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It's time to look back on 2002 and evaluate the players who made a difference to their team's fortunes.

India won two overseas Tests after 16 long years, one each in the West Indies and England, though an overseas series win continued to remain elusive. Rahul Dravid graduated from being a good player to marking himself for greatness. Sachin Tendulkar ended the year as the highest run-getter in Tests though young guns Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, and Mohammad Kaif overshadowed his performance in the abridged version of the game.

Zaheer Khan ended the year as the top wicket-taking paceman while Shaun Pollock took the honours in the one-day version with 54 wickets. Leg-spinner Shane Warne baffled batsmen to be the top-wicket taker in Tests while Ricky Ponting excelled in both versions of the game.

Pakistan's Yousuf Youhana with five centuries topped the run-getters' list for one-dayers while Jacques Kallis established himself as the finest all-rounder of the year yet again in the absence of New Zealand's Chris Cairns.

Which of these, in your view, qualifies for the title of Rediff Cricketer of the Year 2002? Do click on the radio button against your choice and scroll below to submit your vote.

Matthew Hayden

Batting stats for the year

M I Runs Avg HS 50's 100's NO 0's % of TS

Test 10 15 1058 75.57 197 3 5 1 1 18.8

ODI 21 20 877 54.81 146 6 1 4 0 18.8

Note: TS = Team Score

Career stats - Tests

M Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct

36 2976 203 53.14 11 10 34

ODIs

M Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct

48 1666 146 42.71 2 13 20

Michael Vaughan

Batting stats for the year

M I Runs Avg HS 50's 100's NO 0's % of TS

Test 13 24 1325 60.23 197 2 5 2 3 10.2

ODI 11 10 253 28.11 63 2 0 1 0 10.2

Career stats - Tests

M Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct

26 2004 197 47.71 50.82 6 5 17

ODIs

M Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct

17 295 63 19.66 75.25 0 2 3

Rahul Dravid

Batting stats for the year

M I Runs Avg HS 50's 100's NO 0's % of TS

Test 16 26 1357 59.00 217 5 5 2 0 16.7

ODI 24 22 875 51.47 109 7 1 5 0 14.4

Career stats - Tests

M Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct

69 5614 217 53.46 40.74 14 28 87

ODIs

M Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct

189 6065 153 39.38 69.47 8 42 102

Sachin Tendulkar

Batting stats for the year

M I Runs Avg HS 50's 100's NO 0's % of TS

Test 16 26 1392 55.68 193 5 4 1 3 17.1

ODI 18 18 734 52.43 113 3 2 4 0 16.4

Career stats - Tests

M Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct

105 8811 217 57.58 31 35 68

ODIs

M Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct

300 11544 186* 44.22 33 56 93

Virender Sehwag

Batting stats for the year

M I Runs Avg HS 50's 100's NO 0's % of TS

Test 10 16 637 39.81 147 3 2 0 1 12.2

ODI 26 26 984 39.36 126 5 2 1 2 15.5

Career stats - Tests

M Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct

14 872 147 41.52 70.49 3 4 16

ODIs

M Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct

50 1481 126 35.26 104.36 3 8 15

Yousuf Youhana

Batting stats for the year

M I Runs Avg HS 50's 100's NO 0's % of TS

Test 8 12 810 81.00 204 4 3 2 1 17.3

ODI 32 30 1362 54.48 141 6 5 5 2 18.0

Career stats - Tests

M Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct

41 3045 204* 49.11 47.42 10 16 43

ODIs

M Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct

121 4160 141* 42.88 72.33 8 23 31

Glenn McGrath

Bowling stats for the year

M Runs Wkts Avg WPM RPO Best 5WI % TW

Test 10 804 47 17.11 4.70 2.24 5-21 1 24.5

ODI 26 784 43 18.23 1.64 3.51 5-37 1 20.0

Note: TW = Team Wickets, WPM = Wickets per match

Career stats - Tests

O R W Ave BBI Econ

3560.5 8971 420 21.35 8-38 2.51

ODIs

O R W Ave BBI Econ

1475.4 5786 255 22.69 5-14 3.92

Shane Warne

Bowling stats for the year

M Runs Wkts Avg WPM RPO Best 5WI % TW

Test 10 1310 67 19.55 6.70 2.73 7-94 3 34.9

ODI 24 887 26 34.12 1.08 4.28 2-39 0 13.7

Career stats - Tests

O R W Ave BBI Econ

4979.3 12624 491 25.71 8-71 2.53

ODIs

O R W Ave BBI Econ

1746.4 7428 288 25.79 5-33 4.25

Ricky Ponting

Batting stats for the year

M I Runs Avg HS 50's 100's NO 0's % of TS

Test 10 14 1013 77.92 154 2 5 1 0 18

ODI 28 27 882 38.35 129 4 2 3 3 14.7

Career stats - Tests

M Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct

62 4195 197 49.35 57.28 14 17 79

ODIs

M Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct

151 5428 145 41.43 76.50 10 30 50

Shaun Pollock

Bowling stats for the year

M Runs Wkts Avg WPM RPO Best 5WI % TW

Test 4 341 12 28.42 3.00 2.54 3-109 0 17.1

ODI 38 1275 54 23.61 1.42 3.83 4-18 0 17.6

Career stats - Tests

O R W Ave BBI Econ

2451.3 5630 270 20.85 7-87 2.29

ODIs

O R W Ave BBI Econ

1576.4 5950 260 22.88 6-35 3.77

Zaheer Khan

Bowling stats for the year

M Runs Wkts Avg WPM RPO Best 5WI % TW

Test 14 1480 51 29.02 3.64 3.08 5-29 2 22.1

ODI 18 737 31 23.77 1.72 4.86 4-45 0 23.0

Career stats - Tests

O R W Ave BBI Econ

759.2 2435 73 33.35 5-29 3.20

ODIs

O R W Ave BBI Econ

420.2 2022 76 26.60 4-42 4.81

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