Here i've tried to compare a very good list of ODI Batsmen to their Teammates. For the comparison i've selected a list of Batsmen who have scored over 4000 Runs and and average 40+ against the Top 8 ODI Teams.
For Comparison i've considered the matches where the Said player was playing and compared his Average and Strike Rate to the Rest of the Team's Average and Strike Rate.
List of 30 Batsmen make the Criteria Cut of 4000 Runs and 40+ Average vs the Top 8 Teams.
Following is the list sorted by how better they Averaged compared to their Teammates.

S.No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Team's Avg	Team's SR	% Avg	%SR
1	MG Bevan (AUS)	1994-2004	203	174	58	6200	108*	53.44	73.56	6	40	30.46	77.59	75.44%	-5.18%
2	AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2018	191	184	35	8093	162*	54.31	99.75	20	46	31.3	83.57	73.51%	19.36%
3	V Kohli (INDIA)	2008-2020	225	219	33	10917	183	58.69	93.17	39	55	34.43	89.15	70.46%	4.51%
4	DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1994	160	157	24	5935	145	44.62	72.56	7	44	26.33	66.81	69.46%	8.61%
5	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1975-1996	223	212	40	7103	119*	41.29	66.76	8	47	25.12	67.15	64.37%	-0.58%
6	BC Lara	1990-2007	257	250	26	8970	169	40.04	77.5	16	55	24.38	69	64.23%	12.32%
7	IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	185	166	24	6705	189*	47.21	90.14	11	45	28.86	65.9	63.58%	36.78%
8	KS Williamson (NZ)	2010-2020	127	123	8	5189	148	45.12	81.58	11	33	28	87.1	61.14%	-6.34%
9	KP Pietersen (ENG/ICC)	2005-2013	118	111	13	4038	130	41.2	87.15	9	22	26.15	77.12	60.11%	13.19%
10	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2006-2020	192	181	29	6860	181*	45.13	81.72	17	37	28.5	86.4	58.35%	-5.42%
11	SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	1989-2012	399	391	31	15495	200*	43.04	85.23	38	85	27.67	74.75	55.55%	14.02%
12	KC Sangakkara (ICC/SL)	2000-2015	333	316	29	11695	169	40.74	77.99	18	79	26.59	76.96	53.03%	1.20%
13	AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2020	180	156	40	4852	139*	41.82	83.46	3	34	27.53	81.73	51.91%	2.12%
14	JE Root (ENG)	2013-2020	138	130	19	5515	125	49.68	86.06	15	31	33.09	94.84	50.14%	-9.26%
15	MS Dhoni (INDIA)	2005-2019	310	267	74	9595	183*	49.71	87.11	7	68	33.17	85.91	49.86%	1.40%
16	CG Greenidge (WI)	1975-1991	127	126	12	5029	133*	44.11	64.79	10	31	29.52	71.17	49.42%	-8.96%
17	HM Amla (SA)	2008-2019	153	151	10	6616	154	46.92	87.79	20	34	32.38	88.29	44.90%	-0.57%
18	DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	235	234	27	8483	152*	40.98	62.94	17	55	28.47	70.23	43.94%	-10.38%
19	RG Sharma (INDIA)	2007-2020	197	191	27	8039	264	49.01	89.18	25	38	34.4	88.48	42.47%	0.79%
20	DA Warner (AUS)	2009-2020	118	117	3	4805	179	42.14	93.6	16	21	29.88	86.25	41.03%	8.52%
21	MEK Hussey (AUS)	2004-2012	162	141	38	4812	109*	46.71	86.56	2	35	33.19	82.86	40.74%	4.47%
22	JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1996-2014	288	281	45	10071	139	42.67	71.89	15	74	30.91	78.95	39.53%	-8.75%
23	SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2020	113	102	9	4127	164	44.37	88.73	11	23	32.09	90.08	38.27%	-1.50%
24	F du Plessis (SA)	2011-2019	122	117	16	4631	185	45.85	87.92	10	28	34.67	89.89	32.25%	-2.19%
25	MJ Clarke (AUS)	2003-2015	208	193	35	6865	130	43.44	79.08	6	50	33.52	84.31	29.59%	-6.20%
26	RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	323	320	33	11843	164	41.26	80.37	26	72	32.47	80.83	27.07%	-0.57%
27	AJ Finch (AUS)	2013-2020	124	120	3	4844	153*	41.4	87.02	16	26	33.54	92.37	23.43%	-5.79%
28	Q de Kock (SA)	2013-2020	104	104	5	4334	178	43.77	94.5	14	19	35.53	89.97	23.19%	5.04%
29	ML Hayden (AUS)	1993-2008	136	133	10	5291	181*	43.01	78.01	10	30	36.34	82.66	18.35%	-5.63%
30	S Dhawan (INDIA)	2010-2020	122	119	7	4977	143	44.43	94.11	14	27	39.15	90.99	13.49%	3.43%

Here the % Avg and % SR indicate how better they did compared to their teammates. While Team's Avg and Team's SR are the Averages and Strike Rates of the Teammates in those matches.
P.S A -ve value indicates that the Player was that much worse than their team's Avg or SR.
Now the Same list Sorted by %SR

S.No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Team's Avg	Team's SR	% Avg	%SR
1	IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	185	166	24	6705	189*	47.21	90.14	11	45	28.86	65.9	63.58%	36.78%
2	AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2018	191	184	35	8093	162*	54.31	99.75	20	46	31.3	83.57	73.51%	19.36%
3	SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	1989-2012	399	391	31	15495	200*	43.04	85.23	38	85	27.67	74.75	55.55%	14.02%
4	KP Pietersen (ENG/ICC)	2005-2013	118	111	13	4038	130	41.2	87.15	9	22	26.15	77.12	60.11%	13.19%
5	BC Lara	1990-2007	257	250	26	8970	169	40.04	77.5	16	55	24.38	69	64.23%	12.32%
6	DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1994	160	157	24	5935	145	44.62	72.56	7	44	26.33	66.81	69.46%	8.61%
7	DA Warner (AUS)	2009-2020	118	117	3	4805	179	42.14	93.6	16	21	29.88	86.25	41.03%	8.52%
8	Q de Kock (SA)	2013-2020	104	104	5	4334	178	43.77	94.5	14	19	35.53	89.97	23.19%	5.04%
9	V Kohli (INDIA)	2008-2020	225	219	33	10917	183	58.69	93.17	39	55	34.43	89.15	70.46%	4.51%
10	MEK Hussey (AUS)	2004-2012	162	141	38	4812	109*	46.71	86.56	2	35	33.19	82.86	40.74%	4.47%
11	S Dhawan (INDIA)	2010-2020	122	119	7	4977	143	44.43	94.11	14	27	39.15	90.99	13.49%	3.43%
12	AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2020	180	156	40	4852	139*	41.82	83.46	3	34	27.53	81.73	51.91%	2.12%
13	MS Dhoni (INDIA)	2005-2019	310	267	74	9595	183*	49.71	87.11	7	68	33.17	85.91	49.86%	1.40%
14	KC Sangakkara (ICC/SL)	2000-2015	333	316	29	11695	169	40.74	77.99	18	79	26.59	76.96	53.03%	1.20%
15	RG Sharma (INDIA)	2007-2020	197	191	27	8039	264	49.01	89.18	25	38	34.4	88.48	42.47%	0.79%
16	HM Amla (SA)	2008-2019	153	151	10	6616	154	46.92	87.79	20	34	32.38	88.29	44.90%	-0.57%
17	RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	323	320	33	11843	164	41.26	80.37	26	72	32.47	80.83	27.07%	-0.57%
18	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1975-1996	223	212	40	7103	119*	41.29	66.76	8	47	25.12	67.15	64.37%	-0.58%
19	SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2020	113	102	9	4127	164	44.37	88.73	11	23	32.09	90.08	38.27%	-1.50%
20	F du Plessis (SA)	2011-2019	122	117	16	4631	185	45.85	87.92	10	28	34.67	89.89	32.25%	-2.19%
21	MG Bevan (AUS)	1994-2004	203	174	58	6200	108*	53.44	73.56	6	40	30.46	77.59	75.44%	-5.18%
22	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2006-2020	192	181	29	6860	181*	45.13	81.72	17	37	28.5	86.4	58.35%	-5.42%
23	ML Hayden (AUS)	1993-2008	136	133	10	5291	181*	43.01	78.01	10	30	36.34	82.66	18.35%	-5.63%
24	AJ Finch (AUS)	2013-2020	124	120	3	4844	153*	41.4	87.02	16	26	33.54	92.37	23.43%	-5.79%
25	MJ Clarke (AUS)	2003-2015	208	193	35	6865	130	43.44	79.08	6	50	33.52	84.31	29.59%	-6.20%
26	KS Williamson (NZ)	2010-2020	127	123	8	5189	148	45.12	81.58	11	33	28	87.1	61.14%	-6.34%
27	JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1996-2014	288	281	45	10071	139	42.67	71.89	15	74	30.91	78.95	39.53%	-8.75%
28	CG Greenidge (WI)	1975-1991	127	126	12	5029	133*	44.11	64.79	10	31	29.52	71.17	49.42%	-8.96%
29	JE Root (ENG)	2013-2020	138	130	19	5515	125	49.68	86.06	15	31	33.09	94.84	50.14%	-9.26%
30	DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	235	234	27	8483	152*	40.98	62.94	17	55	28.47	70.23	43.94%	-10.38%

This Gives a clear picture of some players being a level above the others in terms of both Average and Strike Rate. However it's still not truly fair to look at this directly. Because the Average and Strike Rate Differential for openers is visibly less as compared to the Middle order batsmen. So a more accurate way of judging them would be sorting them by the Position they predominantly batted in.
So I divided the list into No 1-2, No 3 and No 4-7. A happy coincidence that all the three lists have exactly 10 Batsmen each.
No 1-2 sorted by %Avg

