Rahul Dravid [ Images ] continues to rule as the top batsmen in the year 2011 following his impressive showing in the three-match Test series against the West Indies [ Images ].
The veteran right-hander also became the first batsman to go past the 1000-run mark in 2011 and his tally now reads 1067 runs from 11 Tests @ 59.27, inclusive of five centuries.
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Darren Bravo also jumped up the rankings to number three after his superb showing with the bat against India [ Images ].
In the bowling stakes, there is no challenging Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal [ Images ], who is sitting pretty at the top with 50 wickets in eight Tests. India's Ishant Sharma [ Images ] is second with 41 wickets (11 matches) followed by two spinners in West Indian Devendra Bishoo (39 wickets from 10 Tests) and Pakistan's Abdur Rehman (36 wickets from eight games).
A look at the top-20 batsmen and bowlers in Tests in 2011.
Top-20 batsmen in Test cricket in 2011:
| Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | |
| R Dravid (Ind) | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1067 | 146* | 59.27 | 45.53 | 5 | 3 |
| IR Bell (Eng) | 8 | 11 | 3 | 950 | 235 | 118.75 | 64.01 | 5 | 2 |
| DM Bravo (WI) | 10 | 20 | 1 | 949 | 195 | 49.94 | 48.39 | 3 | 3 |
| AN Cook (Eng) | 8 | 11 | 0 | 927 | 294 | 84.27 | 50.51 | 4 | 2 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 10 | 19 | 0 | 926 | 211 | 48.73 | 44.05 | 3 | 4 |
| Taufeeq Umar [ Images ] (Pak) | 10 | 19 | 1 | 831 | 236 | 46.16 | 44.29 | 3 | 3 |
| VVS Laxman [ Images ] (Ind) | 11 | 21 | 4 | 770 | 176* | 45.29 | 52.38 | 1 | 6 |
| Younis Khan [ Images ] (Pak) | 8 | 12 | 3 | 765 | 200* | 85.00 | 51.00 | 2 | 4 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) | 10 | 16 | 5 | 765 | 102* | 69.54 | 43.19 | 1 | 7 |
| Azhar Ali (Pak) | 10 | 18 | 2 | 732 | 100 | 45.75 | 40.02 | 1 | 7 |
| KP Pietersen (Eng) | 8 | 11 | 1 | 731 | 202* | 73.10 | 64.12 | 2 | 4 |
| SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 8 | 15 | 1 | 651 | 146 | 46.50 | 49.24 | 1 | 4 |
| Mohammad Hafeez [ Images ] (Pak) | 10 | 19 | 3 | 647 | 143 | 40.43 | 62.63 | 2 | 2 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 8 | 15 | 3 | 646 | 118 | 53.83 | 42.33 | 2 | 1 |
| KA Edwards (WI) | 6 | 12 | 1 | 595 | 121 | 54.09 | 46.55 | 2 | 3 |
| MEK Hussey (Aus) | 8 | 14 | 0 | 591 | 142 | 42.21 | 53.53 | 2 | 2 |
| MJ Clarke (Aus) | 8 | 14 | 0 | 586 | 151 | 41.85 | 59.55 | 3 | 1 |
| NT Paranavitana (SL) | 10 | 20 | 2 | 559 | 76* | 31.05 | 35.20 | 0 | 5 |
| TM Dilshan (SL) | 9 | 16 | 0 | 538 | 193 | 33.62 | 64.43 | 1 | 3 |
| MJ Prior (Eng) | 8 | 10 | 2 | 519 | 126 | 64.87 | 89.32 | 3 | 2 |
Top-20 bowlers in Test cricket in 2011:
| Mts | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avg | RpO | 5WI | 10WM | |
| Saeed Ajmal (Pak) | 8 | 487 | 112 | 1193 | 50 | 6-42 | 23.86 | 2.44 | 3 | 1 |
| I Sharma (Ind) | 11 | 451.2 | 93 | 1487 | 41 | 6-55 | 36.26 | 3.29 | 2 | 1 |
| D Bishoo (WI) | 10 | 454.4 | 65 | 1413 | 39 | 5-90 | 36.23 | 3.10 | 1 | 0 |
| Abdur Rehman (Pak) | 8 | 412 | 116 | 946 | 36 | 4-51 | 26.27 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Anderson (Eng) | 7 | 296.2 | 77 | 870 | 35 | 5-65 | 24.85 | 2.93 | 1 | 0 |
| Umar Gul (Pak) | 8 | 287.5 | 47 | 873 | 34 | 4-61 | 25.67 | 3.03 | 0 | 0 |
| SCJ Broad (Eng) | 7 | 270.2 | 63 | 736 | 33 | 6-46 | 22.30 | 2.72 | 1 | 0 |
| FH Edwards (WI) | 8 | 252.2 | 22 | 957 | 32 | 5-63 | 29.90 | 3.79 | 3 | 0 |
| HMRKB Herath (SL) | 9 | 419.4 | 87 | 1064 | 32 | 7-157 | 33.25 | 2.53 | 2 | 0 |
| R Rampaul (WI) | 8 | 283.1 | 55 | 776 | 31 | 4-48 | 25.03 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 |
| DJG Sammy (WI) | 10 | 326 | 75 | 873 | 30 | 5-29 | 29.10 | 2.67 | 1 | 0 |
| UWMBCA Welegedara (SL) | 9 | 292.2 | 60 | 944 | 29 | 5-87 | 32.55 | 3.22 | 1 | 0 |
| P Kumar (Ind) | 6 | 268.3 | 68 | 697 | 27 | 5-106 | 25.81 | 2.59 | 1 | 0 |
| GP Swann (Eng) | 8 | 289.2 | 46 | 924 | 27 | 6-106 | 34.22 | 3.19 | 1 | 0 |
| VD Philander (SA) | 3 | 87.1 | 16 | 297 | 24 | 5-15 | 12.37 | 3.40 | 4 | 1 |
| DW Steyn (SA) | 4 | 135.4 | 31 | 412 | 23 | 5-75 | 17.91 | 3.03 | 1 | 0 |
| CT Tremlett (Eng) | 5 | 207.4 | 52 | 625 | 23 | 6-48 | 27.17 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 |
| R Ashwin (Ind) | 3 | 170 | 22 | 504 | 22 | 6-47 | 22.90 | 2.96 | 2 | 0 |
| NM Lyon (Aus) | 7 | 175.5 | 28 | 541 | 22 | 5-34 | 24.59 | 3.07 | 1 | 0 |
| TT Bresnan (Eng) | 4 | 139.3 | 31 | 401 | 21 | 5-48 | 19.09 | 2.87 | 1 | 0 |
| Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) | 5 | 216.2 | 40 | 601 | 21 | 6-82 | 28.61 | 2.77 | 2 | 0 |
Note: All statistics up to and including Mirpur Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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