After the exits of Walsh and Ambrose, Wasim and Waqar, Donald and Pollock, McGrath and Gillespie, life has become much easier for batsmen around the world. Some of those bowlers played well into the 2000s, but with pitches easing up and other weaker teams coming into the fray, this decade has generally been an excellent one for batting. Once upon a time, an average of 50 used to be the benchmark of batting excellence; now, it seems, that's no longer true.
19 out of 105 batsmen have averaged more than 50 during this decade, a % of 18.10
Itz nice to see 5 Indians in that list
Sachin
Dravid
Laxman
Shewag
Gambhir
Punter, Kallis, Dravid and Hayden have used these batsmen friendly conditions to the core .. Look at the runs scored by them since 2000
Ponting - 9253 -- 32 centuries
Kallis -- 8428 -- 26 centuries
Haden -- 8364 -- 29 centuries
Dravid -- 8125 -- 20 centuries
If u go by the records 1990 have been the toughest period for batsmen ..
Out 0f 94 only 5 have managed to scored at an average of 50 + (5.32 %) during 1990's
During 90's when batting was harder Tendulkar dominates it which isn't surprising, Lara played most of his cricket in the 90's and doesn't come close to sachin.
Punter,kallis,dravid have all accumilated the runs durings 2000's under batsmen friendly conditions
The players who have averaged above 50's in 1990's are as mentioned below
Sachin -- 58 .0 average
Wright -- 55.4 average
S.Waugh - 53.0 average
B. Lara - 51.6 average
G. Gooch -- 51.55 average
It was a real surprise to see Wright in that list ( he had just played 18 tests and had scored 1662 runs during that period)
