Ballance vs Mustafizur
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Ballance wins: Longevity, Honours
Mustafizur wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
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Verdict
Ballance leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Test centurion for England who later returned to play for Zimbabwe.
Category breakdown
Season form · Centuries per year
Career timeline · Centuries per year
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through year 5 · Centuries per year| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇼 Ballance | 0 | 0 | 50 | 106 | 236 | 655 |
| 🇧🇩 Mustafizur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 116 | 240 |
Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 years are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.
| Metric | BallanceRetired | MustafizurActive |
|---|---|---|
| Test runs | 1,662 | — |
| Test centuries | 4 | — |
| First-class runs | 13,000 | — |
| First-class centuries | 36 | — |
| County Championship titles | 2 | — |
| ODI wickets | — | 170 |
| T20I wickets | — | 130 |
| Wickets in debut ODI series | — | 13 |
| ICC Emerging Player awards | — | 1 |
| Test wickets | — | 30 |
| Dominance w25% | 76 | 78 |
| Peak w20% | 88 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 78 |
| Honours w20% | 78 | 72 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 92 |
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