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Mark Boucher of South Africa with his 51 in the third test against England at Cape Town in the ongoing test registered his 31^st half century in his test career as a wicket keeper batsman. At the end of the first innings, Boucher has the record of registering most half centuries by a wicket keeper batsman in the annals of test cricket. Boucher by registering 51 in the first innings, went past England’s APE Knott’s 30 half centuries which was hither to the record for most half centuries by a wicket keeper batsman. MV Boucher’s 31 half centuries are listed below

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	78	Pak	Johannesburg	Feb 1998
2	52	Pak	Durban	Feb 1998
3	52	Pak	P Elizabeth	Mar 1998
4	55*	Zim	Bloemfontein	Oct 1999
5	60	Srl	Kandy	Jul 2000
6	76	NZl	Bloemfontein	Nov 2000
7	92	Srl	Cape Town	Jan 2001
8	52	Win	Georgetown	Mar 2001
9	68*	Ind	P Elizabeth	Nov 2001
10	64	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2001
11	63	Srl	Centurion	Nov 2002
12	55	Pak	Durban	Dec 2002
13	71	Ban	Dhaka	May 2003
14	68	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2003
15	52	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2003
16	72	Pak	Lahore	Oct 2003
17	51	Srl	Col-SSC	Aug 2004
18	64	Eng	Johannesburg	Jan 2005
19	62	Aus	Perth	Dec 2005
20	51*	Aus	Durban	Mar 2006
21	63	Aus	Johannesburg	Mar 2006
22	85	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2006
23	65	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 2006
24	53	Ind	Durban	Dec 2006
25	50	Ind	Cape Town	Jan 2007
26	54	Pak	Lahore	Oct 2007
27	59	Win	Cape Town	Jan 2008
28	70	Ind	Chennai	Mar 2008
29	89	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2009
30	63*	Eng	Centurion	Dec 2009
31	51	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 2010

Mohammad Asif’s 6 for 41 in the first innings of the Sydney Test against Australia represent the 12^th occasion of a Pakistan bowler capturing six or more wickets against Australia in a test innings. The complete list is furnished below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ground	Mon/Year
1	FazalMahmood	6	34	Karachi	Oct 1956
2	FazalMahmood	7	80	Karachi	Oct 1956
3	Arif Butt	6	89	Melbourne	Dec 1964
4	Imran Khan	6	102	Sydney	Jan 1977
5	Imran Khan	6	63	Sydney	Jan 1977
6	SarfrazNawaz	9	86	Melbourne	Mar 1979
7	Iqbal Qasim	7	49	Karachi	Feb 1980
8	Abdul Qadir	7	142	Faisalabad	Sep 1982
9	Wasim Akram	6	62	Melbourne	Jan 1990
10	SaqlainMushtaq	6	46	Hobart	Nov 1999
11	Danish Kaneria	7	188	Sydney	Jan 2005
12	Mohd Asif	6	41	Sydney	Jan 2010

Mohammad Asif’s 6 for 41 provide the fourth occasion of Pakistan bowler to capture six or more wickets in a test innings at Sydney,

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Imran Khan	6	102	Sydney	Jan 1977
2	Imran Khan	6	63	Sydney	Jan 1977
3	Danish Kaneria	7	188	Sydney	Jan 2005
4	Mohd Asif	6	41	Sydney	Jan 2010

RT Ponting became the second batsman in the annals of test cricket to appear in 100 tests while batting at number three. Ponting earned this distinction when he batted at number three against Pakistan at Sydney in the second test.

It is unfortunate that he could not celebrate the distinction in the first innings of this test as much as he wanted. He was dismissed without scoring caught by Umar Gul of the bowling of Mohammad Sami. It was his first ball duck

Ponting’s first ball duck in the first innings of this test provides the 93^rd occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in a test innings.

Ponting’s first ball duck in the first innings of this test provides the third occasion of his collecting the first ball duck in a test innings. The other two occasions were against South Africa at Perth in Dec 2008 and at Sydney in Jan 2009

Ponting with his three first ball ducks became the sixth captain to collect the first ball duck on three or more occasions. The other five are – GS Chappell of Australia {five occasions}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {four occasions}, SP Fleming of New Zealand {three occasions}, R Illingworth of England {three occasions} and GS Sobers of West Indies {three occasions}. The performance of these six captains is listed below.