S.No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Team's Avg	Team's SR	% Avg	%SR
1	SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	1989-2012	399	391	31	15495	200*	43.04	85.23	38	85	27.67	74.75	55.55%	14.02%
2	CG Greenidge (WI)	1975-1991	127	126	12	5029	133*	44.11	64.79	10	31	29.52	71.17	49.42%	-8.96%
3	HM Amla (SA)	2008-2019	153	151	10	6616	154	46.92	87.79	20	34	32.38	88.29	44.90%	-0.57%
4	DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	235	234	27	8483	152*	40.98	62.94	17	55	28.47	70.23	43.94%	-10.38%
5	RG Sharma (INDIA)	2007-2020	197	191	27	8039	264	49.01	89.18	25	38	34.4	88.48	42.47%	0.79%
6	DA Warner (AUS)	2009-2020	118	117	3	4805	179	42.14	93.6	16	21	29.88	86.25	41.03%	8.52%
7	AJ Finch (AUS)	2013-2020	124	120	3	4844	153*	41.4	87.02	16	26	33.54	92.37	23.43%	-5.79%
8	Q de Kock (SA)	2013-2020	104	104	5	4334	178	43.77	94.5	14	19	35.53	89.97	23.19%	5.04%
9	ML Hayden (AUS)	1993-2008	136	133	10	5291	181*	43.01	78.01	10	30	36.34	82.66	18.35%	-5.63%
10	S Dhawan (INDIA)	2010-2020	122	119	7	4977	143	44.43	94.11	14	27	39.15	90.99	13.49%	3.43%

No 1-2 Sorted by %SR

S.No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Team's Avg	Team's SR	% Avg	%SR
1	SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	1989-2012	399	391	31	15495	200*	43.04	85.23	38	85	27.67	74.75	55.55%	14.02%
2	DA Warner (AUS)	2009-2020	118	117	3	4805	179	42.14	93.6	16	21	29.88	86.25	41.03%	8.52%
3	Q de Kock (SA)	2013-2020	104	104	5	4334	178	43.77	94.5	14	19	35.53	89.97	23.19%	5.04%
4	S Dhawan (INDIA)	2010-2020	122	119	7	4977	143	44.43	94.11	14	27	39.15	90.99	13.49%	3.43%
5	RG Sharma (INDIA)	2007-2020	197	191	27	8039	264	49.01	89.18	25	38	34.4	88.48	42.47%	0.79%
6	HM Amla (SA)	2008-2019	153	151	10	6616	154	46.92	87.79	20	34	32.38	88.29	44.90%	-0.57%
7	ML Hayden (AUS)	1993-2008	136	133	10	5291	181*	43.01	78.01	10	30	36.34	82.66	18.35%	-5.63%
8	AJ Finch (AUS)	2013-2020	124	120	3	4844	153*	41.4	87.02	16	26	33.54	92.37	23.43%	-5.79%
9	CG Greenidge (WI)	1975-1991	127	126	12	5029	133*	44.11	64.79	10	31	29.52	71.17	49.42%	-8.96%
10	DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	235	234	27	8483	152*	40.98	62.94	17	55	28.47	70.23	43.94%	-10.38%

No 3 Sorted by %Avg

S.No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Team's Avg	Team's SR	% Avg	%SR
1	V Kohli (INDIA)	2008-2020	225	219	33	10917	183	58.69	93.17	39	55	34.43	89.15	70.46%	4.51%
2	DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1994	160	157	24	5935	145	44.62	72.56	7	44	26.33	66.81	69.46%	8.61%
3	BC Lara	1990-2007	257	250	26	8970	169	40.04	77.5	16	55	24.38	69	64.23%	12.32%
4	KS Williamson (NZ)	2010-2020	127	123	8	5189	148	45.12	81.58	11	33	28	87.1	61.14%	-6.34%
5	KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2015	333	316	29	11695	169	40.74	77.99	18	79	26.59	76.96	53.03%	1.20%
6	JE Root (ENG)	2013-2020	138	130	19	5515	125	49.68	86.06	15	31	33.09	94.84	50.14%	-9.26%
7	JH Kallis (SA)	1996-2014	288	281	45	10071	139	42.67	71.89	15	74	30.91	78.95	39.53%	-8.75%
8	SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2020	113	102	9	4127	164	44.37	88.73	11	23	32.09	90.08	38.27%	-1.50%
9	F du Plessis (SA)	2011-2019	122	117	16	4631	185	45.85	87.92	10	28	34.67	89.89	32.25%	-2.19%
10	RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	323	320	33	11843	164	41.26	80.37	26	72	32.47	80.83	27.07%	-0.57%

No 3 Sorted by % SR

S.No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Team's Avg	Team's SR	% Avg	%SR
1	BC Lara	1990-2007	257	250	26	8970	169	40.04	77.5	16	55	24.38	69	64.23%	12.32%
2	DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1994	160	157	24	5935	145	44.62	72.56	7	44	26.33	66.81	69.46%	8.61%
3	V Kohli (INDIA)	2008-2020	225	219	33	10917	183	58.69	93.17	39	55	34.43	89.15	70.46%	4.51%
4	KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2015	333	316	29	11695	169	40.74	77.99	18	79	26.59	76.96	53.03%	1.20%
5	RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	323	320	33	11843	164	41.26	80.37	26	72	32.47	80.83	27.07%	-0.57%
6	SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2020	113	102	9	4127	164	44.37	88.73	11	23	32.09	90.08	38.27%	-1.50%
7	F du Plessis (SA)	2011-2019	122	117	16	4631	185	45.85	87.92	10	28	34.67	89.89	32.25%	-2.19%
8	KS Williamson (NZ)	2010-2020	127	123	8	5189	148	45.12	81.58	11	33	28	87.1	61.14%	-6.34%
9	JH Kallis (SA)	1996-2014	288	281	45	10071	139	42.67	71.89	15	74	30.91	78.95	39.53%	-8.75%
10	JE Root (ENG)	2013-2020	138	130	19	5515	125	49.68	86.06	15	31	33.09	94.84	50.14%	-9.26%

No 4-7 sorted by %Avg

S.No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Team's Avg	Team's SR	% Avg	%SR
1	MG Bevan (AUS)	1994-2004	203	174	58	6200	108*	53.44	73.56	6	40	30.46	77.59	75.44%	-5.18%
2	AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2018	191	184	35	8093	162*	54.31	99.75	20	46	31.3	83.57	73.51%	19.36%
3	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1975-1996	223	212	40	7103	119*	41.29	66.76	8	47	25.12	67.15	64.37%	-0.58%
4	IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	185	166	24	6705	189*	47.21	90.14	11	45	28.86	65.9	63.58%	36.78%
5	KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2013	118	111	13	4038	130	41.2	87.15	9	22	26.15	77.12	60.11%	13.19%
6	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2006-2020	192	181	29	6860	181*	45.13	81.72	17	37	28.5	86.4	58.35%	-5.42%
7	AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2020	180	156	40	4852	139*	41.82	83.46	3	34	27.53	81.73	51.91%	2.12%
8	MS Dhoni (INDIA)	2005-2019	310	267	74	9595	183*	49.71	87.11	7	68	33.17	85.91	49.86%	1.40%
9	MEK Hussey (AUS)	2004-2012	162	141	38	4812	109*	46.71	86.56	2	35	33.19	82.86	40.74%	4.47%
10	MJ Clarke (AUS)	2003-2015	208	193	35	6865	130	43.44	79.08	6	50	33.52	84.31	29.59%	-6.20%

No 4-7 Sorted by %SR

S.No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Team's Avg	Team's SR	% Avg	%SR
1	IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	185	166	24	6705	189*	47.21	90.14	11	45	28.86	65.9	63.58%	36.78%
2	AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2018	191	184	35	8093	162*	54.31	99.75	20	46	31.3	83.57	73.51%	19.36%
3	KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2013	118	111	13	4038	130	41.2	87.15	9	22	26.15	77.12	60.11%	13.19%
4	MEK Hussey (AUS)	2004-2012	162	141	38	4812	109*	46.71	86.56	2	35	33.19	82.86	40.74%	4.47%
5	AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2020	180	156	40	4852	139*	41.82	83.46	3	34	27.53	81.73	51.91%	2.12%
6	MS Dhoni (INDIA)	2005-2019	310	267	74	9595	183*	49.71	87.11	7	68	33.17	85.91	49.86%	1.40%
7	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1975-1996	223	212	40	7103	119*	41.29	66.76	8	47	25.12	67.15	64.37%	-0.58%
8	MG Bevan (AUS)	1994-2004	203	174	58	6200	108*	53.44	73.56	6	40	30.46	77.59	75.44%	-5.18%
9	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2006-2020	192	181	29	6860	181*	45.13	81.72	17	37	28.5	86.4	58.35%	-5.42%
10	MJ Clarke (AUS)	2003-2015	208	193	35	6865	130	43.44	79.08	6	50	33.52	84.31	29.59%	-6.20%

Talking about the Openers, They have a slightly less Average and Strike Rate differential as they have less notouts and generally take time to settle and therefore score at a lower Strike Rate than the Rest of the Team. But Sachin Tendulkar is just on another level. Considering the team he played in he had a considerably Better Average and Strike Rate as compared to his Teammates. David Warner is also underrated. He has been overshadowed because of Rohit Sharma and Hashim Amla but definitely a great opener. Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes didn't really cared about scoring quick. Probably because they had a beast to follow them (More about him later), but were pretty consistent. Shikhar Dhawan and Quinton de Kock are the Modern Batsmen. They are showing the Trend that Openers are not conservative at the Top anymore and are sacrifising a little bit of consistency for quick scoring. A trend started by Jayasuriya, Sehwag and Gilchrist. Matthew Hayden is a weird one. He just played in too good a team to perform significantly better than them.
N0 3 is the most vital position in the Team generally. They generally are the most significant scorers so a lesser Strike Rate Differential shouldn't be criticized that highly. That being said Brian Lara, Dean Jones and Virat Kohli scored fairly quickly with a great average differential too. Brian Lara and Dean Jones are pretty underrated as ODI Batsmen. Statistically speaking they did significantly better than their team mates. Kumar Sangakkara also had better Average and Strike Rate differentials than their teammates. Ricky Ponting despite having a phenomenal career doesn't has as impressive differentials as some other greats. He just had a damn great team. The clique about Jacques Kallis is true. He did score at a lesser rate but was fairly consistent, Joe Root probably plays in the ideal Batting Lineup. He has a set defined role of scoring runs without worrying about the Scoring Rate and he does that perfectly. Kane Williamson's team heavily depends on him for scoring runs and he does that very well. Du Plessis and Smith has decent numbers too.
No 4-7 does nopt have a set defined rule and need to be adaptable according to team's need. Need to Build Partnerships some day, need to score quickly the other. Michael Bevan has the Best Average Differential. He was the OG Finisher and there's a reason why people rate him very highly. Sir Viv Richards has the best average Strike Rate differential and it's fucking filthy!!!. To put into context if he batted in today's English Lineup he would strike at 127!!!. He Really is the Goat. Ab de Villiers's is 2nd on both the Avg and SR Differentials. He has a better Avg Differential than Virat Kohli while having an unbelievable SR Differential. Ideal No 4-5 for any team. Kevin Pietersen is really underrated as a ODI Batsman. He has a phenomenal record compared to his teammates. Him being in all time XIs is not a bad proposition. Michael Clarke just like his teammates suffers from playing in a great team. Mike Hussey and MS Dhoni managed very impressive numbers despite playing in good batting lineups. Javed Miandad was also very consistent and scoring rate was also decent. Taylor and Mathews also have good numbers and they value Consistency over scoring quickly.
These are my thoughts. You can share your views on what you found impressive or not about the comparison. At the end of the day it's only a statistical comparison.
Also if anyone was wondering here is the player's performance in the World Cups(Restricted to vs Top 8 Teams only)

