Calendar Year 2009 : Performances with the willow and the leather
As many as six batsmen have an aggregate of 1000 plus run in the calendar year 2009 in one day games. MS Dhoni of India and RT Ponting of Australia, have an identical aggregate 1198 runs. Both batsmen played 29 one day games and scored two hundreds and nine half centuries. MS Dhoni has an average of 70.47 runs per innings, while RT Ponting has an average of 42.78 runs per innings. MEK Hussey of Australia {1166}, H Masakadza of Zimbabwe (1087}, SR Watson of Australia {1013} and TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {1000} are the other four batsmen who aggregated 1000 runs in 2009.
In the longer version of the game, that is tests, as many as seven batsmen aggregated 1000 runs in 2009. TT Samaraweera of Sri Lanka totaled most runs – 1234. There were four Sri Lankans in the eight member list. DPMD Jayawardene {1194}, TM Dilshan {1097}, and KC Sangakkara {1083} are the others. SM Katich {1111} and MJ Clarke {1042} are the two Australians while AJ Strauss {1172} remains the only England batsman in this seven member list
TM Dilshan remains the only batsman to aggregate 1000 runs in both of the game in 2009. In tests he compiled 1097 runs while in one day game he aggregated exact 1000 runs
ONE THOUSAND RUNS IN ONE DAY GAMES IN 2009 | ||||||||
No | Batsmen | Team | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 |
1 | MS Dhoni | Ind | 29 | 1198 | 124 | 70.47 | 2 | 9 |
2 | RT Ponting | Aus | 29 | 1198 | 126 | 42.78 | 2 | 9 |
3 | MEK Hussey | Aus | 33 | 1166 | 83* | 48.58 | 0 | 11 |
4 | H Masakadza | Zim | 27 | 1087 | 178* | 43.48 | 3 | 5 |
5 | SR Watson | Aus | 24 | 1013 | 136* | 50.65 | 3 | 3 |
6 | TM Dilshan | Srl | 19 | 1000 | 160 | 55.55 | 4 | 2 |
ONE THOUSAND RUNS IN TESTS IN 2009 | ||||||||
No | Batsmen | Team | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 |
1 | TTSamaraweera | Srl | 11 | 1234 | 231 | 72.58 | 4 | 4 |
2 | DPMDJayawardene | Srl | 11 | 1194 | 275 | 62.84 | 3 | 3 |
3 | AJ Strauss | Eng | 14 | 1172 | 169 | 53.27 | 4 | 4 |
4 | SM Katich | Aus | 13 | 1111 | 122 | 48.30 | 2 | 8 |
5 | TM Dilshan | Srl | 11 | 1097 | 162 | 64.52 | 6 | 1 |
6 | KC Sangakkara | Srl | 11 | 1083 | 137 | 57.00 | 4 | 5 |
7 | MJ Clarke | Aus | 13 | 1042 | 138 | 54.84 | 3 | 5 |
Ten bowlers have captured 30 plus wickets in one day games in 2009. MG Johnson of Australia leads the table with 46 wickets, closely followed by RW Price of Zimbabwe who finished the calendar year 2009 with 44 wickets.
On the test front, only two bowlers aggregated 50 plus wickets – MG Johnson {63} and GP Swann {54}. SJC Braod {47}, PM Siddle {45} and JM Anderson {40} are the other three bowlers who captured 40 plus wickets in 2009
THIRTY PLUS WICKETS IN ONE DAY GAMES IN 2009 | ||||||
No | Bowlers | Team | Mat | Runs | W | Ave |
1 | MG Johnson | Aus | 30 | 1383 | 46 | 30.06 |
2 | RW Price | Zim | 27 | 907 | 44 | 20.61 |
3 | NM Hauritz | Aus | 30 | 1025 | 35 | 29.28 |
4 | JM Anderson | Eng | 19 | 803 | 34 | 23.61 |
5 | KMDNKulasekara | Srl | 23 | 934 | 34 | 27.47 |
6 | SCJ Broad | Eng | 15 | 731 | 32 | 22.84 |
7 | AG Cremer | Zim | 19 | 709 | 32 | 22.15 |
8 | KD Mills | NZl | 22 | 907 | 32 | 28.34 |
9 | Harbhajan Singh | Ind | 26 | 1036 | 31 | 33.41 |
10 | A Nehra | Ind | 21 | 933 | 31 | 30.09 |
FORTY PLUS WICKETS IN TESTS IN 2009 | ||||||
No | Bowlers | Team | Mat | Runs | W | Ave |
1 | MG Johnson | Aus | 13 | 1728 | 63 | 27.42 |
2 | GP Swann | Eng | 12 | 1508 | 54 | 27.92 |
3 | SCJ Broad | Eng | 14 | 1333 | 47 | 28.36 |
4 | PM Siddle | Aus | 12 | 1320 | 45 | 29.33 |
5 | JMAnderson | Eng | 13 | 1355 | 40 | 33.87 |