No	Captains	Runs	BF	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GSChappell	0	1	Aus	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1980
2	GSChappell	0	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	Feb 1981
3	GSChappell	0	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec 1981
4	GSChappell	0	1	Aus	Win	Sydney	Jan 1982
5	GSChappell	0	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1982
1	STJayasuriya	0	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	Sep 1999
2	STJayasuriya	0	1	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Sep 1999
3	STJayasuriya	0	1	Srl	SAF	Kandy	Jul 2000
4	STJayasuriya	0	1	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Mar 2001
1	SPFleming	0	1	NZl	Aus	Hobart	Nov 1997
2	SPFleming	0	1	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 2001
3	SPFleming	0	1	NZl	Aus	Wellington	Mar 2005
1	RIllingworth	0	1	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	Jul 1969
2	RIllingworth	0	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1972
3	RIllingworth	0	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	Aug 1973
1	RTPonting	0	1	Aus	SAF	Perth	Dec 2008
2	RTPonting	0	1	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Jan 2009
3	RTPonting	0	1	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2010
1	GSSobers	0	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1966
2	GSSobers	0	1	Win	Eng	Kingston	Feb 1968
3	GSSobers	0	1	Win	Eng	Trinidad	Apr 1971

RT Ponting became the fourth captain and the second Australian captain in the annals of test cricket to collect the first ball duck at a specific venue on two or more occasions. The other three are – GS Chappell of Australia at Melbourne on three occasions, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka at Kandy on two occasions and R Illingworth of England at Lord’s on two occasions.

No	Captains	Runs	BF	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GSChappell	0	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	Feb 1981
2	GSChappell	0	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec 1981
3	GSChappell	0	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1982
1	STJayasuriya	0	1	Srl	SAF	Kandy	Jul 2000
2	STJayasuriya	0	1	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Mar 2001
1	RIllingworth	0	1	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	Jul 1969
2	RIllingworth	0	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	Aug 1973
1	RTPonting	0	1	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Jan 2009
2	RTPonting	0	1	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2010

1000 plus runs in a calendar year without a hundred

As many as ten batsmen, whose names are listed below, have completed 1000 runs in a calendar year with out scoring a hundred.

BC Broad of England was the first batsman in the history of one day internationals to aggregate 1000 runs in a calendar year without a hundred. He amassed 1047 runs in 1987 with the highest score of 99. He remains the only batsmen in the list of ten to have scored 99 as his highest score.

GC Smith of South Africa remains the only captain in this list of ten, to have completed 1000 runs as a captain with out hundred. He totaled 1079 in 2007 with 96 as his highest score.

JH Kallis’s 1300 in 2000 with 98 not out as highest score represent the most runs scored by a batsman in this category of statistics

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	BC Broad	Eng	26	1047	99	40.26	1987
2	DC Boon	Aus	26	1073	98*	46.65	1994
3	JH Kallis	RSA	39	1300	98*	44.82	2000
4	SC Ganguly	Ind	32	1240	98	44.28	2007
5	GC Smith	RSA	26	1079	96	46.91	2007
6	MSAtapattu	Srl	33	1084	92	38.71	2001
7	YounisKhan	Pak	36	1173	90	41.89	2002
8	ML Hayden	Aus	32	1037	88	39.88	2003
9	RT Ponting	Aus	32	1038	87*	39.92	1999
10	MEKHussey	Aus	33	1166	83*	48.58	2009

1000 runs in a calendar year with 150 plus runs as the highest score

As many as fifteen batsmen have aggregated 1000 runs with the highest score of 150 plus runs in the history of one day internationals. South Africa’s G Kirsten scored 188 while aggregating 1442 runs in 1996 which represent the highest score by a batsman in this category of statistics.

M Azharuddin’s 153 not out with an aggregate of 1268 runs in 1998 makes him the lone captain in the following list to total 1000 runs with the highest score of 150 plus runs

SC Ganguly’s 1767 and 41 matches in 1999 remains the most runs scored in a calendar year with 150 plus runs as highest score. SC Ganguy scored 183 as his highest score.