S.No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
1	SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	1992-2011	31	30	1	1397	137	48.17	85.02	3	10
2	RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2011	30	29	3	1352	140*	52	80.09	4	6
3	IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1987	21	20	5	997	181	66.46	84.63	3	5
4	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1975-1996	29	29	5	994	103	41.41	66.35	1	7
5	KC Sangakkara (SL)	2003-2015	24	23	4	980	117*	51.57	76.62	3	4
6	AB de Villiers (SA)	2007-2015	15	14	3	848	162*	77.09	118.6	3	4
7	BC Lara (WI)	1992-2007	23	23	1	846	116	38.45	82.61	2	5
8	JH Kallis (SA)	1996-2011	22	22	3	770	96	40.52	70.77	0	7
9	DL Haynes (WI)	1979-1992	23	23	1	764	105	34.72	56.84	1	2
10	SPD Smith (AUS)	2011-2019	17	15	1	692	105	49.42	88.15	1	7
11	KS Williamson (NZ)	2011-2019	17	16	4	686	148	57.16	78.57	2	2
12	ML Hayden (AUS)	2003-2007	14	14	1	676	158	52	92.6	3	0
13	V Kohli (INDIA)	2011-2019	17	17	1	673	107	42.06	83.81	1	5
14	F du Plessis (SA)	2011-2019	16	15	4	650	100	59.09	82.17	1	5
15	AJ Finch (AUS)	2015-2019	14	14	0	644	153	46	94.42	3	2
16	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2007-2019	24	23	2	624	131*	29.71	68.72	1	2
17	JE Root (ENG)	2015-2019	12	12	2	619	121	61.9	88.42	3	2
18	RG Sharma (INDIA)	2015-2019	11	11	1	599	140	59.9	92.29	4	1
19	MJ Clarke (AUS)	2007-2015	16	15	4	566	92	51.45	88.57	0	5
20	MS Dhoni (INDIA)	2007-2019	18	17	5	544	91*	45.33	94.28	0	4
21	DA Warner (AUS)	2015-2019	14	14	0	538	122	38.42	88.05	2	2
22	CG Greenidge (WI)	1975-1983	14	14	1	486	106*	37.38	57.04	1	4
23	DM Jones (AUS)	1987-1992	13	13	1	476	90	39.66	72.56	0	3
24	MG Bevan (AUS)	1996-2003	18	14	4	460	74*	46	62.92	0	5
25	HM Amla (SA)	2011-2019	15	15	1	437	80*	31.21	79.02	0	4
26	AD Mathews (SL)	2011-2019	15	12	3	417	113	46.33	83.4	1	1
27	S Dhawan (INDIA)	2015-2019	6	6	0	389	137	64.83	97.73	2	1
28	KP Pietersen (ENG)	2007-2011	7	7	0	358	104	51.14	84.23	2	2
29	Q de Kock (SA)	2015-2019	12	12	2	325	78*	32.5	91.03	0	3
30	MEK Hussey (AUS)	2007-2011	9	5	0	66	37	13.2	68.75	0	0

Unusual Batting Feats

Introduction

Brian Lara's 400*. Don Bradman averaging 99.94. Sachin Tendulkar scoring 15,921 Test runs. Chris Martin scoring 12*. The batsmen who achieved these Herculean feats have all gone down in cricket history. However, these are not the only batting performances which exist. There are multiple cases in which a batsman has achieved something unusual, or even at times truly unique, yet they do not get recognition. This post is dedicated to all those batsmen who have managed to achieve what few others have achieved, regardless of whether those achievements are good or bad.

Howzat?

There are ten methods of dismissal (formerly eleven) in cricket, but of these, only five can be considered 'normal': Bowled, caught, LBW, stumped and run out. One could also make a case for hit wicket, and it's common enough that I don't think it counts as being truly unusual. What about the other five, then? Has any batsman in international cricket been dismissed through any of those methods? Thankfully, Wikipedia has a list which I highly advise you to check out, so I'll just be summarising in this section.
First, there's obstructing the field. Only one batsman has ever been dismissed obstructing the field in Tests, and that batsman is Len Hutton against South Africa in 1951. After striking the ball, he noticed that it was about to land onto his stumps and thus bowl him, so he used his bat to strike the ball a second time and protect his stumps. This is actually a legal manoeuvre for a batsman provided that it doesn't prevent a fielder from taking a catch; unfortunately for Hutton, there was a fielder nearby who was ready to take a catch, so he became the first (and so far only) batsman in Test history to be dismissed obstructing the field.
Interestingly enough, there have been seven instances in ODIs of batsmen being given out obstructing the field. In all of those cases, the batsman in question obstructed throws from fielders in order to avoid being run out, in contrast to Hutton who obstructed a catch in order to avoid being caught. In three of those cases, the batsman used his bat or his body to deflect the ball away from the stumps while out of his crease, and in three other cases, the batsman changed his direction of movement while running in order to block the ball. Ben Stokes was out obstructing the field in the most unusual way, however, when he pulled a Maradona and used his hand to prevent the ball from hitting the stumps in a 2015 ODI against Australia.
There have been two instances of a batsman being dismissed obstructing the field in T20Is. Jason Roy was given out in a 2017 T20I against South Africa for changing his direction of movement while running, and Maldivian cricketer Hassan Rasheed was given out obstructing the field in 2019 for...I don't know, actually. It's pretty hard to find articles on bilateral T20Is between the Maldives and Qatar. If there's anyone here who is an expert on Maldivian or Qatari cricket then I'd appreciate finding out more about this incident.
As for handling the ball, this has happened ten times in international cricket (seven times in Tests and three times in ODIs). In 2013, the Laws were changed so that only the striker could be given out handling the ball and even then only before he had finished playing his stroke (strikers handling the ball after the completion of his stroke, and non-strikers handling the ball at any time, would be given out obstructing the field). In 2017, this method of dismissal was removed entirely and instead came under obstructing the field.
I won't go through all the players, but I will pick out some particular highlights. South Africa's Russell Endean was the first batsman in international cricket to be dismissed handled the ball in 1957 when he used his free hand to knock the ball away from the stumps, but according to a later interview, he actually wanted to head the ball away at first; I don't know whether that's actually against the Laws, but given that they didn't wear helmets back then, I can't imagine that it would have ended well. Michael Vaughan was the last player to be dismissed in this manner in Tests back in 2001, and Zimbabwe's Chamu Chibhaba holds the distinction of being the last cricketer to be dismissed handled the ball in international cricket after he was given out for handling the ball in an ODI against Afghanistan in 2015.
This post is about unusual feats, however, and when it comes to being given out handled the ball, there is none more unusual than the story of Australia's Andrew Hilditch. In a Test match against Pakistan in 1979, following a wayward throw from a fielder, Hilditch (who was at the non-striker's end) decided to return the ball to the bowler. It's actually against the Laws for a batsman to return the ball to a fielder without that fielder's permission, and controversially, the bowler (Sarfraz Nawaz) decided to appeal, which led to Hilditch's dismissal. This would be the only instance in international cricket of a non-striker being given out handled the ball, so Hilditch takes the biscuit when it comes to this unusual method of dismissal.
Retirement is rather unusual in that depending on the situation, the batsman can be considered out or not out. Generally, retirement occurs due to injury, in which case the batsman is considered 'retired hurt' and is entitled to return to the crease upon the fall of a wicket or upon another batsman's retirement. This situation is not at all unusual. What is unusual, though, is a batsman retiring for reasons other than injury, and unless there is some other acceptable reason for their absence (which I'll talk about shortly), the fielding side has the right to prevent them from returning to the crease, in which case they are retired out.
This has only occurred three times in international cricket. In a Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2001, in which Sri Lanka demolished the then-new Test nation of Bangladesh, the Sri Lankan captain (Sanath Jayasuriya) retired Marvan Atapattu after he scored his double-century, and later in the same innings, retired Mahela Jayawardene after he smashed 150(115). Obviously, this move was criticised by some for breaching the spirit of the game, and these are the only two instances of batsmen being retired out in Test cricket. The other such instance in international cricket is when Bhutan's Sonam Tobgay was retired out in a 2019 T20I against the Maldives (something about the Maldives and unusual dismissals for some reason), but I can't find any further details of the incident.
Now, this post is generally meant to be a light-hearted celebration of unusual batting achievements, but this next story is rather more sombre. In a 1983 Test between the West Indies and India, Gordon Greenidge was on 154* in the West Indies' first innings when he received news that his daughter was dying; he retired in order to be able to visit her, and she sadly passed away two days later. Although Greenidge had not been injured, he was given as 'retired not out' due to the tragic circumstances. To this day, this is the only instance in international cricket of a batsman being given retired not out.
Hit the ball twice and timed out are perhaps the most unusual dismissals of all in the sense that no batsman has ever been given out for those reasons in international cricket (not yet, anyway; there's a first time for everything). There was one instance, however, in which a batsman could have been timed out in Test cricket, but ultimately wasn't.
The Law states that a batsman must be at the crease within three minutes, else they can be timed out. In a 2007 Test between India and South Africa, Sachin Tendulkar was due to come in at #4. However, he had temporarily been off the field during South Africa's innings, and he still had unserved penalty time when two Indian wickets quickly fell, meaning that he couldn't bat at #4. As a result, India, who were confused by the whole ordeal, didn't send out a batsman for six minutes until Sourav Ganguly finally arrived at #4. Both the umpires and South Africa's captain, Graeme Smith, agreed that an appeal would be against the spirit of the game, but had Smith appealed, this would have been the only instance in international cricket of a batsman being timed out.

