2001: The Year in Statistics - Test Matches
Mohandas Menon
The official statistician of the BCCI looks back at the year that was and comes up with some very interesting statistics.
A complete statistical breakdown of the Test matches that took place in the past year.
Statistics for ODI matches
Series held during the year: |
Series |
Teams |
Matches |
Result |
2000-01 |
Australia v West Indies |
1 |
Australia 1-0 |
2000-01 |
South Africa v Sri Lanka |
2 |
South Africa 2-0 |
2000-01 |
Sri Lanka v England |
3 |
England 2-1 |
2000-01 |
India v Australia |
3 |
India 2-1 |
2000-01 |
New Zealand v Pakistan |
3 |
Draw 1-1 |
2000-01 |
West Indies v South Africa |
5 |
South Africa 2-1 |
2000-01 |
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh |
2 |
Zimbabwe 2-0 |
2001 |
England v Pakistan |
2 |
Draw 1-1 |
2001-02 |
Zimbabwe v India |
2 |
Draw 1-1 |
2001 |
England v Australia |
5 |
Australia 4-1 |
2001-02 |
Zimbabwe v West Indies |
2 |
West Indies 1-0 |
2001-02 |
Sri Lanka v India |
3 |
Sri Lanka 2-1 |
2001-02 |
Pakistan v Bangladesh |
1 |
Pakistan 1-0 |
2001-02 |
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh |
1 |
Sri Lanka 1-0 |
2001-02 |
Zimbabwe v South Africa |
2 |
South Africa 1-0 |
2001-02 |
South Africa v India |
2 |
South Africa 1-0 |
2001-02 |
Australia v New Zealand |
3 |
Draw 0-0 |
2001-02 |
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe |
2 |
Zimbabwe 1-0 |
2001-02 |
Sri Lanka v West Indies |
3 |
Sri Lanka 3-0 |
2001-02 |
India v England |
3 |
India 1-0 |
2001-02 |
Australia v South Africa |
2 |
Australia 2-0 |
2001-02 |
New Zealand v Bangladesh |
2 |
New Zealand 2-0 |
2001-02 |
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe |
1 |
Sri Lanka 1-0 |
Most Test appearences for the year |
Player |
M |
For |
Inn |
Runs |
Ave |
AC Gilchrist |
14 |
Australia |
19 |
870 |
51.18 |
ML Hayden |
14 |
Australia |
25 |
1391 |
63.23 |
GD McGrath |
14 |
Australia |
13 |
76 |
15.20 |
RT Ponting |
14 |
Australia |
24 |
772 |
38.60 |
ME Waugh |
14 |
Australia |
22 |
854 |
44.95 |
MS Atapattu |
13 |
Sri Lanka |
22 |
859 |
47.72 |
MV Boucher |
13 |
South Africa |
18 |
492 |
28.94 |
SS Das |
13 |
India |
24 |
830 |
36.09 |
RS Dravid |
13 |
India |
23 |
935 |
46.75 |
SC Ganguly |
13 |
India |
23 |
444 |
22.20 |
HH Gibbs |
13 |
South Africa |
22 |
1124 |
53.52 |
JN Gillespie |
13 |
Australia |
14 |
121 |
11.00 |
ST Jayasuriya |
13 |
Sri Lanka |
22 |
663 |
34.89 |
DPM Jayawardene |
13 |
Sri Lanka |
19 |
1053 |
55.42 |
JH Kallis |
13 |
South Africa |
23 |
1120 |
70.00 |
ND McKenzie |
13 |
South Africa |
20 |
839 |
41.95 |
SM Pollock |
13 |
South Africa |
18 |
573 |
52.09 |
K Sangakkara |
13 |
Sri Lanka |
19 |
992 |
55.11 |
ME Trescothick |
13 |
England |
25 |
972 |
40.50 |
SK Warne |
13 |
Australia |
16 |
312 |
19.50 |
SR Waugh |
13 |
Australia |
19 |
894 |
52.59 |
RP Arnold |
12 |
Sri Lanka |
18 |
374 |
22.00 |
Harbhajan Singh |
12 |
India |
18 |
224 |
14.93 |
G Kirsten |
12 |
South Africa |
22 |
804 |
40.20 |
L Klusener |
12 |
South Africa |
19 |
400 |
23.53 |
M Muralitharan |
12 |
Sri Lanka |
12 |
121 |
15.13 |