R Dravid’s 43 matches is record for number of matches played by batsmen in this category of statistics. Dravid totaled 1761 runs in 43 matches with 153 as his highest score in 1999. His aggregate of 1761 was six runs shy of SC Ganguly who aggregated 1767 in 1999

H Masakadza of Zimbabwe and TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka are the two batsmen who satisfied the criteria and aggregated 1000 runs the calendar year 2009

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	G Kirsten	RSA	29	1442	188*	57.68	1996
2	SC Ganguly	Ind	41	1767	183	46.50	1999
3	ML Hayden	Aus	32	1601	181*	59.29	2007
4	HMasakadza	Zim	27	1087	178*	43.48	2009
5	TM Dilshan	Srl	19	1000	160	55.55	2009
6	DI Gower	Eng	20	1086	158	63.88	1983
7	STJayasuriya	Srl	26	1153	157	48.04	2006
8	AC Gilchrist	Aus	37	1241	154	33.54	1999
9	BC Lara	Win	30	1349	153	49.96	1993
10	R Dravid	Ind	43	1761	153	46.34	1999
11	HH Gibbs	RSA	37	1310	153	38.52	2002
12	MAzharuddin	Ind	37	1268	153*	43.72	1998
13	SRTendulkar	Ind	21	1141	152	57.05	2003
14	DL Haynes	Win	23	1007	152*	55.94	1989
15	STJayasuriya	Srl	26	1178	151*	51.21	1997

RT Ponting’s aggregate of 1198 runs in 2009 represent the sixth occasion of his totaling 1000 runs in a calendar year. The previous five occasions are – 1166 in 1998, 1038 in 1999, 1154 in 2003, 1191 in 2005 and 1424 in 2007.

RT Ponting emulated SC Ganguly of India who also had an aggregate of 1000 runs in six calendar years. SR Tendulkar with 1000 runs in seven calendar years holds the record for 1000 runs in most calendar year in the history of one day internationals

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	SRTendulkar	Ind	25	1089	115	47.34	1994
2	SRTendulkar	Ind	32	1611	137	53.70	1996
3	SRTendulkar	Ind	39	1011	117	30.63	1997
4	SRTendulkar	Ind	34	1894	143	65.31	1998
5	SRTendulkar	Ind	34	1328	146	39.05	2000
6	SRTendulkar	Ind	21	1141	152	57.05	2003
7	SRTendulkar	Ind	33	1425	100*	47.50	2007
1	SC Ganguly	Ind	38	1338	113	41.81	1997
2	SC Ganguly	Ind	36	1328	124	41.50	1998
3	SC Ganguly	Ind	41	1767	183	46.50	1999
4	SC Ganguly	Ind	32	1579	144	56.39	2000
5	SC Ganguly	Ind	32	1114	117*	38.41	2002
6	SC Ganguly	Ind	32	1240	98	44.28	2007
1	RT Ponting	Aus	24	1166	145	53.00	1998
2	RT Ponting	Aus	32	1038	87*	39.92	1999
3	RT Ponting	Aus	34	1154	140*	46.16	2003
4	RT Ponting	Aus	29	1191	141*	45.80	2005
5	RT Ponting	Aus	27	1424	134*	79.11	2007
6	RT Ponting	Aus	29	1198	126	42.78	2009

MS Dhoni of India and RT Ponting of Australia aggregated 1198 runs in 2009 providing the first occasion of two captains aggregating identical number of runs in a calendar year which is the first of its kind in the history of one day internationals

Their feat of 1000 runs in 2009 takes the number of instances of captains scoring 1000 plus runs in a calendar year to fourteen which are listed below.

No	Captains	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	39	1011	117	30.63	1997
2	M Azharuddin	Ind	37	1268	153*	43.72	1998
3	SC Ganguly	Ind	25	1223	144	58.23	2000
4	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	33	1202	107	37.56	2001
5	SC Ganguly	Ind	32	1114	117*	38.41	2002
6	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	31	1077	112	35.90	2002
7	RT Ponting	Aus	34	1154	140*	46.16	2003
8	RT Ponting	Aus	29	1191	141*	45.80	2005
9	DPMDJayawardene	Srl	32	1089	115*	37.55	2007
10	RT Ponting	Aus	27	1424	134*	79.11	2007
11	GC Smith	RSA	26	1079	96	46.91	2007
12	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	1097	109*	57.73	2008
13	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	1198	124	70.47	2009
14	RT Ponting	Ind	29	1198	126	42.78	2009

MS Dhoni and RT Ponting’s feat in 2009 provide the third occasion of two or more captains aggregating 1000 plus runs in a calendar year. In 2002, SC Ganguly of India and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka achieved the feat, while 2007 witnessesed three captains accomplishing the feat – DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka, RT Ponting of Australia and GC Smith of South Africa/

