HowzStat: Test Superlatives of 2008

HowzStat: Test Match Superlatives of 2008

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Highest Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 V Sehwag (Ind) 319 SAf Chennai 26 Mar 2008
2 GC Smith (SAf) 232 Bdesh Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
3 ND McKenzie (SAf) 226 Bdesh Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
4 AB de Villiers (SAf) 217* Ind Ahmedabad 3 Apr 2008
5 G Gambhir (Ind) 206 Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008
6 V Sehwag (Ind) 201* SL Galle 31 Jul 2008
7 VVS Laxman (Ind) 200* Aus Delhi 29 Oct 2008
8 IR Bell (Eng) 199 SAf Lord's 10 Jul 2008
9 CH Gayle (WI) 197 NZ Napier 19 Dec 2008
10 G Gambhir (Ind) 179 Eng Mohali 19 Dec 2008
11 AJ Strauss (Eng) 177 NZ Napier 22 Mar 2008
12 AB de Villiers (SAf) 174 Eng Leeds 18 Jul 2008
13 BJ Haddin (Aus) 169 NZ Adelaide 28 Nov 2008
14 JP Duminy (SAf) 166 Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
= DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 166 Bdesh Mirpur 26 Dec 2008
16 A Symonds (Aus) 162* Ind Sydney 2 Jan 2008
= AG Prince (SAf) 162* Bdesh Centurion 26 Nov 2008
18 HM Amla (SAf) 159 Ind Chennai 26 Mar 2008
19 RT Ponting (Aus) 158 WI Kingston 22 May 2008
20 SM Katich (Aus) 157 WI Bridgetown 12 Jun 2008
= GC Smith (SAf) 157 Bdesh Bloemfontein 19 Nov 2008
22 ND McKenzie (SAf) 155* Ind Chennai 26 Mar 2008
23 SR Tendulkar (Ind) 154* Aus Sydney 2 Jan 2008
= LRPL Taylor (NZ) 154* Eng Manchester 23 May 2008
= GC Smith (SAf) 154* Eng Birmingham 30 Jul 2008

 

Best Bowling (Innings)

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 MG Johnson (Aus) 8-61 SAf Perth 17 Dec 2008
2 JJ Krejza (Aus) 8-215 Ind Nagpur 6 Nov 2008
3 Shakib Al Hasan (Bdesh) 7-36 NZ Chittagong 17 Oct 2008
4 JM Anderson (Eng) 7-43 NZ Nottingham 5 Jun 2008
5 RJ Sidebottom (Eng) 7-47 NZ Napier 22 Mar 2008
6 FH Edwards (WI) 7-87 NZ Napier 19 Dec 2008
7 M Muralitharan (SL) 6-26 Ind Colombo SSC 23 Jul 2008
8 Shahadat Hossain (Bdesh) 6-27 SAf Mirpur 22 Feb 2008
9 MS Panesar (Eng) 6-37 NZ Manchester 23 May 2008
10 RJ Sidebottom (Eng) 6-49 NZ Hamilton 5 Mar 2008
= M Muralitharan (SL) 6-49 Bdesh Mirpur 26 Dec 2008
12 DL Vettori (NZ) 6-56 WI Dunedin Uni 11 Dec 2008
13 RJ Sidebottom (Eng) 6-67 NZ Nottingham 5 Jun 2008
14 DW Steyn (SAf) 6-72 WI Durban 10 Jan 2008
15 IE O'Brien (NZ) 6-75 WI Napier 19 Dec 2008
16 Shakib Al Hasan (Bdesh) 6-99 SAf Centurion 26 Nov 2008
17 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 6-102 SL Galle 31 Jul 2008
18 BAW Mendis (SL) 6-117 Ind Galle 31 Jul 2008
19 MS Panesar (Eng) 6-126 NZ Napier 22 Mar 2008
20 DW Steyn (SAf) 5-23 Ind Ahmedabad 3 Apr 2008
21 JH Kallis (SAf) 5-30 Bdesh Mirpur 22 Feb 2008
22 SR Clark (Aus) 5-32 WI Kingston 22 May 2008
23 RJ Peterson (SAf) 5-33 Bdesh Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
24 MG Johnson (Aus) 5-39 NZ Brisbane 20 Nov 2008
25 M Morkel (SAf) 5-50 Bdesh Mirpur 22 Feb 2008

