MJ Prior

Middle-order batter, England, 76 Tests, 2007-2014. Debut v West Indies, 2007

36.4Adjusted average, 74th of 143 batters. Raw 40.2, so −3.8 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 29.9 to 43.6.

Where the −3.8 comes from

The bowling he faced−4.8

Home or away+0.5

The grounds+0.5

Value per innings: 42.665th
Each run worth: 1.26×
At home, adjusted: 30.8raw 37.8
Away, adjusted: 44.9raw 43

Head to head with FDM Karunaratne

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

Where he sits

71HM NichollsNew Zealand37.0 72TA BlundellNew Zealand36.8 73FDM KarunaratneSri Lanka36.7

74MJ PriorEngland36.4

75C de GrandhommeNew Zealand36.3 76MN SamuelsWest Indies36.3 77TWM LathamNew Zealand36.1

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

C de GrandhommeNew Zealand36.3Head to head MN SamuelsWest Indies36.3Head to head TWM LathamNew Zealand36.1Head to head FDM KarunaratneSri Lanka36.7Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2007	17	562	126	40.14	1	4	56.1
2008	3	88	53	44.00	0	1	53.0
2009	20	740	131	43.53	1	6	72.7
2010	20	640	102	40.00	1	5	61.5
2011	10	519	126	64.88	3	2	89.3
2012	22	777	91	38.85	0	6	52.6
2013	23	594	110	31.26	1	3	56.1
2014	7	179	86	29.83	0	1	58.5
Career	122	4099	131*	40.19	7	28	61.7

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

35.7

Value / inns

42.6

Volume

Runs

4099

Average

40.19

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

61.7

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

43.34

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
West Indies	16	774	59.54	2
Australia	29	753	28.96	1
India	23	730	38.42	1
Sri Lanka	15	493	37.92	1
South Africa	13	433	33.31	0
Pakistan	12	384	48.00	1
New Zealand	9	354	59.00	1
Bangladesh	5	178	44.50	0

Home & away

Home

38.11bat avg

30.8adjusted

Away

43.34bat avg

44.9adjusted

Neutral

37.5bat avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	39	1735	55.97
2nd	37	1053	30.09
3rd	30	803	34.91
4th	16	508	39.08

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v India23 & 12Lord's2014-07-17 v India5Trent Bridge2014-07-09 v Sri Lanka27 & 10Headingley2014-06-20 v Sri Lanka86 & 16Lord's2014-06-12 v Australia8 & 26WACA, Perth2013-12-13 v Australia0 & 69Adelaide Oval2013-12-05 v Australia0 & 4Brisbane Cricket Ground2013-11-21 v Australia47The Oval2013-08-21 v Australia17 & 0Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street2013-08-09 v Australia30Old Trafford2013-08-01

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 122
Not outs: 20
Runs: 4099
Average: 40.19
Strike rate: 61.7
Highest: 131*
Hundreds: 7
Fifties: 28
Ducks: 13