WPUJ Vaas |
12 |
Sri Lanka |
15 |
279 |
21.46 |
GW Flower |
11 |
Zimbabwe |
18 |
461 |
27.12 |
M Ntini |
11 |
South Africa |
10 |
79 |
8.78 |
HH Streak |
11 |
Zimbabwe |
17 |
528 |
40.62 |
MA Atherton |
10 |
England |
19 |
448 |
23.58 |
AR Caddick |
10 |
England |
16 |
115 |
8.21 |
DD Ebrahim |
10 |
Zimbabwe |
18 |
424 |
23.56 |
CH Gayle |
10 |
West Indies |
19 |
613 |
34.06 |
D Gough |
10 |
England |
16 |
134 |
12.18 |
CL Hooper |
10 |
West Indies |
18 |
713 |
41.94 |
N Hussain |
10 |
England |
18 |
568 |
33.41 |
RD Jacobs |
10 |
West Indies |
19 |
489 |
37.62 |
JL Langer |
10 |
Australia |
17 |
822 |
54.80 |
VVS Laxman |
10 |
India |
16 |
869 |
54.31 |
B Lee |
10 |
Australia |
9 |
178 |
19.78 |
DR Martyn |
10 |
Australia |
14 |
658 |
65.80 |
MN Samuels |
10 |
West Indies |
18 |
391 |
21.72 |
RR Sarwan |
10 |
West Indies |
19 |
782 |
43.44 |
AJ Stewart |
10 |
England |
18 |
502 |
33.47 |
SR Tendulkar |
10 |
India |
18 |
1003 |
62.69 |
Captains courageous - their records for the year |
Player |
M |
Inn |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
0 |
Ct |
St |
JC Adams - WI |
1 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
10 |
7.50 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
MA Atherton - Eng |
2 |
4 |
0 |
108 |
51 |
27.00 |
- |
1 |
1 |
3 |
- |
SV Carlisle - Zim |
2 |
4 |
0 |
56 |
32 |
14.00 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
SP Fleming - NZ |
8 |
11 |
1 |
476 |
105 |
47.60 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
- |
SC Ganguly - Ind |
13 |
23 |
3 |
444 |
98* |
22.20 |
- |
1 |
2 |
5 |
- |
AC Gilchrist - Aus |
1 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
19 |
19.00 |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
CL Hooper - WI |
10 |
18 |
1 |
713 |
149 |
41.94 |
1 |
6 |
- |
9 |
- |
N Hussain - Eng |
10 |
18 |
1 |
568 |
109 |
33.41 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
- |
Inzamam-ul-Haq - Pak |
1 |
2 |
0 |
25 |
20 |
12.50 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
ST Jayasuriya - SL |
13 |
22 |
3 |
663 |
111 |
34.89 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
13 |
- |
Khaled Masud - Bang |
2 |
4 |
2 |
41 |
19* |
20.50 |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
Moin Khan - Pak |
2 |
2 |
0 |
75 |
47 |
37.50 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
BA Murphy - Zim |
1 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
25 |
25.00 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
Naimur Rahman - Bang |
6 |
11 |
0 |
186 |
48 |
16.91 |
- |
- |
1 |
2 |
- |
SM Pollock - SA |
13 |
18 |
7 |
573 |
111 |
52.09 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
15 |
- |
AJ Stewart - Eng |
1 |
2 |
1 |
58 |
39* |
58.00 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
HH Streak - Zim |
8 |
13 |
1 |
385 |
87 |
32.08 |
- |
3 |
- |
3 |
- |
Waqar Younis - Pak |
3 |
4 |
1 |
40 |
21 |
13.33 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
SR Waugh - Aus |
13 |
19 |
2 |
894 |
157* |
52.59 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
- |
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