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Dravid in Tests: A numbers’ guide

09 Mar 2012, 12:03 pm

Summary

The Wall’s extraordinary career through a numeric lens

Mumbai, March 9: 164 matches, 13,288 runs, 36 tons, 210 catches. And countless resolute innings that have saved or won India matches both at home and overseas. The Wall of Indian cricket not only resisted the onslaight of some of the world’s best bowling attacks, he also showed how a career can be built on the foundation of service to his team, and the game. Synonymous with grit, perseverence and resistance, Dravid will always be remembered as one of the great custodians of its spirit. Here’s a look at the extraordinary career of a true sportsman.

Matches	No.	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
India	163	284	32	13265	270	52.63	36	63	7
ICC World XI	1	2	0	23	23	11.5	0	0	1
Overall	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	36	63	8

PERFORMANCE AGAINST EACH COUNTRY

Against	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
v Australia	33	62	6	2166	233	38.67	2	13	4
v B’desh	7	10	2	560	160	70	3	1	1
v England	21	37	5	1950	217	60.93	7	8	1
v NZ	15	28	2	1659	222	63.8	6	6	1
v Pakistan	15	26	3	1236	270	53.73	5	3	1
v RSA	21	40	3	1252	148	33.83	2	5	0
v Sri Lanka	20	32	1	1508	177	48.64	3	9	0
v West Indies	23	38	7	1978	146	63.8	5	13	0
v Zimbabwe	9	13	3	979	200*	97.9	3	5	0

PERFORMANCE IN EACH COUNTRY

Country	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
in Australia	16	32	4	1166	233	41.64	1	6	2
in B’desh	7	10	2	560	160	70	3	1	1
in England	13	23	3	1376	217	68.8	6	4	0
in India	70	120	11	5598	222	51.35	15	27	3
in NZ	7	14	2	766	190	63.83	2	5	1
in Pakistan	6	9	2	550	270	78.57	3	0	1
in RSA	11	22	1	624	148	29.71	1	2	0
in Sri Lanka	12	21	1	662	107	33.1	1	4	0
in West Indies	17	28	5	1511	146	65.69	3	11	0
in Zimbabwe	5	7	1	475	118	79.16	1	3	0

HOME AND AWAY

Type	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
Home	70	120	11	5598	222	51.35	15	27	3
Away	94	166	21	7690	270	53.03	21	36	5

PERFORMANCE IN EACH CALENDAR YEAR

Year	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
1996	7	12	1	436	95	39.63	0	3	0
1997	12	18	2	984	148	61.50	1	9	0
1998	5	9	0	413	118	45.88	1	3	1
1999	10	19	1	865	190	48.05	4	1	0
2000	6	11	3	624	200*	78.00	2	1	1
2001	13	23	3	935	180	46.75	1	6	0
2002	16	26	3	1357	217	59.00	5	5	0
2003	5	10	2	803	233	100.37	2	3	0
2004	12	18	3	946	270	63.06	2	4	3
2005	8	12	0	640	135	53.33	2	4	1
2006	12	22	4	1095	146	60.83	3	7	0
2007	10	19	2	606	129	35.64	1	3	0
2008	15	28	2	805	136	30.96	2	4	2
2009	6	10	1	747	177	83.00	2	5	0
2010	12	20	2	771	191	42.83	3	1	0
2011	12	23	3	1145	146*	57.25	5	4	0
2012	3	6	0	116	47	19.33	0	0	0

PERFORMANCE AS CAPTAIN AND AS A PLAYER

Matches	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
As a captain	25	45	6	1736	146	44.51	4	10	1
As a player	139	241	26	11552	270	53.73	32	53	7

CAPTAINCY RECORD – Played: 25, Won-8, Lost-6, Drawn-11 (Won%-32.00)

