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Originally Posted by Navo
It's not as hard if you bat at 5-6-7 as you have both the chance of making a decent amount of runs AND staying not out at the end of the innings. An opener or No.3 will hardly ever play through the innings, so he can't rely on not outs to boost his average and will have to make a significant number of runs on a regular basis to compensate. That is really tough. (Hence why a player of Sangakarra's class averages less than 40.)
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Remaining Not Out is a factor right which is why probably only two players in ODI history of average 50- Michael Bevan and MS Dhoni- both are mostly finishers