respectively. India have the best middle-order for me.

 

[SciD]

Well England were charitable enough for Sri Lankan batsman. Vaas was batting well also I think that time in Sri Lanka. While India was at Australia for 4 out of 5 test matches.

To compare take bigger sample size. In business small sample are never used for forecasting.

 

[Karachi Xpress]

Well England were charitable enough for Sri Lankan batsman. Vaas was batting well also I think that time in Sri Lanka. While India was at Australia for 4 out of 5 test matches.

To compare take bigger sample size. In business small sample are never used for forecasting.

Isn`t England considered as one of the best Test sides? It doesn`t matter how the performed against Sri Lanka

 

[Will_NA]

We have the ability to hold so much talent but still fail. A rare quality indeed.

 

[Gunner786]

if only inzi was still there instead of malik

 

[vaibhav mehta]

I think You should had search same stat for England also..Their middle order also good enough..

 

[sohum]

How about Australia?

Ponting
Clarke
Symonds
Hussey

They'd be pretty good, I reckon. Except Ponting's average over the last 5 tests wouldn't be too pretty, I imagine.

 

[SciD]

In last 5 test I think Aussie middle order was not good. Openors were the leading scorers.

Dravid was openor in 3 games so we cant consider him. When he came at 3 he was diffrent player.

 

[MS.Dhoni]

At the moment India is rocking. Only Australia can match our batting strength. Sri Lanka just butchered some Bangladesh bowlers and do the stats proud. Look them against proper test nations.

SRL middle order will collapse as it did agnst aus

 

[Inbox24]

Australia are pretty poor at the moment. I would say India's test middle order is pretty solid atm minus Ganguly. Besides that maybe Pakistan, the rest of the world need to do some catching up.

 

[Cricketman]

Dravid
Tendulkar
Ganguly
Laxman

Need I say more? I think this batting lineup is equivalent to the West Indian quicks of the 80's.

 

[Will_NA]

The first 2 are.

3 years ago, no batting line-up came close to India's. Nowadays, it's more up for contention.

 

[Cricketman]

Laxman is sheer class. He's just been so unlucky - not being able to play at his prime number three position.

Ganguly is highly underrated. He had a bad patch in his career, but he's looking awesome now. (UNFAIRLY DROPPED). No one comes close to his cover drives and dance-down-the-track sixes.