SM Katich

Top-order batter, Australia, 45 Tests, 2003-2010. Debut v Zimbabwe, 2003

46.2Adjusted average, 20th of 143 batters. Raw 51.4, so −5.2 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 38.7 to 54.4.

Where the −5.2 comes from

The bowling he faced−7.7

Home or away+3.3

The grounds−0.8

Value per innings: 50.227th
Each run worth: 1.03×
At home, adjusted: 46.9raw 53.6
Away, adjusted: 49.9raw 50.6

Head to head with TT Samaraweera His T20 ratings

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

Where he sits

17R RavindraNew Zealand47.2 18DJ MitchellNew Zealand46.3 19TT SamaraweeraSri Lanka46.3

20SM KatichAustralia46.2

21TM HeadAustralia46.1 22UT KhawajaAustralia45.1 23JH KallisSouth Africa44.6

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

DJ MitchellNew Zealand46.3Head to head TT SamaraweeraSri Lanka46.3Head to head TM HeadAustralia46.1Head to head R RavindraNew Zealand47.2Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2003	2	68	52	34.00	0	1	61.3
2004	6	255	125	63.75	1	1	57.7
2005	11	374	118	34.00	1	2	46.6
2008	20	1021	157	56.72	4	4	49.5
2009	23	1111	122	48.30	2	8	50.9
2010	18	796	106	46.82	2	5	47.1
Career	80	3625	157	48.33	10	21	49.7

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

46.1

Value / inns

50.2

Volume

Runs

3625

Average

48.33

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

32.3

Strike rate

49.7

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

46.56

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
India	19	730	45.62	2
England	18	657	36.50	1
West Indies	10	621	62.10	2
New Zealand	9	608	86.86	3
South Africa	12	557	46.42	1
Pakistan	8	398	49.75	1
Zimbabwe	1	52	52.00	0
ICC World XI	2	2	1.00	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Zimbabwe	6	15.00	6/65	1
South Africa	5	10.80	3/45	0
Pakistan	3	19.00	3/34	0
India	1	198.00	1/60	0

Home & away

Home

53.72bat avg

46.9adjusted

27.44bowl avg

Away

46.56bat avg

49.9adjusted

32.17bowl avg

Neutral

46.75bat avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	28	1356	50.22
2nd	17	924	54.35
3rd	24	1109	48.22
4th	11	236	29.50

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v England0 & 43Adelaide Oval2010-12-03 v England50 & 4Brisbane Cricket Ground2010-11-25 v India43 & 240/18M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore2010-10-09 v India6 & 37Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh2010-10-01 v Pakistan13 & 11Headingley2010-07-21 v Pakistan80 & 83Lord's2010-07-13 v New Zealand88 & 106Seddon Park, Hamilton2010-03-27 v New Zealand79 & 18Basin Reserve, Wellington2010-03-19 v Pakistan11 & 1003/44Bellerive Oval, Hobart2010-01-14 v Pakistan98 & 20/13Melbourne Cricket Ground2009-12-26

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 80
Not outs: 5
Runs: 3625
Average: 48.33
Strike rate: 49.7
Highest: 157
Hundreds: 10
Fifties: 21
Ducks: 3

Wickets: 15
Average: 29.33
Economy: 3.66
Strike rate: 48.1
Best: 6/65
5 wickets: 1
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 721