 

Best Bowling (Match)

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 JJ Krejza (Aus) 12-358 Ind Nagpur 6 Nov 2008
2 M Muralitharan (SL) 11-110 Ind Colombo SSC 23 Jul 2008
3 MG Johnson (Aus) 11-159 SAf Perth 17 Dec 2008
4 RJ Sidebottom (Eng) 10-139 NZ Hamilton 5 Mar 2008
5 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 10-153 SL Galle 31 Jul 2008
6 DW Steyn (SAf) 10-154 Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
7 M Muralitharan (SL) 10-190 Bdesh Mirpur 26 Dec 2008
8 BAW Mendis (SL) 10-209 Ind Galle 31 Jul 2008
9 MG Johnson (Aus) 9-69 NZ Brisbane 20 Nov 2008
10 Shahadat Hossain (Bdesh) 9-97 SAf Mirpur 22 Feb 2008
11 JM Anderson (Eng) 9-98 NZ Nottingham 5 Jun 2008
12 Shakib Al Hasan (Bdesh) 9-116 NZ Chittagong 17 Oct 2008
13 DL Vettori (NZ) 9-133 Bdesh Chittagong 17 Oct 2008
14 B Lee (Aus) 9-171 NZ Adelaide 28 Nov 2008
15 SR Clark (Aus) 8-91 WI Kingston 22 May 2008

 

Most Runs

Rank Name Mat Inn R Avg 50 100 HS
1 GC Smith (SAf) 15 25 1656 72.00 6 6 232
2 V Sehwag (Ind) 14 27 1462 56.23 6 3 319
3 RT Ponting (Aus) 14 25 1182 47.28 5 4 158
4 HM Amla (SAf) 15 24 1161 52.77 6 3 159
5 G Gambhir (Ind) 8 16 1134 70.87 6 3 206
6 VVS Laxman (Ind) 15 27 1086 47.21 7 2 200*
7 ND McKenzie (SAf) 14 23 1073 53.65 3 3 226
8 SR Tendulkar (Ind) 13 25 1063 48.31 3 4 154*
= MJ Clarke (Aus) 13 23 1063 50.61 5 4 118
10 AB de Villiers (SAf) 15 22 1061 58.94 2 4 217*
11 SM Katich (Aus) 11 20 1021 56.72 4 4 157
12 KP Pietersen (Eng) 12 20 1015 50.75 1 5 152
13 AJ Strauss (Eng) 12 21 972 48.60 3 4 177
14 S Chanderpaul (WI) 9 16 909 101.00 7 3 126*
15 AG Prince (SAf) 13 20 900 64.28 2 4 162*
= MEK Hussey (Aus) 14 25 900 37.50 5 2 146
17 LRPL Taylor (NZ) 12 22 818 38.95 4 2 154*
18 R Dravid (Ind) 15 28 805 30.96 4 2 136
19 SC Ganguly (Ind) 13 25 783 35.59 5 1 102
20 BB McCullum (NZ) 14 24 764 33.21 6 0 97

 

Most Wickets

Rank Name Mat Bls Wkt Avg S/R 5/10 BBi
1 DW Steyn (SAf) 13 2653 74 20.01 35.8 5/1 6-72
2 MG Johnson (Aus) 14 3510 63 29.01 55.7 2/1 8-61
= Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 13 4230 63 31.53 67.1 2/1 6-102
4 B Lee (Aus) 14 3481 57 33.05 61.1 3/0 5-59
5 DL Vettori (NZ) 14 3543 54 26.12 65.6 5/0 6-56
= M Ntini (SAf) 15 2827 54 28.46 52.3 1/0 5-94
7 RJ Sidebottom (Eng) 8 2130 47 20.25 45.3 4/1 7-47
8 JM Anderson (Eng) 11 2453 46 29.84 53.3 2/0 7-43
9 M Muralitharan (SL) 6 2218 43 24.46 51.6 4/2 6-26
= M Morkel (SAf) 13 2263 43 32.16 52.6 1/0 5-50
11 MS Panesar (Eng) 12 2770 39 33.12 71.0 2/0 6-37
12 I Sharma (Ind) 13 2355 38 31.60 62.0 0/0 4-77
= IE O'Brien (NZ) 10 1795 38 21.57 47.2 1/0 6-75
14 CS Martin (NZ) 10 2033 34 31.17 59.8 1/0 5-65
15 SR Clark (Aus) 10 2166 31 29.87 69.9 1/0 5-32
= FH Edwards (WI) 8 1418 31 29.35 45.7 2/0 7-87
17 Shakib Al Hasan (Bdesh) 8 1742 30 25.80 58.1 4/0 7-36
18 JH Kallis (SAf) 15 1723 29 28.37 59.4 1/0 5-30
19 A Kumble (Ind) 10 2777 28 51.07 99.2 0/0 4-106
20 Z Khan (Ind) 9 1859 27 36.85 68.8 1/0 5-91

