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rf_fozzy Feb 2021 1:41pm, 5 Feb 2021 13,067 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Thanks that's interesting - Vaughan doesn't make that list as it's a qualification of 50 scores of 50+ (and MV only has 35 - 18 100s), but would have a score of 50%. Hence my gut feeling that he was one of the better convertors. Bradman is 69% for comparison (again falls short of the 50 50s qualification)
NDWDave Feb 2021 1:57pm, 5 Feb 2021 13,944 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave Last long hard to read table after rf_fozzy's observation... If sorted it by 100+ scores and Bradman rightfully gets top spot by a mile. Interestingly, Root has the worst conversion rate of anyone who has scored at least 18 centuries. Name 100+ Conv Rank SR Tendulkar (INDIA) 51 43% 37 JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 45 44% 42 RT Ponting (AUS) 41 40% 29 KC Sangakkara (SL) 38 42% 36 R Dravid (ICC/INDIA) 36 36% 18 Younis Khan (PAK) 34 51% 51 SM Gavaskar (INDIA) 34 43% 39 BC Lara (ICC/WI) 34 41% 32 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 34 40% 30 AN Cook (ENG) 33 37% 21 SR Waugh (AUS) 32 39% 24 ML Hayden (AUS) 30 51% 52 S Chanderpaul (WI) 30 31% 5 DG Bradman (AUS) 29 69% 56 MJ Clarke (AUS) 28 51% 53 HM Amla (SA) 28 41% 31 SPD Smith (AUS) 27 47% 46 V Kohli (INDIA) 27 54% 55 GC Smith (ICC/SA) 27 42% 33 AR Border (AUS) 27 30% 3 GS Sobers (WI) 26 46% 45 Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK) 25 35% 15 KS Williamson (NZ) 24 43% 37 GS Chappell (AUS) 24 44% 41 Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) 24 42% 35 DA Warner (AUS) 24 44% 44 IVA Richards (WI) 24 35% 13 V Sehwag (ICC/INDIA) 23 42% 34 KP Pietersen (ENG) 23 40% 28 JL Langer (AUS) 23 43% 40 Javed Miandad (PAK) 23 35% 14 WR Hammond (ENG) 22 48% 49 M Azharuddin (INDIA) 22 51% 54 MC Cowdrey (ENG) 22 37% 21 AB de Villiers (SA) 22 32% 9 G Boycott (ENG) 22 34% 12 IR Bell (ENG) 22 32% 9 RN Harvey (AUS) 21 47% 47 G Kirsten (SA) 21 38% 23 AJ Strauss (ENG) 21 44% 43 DC Boon (AUS) 21 40% 27 KF Barrington (ENG) 20 36% 18 PA de Silva (SL) 20 48% 48 JE Root (ENG) 20 29% 1 ME Waugh (AUS) 20 30% 2 GA Gooch (ENG) 20 30% 4 MEK Hussey (AUS) 19 40% 26 L Hutton (ENG) 19 37% 20 CH Lloyd (WI) 19 33% 11 LRPL Taylor (NZ) 19 36% 16 CG Greenidge (WI) 19 36% 16 MA Taylor (AUS) 19 32% 8 CA Pujara (INDIA) 18 39% 25 MP Vaughan (ENG) 18 50% 50 DL Haynes (WI) 18 32% 6 DI Gower (ENG) 18 32% 6
Nicholls595 Feb 2021 2:01pm, 5 Feb 2021 23,634 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Thanks Davo. That's one hell of a lot of number crunching to prove what we all knew already
Pothunter Feb 2021 2:11pm, 5 Feb 2021 3,737 posts	Quote Pin Pothunter Root is first player born in the 1990s to play 100 tests. Previous decades: 1930s: Colin Cowdrey 1940s: Geoff Boycott 1950s: David Gower 1960s: David Boon 1970s: Sachin Tendulkar 1980s: Graeme Smith 1990s: Joe Root
Chrisity Feb 2021 2:12pm, 5 Feb 2021 18,614 posts	Quote Pin Chrisity I don't see why conversion rate is that important, surely his average of 50 compared to say Vaughan's 41 is a more important figure?
rf_fozzy Feb 2021 2:17pm, 5 Feb 2021 13,068 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Chrisity - it shows that when someone gets in, they go on to score match defining (and possibly) winning innings. A 60 or 70 rarely wins a test. A hundred often does.
Ocelot Spleens Feb 2021 2:18pm, 5 Feb 2021 30,104 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens I reckon it means if he were to have had a slightly better conversion rate his average would be pretty much stratospheric....you never know..he still might!
Nicholls595 Feb 2021 2:21pm, 5 Feb 2021 23,635 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Do we think some of Root's recent conversions could be down to Kallis being in the dressing room?
rf_fozzy Feb 2021 2:24pm, 5 Feb 2021 13,069 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy So take Bairstow and Stokes as examples (similar batsmen with similar records): Bairstow: 72 matches, 127inns, 4169 runs @ 35.03. 27 scores of 50+ Stokes: 68 matches, 122inns, 4428 runs @ 37.84. 32 scores of 50+ Both are all-rounders who contribute in the fielding side (Bairstow with the keeping/Stokes bowling) and both are excellent fielders. Who has the bigger impact on matches? Well Stokes has 10 centuries, so a conversion rate of 31.3%, Bairstow only 6, so 22.2% Therefore my conclusion is that Stokes tends to play more match-winning innings.
rf_fozzy Feb 2021 2:26pm, 5 Feb 2021 13,070 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Interestingly for the Buttler Fanatics. Buttler: 50matches, 85inns, 2674 runs at 34.72. 20 scores of 50+, 2 100s. Conversion rate: 10%. I think I stick by my conviction that Bairstow would be the better #7