The Best Since Bradman

It's common knowledge among cricket fans that Don Bradman holds the record for the highest Test batting average, at 99.94. However, this isn't strictly speaking true. It is correct to say that Bradman has the highest average among batsmen who have played a minimum of twenty innings, but among all batsmen, Bradman only comes in at a measly third (what a fraud). Who are ahead of him, then?
Firstly, let us dispel with the notion that a batsman who is never dismissed has an infinite average. That is not true. A batsman who is never dismissed has an undefined average, since it is impossible to have a batting average without any dismissals. Pakistani off-spinner Afaq Hussain holds the record for the most Test runs scored without being dismissed, having scored 65 runs in four innings.
Looking at batsmen who have been dismissed, however, we come across West Indian wicketkeeper Andy Ganteaume in second place. The poor lad struggled to get into the Test team because of his slow scoring rate in tour matches, but an injury to Jeff Stollmeyer forced the selectors to play him against England. In his only Test innings in 1948, Ganteaume hit 112 but was criticised (once again) for scoring too slowly and was subsequently dropped; he would never play another Test match. Still, he can lay legitimate claim to having a higher Test batting average than Bradman, which only one other batsman has achieved.
Who's the best since Bradman, then? With a minimum cut-off of twenty innings, we have Adam Voges, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, all Australian, two of them still active international cricketers. As is tradition at this point, the batsman with the highest Test batting average of all time is an active Australian cricketer, Kurtis Patterson to be precise. He forced himself into the team after scoring twin centuries in a tour match and although he only scored 30 in his first innings, he scored 114* in his second to end up with an average of 144.
Australian fans go crazy over Smith and Labuschagne, declaring them to be the best since Bradman. Little do they realise that they have in their ranks a batsman who is not only statistically better than Bradman but who is also statistically better than the GOAT Test batsman Andy Ganteaume.
How about ODIs, though? Who has the highest ODI batting average of all time? I'll give you a hint: He's a Dutch player. No, it's not Ryan ten Doeschate; it is, in fact, Max O'Dowd. He scored 86* in his first innings followed by a score of 59 in his second innings to end up with an average of 145. ~~South African~~ Irish cricketer Curtis Campher comes in at second with an average of 127.
Who has scored the most runs in ODIs without being dismissed, though? Well, let me ask you a different question: Who is England's greatest ever ODI player? If you said Jos Buttler then you'd be wrong. By law, anything that Buttler can do, Foakes can do better, and Ben Foakes does in fact hold the record for the most runs in ODIs without being dismissed, having scored 61* in his only ODI innings. Buttler would never.
In T20Is, the greatest ever batsman is someone who you probably haven't even heard of. Chris Gayle calls himself 'Universe Boss', but the true Universe Boss is surely the guy who averages 126 in T20Is. Enter Portugal's Najjam Shahzad, who scored 27* in his first innings, 46 in his second and 53* in his third. Not only does he have the highest T20I average of all time but he's also improving with every innings, so it won't be long until Portugal becomes a powerhouse in T20I cricket thanks to megadaddy hundreds from Universe Boss Najjam Shahzad.
If Shahzad is the Universe Boss, however, then Saudi Arabia's Mohammad Adnan is the Multiverse Boss. He holds the record for the most runs in T20Is without being dismissed, scoring 14*, 38* and 8* in his three innings. Not only that, but he has a career strike rate of 193.54, so he doesn't waste time. Give this man an IPL contract already.

Duck, Duck, Goose

Ducks and golden ducks are not unusual in and of themselves. That doesn't mean that scoring a duck or golden duck can't still be unusual feats, however; it all depends on how those ducks or golden ducks come about.
You might be aware that New Zealand's Geoff Allott holds the record for the most balls faced for a duck in Tests, having faced 77 balls against South Africa in 1999 (he also holds the record for the longest duck, having batted for a whopping 101 minutes). What about the other formats, though? The late West Indian batsman Runako Morton holds the record for most balls faced for a duck in ODIs, having scored 0(31) against Australia in 2006 (unsurprisingly, the West Indies lost that match). Morton took 56 minutes for his duck, which is also an ODI record.
T20Is are where it gets juicy, however. Canada's Sandeep Jyoti holds the record for most balls faced for a duck in T20Is, scoring 0(12) against Zimbabwe in 2008 (it was a close match, though, as Canada only lost by 109 runs). In terms of minutes batted, however, Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor holds that record, having batted for 19 minutes in a T20I against South Africa in 2010 for a five-ball duck; Jyoti, by comparison, batted for 15 minutes.
The record for most balls faced for a golden duck is...one. By definition, golden ducks involve the batsman facing exactly one ball. However, who took the longest time for their golden duck?
In Tests, that accolade belongs to Bangladesh's Nazmul Hossain, who spent 14 minutes at the crease against India in a 2004 match before being run out for a golden duck. England fans were probably waiting in anticipation for a superb knock from the #3 batsman, Martyn Moxon, when they were 47-1 against Australia in a 1985 ODI, but after 19 minutes of tension, Moxon was dismissed LBW off his first ball. In a 2015 T20I between England and Pakistan, Pakistani opener Rafatullah Mohmand somehow conspired to spend 17 minutes at the crease before being dismissed LBW in the third over for a golden duck; amazingly, he was only two minutes away from equalling the record for the longest duck in T20Is!
What if a batsman just doesn't feel like scoring runs, though, and ends on 0*? Obviously, batsmen can end on something like 0*(0) or 0*(1) or 0*(5), and that wouldn't be too unusual. The truly remarkable feats are when a batsman plays a marathon innings and yet still finishes on 0*. Some of these players put Geoffrey Boycott to shame.
Firstly, let's consider Tests. In 1968, England scored 351/7d in the first innings and bowled Australia out for 78, forcing them to follow on. Cricinfo states that Paul Sheahan 'never completely mastered the art of crease occupation', which is a bizarre claim to make about a player who faced 44 balls in Australia's second innings without scoring a run, thus not only securing the draw but also setting a record which remains unbroken to this day. His marathon innings took 52 minutes, which is a joint record along with New Zealand bowler Danny Morrison's 0*(30) against South Africa in 1995.
Fun fact: Had Jack Leach not scored that single at Headingley while still remaining not out, he would have broken this record having batted for 60 minutes, yet assuming that he completed his final over, he would have only faced 20 balls (fewer than half the balls Paul Sheahan faced). I think this demonstrates just how effective Stokes was at farming the strike.
Moving on to ODIs, Zimbabwean #11 batsman Chris Mpofu (who averages 2.85 with the bat) holds the record here, having scored 0*(20) in a tenth-wicket partnership of 12(38) against Bangladesh in 2006. His partner was the #10 batsman (and Zimbabwe's captain) Prosper Utseya, who certainly didn't prosper with his 21(42), thus stranding Mpofu 80 balls short of his dentury. Who holds the record for the longest 0*, though?
Picture the scene. It's March 2019 and Sri Lanka is struggling in an ODI against South Africa. It's the first innings and Lasith Malinga has been run out for a duck, leaving Sri Lanka on 131/9 after just 33.4 overs. Everyone knows about Kusal Perera's incredible 153* earlier that year, but what happened next, while not nearly as impressive, was nonetheless incredible. #9 batsman Isuru Udana and #11 batsman Kasun Rajitha put on a tenth-wicket stand of 58 runs from just 34 balls. Udana ends on 78(57). Rajitha ends on 0*(9), having batted for exactly half an hour. South Africa still won comfortably, but Rajitha's immense innings saw him enter the history books as having scored the longest 0* in ODI history. Udana's innings was alright as well.
Finally, in T20Is, the record for the most balls faced for a 0* is held by Bermuda's Rodney Trott, who scored 0*(7) against the Netherlands in 2019. Cricinfo doesn't know how long it took, however. For that, we have to look towards India's Yuzvendra Chahal, who took 15 minutes for his 0*(4) against Australia in 2019. Solid contribution from him.
All these feats are just in one innings, though. Some batsmen go above and beyond that and spend their entire career not scoring runs (either that or they don't know what a batsman's main job is). Two Sri Lankan players (Ishara Amerasinghe and Dinuka Hettiarachchi) hold the joint record for most balls faced in Tests without scoring a single run, both having faced 25 balls. In fact, the entire top four is made up of Sri Lankans; clearly, a significant proportion of Sri Lankan cricketers view run-scoring as optional. Hettiarachchi (who Cricinfo reckons is an all-rounder despite an FC batting average of 9.55) beats out everyone when it comes to minutes batted, though, having batted for 39 minutes in Tests without scoring a single run.
Bangladesh's Harunur Rashid holds the record for most balls faced in ODIs without scoring a run, having faced 17 in total. However, we have to look to our old friend Rajitha to find the player who's batted the most minutes in ODIs without scoring a run; he has batted at least 32 minutes, almost all of which comes from his partnership with Udana. Portugal's Sukhwinder Singh has faced nine balls in T20Is without scoring a run, which is the record, but Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mathew Sinclair both hold the joint-record for having batted seven minutes in T20Is without scoring a run.

Diamond Ducks Are Forever

Ducks and golden ducks aren't too unusual for the most part, but diamond ducks (in which a batsman is dismissed without facing a single ball) are. Think of what needs to happen for a diamond duck to occur. The player can't be a striker for obvious reasons, so bowled, caught, LBW, stumped, hit wicket and hit the ball twice (all of which can only apply to the striker) are out of play. Timed out is out of play as soon as a batsman enters the crease. This leaves just three possible dismissals for a diamond duck: Run out, obstructing the field and retired out. The latter two almost never happen, so diamond ducks almost always occur due to run-outs.
There have been 153 diamond ducks in ODIs and 53 diamond ducks in T20Is, so in those formats, diamond ducks aren't that unusual. This makes sense, of course, as run-outs are more likely to occur in those formats. Tests are where diamond ducks count as an unusual batting feat, as there have been in the history of Tests only 29 diamond ducks that we know of. Chris Martin holds the unfortunate distinction of being the only cricketer in the history of Tests to be dismissed for a diamond duck twice (one of which came in his final Test innings, which is a perfect summation of his batting career).
Most of these diamond ducks have of course come through run-outs, but there have been seven international diamond ducks (three in ODIs and four in T20Is) which have come through stumpings. On the surface, this shouldn't be possible; how can a batsman be stumped without facing a ball? The answer is simple: Leg-side stumpings. In white-ball cricket, any leg-side delivery tends to be given as a wide, and the odd thing about wides is that they do not count as a ball faced by the striker yet the striker can be dismissed stumped or hit wicket off of them. This would explain why this kind of diamond duck has occurred seven times in LOIs yet has never occurred in the history of Test cricket.
FWIW, there has yet to be an international diamond duck from a method of dismissal other than run out and stumped, but it is theoretically possible for a batsman who is dismissed hit wicket (off a wide), obstructing the field or retired out to achieve a diamond duck. Will any batsman be brave enough to make history and try to achieve what would be a unique feat by being dismissed for a diamond duck through one of these modes of dismissal? We'll have to wait and see.

