MS Panesar

Bowler, England, 48 Tests, 2006-2013. Debut v India, 2006

29.3Adjusted bowling average, 62nd of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 34.5. It could reasonably be anywhere from 26.0 to 35.9.

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

Where he sits

59A FlintoffEngland29.0 60Kuldeep YadavIndia29.0 61I SharmaIndia29.2

62MS PanesarEngland29.3

63AM FernandoSri Lanka29.4 64JO HolderWest Indies29.4 65JC ArcherEngland29.5

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2006	39	1258	32.26	2.85
2007	41	1328	32.39	3.09
2008	39	1292	33.13	2.80
2009	6	385	64.17	2.66
2012	33	859	26.03	2.32
2013	8	607	75.88	3.02
Career	166	5729	34.51	2.80

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

29.4

Volume

Wickets

166

5 wkts

Quality

Average

34.51

Strike rate

74.1

Economy

2.8

Conditions

Away average

43.62

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

3.6

Value / inns

-2.4

Volume

Runs

217

Average

4.82

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

29.9

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

4.36

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
Australia	12	50	5.00
Sri Lanka	9	43	8.60
India	13	42	3.82
New Zealand	12	29	3.22
Pakistan	8	21	7.00
West Indies	6	21	7.00
South Africa	3	11	3.67

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
India	35	40.17	6/81	2
Pakistan	31	26.35	6/62	3
West Indies	28	25.00	6/129	3
New Zealand	25	37.08	6/37	2
Sri Lanka	20	35.80	5/78	1
Australia	14	53.64	5/92	1
South Africa	13	31.69	4/74	0

Home & away

Home

5.88bat avg

28.77bowl avg

Away

4.36bat avg

43.62bowl avg

Neutral

4bat avg

21.57bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	23	55	3.24
2nd	20	59	4.21
3rd	13	56	7.00
4th	8	47	7.83

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia2 & 01/59Melbourne Cricket Ground2013-12-26 v Australia2 & 02/198Adelaide Oval2013-12-05 v New Zealand0 & 23/176Eden Park, Auckland2013-03-22 v New Zealand01/91Basin Reserve, Wellington2013-03-14 v New Zealand11/83University Oval, Dunedin2013-03-06 v India11/81Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur2012-12-13 v India05/165Eden Gardens, Kolkata2012-12-05 v India411/210Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai2012-11-23 v Sri Lanka13 & 02/101Galle International Stadium2012-03-26 v Pakistan0 & 87/149Dubai International Cricket Stadium2012-02-03

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 64
Not outs: 19
Runs: 217
Average: 4.82
Strike rate: 29.9
Highest: 26
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 20

Wickets: 166
Average: 34.51
Economy: 2.80
Strike rate: 74.1
Best: 6/37
5 wickets: 12
10 wkt match: 2
Balls: 12295