Ian Bell's [ Images ] maiden Test double hundred (235) in the fourth Test against India [ Images ] at The Oval took him to top of the list of leading batsmen in Test cricket in 2011. The knock eclipsed his previous Test best --?199, against South Africa [ Images ] at Lord's in 2008.
Bell also reached another landmark during his innings -- 5, 000 Test runs, as England [ Images ] won the Test by a comprehensive innings and eight runs and swept the series 4-0, their first over India in 37 years, since winning 3-0 in 1974.
Here's a look at the leading batsmen and bowlers in Tests.
Top-20 batsmen
| Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | |
| IR Bell (Eng) | 8 | 11 | 3 | 950 | 235 | 118.75 | 64.01 | 5 | 2 |
| AN Cook (Eng) | 8 | 11 | 0 | 927 | 294 | 84.27 | 50.51 | 4 | 2 |
| R Dravid (Ind) | 8 | 16 | 3 | 748 | 146* | 57.53 | 43.33 | 4 | 1 |
| KP Pietersen (Eng) | 8 | 11 | 1 | 731 | 202* | 73.10 | 64.12 | 2 | 4 |
| MJ Prior (Eng) | 8 | 10 | 2 | 519 | 126 | 64.87 | 89.32 | 3 | 2 |
| VVS Laxman [ Images ] (Ind) | 8 | 16 | 2 | 472 | 87 | 33.71 | 48.50 | 0 | 5 |
| SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 5 | 10 | 1 | 433 | 146 | 48.11 | 46.81 | 1 | 2 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) | 4 | 7 | 2 | 412 | 102* | 82.40 | 42.12 | 1 | 4 |
| IJL Trott (Eng) | 6 | 9 | 0 | 365 | 203 | 40.55 | 49.59 | 1 | 2 |
| EJG Morgan (Eng) | 7 | 10 | 1 | 362 | 104 | 40.22 | 58.48 | 1 | 3 |
| SK Raina (Ind) | 7 | 14 | 1 | 337 | 82 | 25.92 | 49.85 | 0 | 4 |
| MS Dhoni [ Images ] (Ind) | 8 | 14 | 1 | 317 | 77 | 24.38 | 54.00 | 0 | 3 |
| AJ Strauss (Eng) | 8 | 11 | 0 | 316 | 87 | 28.72 | 44.25 | 0 | 2 |
| DM Bravo (WI) | 5 | 10 | 0 | 312 | 73 | 31.20 | 36.40 | 0 | 3 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 4 | 8 | 2 | 304 | 116* | 50.66 | 31.56 | 1 | 0 |
| Taufeeq Umar [ Images ] (Pak) | 4 | 8 | 1 | 301 | 135 | 43.00 | 45.26 | 1 | 2 |
| JH Kallis (SA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 270 | 161 | 270.00 | 50.84 | 2 | 0 |
| G Gambhir (Ind) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 259 | 93 | 32.37 | 36.84 | 0 | 2 |
| Azhar Ali (Pak) | 4 | 7 | 0 | 255 | 67 | 36.42 | 42.00 | 0 | 3 |
| TM Dilshan (SL) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 253 | 193 | 84.33 | 70.86 | 1 | 1 |
| Mts | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avg | SR | RPO | 5WI | 10WM | |
| I Sharma (Ind) | 8 | 342.2 | 69 | 1150 | 36 | 6-55 | 31.94 | 57.06 | 3.35 | 2 | 1 |
| JM Anderson (Eng) | 7 | 296.2 | 77 | 870 | 35 | 5-65 | 24.85 | 50.80 | 2.93 | 1 | 0 |
| SCJ Broad (Eng) | 7 | 270.2 | 63 | 736 | 33 | 6-46 | 22.30 | 49.15 | 2.72 | 1 | 0 |
| P Kumar (Ind) | 6 | 268.3 | 68 | 697 | 27 | 5-106 | 25.81 | 59.66 | 2.59 | 1 | 0 |
| GP Swann (Eng) | 8 | 289.2 | 46 | 924 | 27 | 6-106 | 34.22 | 64.29 | 3.19 | 1 | 0 |
| CT Tremlett (Eng) | 5 | 207.4 | 52 | 625 | 23 | 6-48 | 27.17 | 54.17 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 |
| TT Bresnan (Eng) | 4 | 139.3 | 31 | 401 | 21 | 5-48 | 19.09 | 39.86 | 2.87 | 1 | 0 |
| R Rampaul (WI) | 5 | 183.4 | 40 | 479 | 21 | 4-48 | 22.80 | 52.48 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 |
| D Bishoo (WI) | 5 | 239.4 | 39 | 744 | 21 | 4-65 | 35.42 | 68.48 | 3.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdur Rehman (Pak) | 4 | 222.4 | 68 | 486 | 20 | 4-65 | 24.30 | 66.80 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] (Ind) | 6 | 259.4 | 43 | 761 | 20 | 7-120 | 38.05 | 77.90 | 2.93 | 1 | 0 |
| FH Edwards (WI) | 3 | 114.2 | 12 | 380 | 19 | 5-76 | 20.00 | 36.11 | 3.32 | 2 | 0 |
| Saeed Ajmal [ Images ] (Pak) | 2 | 116.4 | 37 | 246 | 17 | 6-42 | 14.47 | 41.18 | 2.10 | 2 | 1 |
| DJG Sammy (WI) | 5 | 196 | 55 | 447 | 17 | 5-29 | 26.29 | 69.18 | 2.28 | 1 | 0 |
| Umar Gul (Pak) | 3 | 106.2 | 15 | 321 | 13 | 4-61 | 24.69 | 49.08 | 3.01 | 0 | 0 |
| S Sreesanth [ Images ] (Ind) | 4 | 164 | 15 | 686 | 13 | 5-114 | 52.76 | 75.69 | 4.18 | 1 | 0 |
| Tanvir Ahmed (Pak) | 3 | 69.5 | 9 | 244 | 10 | 4-63 | 24.40 | 41.90 | 3.49 | 0 | 0 |
| CS Martin (NZ) | 2 | 83.1 | 20 | 251 | 9 | 4-91 | 27.88 | 55.44 | 3.01 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohd Hafeez (Pak) | 4 | 63 | 11 | 135 | 8 | 3-23 | 16.87 | 47.25 | 2.14 | 0 | 0 |
| Wahab Riaz (Pak) | 4 | 93 | 13 | 324 | 8 | 3-38 | 40.50 | 69.75 | 3.48 | 0 | 0 |
Note: All statistics up to and including The Oval Test.
COMPILED BY RAJNEESH GUPTA
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