2001: The Year in Statistics (ODI) -- I

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 One-day international matches that took place in the past year.

Statistics for Test matches

A look at the unusual dismissals of 2001 and more...

Series' for the year
Series Competition	Teams	M	Won by
2000-01	Sri Lanka v South Africa	4	SA
2000-01	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	3	Zim
2000-01 Carlton & United	Aus,WI,Zim	14	Aus
2000-01	Sri Lanka v New Zealand	5	SL
2000-01	New Zealand v Pakistan	5	NZ
2000-01	Sri Lanka v England	3	SL
2000-01	Australia v India	5	Aus
2000-01	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	3	Zim
2000-01 ARY Gold Cup	NZ,Pak,SL	7	SL
2000-01	South Africa v West Indies	7	SA
2001 NatWest	Aus,Eng,Pak	9	Aus
2001 Coca Cola Cup	Ind,WI,Zim	7	WI
2001 Coca Cola Series	Ind,NZ,SL	10	SL
2001-02	Kenya v West Indies	3	WI
2001-02	South Africa v Zimbabwe	3	SA
2001-02	England v Zimbabwe	5	Eng
2001-02 Standard Bank	Ind,Ken,SA	10	SA
2001-02 Khaleej	Pak,SL,Zim	7	Pak
2001-02	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	3	Zim
2001-02 LG Cup	SL,WI,Zim	7	SL

Most ODI appearences for the year
Player	M	For
SV Carlisle	36	Zim
RP Arnold	34	SL
DPM Jayawardene	34	SL
MS Atapattu	33	SL
A Flower	33	Zim
GW Flower	33	Zim
ST Jayasuriya	33	SL
M Muralitharan	33	SL
HH Streak	31	Zim
WPUJ Vaas	29	SL
MN Samuels	28	WI
RD Jacobs	27	WI
ADR Campbell	26	Zim
DD Ebrahim	26	Zim
K Sangakkara	26	SL

Captains courageous - their records for the year
Players	Country	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Ave	Ct	St	R	W	Best	Ave
JC Adams	WI	10	10	176	44	22.00	2	-	102	0	0/5	-
GW Flower	Zim	1	1	29	29	29.00	1	-	38	0	0/38	-
SC Ganguly	Ind	23	22	813	127	36.95	15	-	298	10	3/32	29.80
CL Hooper	WI	20	18	534	72	31.41	11	-	602	13	2/27	46.31
ST Jayasuriya	SL	32	32	1189	107	37.16	14	-	952	26	3/30	36.62
CD McMillan	NZ	6	6	145	46	24.17	1	-	121	0	0/25	-
BA Murphy	Zim	4	3	24	20*	12.00	3	-	127	0	0/21	-
Naimur Rahman	BD	3	3	69	25	23.00	-	-	140	0	0/36	-
MO Odumbe	Ken	7	7	153	60	21.86	1	-	225	0	0/14	-
SM Pollock	SA	21	10	110	26*	27.50	13	-	597	27	5/37	22.11
HH Streak	Zim	19	15	382	79*	38.20	4	-	712	22	4/8	32.36
SO Tikolo	Ken	2	2	38	27	19.00	1	-	48	0	0/48	-
Waqar Younis	Pak	16	9	86	20	14.33	1	-	602	34	7/36	17.71
SR Waugh	Aus	18	13	485	79	48.50	6	-	29	3	3/29	9.67
GJ Whittall	Zim	4	4	76	58*	38.00	2	-	136	3	2/49	45.33