PlayersAustralia

A Symonds

Middle-order batting all-rounder, Australia, 23 Tests, 2004-2008. Debut v Sri Lanka, 2004

44.8Adjusted average. Raw 50.8, so −6.0 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 28.2 to 69.5.

Where the −6.0 comes from

The bowling he faced−3.4

Home or away−2.0

The grounds−0.6

Value per innings: 54.4
Each run worth: 1.28×
At home, adjusted: 41.8raw 45.3

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2004	2	24	24	12.00	0	0	72.7
2005	3	73	72	24.33	0	1	115.9
2006	8	297	156	37.13	1	1	66.9
2007	5	230	53	76.67	0	2	71.7
2008	18	762	162	50.80	1	6	64.6
Career	36	1386	162*	44.71	2	10	67.9

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

44.6

Value / inns

54.4

Volume

Runs

1386

Average

44.71

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

16.7

Strike rate

67.9

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

38.9

Bowling

Volume

Wickets

5 wkts

Quality

Average

35.65

Strike rate

84.3

Economy

2.54

Conditions

Away average

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
India	7	410	68.33	1
South Africa	11	306	27.82	0
West Indies	7	265	53.00	0
England	4	232	58.00	1
Sri Lanka	4	127	63.50	0
New Zealand	3	46	15.33	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best
India	9	27.44	3/51
South Africa	7	37.57	3/50
Sri Lanka	3	33.00	1/10
England	2	39.50	2/8
West Indies	1	99.00	1/17
New Zealand	1	33.00	1/17

Home & away

Home

47.48bat avg

41.8adjusted

28.25bowl avg

Away

38.9bat avg

85bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	14	589	58.90
2nd	9	372	41.33
3rd	11	384	38.40
4th	2	41	20.50

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v South Africa27 & 00/14Melbourne Cricket Ground2008-12-26 v South Africa57 & 370/10WACA, Perth2008-12-17 v New Zealand01/17Adelaide Oval2008-11-28 v New Zealand26 & 200/16Brisbane Cricket Ground2008-11-20 v West Indies52 & 21/23Kensington Oval2008-06-12 v West Indies18 & 430/35Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua2008-05-30 v West Indies70 & 790/15Sabina Park2008-05-22 v India302/72Adelaide Oval2008-01-24 v India66 & 123/72WACA, Perth2008-01-16 v India162 & 613/70Sydney Cricket Ground2008-01-02

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 36
Not outs: 5
Runs: 1386
Average: 44.71
Strike rate: 67.9
Highest: 162*
Hundreds: 2
Fifties: 10
Ducks: 4

Wickets: 23
Average: 35.65
Economy: 2.54
Strike rate: 84.3
Best: 3/50
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 1938