 

Highest Batting Strike Rate (min. 200 runs)

Rank Name Mat Inn Runs S/R
1 V Sehwag (Ind) 14 27 1462 85.85
2 TM Dilshan (SL) 6 10 358 76.17
3 GC Smith (SAf) 15 25 1656 65.82
4 BB McCullum (NZ) 14 24 764 64.80
5 A Symonds (Aus) 10 18 762 64.58
6 Mashrafe Mortaza (Bdesh) 9 17 238 63.13
7 JE Taylor (WI) 8 13 305 62.76
8 Yuvraj Singh (Ind) 4 7 256 61.69
9 LRPL Taylor (NZ) 12 22 818 59.97
10 RT Ponting (Aus) 14 25 1182 59.94
11 ML Hayden (Aus) 10 18 552 59.80
12 KP Pietersen (Eng) 12 20 1015 59.74
13 CH Gayle (WI) 6 11 535 59.18
14 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 13 21 410 58.74
15 BSM Warnapura (SL) 6 11 482 57.93

 

Highest Percentage of Runs as Boundaries (min. 200 runs)

Rank Name Mat Inn Runs 4s 6s %
1 JE Taylor (WI) 8 13 305 46 7 74.10
2 Mashrafe Mortaza (Bdesh) 9 17 238 34 5 69.75
3 MD Bell (NZ) 5 9 245 42 0 68.57
4 Shahriar Nafees (Bdesh) 4 8 203 32 1 66.01
5 CH Gayle (WI) 6 11 535 67 14 65.79
6 XM Marshall (WI) 4 7 226 34 2 65.49
7 BB McCullum (NZ) 14 24 764 97 16 63.35
8 B Lee (Aus) 14 23 342 49 3 62.57
9 MN Samuels (WI) 4 8 209 32 0 61.24
10 DJ Bravo (WI) 7 13 407 44 12 60.93
11 Tamim Iqbal (Bdesh) 9 17 394 58 1 60.41
12 LRPL Taylor (NZ) 12 22 818 113 7 60.39
13 AJ Redmond (NZ) 7 14 299 42 2 60.20
14 SP Fleming (NZ) 5 8 398 56 2 59.30
15 Mushfiqur Rahim (Bdesh) 9 17 357 48 3 58.82

 

Most Catches by a Fielder

Rank Name Mat Cgt
1 GC Smith (SAf) 15 30
2 JH Kallis (SAf) 15 24
3 LRPL Taylor (NZ) 12 21
4 AB de Villiers (SAf) 15 20
= R Dravid (Ind) 15 20
6 MEK Hussey (Aus) 14 18
7 AJ Strauss (Eng) 12 15
= VVS Laxman (Ind) 15 15
9 PD Collingwood (Eng) 11 14
= AN Cook (Eng) 12 14
11 ND McKenzie (SAf) 14 13
= MJ Clarke (Aus) 13 13
= RT Ponting (Aus) 14 13
14 IR Bell (Eng) 12 12
15 HM Amla (SAf) 15 11

 

Most Dismissals by a Keeper

Rank Name Mat Cgt St Tot
1 MV Boucher (SAf) 15 56 2 58
2 BB McCullum (NZ) 14 49 3 52
3 BJ Haddin (Aus) 11 42 0 42
4 D Ramdin (WI) 9 35 0 35
5 MS Dhoni (Ind) 12 26 5 31