Stats don't lie: Sachin Tendulkar or Brian Lara - Who is the greatest?

#2 Ratio of away Test hundreds to total hundreds

Tendulkar playing a sweep

A hallmark of a great batsman is that he scores runs everywhere, in all conditions. Sachin and Lara both have scored runs all around the globe and against quality opponents. They have played best of the bowlers in their own den and dominated them.

By calculating the ratio of away Test hundreds to total hundreds we can see which of these batsmen was better in alien conditions. Higher the ratio better the performance.

Sachin scored 29 out of his 51 test hundreds away from home, which implies a ratio of 0.56. Lara scored 17 of his 34 test hundreds away from home, which implies a ratio of 0.50.

Sachin is better than Lara on this parameter, but, again, not by much.