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Top performers in Tests in 2011

Last updated on: August 11, 2011 10:44 IST

England batsman Ian Bell heads the leading Test run scorers' list in 2011 following an impressive showing the ongoing series against India.

His teammate, Alastair Cook, despite failing in the first two Tests, at Lord's and Trent Bridge, occupies the second spot, followed by India's Rahul Dravid.

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A look at the top 20 batsmen and bowlers in Test cricket in 2011.

All statistics up to and including Harare Test between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.

Top 20 batsmen in Tests in 2011:

Mts

Inns

NO

Runs

Hs

Avg

SR

100s

50s

IR Bell (Eng)

6

9

3

681

159

113.50

63.23

4

2

AN Cook (Eng)

6

9

0

599

189

66.55

49.79

3

2

R Dravid (Ind)

6

12

2

549

117

54.90

41.55

3

1

MJ Prior (Eng)

6

8

1

496

126

70.85

91.51

3

2

KP Pietersen (Eng)

6

9

1

493

202*

61.62

59.39

1

3

VVS Laxman (Ind)

6

12

2

414

87

41.40

48.02

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

SK Raina (Ind)

5

10

1

323

82

35.88

54.83

0

4

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

SR Tendulkar (Ind)

3

6

1

278

146

55.60

42.70

1

1

JH Kallis (SA)

1

2

1

270

161

270.00

50.84

2

0

EJG Morgan (Eng)

5

8

1

257

79

36.71

62.68

0

3

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

SCJ Broad (Eng)

5

7

1

239

74*

39.83

94.46

0

3

HAPW Jayawardene (SL)

3

6

2

216

112

54.00

56.99

1

0

A Mukund (Ind)

5

10

0

211

62

21.10

40.73

0

1

Top 20 bowlers in Tests in 2011:

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Mts

Overs

Mdns

Runs

Wkts

Best

Avg

SR

RpO

5WI

10WM

I Sharma (Ind)

6

274.1

55

894

34

6-55

26.29

48.38

3.26

2

1

JM Anderson (Eng)

5

224

60

613

26

5-65

23.57

51.69

2.73

1

0

P Kumar (Ind)

5

228.3

55

599

25

5-106

23.96

54.84

2.62

1

0

SCJ Broad (Eng)

5

200.2

44

560

23

6-46

24.34

52.26

2.79

1

0

CT Tremlett (Eng)

5

207.4

52

625

23

6-48

27.17

54.17

3.00

1

0

R Rampaul (WI)

5

183.4

40

479

21

4-48

22.80

52.47

2.60

0

0

D Bishoo (WI)

5

239.4

39

744

21

4-65

35.42

68.47

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 (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

36.10

3.32

2

0

Saeed Ajmal (Pak)

2

116.4

37

246

17

6-42

14.47

41.17

2.10

2

1

DJG Sammy (WI)

5

196

55

447

17

5-29

26.29

69.17

2.28

1

0

GP Swann (Eng)

6

203.2

34

606

16

4-16

37.87

76.25

2.98

0

0

Umar Gul (Pak)

3

106.2

15

321

13

4-61

24.69

49.07

3.01

0

0

TT Bresnan (Eng)

2

81

19

236

12

5-48

19.66

40.50

2.91

1

0

Tanvir Ahmed (Pak)

3

69.5

9

244

10

4-63

24.40

41.90

3.49

0

0

S Sreesanth (Ind)

2

99

9

405

10

5-114

40.50

59.40

4.09

1

0

CS Martin (NZ)

2

83.1

20

251

9

4-91

27.88

55.44

3.01

0

0

Moh'd 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

Rajneesh Gupta