No	Captains	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	SC Ganguly	Ind	32	1114	117*	38.41	2002
2	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	31	1077	112	35.90	2002
1	DPMDJayawardene	Srl	32	1089	115*	37.55	2007
2	RT Ponting	Aus	27	1424	134*	79.11	2007
3	GC Smith	RSA	26	1079	96	46.91	2007
1	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	1198	124	70.47	2009
2	RT Ponting	Ind	29	1198	126	42.78	2009

RT Ponting’s 1198 runs in 2009 represent the fourth occasion of his scoring 1000 run in a calendar year. Prior to this, he had an aggregate of 1154 in 2003, 1181 in 2005, 1424 in 2007. RT Ponting is the only captain in the history of one day games to complete 1000 runs in four calendar years

No	Captains	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	RT Ponting	Aus	34	1154	140*	46.16	2003
2	RT Ponting	Aus	29	1191	141*	45.80	2005
3	RT Ponting	Aus	27	1424	134*	79.11	2007
4	RT Ponting	Ind	29	1198	126	42.78	2009

MS Dhoni’s feat of 1000 runs in 2009 gave him another distinction. He became the third captain in the history of one day internationals to aggregate 1000 plus runs on two occasions. Dhoni has aggregated 1000 runs in 2008 when he had scored 2009. Other two captains are SC Ganguly of India and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka

No	Captains	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	1097	109*	57.73	2008
2	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	1198	124	70.47	2009
1	SC Ganguly	Ind	25	1223	144	58.23	2000
2	SC Ganguly	Ind	32	1114	117*	38.41	2002
1	STJayasuriya	Srl	33	1202	107	37.56	2001
2	STJayasuriya	Srl	31	1077	112	35.90	2002

MS Dhoni and ST Jayasuriya remain the only two captains in the history of one day intnerationals to aggregate 1000 runs in consecutive calendar years. ST Jayasuriya was the first captain to accomplish this feat by aggregating 1202 in 2001 and following it up with 1077 in 2002. MS Dhoni emulated ST Jayasuriya by scoring 1097 and 2008 and 1198 in 2009

No	Captains	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	1097	109*	57.73	2008
2	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	1198	124	70.47	2009
1	STJayasuriya	Srl	33	1202	107	37.56	2001
2	STJayasuriya	Srl	31	1077	112	35.90	2002

RT Ponitng’s 1424 runs in 2007 remains the highest run aggregate by a captain in the history of one day internationals.

GC Smith of South Africa remains the only captain in the history of one day internationals to aggregate 1000 plus runs with out a hundred. He amassed 1079 runs with 96 as highest individual score

SR Tendulkar of India was the first captain to score 1000 runs in a calendar year. He totaled 1011 runs in 1997 from 39 matches. His 39 matches is also a record in itself as it represents the most number of matches taken by a captain to complete 1000 runs.

Another Indian captain SC Ganguly completed 1000 runs in least number of matches. He aggregated 1223 runs in 2000 in 25 matches

With 1172 runs from 14 tests, AJ Strauss became the only captain in 2009 to aggregate 1000 plus runs. His feat provides the 20^th occasion of a captain compiling 1000 runs in a calendar year in the annals of test cricket.

AJ Strauss became the third England captain after GA Gooch and MA Atherton to total 1000 runs in a calendar year, while his feat of 1172 runs in 2009 provide the fifth occasion. GA Gooch and MA Atherton aggregated 1000 runs in two separate calendar years.

Don Bradman was the captain to aggregate 1000 runs in calendar year. He achieved the feat in 1948 with 1025 runs to his credit in eight tests. His eight tests remains as the record for least number of tests in which a batsman completed 1000 runs.

RT Ponting oF Australia remains the only captain to aggregate 1500 runs in a calendar year. His aggregate of 1544 runs in 2005 from 15 tests remains a record for most runs in calendar year by a captain in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists out the twenty occasions.

