Statistical Round-up for 2010

Thursday, December 30, 2010 cricket, cricket stats 2010, dale steyn, david warner, dirk nannes, graeme swann, hashim amla, rishabh bablani, sachin, shakib al hasan, statistics, umar akmal, virat kohli, virender sehwag, zaheer No Comments

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- A close friend of Darren Gough's mailman's brother-in-law

Most Runs

Tests

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave		SR	100	50
SR Tendulkar (India)	14	23	3	1562	214	78.10		55.90	7	5
V Sehwag (India)	14	25	2	1422	173	61.82		90.80	5	8
IJL Trott (Eng)	14	24	4	1325	226	66.25		49.44	4	4
AN Cook (Eng)	14	24	2	1287	235*	58.50		54.76	5	4
HM Amla (SA)	11	19	3	1249	253*	78.06		53.05	5	4

The next two on the list are Saffas Kallis and Smith. Tamim Iqbal could have been higher up the list, but only played 7 Tests, scoring 837 runs at 59.78, with an almost Sehwagological strike rate of 80.71 and a highest of 151. Sangakarra just played 6 games for 695 runs at the lofty average of 99.28. The highest score this year was Gaylestorm's 333.

ODI's

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave		SR	100	50
HM Amla (SA)	15	15	1	1058	129	75.57		104.23	5	4
V Kohli (India)	25	24	3	995	118	47.38		85.11	3	7
AB de Villiers (SA)	16	16	4	964	114*	80.33		102.11	5	4
TM Dilshan (SL)	20	20	2	921	110	51.16		98.92	3	4
Imrul Kayes (Ban)	27	27	0	867	101	32.11		67.15	1	6

There's a huge outlier that I noticed as I scrolled down this list. Lurking just outside the top 20, is cricket's official ball-smeller (ha) Shahid Afridi, who scored 601 runs at 33, but at a crack-high strike-rate of 144.12. 

If you play Jeopardy in Pakistan, "what is Shahid Afridi?" is an official answer to "the definition of insane". Really.

T20I's

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave		SR	100	50		4s	6s
Umar Akmal (Pak)	18	17	2	441	64	29.40		123.18	0	3		28	17
DA Warner (Aus)	15	15	0	373	72	24.86		156.72	0	2		36	22
KP Pietersen (Eng)	8	8	3	353	73*	70.60		134.22	0	3		31	10
DJ Hussey (Aus)	15	14	2	350	59	29.16		125.89	0	2		23	13
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	9	9	1	343	100	42.87		156.62	1	2		36	12

Suresh Raina, at #6, with 319 runs at 53 and a strike rate of 151, highest of 101, is the only Indian in the list of the top 48 runscorers I saw. True story.

Most wickets

Tests

Player	Mat	Overs			Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10w
GP Swann (Eng)	14	576.0			64	6/65	10/217	25.96	2.88	54.0	6	1
DW Steyn (SA)	11	390.1			60	7/51	10/108	21.41	3.29	39.0	4	1
JM Anderson (Eng)	12	463.0			57	6/17	11/71	22.96	2.82	48.7	3	1
M Morkel (SA)	11	387.1			49	5/20	7/98	24.06	3.04	47.4	3	0
Z Khan (India)	9	311.5			47	7/87	10/149	21.97	3.31	39.8	2	1

Backing up Swann's 'best spinner' claims are the stats. Can't argue with the next 4. Steyn and Zaheer's averages and strike rates are right up there, and Zaheer will have played more Tests in unhelpful conditions. Draw your own conclusions about that. Harbhajan was 7th on this list with 43 wickets, but bowled 612 overs for them at 40.69 with a rubbish strike-rate of 85.3. Ojha was worse stat-wise (33 wickets @ 43.6, SR 91.7), but showed better control and maintained pressure. Paul Harris has a SR of 120 (just thought I'd throw that in there). Tremlett has a great SR of 35 in his 2 Tests, while Muralitharan could have been higher on the list, showing promise with 8 wickets at 23.87, but unfortunately for him, he retired. 

ODI's

Player	Mat	Overs			Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	27	249.0			46	4/33	26.00	4.80	32.4	3	0
RJ Harris (Aus)	16	130.5			40	5/19	15.17	4.63	19.6	0	3
Shafiul Islam (Ban)	23	160.5			32	4/43	31.56	6.27	30.1	3	0
SCJ Broad (Eng)	16	143.0			30	4/44	24.86	5.21	28.6	3	0
Abdur Razzak (Ban)	22	205.2			29	5/30	32.00	4.51	42.4	2	1

Three Bangladeshis in the top 5, as they played more ODI's than anyone else, thrashing the Kiwis 4-0 along the way. Graeme Swann took 28 wickets in 14 games at 18.67, with an economy of 4.25.

T20I's

Player	Mat	Overs	Mdns		Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
DP Nannes (Aus)	14	53.0	2		27	4/18	14.92	7.60	11.7	1
SW Tait (Aus)	14	51.4	2		22	3/13	14.72	6.27	14.0	0
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)	18	61.1	0		22	4/26	19.04	6.85	16.6	1
GP Swann (Eng)	11	37.0	1		19	3/14	11.42	5.86	11.6	0
NL McCullum (NZ)	13	43.0	0		17	4/16	15.70	6.20	15.1	1

The next three names on this list are Mitchell Johnson, Steve Smith and Shahid Afridi, indicating that the best T20 bowlers were either lightning-quick pacemen or spinners. Or Aussies, they make up 4 of the top 7 wicket takers. Or Scott Styris, who took 10 wickets at 8, conceding 4.7 per over. Again, only one Indian in the top 48, and this time it's Ashish Nehra with 10 wickets at 15.6. Look at those Swann stats again, what an outstanding year for him! 

Yeah, those are all stats I can take right now, I'm no Zaltzman.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year in advance!