PERFORMANCE UNDER EACH CAPTAIN

Captain	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
M Azharuddin	12	21	1	1162	190	58.10	4	6	1
SR Tendulkar	25	43	3	1659	148	41.47	2	10	1
SC Ganguly	49	80	13	4912	270	73.31	14	22	2
R Dravid (himself)	25	45	6	1736	146	44.51	4	10	1
A Kumble	14	27	2	785	111	31.40	1	5	0
V Sehwag	3	6	0	199	83	33.16	0	2	0
GC Smith (for Wld XI)	1	2	0	23	23	11.50	0	0	1
MS Dhoni	35	62	7	2812	191	51.12	11	8	2

PERFORMANCE IN EACH INNINGS

Innings	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
1st innings	75	3	4121	222	57.23	15	15	2
2nd innings	89	7	4984	270	60.78	15	24	3
3rd innings	65	4	2608	180	42.75	5	15	3
4th innings	57	18	1575	103*	40.38	1	9	0

IN WON / LOST / DRAWN MATCHES

Performance	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
In WON matches	56	92	14	5131	270	65.78	15	23	2
In LOST matches	49	98	5	2778	146*	29.87	4	12	5
In Drawn matches	59	96	13	5379	222	64.80	17	28	1

PERFORMANCE AT EACH BATTING POSITION

Batting position	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
No. 1	3	3	0	72	38	24.00	0	0	0
No. 2	14	20	4	735	146*	45.93	4	1	0
No. 3	134	219	20	10524	270	52.88	28	50	8
No. 4	16	21	3	957	146	53.16	2	6	0
No. 5	11	11	3	308	144*	38.50	1	1	0
No.6	6	8	2	413	180	68.83	1	2	0
No. 7	4	4	0	279	95	69.75	0	3	0

PERFORMANCE IN EACH SPAN OF 20 MATCHES

Match No.	Start	End	Mts	Inns	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
1 - 20	20 Jun 1996	10 Mar 1998	20	32	1528	148	52.69	1	14	0
21 - 40	18 Mar 1998	29 Nov 2000	20	37	1794	200*	54.36	7	3	2
41 - 60	27 Feb 2001	22 May 2002	20	34	1411	180	47.03	2	9	0
61 - 80	25 Jul 2002	18 Oct 2004	20	34	2208	270	76.14	7	7	2
81 - 100	26 Oct 2004	22 Mar 2006	20	32	1612	160	59.70	5	9	2
101 - 120	02 Jun 2006	30 Mar 2008	20	37	1478	146	44.79	3	9	0
121 - 140	03 Apr 2008	22 Jul 2010	20	36	1426	177	43.21	4	7	2
141 - 160	26 Jul 2010	26 Nov 2011	20	36	1637	191	51.16	7	4	0
161 - 164	26 Dec 2011	15 Jan 2012	4	8	194	68	24.25	0	1	0