No	Captains	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	DG Bradman	Aus	8	1025	201	113.88	1948
2	RB Simpson	Aus	14	1381	311	60.04	1964
3	AR Border	Aus	11	1099	196	64.64	1985
4	AR Border	Aus	11	1000	140	62.50	1986
5	GA Gooch	Eng	9	1264	333	79.00	1990
6	GA Gooch	Eng	9	1040	174	65.00	1991
7	MAAtherton	Eng	13	1136	144	49.39	1994
8	MAAtherton	Eng	13	1129	185*	49.08	1995
9	SRTendulkar	Ind	12	1000	169	62.50	1997
10	WJ Cronje	SAF	14	1040	126	47.27	1998
11	MA Taylor	Aus	12	1112	334*	58.52	1998
12	BC Lara	Win	10	1344	209	74.66	2003
13	GC Smith	SAF	11	1047	277	58.16	2003
14	BC Lara	Win	12	1178	400*	58.90	2004
15	RT Ponting	Aus	15	1544	207	67.13	2005
16	R Dravid	Ind	12	1095	146	60.83	2006
17	RT Ponting	Aus	10	1333	196	88.86	2006
18	RT Ponting	Aus	14	1182	158	47.28	2008
19	GC Smith	SAF	15	1656	232	72.00	2008
20	AJStrauss	Eng	14	1172	169	53.27	2009

MG Johnson of Australia and GP Swann of England aggregated 50 plus wickets in the calendar year 2009. MG Johnson captured 63 wickets while GP Swann aggregated 54 wickets. These are the only two bowlers who aggregated 50 plus wickets in 2009. The performances of these two bowlers inning-wise is furnished below

MG JOHNSON OF AUSTRALIA IN 2009
No	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year	O	M	R	W
1	SAF	Sydney	Jan 2009	28.0	6	69	2
2	SAF	Sydney	Jan 2009	23.2	7	49	2
3	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 2009	18.1	7	25	4
4	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 2009	34.2	2	112	4
5	SAF	Durban	Mar 2009	16.0	5	37	3
6	SAF	Durban	Mar 2009	33.0	9	78	1
7	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 2009	37.3	5	148	4
8	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 2009	22.0	2	87	3
9	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 2009	22.0	4	44	2
10	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2009	21.4	2	132	3
11	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2009	17.0	2	68	0
12	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2009	21.0	1	92	2
13	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2009	7.0	0	30	1
14	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2009	19.3	3	69	5
15	Eng	The Oval	Aug 2009	15.0	0	69	2
16	Eng	The Oval	Aug 2009	17.0	1	60	2
17	Win	Brisbane	Nov 2009	19.0	4	75	3
18	Win	Brisbane	Nov 2009	9.1	1	35	1
19	Win	Adelaide	Dec 2009	26.1	3	105	3
20	Win	Adelaide	Dec 2009	22.0	1	103	5
21	Win	Perth	Dec 2009	18.0	3	92	2
22	Win	Perth	Dec 2009	16.0	5	67	3
23	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009	22.0	10	36	3
24	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009	18.0	6	46	3
			Total	501.7	89	1728	63
GP SWANN OF ENGLAND IN 2009
No	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year	O	M	R	W
1	Win	St John’s	Feb 2009	24.0	7	57	5
2	Win	St John’s	Feb 2009	39.0	12	92	3
3	Win	Bridgetown	Feb 2009	50.4	8	165	5
4	Win	Port of Spain	Mar 2009	45.4	12	130	3
5	Win	Port of Spain	Mar 2009	21.0	13	13	3
6	Win	Lord’s	May 2009	5.0	2	16	3
7	Win	Lord’s	May 2009	17.0	4	39	3
8	Win	Ch-le-st	May 2009	14.0	4	51	0
9	Win	Ch-le-st	May 2009	3.0	0	13	1
10	Aus	Cardiff	Jul 2009	38.0	8	131	0
11	Aus	Lord’s	Jul 2009	1.0	0	4	0
12	Aus	Lord’s	Jul 2009	28.0	3	87	4
13	Aus	Birmingham	Jul 2009	2.0	0	4	1
14	Aus	Birmingham	Jul 2009	31.0	4	119	1
15	Aus	Leeds	Aug 2009	16.0	4	64	0
16	Aus	The Oval	Aug 2009	14.0	3	38	4
17	Aus	The Oval	Aug 2009	40.2	8	120	4
18	SAF	Centurion	Dec 2009	45.2	10	110	5
19	SAF	Centurion	Dec 2009	27.0	3	91	0
20	SAF	Durban	Dec 2009	35.0	3	110	4
21	SAF	Durban	Dec 2009	21.0	3	54	5
			Total	517.2	111	1508	54

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

NM Hauritz’s all round performance of 75 with the willow in the first innings and 5 for 101 with the leather in the second innings at Melbourne against Pakistan in the first test of 2009-10 series provides the 39^th occasion of Australian all rounder scoring a fifty and capturing five wickets in an innings of a test match.

