AJ Strauss

Top-order batter, England, 88 Tests, 2004-2012. Debut v West Indies, 2004

35.3Adjusted average, 85th of 143 batters. Raw 41, so −5.7 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 29 to 42.

Where the −5.7 comes from

The bowling he faced−6.2

Home or away−0.2

The grounds+0.7

Value per innings: 40.176th
Each run worth: 1.01×
At home, adjusted: 29.6raw 38.6
Away, adjusted: 45.4raw 44.1

Head to head with BRM Taylor

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

Where he sits

82Agha SalmanPakistan35.6 83BB McCullumNew Zealand35.5 84BRM TaylorZimbabwe35.4

85AJ StraussEngland35.3

86PJ HughesAustralia35.1 87AG PrinceSouth Africa34.9 88Asad ShafiqPakistan34.9

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

BRM TaylorZimbabwe35.4Head to head PJ HughesAustralia35.1Head to head BB McCullumNew Zealand35.5Head to head Agha SalmanPakistan35.6Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2004	3	43	24	14.33	0	0	40.6
2005	15	417	129	27.80	1	0	48.9
2006	24	899	128	37.46	2	3	49.8
2007	15	432	96	28.80	0	3	47.2
2008	21	972	177	48.60	4	3	43.5
2009	24	1172	169	53.27	4	4	54.1
2010	20	657	110	34.58	1	5	52.1
2011	11	316	87	28.73	0	2	44.3
2012	21	697	141	33.19	2	2	43.2
Career	154	5605	177	37.37	14	22	48.0

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

34.4

Value / inns

40.1

Volume

Runs

5605

Average

37.37

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

38.9

Strike rate

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

38.87

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
Australia	34	1309	38.50	3
West Indies	27	1134	45.36	5
India	20	797	41.95	2
Pakistan	24	793	34.48	2
South Africa	22	541	24.59	0
New Zealand	10	540	54.00	2
Sri Lanka	13	297	22.85	0
Bangladesh	4	194	48.50	0

Home & away

Home

37.27bat avg

29.6adjusted

Away

38.87bat avg

45.4adjusted

Neutral

25bat avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	50	2005	40.92
2nd	38	1443	37.97
3rd	37	1357	36.68
4th	29	800	30.77

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v South Africa20 & 1Lord's2012-08-16 v South Africa37 & 22Headingley2012-08-02 v South Africa0 & 27The Oval2012-07-19 v West Indies17Edgbaston2012-06-07 v West Indies141 & 45Trent Bridge2012-05-25 v West Indies122 & 1Lord's2012-05-17 v Sri Lanka61 & 0P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo2012-04-03 v Sri Lanka26 & 27Galle International Stadium2012-03-26 v Pakistan56 & 26Dubai International Cricket Stadium2012-02-03 v Pakistan11 & 32Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi2012-01-25

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 154
Not outs: 4
Runs: 5605
Average: 37.37
Strike rate: 48.0
Highest: 177
Hundreds: 14
Fifties: 22
Ducks: 12