PERFORMANCE IN EACH SERIES

Series	Vs	In	Mts	Inns	Runs	Avg	Hs	100	50	0
1996	Eng	Eng	2	3	187	62.33	95	0	2	0
1996-97	Aus	Ind	1	1	40	40.00	40	0	0	0
1996-97	SA	Ind	3	6	175	29.17	56	0	1	0
1996-97	SA	SA	3	6	277	55.40	148	1	1	0
1996-97	WI	WI	5	7	360	72.00	92	0	4	0
1997-98	SL	SL	2	3	77	25.67	69	0	1	0
1997-98	SL	Ind	3	4	304	76.00	93	0	3	0
1997-98	Aus	Ind	3	5	223	44.60	86	0	3	0
1998-99	Zim	Zim	1	2	162	81.00	118	1	0	0
1998-99	NZ	NZ	2	4	321	107.00	190	2	0	1
1998-99	Pak	Ind	3	6	162	27.00	53	0	1	0
1998-99	SL	SL	1	1	107	107.00	107	1	0	0
1999-00	NZ	Ind	3	6	239	39.83	144	1	0	0
1999-00	Aus	Aus	3	6	93	15.50	35	0	0	1
1999-00	SA	Ind	2	4	94	23.50	37	0	0	0
2000-01	Ban	Ban	1	2	69	69.00	41*	0	0	0
2000-01	Zim	Ind	2	3	432	432.00	200*	2	1	0
2000-01	Aus	Ind	3	6	338	56.33	180	1	1	0
2001	Zim	Zim	2	3	138	69.00	68*	0	1	0
2001-02	SL	SL	3	6	235	47.00	75	0	2	0
2001-02	SA	SA	2	4	102	25.50	87	0	1	0
2001-02	Eng	Ind	3	4	122	40.67	86	0	1	0
2001-02	Zim	Ind	2	3	72	24.00	65	0	1	0
2001-02	WI	WI	5	8	404	57.71	144*	1	2	0
2002	Eng	Eng	4	6	602	100.33	217	3	1	0
2002-03	WI	Ind	3	5	148	49.33	100*	1	0	0
2002-03	NZ	NZ	2	4	131	32.75	76	0	1	0
2003-04	NZ	Ind	2	4	313	78.25	222	1	1	0
2003-04	Aus	Aus	4	8	619	123.80	233	1	3	0
2003-04	Pak	Pak	3	4	309	77.25	270	1	0	1
2004-05	Aus	Ind	4	7	167	27.83	60	0	1	1
2004-05	SA	Ind	2	3	181	90.50	80	0	2	0
2004-05	Ban	Ban	2	2	160	80.00	160	1	0	1
2004-05	Pak	Ind	3	5	333	66.60	135	2	1	0
2005-06	Zim	Zim	2	2	175	87.50	98	0	2	0
2005-06	Aus	Aus	1	2	23	11.50	23	0	0	1
2005-06	SL	Ind	2	3	109	36.33	53	0	1	0
2005-06	Pak	Pak	3	5	241	80.33	128*	2	0	0
2005-06	Eng	Ind	3	6	309	61.80	95	0	3	0
2006	WI	WI	4	7	496	82.67	146	1	4	0
2006-07	SA	SA	3	6	125	20.83	47	0	0	0
2007	Ban	Ban	2	3	192	64.00	129	1	1	0
2007	Eng	Eng	3	6	126	25.20	55	0	1	0
2007-08	Pak	Ind	3	6	191	38.20	50	0	1	0
2007-08	Aus	Aus	4	8	237	33.86	93	0	2	0
2007-08	SA	Ind	3	5	178	44.50	111	1	0	0
2008	SL	SL	3	6	148	24.67	68	0	1	0
2008-09	Aus	Ind	4	7	120	17.14	51	0	1	1
2008-09	Eng	Ind	2	4	143	35.75	136	1	0	1
2008-09	NZ	NZ	3	6	314	62.80	83	0	4	0
2009-10	SL	Ind	3	4	433	108.25	177	2	1	0
2009-10	Ban	Ban	2	3	139	69.50	111*	1	0	0
2010	SL	SL	3	5	95	19.00	44	0	0	0
2010-11	Aus	Ind	2	4	112	37.33	77	0	1	0
2010-11	NZ	Ind	3	4	341	85.25	191	2	0	0
2010-11	SA	SA	3	6	120	20.00	43	0	0	0
2011	WI	WI	3	6	251	50.20	112	1	1	0
2011	Eng	Eng	4	8	461	76.83	146*	3	0	0
2011-12	WI	Ind	3	5	319	63.80	119	1	2	0
2011-12	Aus	Aus	4	8	194	24.25	68	0	1	0

DRAVID’S MOST PRODUCTIVE SERIES (in terms of aggregate)

Series	Vs	In	Mts	Inns	Runs	Avg	Hs	100	50
2003-04	Aus	Aus	4	8	619	123.80	233	1	3
2002	Eng	Eng	4	6	602	100.33	217	3	1
2006	WI	WI	4	7	496	82.67	146	1	4
2011	Eng	Eng	4	8	461	76.83	146*	3	0
2009-10	SL	Ind	3	4	433	108.25	177	2	1
2000-01	Zim	Ind	2	3	432	432.00	200*	2	1
2001-02	WI	WI	5	8	404	57.71	144*	1	2

