Best since Bradman? Smith's rise to the top of the charts
Steven Smith has the highest batting average for anyone who has played 99 Tests
Varun Shetty and Shiva Jayaraman
05-Jul-2023
Steven Smith started out as a legspinner, one of the many successors to Shane Warne, and he took a few years to find his stride as a Test batter. But once he got going, he's just kept going. Here's a visualisation that shows batters with the highest averages after each Test (upto 99). Once Smith enters the frame, he climbs to the top and stays there.
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Varun Shetty is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo