Top performers in Tests in 2011

Michael Hussey's tremendous run of form in the Test series against Sri Lanka helped him move up to sixth in the list of the top run scorers in 2011.

The Australian southpaw amassed 463 runs in three Tests while helping his side to a 1-0 win.

Hussey's effort was inclusive of two centuries and a 93 in the drawn third Test.

Ian Bell, Alastair Cook and Rahul Dravid, who accumulated runs in a heap during the bilateral series between India and England recently, continue to occupy the top three spots.

Top-20 batsmen in Test cricket in 2011

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100	50
IR Bell (Eng)	8	11	3	950	235	118.75	64.01	5	2
AN Cook (Eng)	8	11	0	927	294	84.27	50.51	4	2
R Dravid (Ind)	8	16	3	748	146*	57.53	43.33	4	1
KP Pietersen (Eng)	8	11	1	731	202*	73.10	64.12	2	4
MJ Prior (Eng)	8	10	2	519	126	64.87	89.32	3	2
MEK Hussey (Aus)	4	7	0	508	142	72.57	55.51	2	2
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)	5	9	3	484	102*	80.66	44.16	1	5
VVS Laxman (Ind)	8	16	2	472	87	33.71	48.50	0	5
SR Tendulkar (Ind)	5	10	1	433	146	48.11	46.81	1	2
KC Sangakkara (SL)	6	11	0	407	119	37.00	40.78	1	2
TM Dilshan (SL)	5	8	0	392	193	49.00	65.99	1	2
IJL Trott (Eng)	6	9	0	365	203	40.55	49.59	1	2
EJG Morgan (Eng)	7	10	1	362	104	40.22	58.48	1	3
Azhar Ali (Pak)	5	9	0	352	75	39.11	42.05	0	4
SK Raina (Ind)	7	14	1	337	82	25.92	49.85	0	4
NT Paranavitana (SL)	6	12	1	328	66	29.81	35.26	0	3
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	6	11	0	325	105	29.54	40.98	1	2
MS Dhoni (Ind)	8	14	1	317	77	24.38	54.00	0	3
AJ Strauss (Eng)	8	11	0	316	87	28.72	44.25	0	2
Taufeeq Umar (Pak)	5	10	1	313	135	34.77	45.56	1	2

Top-20 bowlers in Test cricket in 2011

	Mts	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	SR	RPO	5WI	10WM
I Sharma (Ind)	8	342.2	69	1150	36	6-55	31.94	57.06	3.35	2	1
JM Anderson (Eng)	7	296.2	77	870	35	5-65	24.85	50.80	2.93	1	0
SCJ Broad (Eng)	7	270.2	63	736	33	6-46	22.30	49.15	2.72	1	0
P Kumar (Ind)	6	268.3	68	697	27	5-106	25.81	59.66	2.59	1	0
GP Swann (Eng)	8	289.2	46	924	27	6-106	34.22	64.29	3.19	1	0
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)	3	192.4	54	442	23	6-42	19.21	50.26	2.29	2	1
CT Tremlett (Eng)	5	207.4	52	625	23	6-48	27.17	54.17	3.00	1	0
HMRKB Herath (SL)	5	221.5	32	667	22	7-157	30.31	60.50	3.00	2	0
D Bishoo (WI)	5	239.4	39	744	21	4-65	35.42	68.48	3.10	0	0
TT Bresnan (Eng)	4	139.3	31	401	21	5-48	19.09	39.86	2.87	1	0
R Rampaul (WI)	5	183.4	40	479	21	4-48	22.80	52.48	2.60	0	0
Abdur Rehman (Pak)	4	222.4	68	486	20	4-65	24.30	66.80	2.18	0	0
Harbhajan Singh (Ind)	6	259.4	43	761	20	7-120	38.05	77.90	2.93	1	0
FH Edwards (WI)	3	114.2	12	380	19	5-76	20.00	36.11	3.32	2	0
DJG Sammy (WI)	5	196	55	447	17	5-29	26.29	69.18	2.28	1	0
RAS Lakmal (SL)	6	179.2	20	689	15	3-55	45.93	71.73	3.84	0	0
UWMBCA Welegedara (SL)	5	151	28	573	15	4-122	38.20	60.40	3.79	0	0
S Sreesanth (Ind)	4	164	15	686	13	5-114	52.76	75.69	4.18	1	0
Umar Gul (Pak)	3	106.2	15	321	13	4-61	24.69	49.08	3.01	0	0
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)	5	87	16	196	12	4-31	16.33	43.50	2.25	0	0

Note: All statistics up to and including the SSC Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Colombo.

COMPILED BY RAJNEESH GUPTA