Top 5 differences of average between first and second innings in Tests

#3. Steve Waugh- 28.24

Steve Waugh has the lowest second innings average for any batsman with more than 10000 Test runs

Another all-time great, Steve Waugh has a tremendous difference in his first innings and second innings statistics. The former Australia skipper has scored, 8558 runs (78.3 of his 10927 Test runs) in the first innings from 166 innings at an average of 60.69.

In the second innings, Waugh has played only 94 innings but has scored only 2369 runs at an average of 32.45 which is the lowest second innings batting average for any player with more than 10000 Test runs.

Waugh has scored most of his finest knocks in the first innings including his highest score of 200. Only two of Waugh's 32 Test centuries have come in the second innings. However, Waugh has played some good knocks in the second innings with his highest score being 134 from 177 deliveries against Sri Lanka at Hobart in 1989.