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Top 20 batsmen and bowlers in 2011

November 22, 2011 14:38 IST

Following his century in the second Test against the West Indies [ Images ] in Kolkata [ Images ], Rahul Dravid [ Images ] became the top run scorer in 2011, moving ahead of the English duo of Ian Bell [ Images ] and Alistair Cook.

Dravid, this year, aggregates 952 runs in 10 Tests, with five centuries to his credit, while Bell is a close second with 950 runs in eight matches.

Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal [ Images ] continues to occupy the top spot among bowlers with 41 wickets in six matches.

The top 20 batsmen and bowlers in 2011:

Top-20 batsmen in Test cricket in 2011:
# Batsman Mts Inns Runs Hs Avg 100 50
1 R Dravid (Ind) 10 19 952 146* 59.50 5 2
2 IR Bell (Eng) 8 11 950 235 118.75 5 2
3 AN Cook (Eng) 8 11 927 294 84.27 4 2
4 KC Sangakkara (SL) 9 17 923 211 54.29 3 4
5 DM Bravo (WI) 9 18 735 195 43.23 2 3
6 KP Pietersen (Eng) 8 11 731 202* 73.10 2 4
7 VVS Laxman [ Images ] (Ind) 10 19 707 176* 47.13 1 6
8 Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) 8 13 669 102* 74.33 1 6
9 S Chanderpaul (WI) 8 15 646 118 53.83 2 1
10 Taufeeq Umar [ Images ] (Pak) 8 16 637 236 42.46 2 2
11 Azhar Ali (Pak) 8 15 615 100 47.30 1 6
12 MEK Hussey (Aus) 6 11 568 142 51.63 2 2
13 SR Tendulkar (Ind) 7 13 554 146 46.16 1 3
14 TM Dilshan (SL) 8 14 526 193 37.57 1 3
15 NT Paranavitana (SL) 9 18 523 76* 32.68 0 5
16 MJ Prior (Eng) 8 10 519 126 64.87 3 2
17 Younis Khan [ Images ] (Pak) 6 9 500 122 62.50 1 4
18 KA Edwards (WI) 5 10 492 121 54.66 2 2
19 MS Dhoni [ Images ] (Ind) 10 17 461 144 30.73 1 3
20 AD Mathews (SL) 6 11 449 105* 64.14 1 4

Top-20 bowlers in Test cricket in 2011:
# Bowler Mts Wkts Best Avg SR RpO 5WI 10WM
1 Saeed Ajmal (Pak) 6 41 6-42 23.41 58.02 2.42 3 1
2 I Sharma (Ind) 10 40 6-55 34.70 61.70 3.37 2 1
3 D Bishoo (WI) 9 36 5-90 34.50 66.44 3.11 1 0
4 JM Anderson (Eng) 7 35 5-65 24.85 50.80 2.93 1 0
5 SCJ Broad (Eng) 7 33 6-46 22.30 49.15 2.72 1 0
6 HMRKB Herath (SL) 8 32 7-157 31.96 74.38 2.57 2 0
7 FH Edwards (WI) 7 30 5-63 27.10 43.47 3.74 3 0
8 DJG Sammy (WI) 9 28 5-29 27.96 64.29 2.61 1 0
9 Umar Gul (Pak) 6 27 4-61 24.40 49.07 2.98 0 0
= P Kumar (Ind) 6 27 5-106 25.81 59.67 2.59 1 0
= GP Swann (Eng) 8 27 6-106 34.22 64.30 3.19 1 0
12 UWMBCA Welegedara (SL) 8 26 5-87 32.61 60.31 3.24 1 0
13 R Rampaul (WI) 7 25 4-48 25.00 58.20 2.57 0 0
= Abdur Rehman (Pak) 6 25 4-65 29.28 79.12 2.22 0 0
15 CT Tremlett (Eng) 5 23 6-48 27.17 54.17 3.00 1 0
16 TT Bresnan (Eng) 4 21 5-48 19.09 39.86 2.87 1 0
17 Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] (Ind) 6 20 7-120 38.05 77.90 2.93 1 0
18 DW Steyn (SA) 3 17 5-75 21.05 40.59 3.11 1 0
19 RJ Harris (Aus) 3 15 5-62 17.33 36.20 2.87 1 0
= RAS Lakmal (SL) 8 15 3-55 56.80 91.73 3.71 0 0

Note: All statistics updated up to and including Johannesburg Test between South Africa [ Images ] and Australia [ Images ]

Rajneesh Gupta