PlayersPakistan

Salman Butt

Top-order batter, Pakistan, 27 Tests, 2003-2010. Debut v Bangladesh, 2003

36.3Adjusted average. Raw 32.4, so +3.9 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 26.4 to 46.6.

Where the +3.9 comes from

The bowling he faced+1.3

Home or away+3.7

The grounds−1.1

Value per innings: 38.8
Each run worth: 1.2×
Away, adjusted: 30.5raw 27.9

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
2003	2	49	37	24.50	0	0	102.1
2004	2	26	17	13.00	0	0	32.5
2005	4	272	122	68.00	1	2	43.2
2006	8	160	53	20.00	0	1	57.6
2007	10	270	68	27.00	0	2	37.6
2009	10	299	66	29.90	0	1	42.0
2010	16	543	102	33.94	1	3	51.2
Career	52	1619	122	31.13	2	9	45.9

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

Value / inns

38.8

Volume

Runs

1619

Average

31.13

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

18.2

Strike rate

45.9

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

25.84

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
Australia	12	519	43.25	1
England	16	446	27.88	1
India	10	311	31.10	0
New Zealand	4	122	30.50	0
Sri Lanka	4	99	24.75	0
South Africa	4	73	18.25	0
Bangladesh	2	49	24.50	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
India	1	77.00	1/36	0

Home & away

Home

36.19bat avg

—bowl avg

Away

25.84bat avg

30.5adjusted

95bowl avg

Neutral

53.25bat avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	8	183	22.88
2nd	19	674	35.47
3rd	9	421	46.78
4th	16	341	21.31

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v England26 & 21Lord's2010-08-26 v England17 & 48The Oval2010-08-18 v England7 & 0Edgbaston2010-08-06 v England1 & 8Trent Bridge2010-07-29 v Australia45 & 13Headingley2010-07-21 v Australia63 & 92Lord's2010-07-13 v Australia102 & 8Bellerive Oval, Hobart2010-01-14 v Australia71 & 21Sydney Cricket Ground2010-01-03 v Australia45 & 33Melbourne Cricket Ground2009-12-26 v New Zealand9 & 66McLean Park, Napier2009-12-11

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 52
Not outs: 0
Runs: 1619
Average: 31.13
Strike rate: 45.9
Highest: 122
Hundreds: 2
Fifties: 9
Ducks: 4

Wickets: 1
Average: 106.00
Economy: 4.64
Strike rate: 137
Best: 1/36
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 137