Specialist Six-Hitters

So far, this post has been focusing largely on defensive stalwarts, but those are boring to watch. Everyone knows that real cricket is about walking up to the crease and hitting sixes from the get-go, so this section will be dedicated to those players who consider a strike rate under 600 to be too defensive. No score illustrates this mentality better than the rare 6*(1), so let's start with that.
In all the Tests throughout history, only once has a batsman finished on a score of 6*(1). The year is 1993 and Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya enters the crease with his team five wickets down but needing just four runs to beat England. Phil Tufnell is the bowler who is trying to take his wicket and help pull off a miracle for England, but Jayasuriya is having none of it and promptly smacks his first delivery for six. As far as Tests go, Jayasuriya's 6*(1) is a true case of batting scorigami (maybe I'll do a cricket scorigami post at some point).
As for ODIs and T20Is, a final score of 6*(1) is more common as you might imagine. In fact, it has occurred nine times in ODIs and thirteen times in T20Is. It appears to be the case that when a batsman is dismissed on the penultimate ball of the first innings, the batting team will send out a specialist six-hitter to get the job done. Credit goes to Afghan wicketkeeper Shafiqullah and England all-rounder Chris Jordan for being the only two players to achieve this unusual feat twice (Shafiqullah has achieved it twice in T20Is whereas Jordan has achieved it once in ODIs and once in T20Is).
A 6*(1) is probably my second-favourite score, but you know what my favourite score is? 6(2). I don't think any score illustrates the dual nature of batting quite like this one does. You can be dominating a bowler and smashing them for six one moment, then the very next moment, you can find yourself dismissed by the same bowler. It's poetic. It represents not only the duality of batsmen but the duality of man himself; you can be breezing through life one second then you could be rock-bottom the next. 6(2) is not just a score; it is a representation of life itself, cricket's ode to the erratic nature of mankind's existence.
Much like 6*(1), 6(2) has only occurred once in Test cricket, in 1958 to be precise. The West Indies were 401 runs behind Australia heading into the third innings and they required a miracle just to stay in the game. A 179-run partnership between Walcott and Sobers gave the West Indies hope, but they then proceeded to collapse from 244/3 to 283/8. In comes Frank King at #10 with his team needing over a hundred runs just to make Australia bat again. Not wanting to go down without a fight, he heaves the bowler for six off his first ball. Alas, his very next ball results in him being caught, but one cannot fault King for his effort in the face of certain defeat (apart from the fact that he had Everton Weekes at the other end, but we'll just ignore that).
This scoreline of 6(2) has occurred ten times in ODIs and eleven times in T20Is. No batsman in international cricket has ever achieved it twice. The first player to achieve it twice will thus have their names etched in the history books for their unique feat.
South Africa's Mangaliso Mosehle deserves special mention, though. He has achieved the ultimate cricket scorigami: His score of 6(1) against Sri Lanka in a 2016 T20I is the only such score in the entire history of international cricket. He came in at #6 at the end of South Africa's ninth over and hit his first international ball for six. He was then run out as the non-striker in the next over, leaving him on a score of 6(1). Not only did his team win the match, but Mosehle achieved what no other batsman has achieved before or since. Truly, his name must be counted among the likes of Lara, Tendulkar and Bradman for this one-of-a-kind feat.
In cases such as 6*(1) and 6(1), the batsman was left with a strike rate of 600. Can it go higher, though? Has any batsman done better than 600? For the first question, the answer is surprisingly yes. It is indeed theoretically possible for a batsman to finish an innings with a strike rate greater than 600. If he hits a ball for three and the fielding side then throws the ball to the boundary, the number of runs scored off of that delivery will be 3 + 4 overthrows = 7. This is how it would theoretically be possible for a batsman to conclude an innings with a strike rate greater than 600.
Does this mean that there is a batsman out there who has struck at a rate greater than 600? Unfortunately, no. Though it is doable, it has never happened in international cricket. The highest SR ever achieved in an international innings is 600; that includes Mosehle, all the players who have scored 6*(1), and Afghanistan's Dawlat Zadran, who against Oman in 2016 scored 12*(2) to win his team the T20I by three wickets with three balls remaining. He clearly did his job as specialist six-hitter very well indeed, for he is the only batsman in international cricket to have finished an innings with a strike rate of 600 having faced more than one ball.
Since no batsman has struck at greater than 600 in an innings, it stands to reason that no batsman has struck at greater than 600 over their career. Has anyone struck at exactly 600, though? Is there a batsman who hit their only ball in international cricket for six?
No-one's done it in Tests, that's for sure. The batsman with the highest confirmed career strike rate in Tests is Australia's Fred Freer, who hit 28*(21) in his only innings for a career SR of 133.33. However, Bill Howell (also Australian) may have had an SR of up to 205.88, though we don't have full ball-by-ball data for his innings.
In ODIs and T20Is, the records are undisputed. South African pace bowler Johann Louw holds the accolade in ODIs, having scored 23(7) in his only innings for a career strike rate of 328.57, and Bahrain's Qasim Zia hit a four off his only international delivery to take the record for the highest career strike rate in T20Is.
As you can see, not only has no batsmen ever finished with a career SR greater than 600, but none have even managed to finish with an SR of exactly 600. To strike at greater than 600 over the course of an innings would be unique in international cricket; to strike at exactly 600 over the course of a career would be truly special; to strike at greater than 600 over the course of a career, however, would be the holy grail of unusual batting feats. The player who manages to achieve that would surely go down in cricketing folklore for all eternity.

To Be Or Not To Be On Strike

All of the aforementioned batting feats require that the batsman has actually faced a ball. What if that's not the case, though? What if a batsman's dedication to weirdness is so great that they do not even bother to get themselves on strike? Or, perhaps more accurately, what if a batsman's dedication to weirdness is so great that they do not allow their partner to take the strike?
That is precisely what happened in 2012 when England faced Pakistan in the first Test of the tour. With Pakistan on 319/9 in their first innings, Adnan Akmal evidently didn't trust his partner Aizaz Cheema to face even one delivery, with the result that the two batsmen put on a 19-run partnership for the tenth wicket despite Cheema not facing a single ball. What makes this notable is that Cheema batted for 20 minutes without facing a delivery, which is a Test match record. Amusingly, Cheema ended his career with five innings batted, five not-outs, a high score of 1*, 23 balls faced and a strike rate of 4.34.
As for T20Is, I must admit that I am rather bemused. Afghanistan's Amir Hamza holds the record for the most minutes batted in a T20I innings without facing a ball, having batted for 10 minutes against the Netherlands in 2013. However, I'm confused as to how he managed to achieve this. Afghanistan's ninth wicket fell on the final ball of the nineteenth over, and so Hamza's partner faced the first ball of the final over. However, Hamza was also run out for a diamond duck on the first ball of the final over. This means that the gap between the end of the nineteenth over and the beginning of the final over was 10 minutes. How is that even possible in a T20I? Cricinfo isn't helping me at all here.
Now for the reason I wanted to make this post in the first place. This particular innings took place in 2017, during an ODI between Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand had set the Aussies a target of 287 and the chasing side found themselves facing certain defeat on 226/9, with only Marcus Stoinis and Josh Hazlewood left at the crease.
What happened next was nothing short of spectacular. Stoinis somehow managed to farm the strike with such effectiveness that immediately prior to the final ball of the 47th over, the two batsmen had put on a tenth-wicket partnership of 54 runs and needed just six more runs to win. The kicker? Hazlewood didn't face a single ball. Stoinis had faced every single delivery in the partnership. Australia's innings finally ended on the final ball of the 47th over when Hazlewood was run out for a diamond duck while attempting to take a single, but if Stoinis had pulled it off, it would surely have been one of the greatest ODI innings of all time.
All in all, Hazlewood batted for 26 minutes, which is by far the longest innings by a batsman without facing a single ball in the history of international cricket. When I first heard about this stat, I couldn't believe it; I found it so unusual and so unique that I decided to look for more weird and wonderful batting feats, and that's how this post came about. Hats off to specialist non-striker Josh Hazlewood, then, for inspiring me to do this.
You might think that any batsman who faces zero balls in an innings can only end up with a score of either 0 or 0*, and if you think that, you'd be right. Nonetheless, while searching through Cricinfo's database to find the weirdest batting feats out there, I came across this scorecard. Apparently, this is due to a scoring error as the scorer incorrectly neglected to count the no-ball as a ball faced. The fact that this is the only such instance of this happening in Cricinfo's database supports this theory.
Hazlewood's achievement was superb, but even he only managed it in one innings. How about over an entire career? Who holds the record for the most minutes batted over a career without facing a ball? Unfortunately, Cricinfo won't let me find that out for Tests, and the ODI and T20I data present nothing at all unusual (the record is 2 minutes for ODIs and 5 minutes for T20Is, in case you're wondering).
Matches played is somewhat more interesting. Once again, Cricinfo won't let me do this for Tests, but India's Jaydev Unadkat holds the record for the most ODIs played without facing a single ball, having played in seven ODIs. However, he's also never had to bat; if we restrict our search only to those who have batted at least one innings, Lance Gibbs and Pakistan's Mohammad Khalil come out on top, both having played three ODIs without facing a ball.
The West Indies' Krishmar Santokie holds the record for the most T20Is played without facing a single ball, having played in twelve of them (talk about specialist bowler!), although India's Mohammed Shami and Scotland's Hamza Tahir are closing in on that record, both having played in eleven T20Is without facing a single ball. Unlike Unadkat (and Shami and Tahir, for that matter), Santokie actually batted in one innings (against Ireland in 2014), though that would be his only international innings with the bat.

Extra, Extra!