DRAVID’S MOST PRODUCTIVE SERIES (in terms of average)

Series	Vs	In	Mts	Inns	Runs	Avg	Hs	100	50	0
2000-01	Zim	Ind	2	3	432	432.00	200*	2	1	0
2003-04	Aus	Aus	4	8	619	123.80	233	1	3	0
2009-10	SL	Ind	3	4	433	108.25	177	2	1	0
1998-99	NZ	NZ	2	4	321	107.00	190	2	0	1
1998-99	SL	SL	1	1	107	107.00	107	1	0	0
2002	Eng	Eng	4	6	602	100.33	217	3	1	0

DRAVID’S CENTURIES (36)

Runs	Mins	Balls	4s/6s	SR	#	Inns	Opposition	Venue	Date
270	740	495	34/1	54.54	3	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13-Apr-04
233	594	446	23/1	52.24	3	2	v Australia	Adelaide	12-Dec-03
222	578	387	28/1	57.36	3	1	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08-Oct-03
217	629	468	28/-	46.36	3	2	v England	The Oval	05-Sep-02
200*	541	350	27/-	57.14	3	2	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18-Nov-00
191	573	396	21/-	48.23	3	2	v New Zealand	Nagpur	20-Nov-10
190	490	354	31/-	53.67	3	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02-Jan-99
180	446	353	20/-	50.99	6	3	v Australia	Kolkata	11-Mar-01
177	387	261	26/1	67.81	3	1	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16-Nov-09
162	402	301	20/1	53.82	3	1	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25-Nov-00
160	387	304	24/-	52.63	3	1	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	17-Dec-04
148	541	362	21/-	40.88	3	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16-Jan-97
148	429	307	23/-	48.20	3	1	v England	Leeds	22-Aug-02
146*	378	266	20/-	54.88	2	2	v England	The Oval	18-Aug-11
146	-	234	16/-	62.39	4	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10-Jun-06
144*	436	345	23/-	41.73	5	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	11-Apr-02
144	418	327	18/-	44.03	3	3	v New Zealand	Mohali	10-Oct-99
144	280	226	15/1	63.71	3	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24-Nov-09
136	471	328	19/-	41.46	3	1	v England	Mohali	19-Dec-08
135	378	283	15/-	47.70	3	3	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16-Mar-05
129	215	176	15/1	73.29	3	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	25-May-07
128*	332	233	19/-	54.93	2	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	13-Jan-06
119	295	207	9/2	57.48	3	1	v West Indies	Kolkata	14-Nov-11
118	423	300	17/-	39.33	4	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07-Oct-98
117	371	235	15/-	49.78	2	2	v England	Nottingham	29-Jul-11
115	338	244	16/-	47.13	3	3	v England	Nottingham	08-Aug-02
112	402	274	10/1	40.87	3	3	v West Indies	Kingston	20-Jun-11
111*	257	188	12/-	59.04	3	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	24-Jan-10
111	396	291	15/-	38.14	3	2	v South Africa	Chennai	26-Mar-08
110	290	222	15/1	49.54	3	1	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16-Mar-05
107	314	218	12/-	49.08	3	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24-Feb-99
104	274	227	14/-	45.81	3	1	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	04-Nov-10
103*	163	136	16/-	75.73	3	4	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02-Jan-99
103*	330	220	15/-	46.81	3	2	v England	Lord's	21-Jul-11
103	342	220	16/-	46.81	2	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	21-Jan-06
100*	345	242	12/-	41.32	3	1	v West Indies	Mumbai	09-Oct-02

DRAVID’S MOST PRODUCTIVE GROUNDS (in terms of aggregate)

Venue	Mts	Inns	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
Eden Gardens, Kolkata - India	9	16	962	180	68.71	4	3	0
Motera, Ahmedabad - India	7	14	771	222	59.30	3	1	0
Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali - India	9	14	735	144	56.53	2	4	1
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi - India	8	15	635	200*	48.84	1	3	0
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - India	7	13	619	100*	56.27	1	4	0

