Ten high points on the cricket pitch in 2011

Rajneesh Gupta comes up with interesting trivia from the year gone by. Read on...

Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga claimed most ODI wickets in 2011 -- 48 in 24 games, followed by Pakistan's Shahid Afridi (45) and Australia's Mitchell Johnson (39).

Pakistan's Shahid Afridi claimed most five-wicket hauls in ODIs in 2011 -- 4.

Among all bowlers who bowled at least 50 overs in the year, Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal achieved the best economy-rate (3.46).

Only one Test hat-trick was achieved in the year 2011 -- by England's Stuart Broad, against India, at Nottingham.

England's Stuart Broad inflicted seven ducks on batsmen in Test matches -- most by any bowler in 2011.

Two batsmen were dismissed for 99 in Test cricket in 2011 -- Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq (v New Zealand at Wellington) and South Africa's AB de Villiers (v Sri Lanka at Centurion).

Two players -- India's R Ashwin and Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan -- achieved the distinction of scoring a hundred and capturing a five-wicket haul in the same Test in 2011.

Pakistan and England recorded most Test wins in 2011 -- 6 each. England remained the only team not to lose any Test.

India suffered most Test defeats in 2011 -- 5.

Bangladesh remained the only team not to win a Test.

England recorded the highest Test score in 2011 -- 710 for seven declared, against India at Birmingham.

Australia recorded the lowest -- 47, against South Africa at Cape Town.

Seven batsmen scored double centuries in Test cricket in 2011 -- England's Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Alastair Cook and Ian Bell; Pakistan's Taufeeq Umar and Younis Khan; and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara.

England's Alastair Cook's 294 against India at Birmingham remained the highest Test score by any batsman in 2011.