Michael Bevan - An astonishing career so far (6 February 1999)

6 February 1999

Michael Bevan - An astonishing career so far

Atul Kahate

Michael Bevan was dismissed for a duck - a rare incidence, on Saturday against England. This was his only second duck in 84 innings. This prompted the following analysis of all batsmen after the first 84 innings of their career.

There have been very few batsmen who have been dismissed without scoring on fewer occassions. Just for the record, Romesh Kaluwitharana has scored most ducks in the first 84 innings of a career (14).

Also, Bevan's career average stands at 59.70, the highest one has been able to manage at this point of one's career.

The following tables list (A) Least number of zeroes and (B) Highest average after first 84 innings of one's career.

Player Team Mts Ins NO Runs HS Avg H F Z S/R GA Gooch Eng 86 84 5 3308 142 41.87 8 19 1 64.37 Ijaz Ahmed, Sr Pak 93 84 13 1713 124* 24.13 2 7 1 80.61 DL Haynes WI 84 84 10 2889 148 39.04 6 17 1 63.47 SP Fleming NZ 85 84 9 2401 116* 32.01 3 13 2 72.98 MD Crowe NZ 85 84 9 2594 105* 34.59 2 17 2 74.65 DM Jones Aus 86 84 14 3107 121 44.39 3 24 2 74.89 MG Bevan Aus 95 84 31 3164 108* 59.70 3 21 2 77.57

Player Team Mts Ins NO Runs HS Avg H F Z S/R MG Bevan Aus 95 84 31 3164 108* 59.70 3 21 2 77.57 IVA Richards WI 92 84 14 3839 189* 54.84 8 24 4 90.22 G Kirsten SA 84 84 8 3460 188* 45.53 8 19 3 72.75 DM Jones Aus 86 84 14 3107 121 44.39 3 24 2 74.89 CG Greenidge WI 84 84 7 3400 115 44.16 7 22 3 64.43 BC Lara WI 85 84 7 3383 153 43.94 5 26 3 73.50 AJ Lamb Eng 86 84 15 2975 118 43.12 4 17 7 76.50 NS Sidhu Ind 88 84 7 3306 134* 42.94 5 26 5 72.77 GA Gooch Eng 86 84 5 3308 142 41.87 8 19 1 64.37 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 86 84 13 2908 137* 40.96 4 20 4 73.40 SC Ganguly Ind 89 84 7 3086 124 40.08 5 21 5 68.64

Source :: Atul Kahate