DRAVID’S MOST PRODUCTIVE GROUNDS (in terms of average)

Venue	Mts	Inns	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium - Pakistan	1	1	270	270	270.00	1	0
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur - Bangladesh	2	2	240	129	240.00	2	0
Georgetown, Guyana - West Indies	2	2	236	144*	236.00	1	1
MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong - Bangladesh	1	1	160	160	160.00	1	0
Headingley, Leeds - England	1	1	148	148	148.00	1	0
Gros Islet, St Lucia - West Indies	1	1	146	146	146.00	1	0
Kennington Oval, London - England	3	5	443	217	110.75	2	1
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad - Pakistan	1	2	108	103	108.00	1	0
Seddon Park, Hamilton - New Zealand	3	6	415	190	103.75	2	1

MODES OF DISMISSAL

Innings batted in	286
Not out	32	(incl.3 retired hurt)
Complete innings	254
Caught in the field	84	33.07%
Caught by keeper	64	25.20%
Caught & bowled	3	1.18%
Caught (overall)	151	59.45%
Bowled	55	21.65%
LBW	34	13.39%
Run-out	13	5.12%
Stumped	1	0.39%

DRAVID’S PATTERN OF SCORING

Vs	0s	1-9	10-19	21-49	50-89	90-99	100-149	150-199	200+
Australia	4	15	8	20	10	3	0	1	1
Bangladesh	1	2	0	3	1	0	2	1	0
England	1	9	5	7	6	2	6	0	1
New Zealand	1	7	2	6	6	0	3	2	1
Pakistan	1	5	4	8	3	0	4	0	1
South Africa	0	10	8	15	5	0	2	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	5	6	9	7	2	2	1	0
West Indies	0	5	5	10	11	2	5	0	0
Zimbabwe	0	2	0	3	4	1	1	1	1
TOTAL	8	60	38	81	53	10	25	6	5

DRAVID’S TOP PARTNERSHIPS

Partner	Inns	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
SR Tendulkar	143	6920	249	50.51	20	29
VVS Laxman	86	4065	376	51.45	12	14
V Sehwag	60	3405	410	58.70	10	11
SC Ganguly	68	3294	194*	53.12	10	12
G Gambhir	47	2530	314	55.00	7	9
W Jaffer	31	1555	203	51.83	6	3

DRAVID’S BOWLING NEMESES

SK Warne (Aus)	8
B Lee (Aus)	7
M Muralitharan (SL)	7
SM Pollock (SA)	6
MJ Hoggard (Eng)	5
DL Vettori (NZ)	5
JM Anderson (Eng)	5
JN Gillespie (Aus)	5
Danish Kaneria (Pak)	5
GD McGrath (Aus)	5

DRAVID’S MAN-OF-THE-SERIES AWARDS (4)

Series	Vs	In	Mts	Inns	Runs	Avg	Hs	100	50
2002	Eng	Eng	4	6	602	100.33	217	3	1
2003-04	Aus	Aus	4	8	619	123.80	233	1	3
2006	WI	WI	4	7	496	82.67	146	1	4
2011	Eng	Eng	4	8	461	76.83	146*	3	0

DRAVID’S MAN-OF-THE-MATCH AWARDS (11)

Scores	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
148 & 81	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16-Jan-97
92	v West Indies	Georgetown	17-Apr-97
148	v England	Leeds	22-Aug-02
217	v England	The Oval	05-Sep-02
222 & 73	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08-Oct-03
233 & 72*	v Australia	Adelaide	12-Dec-03
270	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13-Apr-04
110 & 135	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16-Mar-05
81 & 68	v West Indies	Kingston	30-Jun-06
191	v New Zealand	Nagpur	20-Nov-10
40 & 112	v West Indies	Kingston	20-Jun-11