I don't think Extras gets enough credit. The dude's been batting for 144 years and yet no-one praises his longevity. This final section will thus be dedicated to the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Extras himself.
Despite his long and illustrious career, Extras has only top-scored in 19 completed Test innings. The lowest such score came in 1924; England scored 438 in the first innings while South Africa could only manage 30, with Extras scoring a swashbuckling 11 to lessen South Africa's humiliation. The skipper, Herbie Taylor, was the next-highest scorer with 7; a true captain's knock from him. Extras' highest score was a 76 for Pakistan against India in 2007 (he had also scored 38 and 41 in India's two innings, so it was a good match for him), but this was not the highest score in the innings.
In total, Extras has top-scored in 39 completed ODI innings. This includes a 2004 ODI between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, in which Extras scored 7 of Zimbabwe's 35 runs (tied with Dion Ebrahim for Zimbabwe's top scorer that game). Extras has also scored three half-centuries in ODIs, his highest score of 59 occurring twice in 1989 and 1999, both for Pakistan. For some reason, Extras just really loves scoring for Pakistan.
Extras has top-scored in 10 completed T20I innings, the lowest of which was once again a score of 7, this time coming for Turkey against Luxembourg in 2019 (Turkey scored just 28 runs in that match). Extras has never scored a half-century in T20Is, with his top score being 39 for Czechia against Turkey in 2019.
That's strange. This Extras fellow, despite having a 144-year-long batting career, has never scored a century, or even approached a century. I personally think that he's been given enough chances and should be dropped. I've heard that he can't even field or bowl, so what's the point in having him in the team if he's not scoring?

Conclusion

When discussing impressive batting feats, a lot of people place emphasis on comparisons: Who has the better average? Who has scored more runs? Who has the better strike rate in white-ball cricket? Who has the better beard? Who has the lower dot-ball percentage when batting in the third innings of the second Test in the series on a Tuesday with a lead of 100 runs or more?
However, the most unusual achievements in the art of batting tend not to derive from excellence in the craft but rather from unique circumstances which lead to bizarre stats or scorelines. To achieve what no batsman has achieved before in international cricket, even if it's something terrible such as becoming the first batsman in the history of international cricket to be out hit wicket for a diamond duck, is impressive in its own way. Also, the subsequent memes can be pretty funny.
I hope you enjoyed the read. Next time, I'll be doing the same thing but for bowling. Get ready for first-ball wickets and economy rates of 0.

England at the 2007 World Cup: Part 2, The Super 8s.

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What Makes a Great Tail-Ender

Warning: Long Read - but it's raining in Southampton so who cares.
I've posted a couple of other long-reads and they got some nice feedback so thought I'd have another deep-dive into statsguru.
Watching Pakistan's old-school tail-enders reminded me of something - there are few things more satisfying to watch on a cricket field than someone objectively bad at batting flaying the bowling to all parts. Tail-enders, bar a select few, all have some talent with the bat, but lack that certain something that makes a top end batsman – concentration, patience or, more simply, they just prefer bowling. Though that doesn't take away from the joy we experience seeing these bowlers scrapping away in support of a senior batsman, or that occasional moment where they enter a dream state and realise all kids' aspirations of crashing boundaries for their country.
\Unless stated all statistics used in this post are from 1 January 1995.*
So what makes a great tail-ender? A tail-ender too talented ceases to be a tail-ender and the lack of inability takes away from the enjoyment. Being a mediocre blocker who averages 12 quickly fades from memory. What makes a great tail-ender are three things: gross incompetence – being absolutely unable to bat despite obvious effort on the part of the player; a swashbuckling nature – hitting boundaries in an attempt to get busy bowling; or that moment when a tail-ender wins a match with bat in hand and the cricketing world collectively loses their minds.
I am of the opinion that tail-enders are numbers 10 and 11. There are of course exceptions to the rule but generally number 9s of recent memory are slightly too competent to create the hilarity of a true tail-ender.
Since 1995 there have been 25 scores of 50 or more by number 10s with two of those being hundreds. But those centuries were scored by Pat Symcox and Abul Hasan, who both had First-class averages of over 26, hardly the number of a tail-ender.
Searching through the individual efforts of number 11s returns results closer to my image of a true bunny, with only eleven 50s and no hundreds – Ashton Agar's 98 being the closest effort. But again Agar hasn't batted at 11 since that innings so rather than restrict the search for tail-end performance by batting position, perhaps filtering by 'career competence' returns better results.
Highest scores with a low average
There are three defining average bands for a lower order batsman: 10-20 – reasonably competent and capable of something with the bat; 5-10 – a very limited batsman but has a decent forward push; 0-5 – a walking wicket.
There have been fourteen hundreds scored by men with averages of under 20 with only Harbhajan Singh achieving the feat twice. Jerome Taylor has the lowest test average (12.96) of anyone with a test 100. Though spare a thought for Shane Warne. He averaged 17.32 and never made a century. That despite a 99, a 90 and ten further scores of 50 of more. He holds the record for most Test runs without a hundred.
Incidentally amongst the 15 men with the most fifties without scoring a test 100, four of them have a highest score of 99. It really does give people the jitters.
Dropping down to the the 5-10 bracket one man stands out. Oh Jimmy Jimmy – he has the most runs of anyone averaging under 10 and also the highest score of 81. No man averaging under 10 has managed to make fifty twice.
Finally the bunnies. Once again an England player leads the way with Monty Panesar's 26 against Sri Lanka. A friend at university played club cricket with Monty and he assured me that he batted 3 and smashed it everywhere (before bowling his 13 overs for not many). This talent never really translated to test cricket apart from that glorious evening at Cardiff (more on that later). Incidentally his high score of 26 against Sri Lanka took place in a match where Andrew Flintoff was captain, Gloucestershire medium-pacer Jon Lewis took the new ball, and Sir Alistair Cook was batting at 3. The universe had clearly taken a sudden lurch off course.
The obstinate blockers
Judging tail-end performances simply by the number of runs scored is to do a disservice to valiant rearguards that often only serve to delay the inevitable, but on few magical occasions save games for their country.
Geoff Allott's infamous 77 ball duck was one such occasion of saving the game. While it took place in New Zealand's first innings in reply to South Africa's massive 621-5 dec., it took up valuable time and proved to New Zealand's top order that batting was perhaps not so difficult. The match was eventually drawn.
In more recent memory England's Anderson showed off his batting once more surviving 55 deliveries in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to save a game against Sri Lanka in 2014. He was out off the penultimate ball of the day. A bitter reminder of the tiny margins of top international sport.
In 2009, however, Anderson and Monty were able to have their moment as blockers. The pair survived a barrage from Peter Siddle, Nathan Hauritz and, er, Marcus North, for 11.3 overs to save the match. Not only did it save the game but it crushed the Australian spirit as England went on to re-claim the Ashes, all on the back of an obstinate performance by England's two worse batsman.
Only eight times in the last 25 years has a number 11 survived over 100 balls. Trent Boult leads the way, facing 137 in New Zealand's first innings against Bangladesh in 2013. But the real stand-out on this list is Danny Morrison.
Morrison is now a 'love him or hate him' commentator whose palpable enthusiasm flits between contrived ardour and childlike eagerness. But as a cricketer he was an excellent bowler, sitting 8th all time for test wickets by a New Zealander. Yet as a batsman, he was lacking – once holding the record for most ducks in test matches. He was by all accounts 'a rabbit' and at one point considered the world's worst No. 11.
So when he walked to the crease with over 40 overs remaining in the final day of the First Test between New Zealand and England all hope seemed lost. He had just seen his side lose five wickets before lunch, and with a lead of just 11, all chance of escape had evaporated. What followed was a cricketing miracle. Somehow Morrison survived 133 balls for 14*, adding 106 runs with Nathan Astle to save the game. An incredible moment for a man who had long been teased for his batting incompetence, finally able to have his moment as a batsman on the world stage. It was his last act as a Test cricketer.
Squeaking over the line
Since 1995 there have only been 7 one wicket wins in test cricket and remarkably one man has been at the crease on two occasions. That man is Courtney Walsh. A member of the 90s feared fast bowlers club Walsh was certainly viewed a little more fondly by the opposition when he was batting, averaging a measly 7.54 over his career and only once reaching 30. But twice he has been able to secure victory with bat in hand – once with a brief 0* against Australia watching Brian Lara complete one of the great test innings, the other a 72 minute rearguard against Pakistan as he and Jimmy Adams ground out the 19 runs need for victory.
Incidentally Walsh's 72 minutes is the third longest innings by a number 11 in test history in a successful fourth innings chase. Only Vishwa Fernando (73 minutes) and another New Zealander, Ewen Chatfield (104! minutes) batted longer. As an Englishman it is my duty to mention the fourth longest innings, owned by Jack Leach who batted for exactly 60 minutes at Headingly last year, every minute of which should be compulsory viewing for everyone in England. Perhaps it can be added to the school curriculum.
The night-watchman
Leach also holds a record as a night-watchman for his 92, the highest score by a night-watchman opening the innings.
The highest and most preposterous of night-watchman scores was made in 2006 over 4 hot days in Bangladesh. Jason Gillespie averaged 15.64 going into that test and had a high score of 54*. Nine and a half hours and 425 balls later, with his team mates watching on in disbelief, Gillespie completed the most remarkable of double centuries. In a recurring theme, it turned out to be Gillespie's final test.
The Dashers
Realistically the long marathon innings by tail-enders happen only once in a blue moon, so we have to be content with a more frequent, but no less appetising dish of lower-order boundaries. When a tail-ender's eyes light up to the view of a loopy off spinner, or when he backs away to the opening bowler and flays outside off stump, we are filled with a warm fuzzy feeling usually reserved for wintery mugs of hot chocolate.
Trent Boult holds the record for most sixes by a number 11 with 24, coincidentally 11 more than Muralitharan in second place with 13. Shane Shillingford holds the single game record for a number 11 with five sixes in his 29 ball 53*, the fourth fastest fifty of all time.
Another New Zealander holds the record most sixes by a number 10. Neil Wagner has hit 17 sixes as a number 10. It should be noted that all but 4 of those sixes were hit in New Zealand, where some of the grounds are postage stamps compared to the vast expanses of grounds like the MCG, but that doesn't take anything away from the entertainment. Strangely 12 of Boult's 6s were hit outside of New Zealand, so perhaps it doesn't make that much of a difference.
The record for most sixes in an innings by a number 10 is held by yet another New Zealander and perhaps the most entertaining lower-order batsman in world cricket at the moment, Tim Southee. Southee crashed 9 sixes in a losing cause against England on debut and now sits 15th all time on the sixes list among all batsman.
A dying art
If there is one thing to come out of this joyful journey through the trials and tribulations of being a tail-ender it is that New Zealand is a conveyor belt for lower-order entertainment. Whether it's Messrs. Boult, Wagner and Southee hitting boundaries, or the incompetent Morrison and Allot holding out for hours on end, the Kiwis seem to have a penchant for tail-end batting.
Of course that is without mentioning probably the best and worst tail-ender of recent memory, Chris Martin. Of men to bat 100 innings in test cricket his average of 2.36 is comfortably the worst. He had a highest score of just 12* and never batted for more than 37 minutes. He had nine golden ducks in his career as well as being the only man to be run out without facing a ball twice. That second run out was Martin's last appearance in international cricket. Despite it being a farcical run out (something which is always enjoyable) it summed up his international batting career. It never lasted very long, it was very often filled with incompetence, but we couldn't take our eyes off it.
The standard of lower-order batting in international cricket continues to rise, with an ever increasing value placed on lower-order runs, but I for one hope that the likes of Chris Martin continue to find their place on the international stage. The sport would be a lot less fun without them.
tl;dr - I love tail-enders.

