Careers that took off after slow starts

Travis Basevi

20-Dec-2005

Poor Starts - Comparing Career Batting Average with Average After 20 ODIs
Poor Starts - Comparing Career Bowling Average with Average After 20 ODIs
Great Starts - Comparing Career Batting Average with Average After 20 ODIs
Great Starts - Comparing Career Bowling Average with Average After 20 ODIs

Poor Starts - Comparing Career Batting Average with Average After 20 ODIs (qualification: 10 innings in first 20 ODIs, 2000 runs in career)
Player	Span	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Runs	Career	Diff
DR Martyn (Aust)	1992-2005	18	276	51*	17.25	0	4691	41.88	24.63
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2005	17	143	31	8.41	0	10207	31.79	23.38
CH Gayle (ICC/WI)	1999-2005	19	331	58*	18.38	0	4416	38.73	20.34
Saleem Malik (Pak)	1982-1999	18	230	41	12.77	0	7170	32.88	20.11
ME Waugh (Aust)	1988-2002	19	404	67	23.76	0	8500	39.35	15.58
SB Styris (NZ)	1999-2005	14	178	43	13.69	0	2320	29.00	15.30
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1975-1996	19	423	77*	26.43	0	7381	41.70	15.26
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2005	19	492	62	28.94	0	13909	44.01	15.07
Imran Khan (Pak)	1974-1992	15	184	39	18.39	0	3709	33.41	15.01
Shoaib Malik (Pak)	1999-2005	11	145	44	18.12	0	2631	32.88	14.76
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)	1986-2000	19	323	72	19.00	0	6564	32.33	13.33
A Flintoff (Eng/ICC)	1999-2005	15	306	84	21.85	0	2562	35.09	13.23
HH Streak (Afr/Zimb)	1993-2005	16	166	23*	15.09	0	2943	28.29	13.20
HH Gibbs (SAf)	1996-2005	20	456	125	22.80	1	5646	35.73	12.93
Abdul Razzaq (Asia/Pak)	1996-2005	17	258	60	17.19	0	3944	30.10	12.90
SC Ganguly (Asia/India)	1992-2005	19	501	83	27.83	0	10123	40.65	12.82
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1990-2004	18	145	31	9.66	0	3711	22.22	12.55
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2005	20	549	88*	28.89	0	9359	41.41	12.51
A Jadeja (India)	1992-2000	19	450	59	25.00	0	5359	37.47	12.47
DJ Cullinan (SAf)	1993-2000	19	351	70*	20.64	0	3860	32.99	12.34

Poor Starts - Comparing Career Bowling Average with Average After 20 ODIs (qualification: 500 balls in first 20 ODIs, 100 wickets in career)
Player	Span	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Wkts	Career	Diff
SB Styris (NZ)	1999-2005	890	16	4/57	47.06	0	103	30.65	-16.41
M Muralitharan (Asia/ICC/SL)	1993-2005	1014	18	2/6	38.77	0	392	22.39	-16.38
RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	1168	19	2/20	35.26	0	158	21.56	-13.69
A Kumble (Asia/India)	1990-2005	1146	17	4/50	43.82	0	329	30.76	-13.05
CH Gayle (ICC/WI)	1999-2005	709	12	2/18	40.66	0	100	31.53	-9.13
M Prabhakar (India)	1984-1996	852	14	4/19	37.35	0	157	28.87	-8.47
Azhar Mahmood (Pak)	1996-2005	825	14	3/34	46.50	0	122	38.86	-7.63
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1990-2002	895	14	2/29	45.64	0	109	39.64	-6.00
SP O'Donnell (Aust)	1985-1991	1047	22	2/19	34.63	0	108	28.72	-5.91
GD McGrath (Aust/ICC)	1993-2005	1073	24	4/24	28.00	0	327	22.21	-5.78
JN Gillespie (Aust)	1996-2005	1069	26	4/26	30.96	0	142	25.42	-5.53
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1979-1989	1147	22	5/34	31.13	1	140	25.84	-5.29
BKV Prasad (India)	1994-2001	914	19	3/36	37.31	0	196	32.30	-5.00
Harbhajan Singh (India)	1998-2005	1080	22	3/36	36.22	0	138	31.31	-4.90
GR Larsen (NZ)	1990-1999	1075	16	3/16	40.18	0	113	35.39	-4.78
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1997-2005	938	19	2/22	33.89	0	108	29.75	-4.14
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)	1995-2003	1007	30	4/47	25.89	0	288	21.78	-4.11
RJ Shastri (India)	1981-1992	823	16	3/26	40.12	0	129	36.04	-4.07
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1986-1995	997	19	3/21	34.73	0	100	30.78	-3.94
J Garner (WI)	1977-1987	1174	29	5/38	22.79	1	146	18.84	-3.94

