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GANGAN PRATHAP Feature Short quality of performance (batting average) and quantity of performing opportunities (number of innings played). Sachin is probably the most N Boxing Day 2012, Kumar Sangakkara joined a select successful when quantity of performing opportunities is taken into O club of Test batsmen who had reached the extraordinary account. On quality of performance, when measured by the batting milestone of 10,000 runs. The players in this league are: average (we depart from the usual cricketing practice and here take Is Sachin the greatest in this club? Or is it Bradman, who had an average nearly double that of all in the list above? And, who of this galaxy, was the most consistent? The Exergy-Consistency map shows Tendulkar ahead Readers of Science Reporter might remember an exercise of the competition to find the most “consistent” batsmen from a select list of iconic batsmen (September 2011). “Consistency” was defined to go beyond Sachin Tendulkar India 15,645 Ricky Ponting Australia 13,378 Rahul Dravid India 13,288 Jacques Kallis South Africa 12,980 Brian Lara West Indies 11,953 Allan Border Australia 11,174 Steve Waugh Australia 10,927 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 10,696 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 10,674 Sunil Gavaskar India 10,122 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 10,045 SCIENCE REPORTER, FEBRUARY 2013 30 Short Feature This is a composite that combines quality and consistency along with quantity. If such an indicator is an acceptable measure for batting performance, then Tendulkar is once again ahead of the rest of the competition. Sachin is probably the most successful when quantity of performing opportunities is taken into account.
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