Ranking all countries' All Time ODI XI

I wanted to see how each of the all time ODI XIs from the countries Australia, England, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and the West Indies held up against the other countries.
This is all subjective and open to interpretation, but here are the following All Time ODI XI's for each country in my opinion:
India:

Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Azharuddhin
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni (wk) (c)
Kapil Dev (vc)
Anil Kumble
Zaheer Khan
Mohammed Shami
Jasprit Bumrah

Notable people who missed out: Sehwag, Ganguly, Dravid, V Prasad, J Srinath
Reasoning: Solid opening pair in Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma. They complement each other well as Sachin takes use of the powerplay and Rohit takes time to get going. At number 3, we have Kohli, a no-brainer selection, one of the most versatile batsman of the game. 4 was tricky, as I thought about putting Dravid or Azhar, but ultimately chose Azharuddin, as he has a better strike rate and he and Sachin carried that 90s batting line-up. Solid middle order in Yuvi, who can be a 6th bowling option with some tight spin, Dhoni, who can finish games and keep and captain. My pace battery is Dev, Khan, Shami, and Bumrah. Even though the latter are newer, they are much better than lots of Indian pacers. I chose Kumble as my spinner as his economy rate is really good and he can bowl some tight overs in the middle.
Australia:

Shane Watson
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Ricky Ponting
Dean Jones
Andrew Symonds
Michael Bevan
Michael Hussey
Brett Lee
Shane Warne
Mitchell Starc
Glenn McGrath

EDIT: Dean Jones for Steve Smith
Notable: M Hayden, M Clarke, D Jones, M Johnson, D Warner
Reasoning: I chose Watto and Gilchrist as my opening pair, which some of you might not agree with, but the reasoning behind this was Watson's strike rate and average were superior to M Waugh, and the other contender, Matthew Hayden has a lower strike rate. Watson can also provide some quality overs and can be the 5th bowling option along with Symonds. Ponting at 3 is a no-brainer. I chose Steve Smith at 4 for the following reasons: only other contenders I saw were D Martyn and Michael Clarke, both who strike in the 70s (albiet Martyn played in a different time period). Even though Steve Smith is normally at 3, I slotted him at 4 to make room for Martyn. His ODI game has improved considerably after he moved up the order. There is a solid middle order in Symonds, Bevan and Hussey. The 3 pacers I chose were Brett Lee, Mitchell Starc, and Glenn McGrath, with Warne as my spinner. I chose Starc because he is one of the best pacers in the modern game and his WC record is out of this world. I would have McGrath and Lee up top, Starc and Warne in the middle and Starc and Lee at the death. Gilchrist is also my wk.
South Africa :

Hashim Amla
Graeme Smith (c)
Jacques Kallis
Faf du Plessis
AB de Villiers (wk)
David Miller
Lance Klusener
Shaun Pollock
Dale Steyn
Imran Tahir
Allan Donald

Notable: H Gibbs, M Boucher, M Ntini, M Morkel, J Rhodes
Hashim Amla at the top is undisputable, he was the fastest to so many milestones and is one of the great ODI players. I picked Graeme Smith over H Gibbs because of Graeme Smith's captaincy and his attitude. Kallis at 3, because he is a good accumulator and can bowl quality overs. Du Plessis at 4 might be outside of where he normally bats, but he is a dynamic ODI player. AB De Villiers at 5 is where he batted normally, and I am going to give him the gloves. Miller at 6 because he said provide the "death-over slogging" role in the team and can finish matches. His ODI record is much better than people think, avg 40+ at a strike rate of 100. Lance Klusener is my number 7, great ODI Finisher and can bowl well. My pace battery is Pollock, Steyn and Donald, with my spinner being Imran Tahir.
England:

Jason Roy
Jonny Bairstow
Joe Root (c)
Kevin Pietersen
Ben Stokes
Jos Buttler (wk)
Andrew Flintoff
Ian Botham
Liam Plunkett
Graeme Swann
Darren Gough

EDIT: Flintoff captaincy to Buttler Notable: A Strauss, M Trescothick, N Hussein
This was one of the hardest ODI XIs to pick, and I went with some controversial picks. Since England ODI cricket was at its peak recently, that's the reason you see a lot of newer players. I went with Roy and Bairstow at the top, as they have broken lots of opening records. Both are outstanding at the top, and outshine Strauss, Trescothick and the lot. Number 3 Root is easy. At 4, I went with Pietersen over Morgan, as Pietersen was revolutionary and more dynamic than Morgan, who does deserve a nod for changing England batting, but I went with Pietersen as he really was the best ODI batsman in that lineup. Middle order of Stokes, Buttler, Flintoff really easy to pick. I put Stokes mostly for his batting, but he can bowl a bit if one of the others has an off day. Flintoff, Botham, Plunkett and Gough are the pacers. Now I know Plunkett is an odd choice, but he can take wickets in the middle and contribute runs with the bat. He averages 20 with the bat at 100+ SR and takes wickets at an average of 29. My spinner was Graeme Swann.
Sri Lanka:

Tilakaratne Dilshan
Sanath Jayasuriya
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Mahela Jayawardene
Aravinda De Silva
Angelo Mathews
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
Chaminda Vaas
Lasith Malinga
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan

This was probably the easiest to pick, top 4 pick themselves. Dilshan and Jayasuriya would be such a treat to watch, both are aggressive and innovative. Sanga at 3, he will also take the gloves and Mahela at 4. Middle order of De silva, Mathews , and Ranatunga, with Mathews being the all rounder and De Silva the part-timer. Ranatunga will lead the team, he really is an amazing captain. Vaas, Malinga, and Mathews are the pacers. Jayasuriya, Murali and Mendis are the spinners.
West Indies

Chris Gayle
Gordon Greenidge
Viv Richards (c)
Brian Lara
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Carl Hooper
Jeff Dujon
Malcolm Marshall
Michael Holding
Curtly Ambrose
Joel Garner

EDIT: Dujon in for Clive Lloyd, forgot to put a specialist keeper whoops.
Notable: D Haynes, Andy Roberts, R Sarwan
Up top we have Gayle and Greenidge, Gayle for his ability to demolish bowling attacks and Greenidge. Richards at 3 is an easy pick, one of the greatest if not the greatest ODI players. He will lead the side. Middle order of Lara, Chanderpaul, Lloyd and Hooper, with Hooper bowling his offies. The pace battery is probably the finest of all time, with Marshall, Holding, Garner and Ambrose.
New Zealand

Martin Guptill
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Kane Williamson (c)
Ross Taylor
Grant Elliot
Martin Crowe
Chris Cairns
Daniel Vettori
Richard Hadlee
Trent Boult
Shane Bond EDIT: Cairns for Mills, thanks for the input in the comments! Openers are Guptill and McCullum, Guptill to accumulate and McCullum to just bash. McCullum will take the gloves. Williamson and Taylor are amazing ODI bats, occupy 3 and 4. Middle order was much more tricky, but I went with Grant Elliot and Martin Crowe. The batting isn't very deep, as Vettori is the only established all rounder I could think of. He will be the spinner and bat 7. Pacers are Hadlee, Boult, Bond and Mills.

Pakistan:

Saeed Anwar
Zaheer Abbas
Javed Miandad
Inzamam-ul-haq
Mohammed Yousuf
Imran Khan (c)
Moin Khan (wk)
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Saqlain Mushtaq
Shoaib Akhtar

Notable: S Ajmal , B Azam, S Afridi, A Razzaq
Opening combination of Anwar and Abbas, Abbas to do early damage and Anwar to start slower. Miandad at 3 to accumulate followed by Inzamam who can accumulate and hit those boundaries. Mohammed Yousuf , Imran Khan, and Moin Khan are the rest of the middle order. Imran Khan also is the 5th bowler. The bowling attack is amazing: Akram, Younis, Mushtaq as the spinner, and Akhtar.
I didn't include Zim, Ban, Afg, and other nations, because I don't really know much about their histories. Feel free in the comments to add these.
My Rankings of the ODI XIs of each countries are as followed

New Zealand
England
Sri Lanka
India
South Africa
Pakistan
West Indies
Australia

Please let me know in the comments what you think of this!

