Alastair Cook moved to the top rung in the leading run-scores' list for 2011 after his marathon 294 in the third Test between England and India at Edgbaston last week.
His knock was not only instrumental in England's innings and 242-run defeat, but also helped them dethrone India from the No. 1 spot in Tests.
Cooik, who had poor scores in the first two Tests of the ongoing series, also catapulted to a career-best No 3 in the ICC rankings.
Here's a look at the top performers in Tests this year.
Top 20 batsmen in Tests :
|
|
Mts |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
Hs |
Avg |
SR |
100 |
50 |
|
AN Cook (Eng) |
7 |
10 |
0 |
893 |
294 |
89.30 |
51.08 |
4 |
2 |
|
IR Bell (Eng) |
7 |
10 |
3 |
715 |
159 |
102.14 |
63.83 |
4 |
2 |
|
R Dravid (Ind) |
7 |
14 |
2 |
589 |
117 |
49.08 |
41.24 |
3 |
1 |
|
KP Pietersen (Eng) |
7 |
10 |
1 |
556 |
202* |
61.77 |
61.23 |
1 |
4 |
|
MJ Prior (Eng) |
7 |
9 |
1 |
501 |
126 |
62.62 |
90.59 |
3 |
2 |
|
VVS Laxman (Ind) |
7 |
14 |
2 |
446 |
87 |
37.16 |
48.26 |
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 |
|
EJG Morgan (Eng) |
6 |
9 |
1 |
361 |
104 |
45.12 |
59.27 |
1 |
3 |
|
SK Raina (Ind) |
6 |
12 |
1 |
337 |
82 |
30.63 |
53.15 |
0 |
4 |
|
SR Tendulkar (Ind) |
4 |
8 |
1 |
319 |
146 |
45.57 |
44.36 |
1 |
1 |
|
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 |
|
MS Dhoni (Ind) |
7 |
12 |
1 |
297 |
77 |
27.00 |
57.33 |
0 |
3 |
|
JH Kallis (SA) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
270 |
161 |
270.00 |
50.84 |
2 |
0 |
|
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 |
|
G Gambhir (SL) |
3 |
6 |
0 |
246 |
93 |
41.00 |
40.06 |
0 |
2 |
|
SCJ Broad (Eng) |
6 |
7 |
1 |
239 |
74* |
39.83 |
94.46 |
0 |
3 |
Top 20 bowlers in Tests in 2011:
Note: All statistics up to and including Birmingham Test.
