5 players with the best 50 to 100 conversion rate of all time in Tests
One of the most important aspects of Test cricket is building on after getting a start. Once a batsman gets set, he needs to make a big score in order to help his team set up a good total.
That’s why we’ve heard many pundits say getting to 50 is just a small landmark, a three-figure score is a bigger landmark. Thus, we look at 5 players who have the best 50 to 100 conversion rate in Test match cricket.
Note – Criteria is minimum 2000 Test runs.
(All statistics as on 3rd December 2017)
#5 William Ponsford – 53.85%
Not many people would’ve heard the name, William Ponsford. However, he was one of Australia’s greatest run-machines.
He made his debut in December 1924 against England and in his maiden innings scored a brilliant 110. One of the features of Ponsford was that he scored his hundreds in clusters throughout his career. He scored 2 hundreds in his first two games and then couldn’t score one for the next 10 Tests.
He then scored 3 centuries in 4 Tests before starting another streak of 12 Tests where he didn’t score one. Finally, he ended his career with 2 tons from his last two games.
He scored 2122 runs in 29 Tests at an average of 48.22. He also scored heavily in first-class cricket where he has scored almost 14000 runs at a superb average of 65.18.
One thing was certain that once the right-hander from Victoria was set, he would go on and make a big score. He has 13 50+ scores, out of which he converted 7 of them into 100s. Thus, with a conversion rate of 53.85%, Ponsford is #5 on this list.