Raw Episodes 7-8

Segment 1:Intro Jerry The King Lawler:Hello people from all around the world, we have 2 qualifiers for each 2 men’s Elimination Chamber Matches, also for our main event, MJF will take on Sting, if MJF wins he will get the ultimate chance to take him on at elimination chamber, let’s get started shall we?? 3:00
Segment 2: Qualifier for Elimination Chamber Match for the United States Championship: Sabu DEF The Miz 12:00
Segment 3:The Competitors for the Women’s Elimination Chamber Come out, winner faces Nia Jax at Wrestlemania for the Raw Women’s Championship. Abadon Candice Larae Diamanté Serena Deeb Alexa Bliss Nikki Cross They start to bicker and argue on who will win, to slow down the tension GM Teddy Long orders a 6 Women Tag Team Match to take place 6:00
Segment 3:Abadon, Nikki Cross, Alexa Bliss DEF Diamanté, Serena Deeb, and Candice Larae 8:00
Segment 4: Qualifier for Elimination Chamber Match for the United States Championship: Scorpio Sky DEF Frankie Kazarian 12:00
Segment 5:Nia Jax DEF Ivelisse: 3:00
Segment 6:Before Powerhouse Hobbs match, Hurt Buisness comes out to the ring, then his opponent Christopher Daniels come out to the stage.
Daniels:Who do you think you are? I wasn’t handed everything I got, I had to earn it, you just got signed, and you have a chance of being in the elimination chamber match for the Raw World Heavyweight Championship, it’s ok because I’m going to show you something. 5:00
Segment 7: Qualifier for Elimination Chamber Match for the Raw World Heavyweight Championship: Powerhouse Hobbs DEF Christopher Daniels Bobby Lashley after the match attacks Powerhouse Hobbs with his championship belt, then holding it over him. 19:00
Segment 8: Qualifier for Elimination Chamber Match for the Raw World Heavyweight Championship: Austin Aries DEF Eddie Kingston 15:00
Main Event: MJF DEF Sting 29:00 After the match sting hops on the mic
Sting:Well done, tonight you proved to me you deserve a shot at Elimination Chamber (Goes Out for a Handshake)
MJF:(Acts like he’s gonna shake his hand)
JR:OH MY, HE HIT HIM WITH HIS BRASS KNUCKLES, STING IS OUT COLD.
Segment 1: Booker T:We have a lot going on today, including the introduction to the brand new “Raw Hall” 3 more Qualifying matches for elimination chamber, And The Raw Tag Team Titles up for grabs. A very stacked night for WWE Fans. 3:00
Segment 2: Qualifier for Elimination Chamber Match for the United States Championship: Johnny Mundo DEF PJ Black 10:00 After the match they both handshake each other and raise each others fist, both claiming victory.
Segment 3:24/7 Champion David Otunga Interviews Raw Women’s Champion Nia Jax, She states that no matter who wins at Elimination Chamber, she will prevail at any cost. 2:00
Segment 4:Hurt Business come to the ring for Apollo Crew’s match against R-Truth.
MVP:At Elimination Chamber, Hurt Business will both crown a NEWWWWW Raw World Heavyweight Championship, and NEWWWW United States Championship, wait what-
R-Truth:Oh, I didn’t know this was a match against this guy, I thought I was going to a rocket ship, you know I’ve always loved rockets. 4:00
Segment 5: Qualifier for Elimination Chamber Match for the United States Championship:
Apollo Crews DEF R-Truth 2:00
Segment 6:Miz TV is the Host of the Sting VS MJF contract signing
Sting:You know what, I see potential in you kid, so you know what you can pick the stipulation.
MJF:Alright I pick....
Teddy Long:(Enters from backstage) Who in the hell do y’all think, y’all are? I pick the stipulation not y’all. We all know MJF pinned Sting, you see I realized as I was watching right here (Shows picture of MJF striking Sting with brass knuckles mid match) MJF, you cheated so with that being said, this match will have no DQ’s, No Count Outs, No Pins, or hell not even any submissions, this will be a BURIED ALIVE MATCH, Y’all have until RIGHT NOW to sign that contract and confirm this match.
Sting:Mr.Freeman, so it has came to my attention you have cheated, well hell..
Jerry The King Lawler:STINGER DEATH DROP INTO THE TABLE, MJF IS OUT!!!
MIZ:HEY, NOT MY TABLE. (Slaps Sting)
BOOKER T:OH NO, ANOTHER ONE 2 STINGER DEATH DROPS.
10:00
Segment 7:Qualifier for Elimination Chamber Match for the Raw World Heavyweight Championship: Pentagon JR DEF Ray Fenix 18:00
Segment 8:Raw Hall Teaser: 4:00
Segment 9:Jake Hager Interview gone wrong as somebody in a black suit and mask attacks him during it. 5:00
Segment 10:PAC DEF Eddie Kingston 9:00
Main Event:Rhodes Brothers DEF Young Bucks by DQ.
Commentary: J.R:Young Bucks Look on top Rope looking to end it. HURT BUSINESS, ITS HURT BUSINESS THEY ARE DESTROYING EVERYTHING, THEY THINK THEY DESERVE A SHOT. GM TEDDY LONG OUT TO THE RING.
Teddy Long:Hurt Business, I’m tired of y’all breaking shit and desolving our whole roster, next week on raw, all y’all will compete in a ladder match for the Raw Tag Team Titles, Hurt Business, since you want this so bad, if you don’t win y’all are forced to break up, or else you all are cut from the company. 23:00
RAW HALL
RAW HALL BASICS
CHAMPIONSHIP:Raw Hall Underground Championship
GM:Excalibur
Bio:Raw Hall is a underground version of Raw, no rules, no limits for 30 minutes the matches are fought in a Raw Underground type area, except actual matches and an actual ring, all matches are no holds bared expect fire, barbed wire, steel, glass, and many more.No Pins all either by 10 second knockout, Submisson, or they quit. Records will be kept of, the person with the best record at the end of the year will be crowned “The King of The Hall” and will get a world title shot at the last PPV. All the shows are pre recorded on Thursday so these people still can PPV’s and Weekly Television.
Match’s:The match and the title can be defended anywhere in the “Basement” or as known as long wrestling fans, the ECW Arena. It can be from the Top of the Ramp,to behind the liquor bar it doesn’t matter as long as the competitors and Excalibur agrees to it it’s official. Every match is falls count anywhere, as long as it stays in the arena. All matches will have a 20 minute time limit endless it is instructed as different, we have many different match types then your usual Raw including many other match types from other promotions across the world.
Times:Raw Hall will occur after every Raw for 30 minutes and on PPV days, it will have a 30 minute interval before the show, and an hour interval after the show.
Segment 1: Excalibur:Welcome Raw Hall I am your host and GM Excalibur I am here with fellow commentators Taz and Joey Styles both ECW Legends. If you where not watching Raw before this you can either go to our WWE YouTube to watch the intro or go to WWE.RawHall.Org for info and how this works, without further do, let’s get right into our first match which is Ray Fenix and PJ Black gonna be a great high flying match. 3:00
Segment 2: Ray Fenix (1-0) DEF PJ Black (0-1) 8:00
Segment 3: Austin Aries (1-0) DEF Matt Sydal (0-1) 12:00
Segment 4: Excalibur:This has been a really good opening episode we have had 2 great matches, but we have a surprise for this sold out crowd here in Philly.
(ECW MUSIC HITS)
(ECW Legends RVD, Rhino, Sabu, Paul Heyman, Taz, and Joey Styles come out to the ring)
Paul Heyman:It’s been a minute hasn’t it? It’s been all these years, and I’ve yet never forgot the hype of this arena night in and night out
Crowd:EC DUB, EC DUB, EC DUB, EC DUB.
Paul Heyman:Us in the ring are nobody, y’all are the true stars, y’all are the true hero’s of ECW. Y’all are what ECW was about. We just wanna say...y’all changed my life. I just want to say thank y’all, we will ALWAYS love ECW. 7:00
Segment 1: Jerry The King Lawyer:After last weeks action packed Raw, we have which could be match of the year later down the line, Hurt Business VS Young Bucks VS Rhodes Brothers in a Ladder Match on weekly Television, yes this is a Free match we are getting tonight! 3:00
Segment 2:Only Powerhouse Hobbs and MVP come out to the ring as Crews and Benjamin has an important night. But they claim how Powerhouse Hobbs will Beat Bobby Lashley and all the rest of the Goons to become the new WWE Championship. Bobby Lashley then comes from behind and lays a beat down on Hobbs, Crews and Benjamin come up from behind but no avail, they all leave the ring as they don’t want to risk getting hurt. 6:00
Segment 3: Nikki Cross challenges Nia Jax for the Raw Women’s Championship which Nia then Accepts. 3:00
Segment 4:Nia Jax DEF Nikki Cross 3:00
Segment 5:Raw Hall Cinematic video:3:00
Segment 6: Qualifier for Elimination Chamber Match for the Raw World Heavyweight Championship: Sheamus DEF PAC 12:00
Segment 7:Brian Cage DEF Miro 8:00
Segment 8:Miz TV happens and he interviews Johnny Mundo about how it feels to be a star in multiple promotions Mundo says it’s pretty good before the dreaded MJF come out
MJF:Well well well, some more goddamn losers, last time I checked baby’s aren’t supposed to be on wrestling TV, Miz, how do you feel about running some ass reality show, along with some ass talk show, I guarantee almost everybody skips this part of the show, endless of course I’m on it. Miz I want you and Mr.Mundo to move so I can get ready for my match against...
J.R:MJF you better watch out sting is behind you. OH WITH HIS BASEBALL BAT.
Miz:I want to go head to head with MJF right now. 10:00
Segment 9: Miz DEF MJF 15:00
Main Event Segment 10: Shelton Benjamin, Apollo Crews DEF Rhodes Brothers and The Young Bucks for the Raw Tag Team Championships 30:00
Cody Rhodes starts the match by slapping Shelton Benjamin in the face, he doesnt react and goes straight after one another, Both Young Bucks super kick Dustin leaving him on the ground.
After about 5 minutes The Young Bucks pull out a ladder from under the ring and Matt start their climb before being thrown off my Crews.
Shelton Shooting Star Presses Cody into a ladder bridged across the announcement table at ringside.
Dustin goes after the belts before being stopped by the Young Bucks.
Cody still at ringside progressively starts to get up before Matt Jackson Attempts a cross body and gets side slammed into the announce table.
Dustin Grabs a chair and uses it as a cushion for Nick Jackson’s moonsault off the ladder.
With everybody else out cold, Nick and Cody are battling for the belts until Shelton claims from the side of the ladder and Kicks both Nick and Cody off the ladder.
With nobody else up, Shelton grabs the titles claiming Benjamin and Crews your new Raw Tag Team Champions.
Raw Hall
Segment 1:Excalibur is met in the ring announcing Raw Hall that will happen before and after Elimination Chamber Excalibur:At Elimination Chamber before and after will have Raw Hall for a total of 1:30 mins of Raw Hall, it will only be 1 match with 2 parts.A 15 man Aztec Warfare for the Raw Hall Underground Championship. Also Announces the main event Barbed Wire Match between RVD and Austin Aries 6:00
Segment 2: Abadon 1-0 DEFNia Jax 0-1 8:00
Main Event Segment 3:Rob Van Dam 1-0 DEF Austin Aries Barbed Wire Match 16:00

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