Rahul Dravid continues to rule as the top batsmen in the year 2011 following his impressive showing in the three-match Test series against the West Indies.
The veteran right-hander also became the first batsman to go past the 1000-run mark in 2011 and his tally now reads 1067 runs from 11 Tests @ 59.27, inclusive of five centuries.
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Darren Bravo also jumped up the rankings to number three after his superb showing with the bat against India.
In the bowling stakes, there is no challenging Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, who is sitting pretty at the top with 50 wickets in eight Tests. India's Ishant Sharma is second with 41 wickets (11 matches) followed by two spinners in West Indian Devendra Bishoo (39 wickets from 10 Tests) and Pakistan's Abdur Rehman (36 wickets from eight games).
A look at the top-20 batsmen and bowlers in Tests in 2011.
Top-20 batsmen in Test cricket in 2011:
| Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | |
| R Dravid (Ind) | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1067 | 146* | 59.27 | 45.53 | 5 | 3 |
| IR Bell (Eng) | 8 | 11 | 3 | 950 | 235 | 118.75 | 64.01 | 5 | 2 |
| DM Bravo (WI) | 10 | 20 | 1 | 949 | 195 | 49.94 | 48.39 | 3 | 3 |
| AN Cook (Eng) | 8 | 11 | 0 | 927 | 294 | 84.27 | 50.51 | 4 | 2 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 10 | 19 | 0 | 926 | 211 | 48.73 | 44.05 | 3 | 4 |
| Taufeeq Umar (Pak) | 10 | 19 | 1 | 831 | 236 | 46.16 | 44.29 | 3 | 3 |
| VVS Laxman (Ind) | 11 | 21 | 4 | 770 | 176* | 45.29 | 52.38 | 1 | 6 |
| Younis Khan (Pak) | 8 | 12 | 3 | 765 | 200* | 85.00 | 51.00 | 2 | 4 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) | 10 | 16 | 5 | 765 | 102* | 69.54 | 43.19 | 1 | 7 |
| Azhar Ali (Pak) | 10 | 18 | 2 | 732 | 100 | 45.75 | 40.02 | 1 | 7 |
| KP Pietersen (Eng) | 8 | 11 | 1 | 731 | 202* | 73.10 | 64.12 | 2 | 4 |
| SR Tendulkar (Ind) | 8 | 15 | 1 | 651 | 146 | 46.50 | 49.24 | 1 | 4 |
| Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) | 10 | 19 | 3 | 647 | 143 | 40.43 | 62.63 | 2 | 2 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 8 | 15 | 3 | 646 | 118 | 53.83 | 42.33 | 2 | 1 |
| KA Edwards (WI) | 6 | 12 | 1 | 595 | 121 | 54.09 | 46.55 | 2 | 3 |
| MEK Hussey (Aus) | 8 | 14 | 0 | 591 | 142 | 42.21 | 53.53 | 2 | 2 |
| MJ Clarke (Aus) | 8 | 14 | 0 | 586 | 151 | 41.85 | 59.55 | 3 | 1 |
| NT Paranavitana (SL) | 10 | 20 | 2 | 559 | 76* | 31.05 | 35.20 | 0 | 5 |
| TM Dilshan (SL) | 9 | 16 | 0 | 538 | 193 | 33.62 | 64.43 | 1 | 3 |
| MJ Prior (Eng) | 8 | 10 | 2 | 519 | 126 | 64.87 | 89.32 | 3 | 2 |
Top-20 bowlers in Test cricket in 2011:
| Mts | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avg | RpO | 5WI | 10WM | |
| Saeed Ajmal (Pak) | 8 | 487 | 112 | 1193 | 50 | 6-42 | 23.86 | 2.44 | 3 | 1 |
| I Sharma (Ind) | 11 | 451.2 | 93 | 1487 | 41 | 6-55 | 36.26 | 3.29 | 2 | 1 |
| D Bishoo (WI) | 10 | 454.4 | 65 | 1413 | 39 | 5-90 | 36.23 | 3.10 | 1 | 0 |
| Abdur Rehman (Pak) | 8 | 412 | 116 | 946 | 36 | 4-51 | 26.27 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Anderson (Eng) | 7 | 296.2 | 77 | 870 | 35 | 5-65 | 24.85 | 2.93 | 1 | 0 |
| Umar Gul (Pak) | 8 | 287.5 | 47 | 873 | 34 | 4-61 | 25.67 | 3.03 | 0 | 0 |
| SCJ Broad (Eng) | 7 | 270.2 | 63 | 736 | 33 | 6-46 | 22.30 | 2.72 | 1 | 0 |
| FH Edwards (WI) | 8 | 252.2 | 22 | 957 | 32 | 5-63 | 29.90 | 3.79 | 3 | 0 |
| HMRKB Herath (SL) | 9 | 419.4 | 87 | 1064 | 32 | 7-157 | 33.25 | 2.53 | 2 | 0 |
| R Rampaul (WI) | 8 | 283.1 | 55 | 776 | 31 | 4-48 | 25.03 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 |
| DJG Sammy (WI) | 10 | 326 | 75 | 873 | 30 | 5-29 | 29.10 | 2.67 | 1 | 0 |
| UWMBCA Welegedara (SL) | 9 | 292.2 | 60 | 944 | 29 | 5-87 | 32.55 | 3.22 | 1 | 0 |
| P Kumar (Ind) | 6 | 268.3 | 68 | 697 | 27 | 5-106 | 25.81 | 2.59 | 1 | 0 |
| GP Swann (Eng) | 8 | 289.2 | 46 | 924 | 27 | 6-106 | 34.22 | 3.19 | 1 | 0 |
| VD Philander (SA) | 3 | 87.1 | 16 | 297 | 24 | 5-15 | 12.37 | 3.40 | 4 | 1 |
| DW Steyn (SA) | 4 | 135.4 | 31 | 412 | 23 | 5-75 | 17.91 | 3.03 | 1 | 0 |
| CT Tremlett (Eng) | 5 | 207.4 | 52 | 625 | 23 | 6-48 | 27.17 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 |
| R Ashwin (Ind) | 3 | 170 | 22 | 504 | 22 | 6-47 | 22.90 | 2.96 | 2 | 0 |
| NM Lyon (Aus) | 7 | 175.5 | 28 | 541 | 22 | 5-34 | 24.59 | 3.07 | 1 | 0 |
| TT Bresnan (Eng) | 4 | 139.3 | 31 | 401 | 21 | 5-48 | 19.09 | 2.87 | 1 | 0 |
| Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) | 5 | 216.2 | 40 | 601 | 21 | 6-82 | 28.61 | 2.77 | 2 | 0 |
Note: All statistics up to and including Mirpur Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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