The list includes AK Davidson who scored 80 runs and captured five wickets haul in both innings {5 for 135 and 6 for 87} against West Indies at Brisbane in Dec 1960.

It is interesting to note the N Hauritz became the first bowler to score a fifty and capture five wickets in an innings against Pakistan. All the 39 occasions are listed below

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No	Player	Runs	W	R	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	JJ Lyons	55	5	30	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 1890
2	G Giffen	53	7	128	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1893
3	AE Trott	72*	8	43	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1895
4	G Giffen	58	5	76	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1895
5	H Trumble	56	5	60	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1899
6	H Trumble	62	6	74	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1902
7	MA Noble	56	5	54	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1902
8	H Trumble	64	8	65	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1902
9	MA Noble	53*	7	100	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1904
10	WWArmstrong	66	5	122	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1905
11	C Kelleway	114	5	33	SAF	Manchester	May1912
12	JM Gregory	100	7	69	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1920
13	JM Gregory	51	6	77	SAF	Durban	Nov 1921
14	WJ O’Reilly	56	5	20	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 1936
15	KR Miller	79	7	60	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1946
16	KR Miller	69	5	26	Win	Sydney	Jan 1952
17	RR Lindwall	50	5	66	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1953
18	KR Miller	109	6	107	Win	Kingston	Jun 1955
19	R Benaud	100	5	84	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 1958
20	AKDavidson	80	5	135	Win	Brisbane	Dec 1960
	AKDavidson		6	87	Win	Brisbane	Dec 1960
21	R Benaud	77	5	96	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1961
22	R Benaud	51	6	115	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1962
23	RB Simpson	91	5	57	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1963
24	KD Walters	81	5	66	Win	Georgetown	Apr 1973
25	GF Lawson	50	5	108	Eng	Perth	Nov 1982
26	SR Waugh	71	5	69	Eng	Perth	Nov 1986
27	AICDodemaide	50	6	58	NZl	Melbourne	Dec 1987
28	AR Border	75	7	46	Win	Sydney	Jan 1989
29	SR Waugh	86	5	28	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 1994
30	PR Reiffel	56	5	39	Srl	Adelaide	Jan 1996
31	MG Bevan	85	6	82	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1997
32	SK Warne	53	6	48	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1997
33	PR Reiffel	54	5	49	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1997
34	B Lee	61	5	67	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2001
35	SK Warne	63	6	161	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 2002
36	SM Katich	52	6	65	Zim	Sydney	Oct 2003
37	B Lee	59	5	119	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2008
38	B Lee	63	5	59	Win	NorthSound	May2008
39	NMHauritz	75	5	101	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009

C Kelleway, KR Miller, JM Gregory and R Benuad are the four Australian all rounders who have scored a hundred and captured five or more wickets in an innings. The performance of these four cricketers are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	W	R	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	C Kelleway	114	5	33	SAF	Manchester	May 1912
2	KR Miller	109	6	107	Win	Kingston	Jun 1955
3	JMGregory	100	7	69	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1920
4	R Benaud	100	5	84	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 1958

AE Trott and H Trumble are the only two bowlers who have captured eight wickets in an innings coupled with a fifty in a test match

No	Player	Runs	W	R	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	AETrott	72*	8	43	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1895
2	HTrumble	64	8	65	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1902

B Lee, H Trumble, KR Miller and R Benuad are the four Australian all rounders who have scored a fifty and captured five or more wickets in a test match on three separate occasions. Their performance is listed below

No	Player	Runs	W	R	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	B Lee	61	5	67	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2001
2	B Lee	59	5	119	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2008
3	B Lee	63	5	59	Win	NorthSound	May 2008
1	HTrumble	56	5	60	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1899
2	HTrumble	62	6	74	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1902
3	HTrumble	64	8	65	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1902
1	KRMiller	79	7	60	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1946
2	KRMiller	69	5	26	Win	Sydney	Jan 1952
3	KRMiller	109	6	107	Win	Kingston	Jun 1955
1	RBenaud	100	5	84	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 1958
2	RBenaud	77	5	96	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1961
3	RBenaud	51	6	115	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1962