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Was Leicestershire's 584 the highest total for a side that ended up losing by an innings? asked Gulu Ezekiel from India Leicestershire's first-innings total ...

It means that some of the Barbados players will show up afterwards as having played official internationals for two teams. It means that some of the Barbados players will show up afterwards as having played official internationals for two teams. That slipped slightly to 69.31 by the end of the series, but still left him clear at the top of this list- of highest-averaging batters, given a minimum of six innings. The England seamer Alec Bedsertook 22 wickets after his first two Tests, while Australia's Bob Massiealso had 21. There was a near-miss in Cardiffin 1993, when Glamorgan lost by ten wickets to Middlesex despite running up a first-innings total of 562 for 3 declared. After his temperature-defying 134 in the first ODI against Englandin Chester-le-Street, the South African middle-order batter Rassie van der Dussenhad an average of 74.95 in one-day internationals.