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

#4. Mahela Jayawardene- 26.49

Jayawardene has an average difference of 26.49 between both innings

One of the greatest batsmen in Sri Lanka - and the world, former Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene also has a huge difference in his first innings and second innings batting average. In the first innings, Jayawardene has scored 8719 runs (nearly 74% of his Test runs) at a phenomenal average of 60.13.

However, in the second innings, Jayawardene only has 3095 runs at an average of 33.64, which is the second lowest average for any player with more than 10000 Test runs. Most of Jayawardene's finest Test knocks have come from the first innings, including his 374 against South Africa at Colombo in 2006.

32 of Jayawardene's Test fifties and 29 of his hundreds have come in the first innings. Out of Jayawardene's 5 centuries in the second innings, only one of them is above 150.