Great Starts - Comparing Career Batting Average with Average After 20 ODIs (qualification: 10 innings in first 20 ODIs, 2000 runs in career)
Player	Span	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Runs	Career	Diff
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	19	971	153*	74.69	3	6721	47.00	-27.69
JC Adams (WI)	1992-2001	12	275	81*	55.00	0	2204	28.62	-26.37
M Kaif (India)	2002-2005	15	563	111*	56.29	1	2431	35.23	-21.06
AL Logie (WI)	1981-1993	13	298	88	49.66	0	2809	28.95	-20.70
GS Chappell (Aust)	1971-1983	20	843	125*	56.20	1	2331	40.18	-16.01
MG Bevan (Aust)	1994-2004	18	621	78*	69.00	0	6912	53.58	-15.41
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1992	20	745	81	39.21	0	3891	26.46	-12.74
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	17	432	113*	48.00	1	5761	35.34	-12.65
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SAf)	1996-2005	12	180	66*	36.00	0	2556	24.34	-11.65
AC Parore (NZ)	1992-2002	16	476	96	36.61	0	3314	25.68	-10.92
AJ Lamb (Eng)	1982-1992	20	852	118	50.11	3	4010	39.31	-10.80
PV Simmons (WI)	1987-1999	20	700	104*	36.84	1	3675	28.93	-7.90
NS Sidhu (India)	1987-1998	18	760	88	44.70	0	4413	37.08	-7.62
AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1995	20	821	90	43.21	0	2784	35.69	-7.51
MW Gatting (Eng)	1977-1993	19	514	96	36.71	0	2095	29.50	-7.20
DI Gower (Eng)	1978-1991	18	518	114*	37.00	2	3170	30.77	-6.22
RL Powell (WI)	1999-2005	19	545	124	30.27	1	2085	24.82	-5.45
AC Hudson (SAf)	1991-1997	19	660	108	34.73	1	2559	29.41	-5.32
KC Wessels (Aust/SAf)	1983-1994	20	706	92	39.22	0	3367	34.35	-4.86
RA Smith (Eng)	1988-1996	19	691	128	43.18	2	2419	39.01	-4.17

Great Starts - Comparing Career Bowling Average with Average After 20 ODIs (qualification: 500 balls in first 20 ODIs, 100 wickets in career)
Player	Span	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Wkts	Career	Diff
CZ Harris (NZ)	1990-2004	894	24	3/15	27.87	0	203	37.50	9.62
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1994-2004	906	25	4/37	27.19	0	138	36.21	9.01
SK Warne (Aust/ICC)	1993-2005	1074	38	4/19	17.23	0	293	25.73	8.50
M Dillon (WI)	1997-2005	1039	32	4/20	24.50	0	130	32.44	7.94
PAJ DeFreitas (Eng)	1987-1997	1165	26	4/35	25.07	0	115	32.82	7.74
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	1085	41	5/17	16.48	2	225	24.12	7.64
IR Bishop (WI)	1988-1997	1087	37	5/27	19.37	1	118	26.50	7.12
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	564	16	3/27	29.50	0	193	36.05	6.55
AB Agarkar (India)	1998-2005	1068	44	4/35	21.22	0	232	27.26	6.03
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1996	1032	24	3/34	28.29	0	100	34.31	6.01
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)	1977-1989	668	17	3/20	25.11	0	111	30.91	5.80
Abdul Qadir (Pak)	1983-1993	1168	34	5/44	21.52	2	132	26.16	4.63
Shoaib Akhtar (Asia/ICC/Pak)	1998-2005	959	35	4/37	19.08	0	199	23.54	4.46
Imran Khan (Pak)	1974-1992	1094	26	3/15	22.96	0	182	26.61	3.65
HH Streak (Afr/Zimb)	1993-2005	1039	28	4/25	26.32	0	239	29.82	3.50
D Gough (Eng/ICC)	1994-2005	1096	31	5/44	22.83	1	235	26.11	3.27
CA Walsh (WI)	1985-2000	1033	25	5/1	27.39	1	227	30.47	3.07
PR Reiffel (Aust)	1992-1999	1062	26	4/38	26.15	0	106	29.20	3.05
WJ Cronje (SAf)	1992-2000	504	10	5/32	32.00	1	114	34.78	2.78
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1992	1120	25	3/28	24.39	0	157	26.96	2.56

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1776: India v Sri Lanka at Delhi, 2nd Test, Dec 10-14, 2005
• ODI # 2307: Pakistan v England at Rawalpindi, 4th ODI, Dec 19, 2005