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Top performers in Tests in 2011

Last updated on: August 16, 2011 20:34 IST

Alastair Cook moved to the top rung in the leading run-scores' list for 2011 after his marathon 294 in the third Test between England and India at Edgbaston last week.

His knock was not only instrumental in England's innings and 242-run defeat, but also helped them dethrone India from the No. 1 spot in Tests.

Cooik, who had poor scores in the first two Tests of the ongoing series, also catapulted to a career-best No 3 in the ICC rankings.

Here's a look at the top performers in Tests this year.

Top 20 batsmen in Tests :

 

Mts

Inns

NO

Runs

Hs

Avg

SR

100

50

AN Cook (Eng)

7

10

0

893

294

89.30

51.08

4

2

IR Bell (Eng)

7

10

3

715

159

102.14

63.83

4

2

R Dravid (Ind)

7

14

2

589

117

49.08

41.24

3

1

KP Pietersen (Eng)

7

10

1

556

202*

61.77

61.23

1

4

MJ Prior (Eng)

7

9

1

501

126

62.62

90.59

3

2

VVS Laxman (Ind)

7

14

2

446

87

37.16

48.26

0

5

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)

6

9

1

361

104

45.12

59.27

1

3

SK Raina (Ind)

6

12

1

337

82

30.63

53.15

0

4

SR Tendulkar (Ind)

4

8

1

319

146

45.57

44.36

1

1

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 (Pak)

4

8

1

301

135

43.00

45.26

1

2

MS Dhoni (Ind)

7

12

1

297

77

27.00

57.33

0

3

JH Kallis (SA)

1

2

1

270

161

270.00

50.84

2

0

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

G Gambhir (SL)

3

6

0

246

93

41.00

40.06

0

2

SCJ Broad (Eng)

6

7

1

239

74*

39.83

94.46

0

3

Top 20 bowlers in Tests in 2011:

table

Note: All statistics up to and including Birmingham Test.

Rajneesh Gupta