For the popular cricket-playing nations, we took every batsmen that has
scored at least 20 runs in their Test career, and
plotted their run rate for every single match where
strike rate is available.
Size = Number of runs.
Colour = strike rate
20
35
50
65
80
Eng
Aus
WI
Ind
NZ
Pak
SA
SL
Zim
World
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GA Gooch AJ Stewart DI Gower MA Atherton AN Cook KP Pietersen G Boycott AJ Strauss GP Thorpe IR Bell ME Trescothick N Hussain MP Vaughan IT Botham AJ Lamb MW Gatting JH Edrich MA Butcher PD Collingwood RA Smith APE Knott A Flintoff MJ Prior IJL Trott GA Hick AW Greig DL Amiss KWR Fletcher WR Hammond JB Hobbs DW Randall MR Ramprakash H Sutcliffe BL D'Oliveira MC Cowdrey TW Graveney RC Russell JP Crawley CJ Tavare JE Emburey M Leyland SCJ Broad BC Broad EH Hendren RT Robinson KF Barrington MH Denness JM Brearley AF Giles R Illingworth G Fowler BW Luckhurst G Miller GP Swann P Willey GO Jones RW Taylor CC Lewis L Hutton RA Woolmer C White PAJ DeFreitas CWJ Athey FE Woolley DL Underwood PH Edmonds DG Cork AR Caddick DCS Compton D Gough LEG Ames RGD Willis CM Old GRJ Roope PR Downton RWT Key JM Anderson SJ Harmison W Rhodes NV Knight JA Snow RES Wyatt EJG Morgan DR Pringle ER Dexter DS Steele PBH May CJ Barnett APF Chapman FJ Titmus E Paynter JM Parks RW Barber RS Bopara WJ Edrich D Lloyd DR Jardine GR Dilley J Hardstaff jnr C Milburn G Gunn DB Close W Larkins CT Radley NRD Compton GOB Allen JWHT Douglas MJ Hoggard MW Tate MD Moxon B Wood TR Ambrose NA Foster PH Parfitt TT Bresnan JW Hearne JE Root C Washbrook RDB Croft KS Duleepsinhji JH Hampshire CF Walters CL Smith PJ Sharpe GG Arnold ARC Fraser A Sandham EE Hemmings H Larwood DJ Capel IDK Salisbury CMW Read MJK Smith BC Rose P Lever H Verity JM Bairstow RJ Sidebottom BN French JK Lever SJ Rhodes CJ Richards JWH Makepeace TE Bailey OA Shah GC Small NWD Yardley CAG Russell BR Knight VJ Marks FC Hayes AR Lewis DE Malcolm AJ Tudor FR Foster JS Foster JT Murray NH Fairbrother RA Hutton MS Panesar WG Grace JA Jameson PJW Allott TG Evans MA Ealham KJ Barnett SP Jones G Cook RM Ellison A McGrath GAR Lock JT Ikin DW Headley CP Mead RWV Robins WW Whysall NGB Cook FS Trueman NG Cowans K Higgs DJ Brown WE Russell PE Richardson ST Finn M Watkinson G Duckworth G Geary PCR Tufnell PGH Fender PI Pocock Nawab of Pataudi snr N Gifford GJ Batty TS Curtis Rev.DS Sheppard WW Read PW Jarvis IJ Ward RW Tolchard M Hendrick RK Illingworth AD Mullally J Birkenshaw LE Plunkett MJ Stewart DL Bairstow DA Reeve H Strudwick R Abel RJ Bailey AV Bedser H Morris PJ Martin RKJ Dawson DA Allen G Ulyett JB Statham PJ Newport SD Udal SR Patel CH Parkin G Pullar R Kilner CJ Adams JC White CS Cowdrey CT Tremlett R Clarke A Shrewsbury snr W Voce WH Scotton MP Maynard ET Smith AG Steel RC Irani DVP Wright U Afzaal JG Thomas W Watson SI Mahmood WN Slack AP Freeman DM Smith MN Lathwell JM Read JER Gallian TS Worthington Lord Harris RO Butcher AP Lucas SP James JE Morris CP Schofield H Jupp PM Such JB Mortimore RM Prideaux R Swetman AJ Hollioake MA Carberry Hon.A Lyttelton FH Tyson JC Laker NE Haig DV Lawrence H Wood RL Johnson W Barnes AER Gilligan R Subba Row J O'Connor A Wood GE Tyldesley SP Kinneir MR Benson F Penn WE Astill HRJ Charlwood JWA Taylor JH Wardle EJ Smith K Shuttleworth J Vine DL Maddy MM Patel MP Bicknell J Selby BC Hollioake AW Wellard RD Jackman AE Fagg A Ward GA Cope JC Balderstone NF Williams CA Milton J Ormond WW Keeton JC Tredwell EM Grace JP Stephenson SF Barnes A Hill AR Butcher RG Barlow JP Taylor AE Stoddart JSE Price TPB Smith FG Mann RJ Kirtley RNS Hobbs G Onions JW Hitch WK Hegg IJ Jones GA Lohmann CEW Silverwood MC Ilott J Briggs GB Stevenson RO Jenkins R Appleyard J Lewis IA Greig A Habib W Newham SL Watkin MP Bowden TA Munton PA Gibb K Farnes NV Radford DJ Pattinson MJ McCague RT Simpson F Hearne DR Smith
Source:
Cricinfo.
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