Kaif, Zaheer take top honours

Mohammad Kaif and Zaheer Khan took the top honours in the individual batting and bowling performances in the just-concluded NatWest Tri-Series, which India won on Saturday.

Kaif, who was the hero of India's victory over England in the final at Lord's, had the highest batting average of 87, while Zaheer was the top wicket-taker with 14 scalps.

Yuvraj Singh, who also had a fine tournament, aggregating 254 runs from seven innings, finished with a batting average of 50.80. He took five wickets, conceding 106 runs, for an average of 21.20.

For England, Alec Stewart and Marcus Trescothick were the top batsmen while Andrew Flintoff and Ronnie Irani did well among the bowlers.

Sri Lanka were the third team in the tournament.

A look at the players' performance in the tournament.

NatWest Series, 2002 - Averages

Batting & Fielding- India
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	BF	SR	Ct
AB Agarkar	5	3	2	14	7*	14.00	-	-	1	20	70.00	-
RS Dravid	6	6	1	245	82	49.00	-	3	-	352	69.60	6
SC Ganguly	7	7	0	149	60	21.29	-	1	1	201	74.13	1
Harbhajan Singh	3	2	0	15	15	7.50	-	-	1	13	115.39	-
M Kaif	7	5	3	174	87*	87.00	-	1	-	186	93.55	4
A Kumble	6	2	1	21	21*	21.00	-	-	1	21	100.00	-
VVS Laxman	1	1	0	14	14	14.00	-	-	-	21	66.67	-
D Mongia	6	6	0	123	48	20.50	-	-	-	206	59.71	3
A Nehra	6	2	0	27	24	13.50	-	-	-	25	108.00	5
A Ratra	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	-	-	-	6	33.33	-
V Sehwag	7	7	0	229	71	32.71	-	1	1	235	97.45	3
SR Tendulkar	7	7	1	337	113	56.17	2	-	-	362	93.09	-
T Yohannan		1	1	5	5*	-	-	-	-	5	100.00	-
Yuvraj Singh	7	7	2	254	69	50.80	-	2	-	283	89.75	2
Zaheer Khan	7	3	1	6	4*	3.00	-	-	1	15	40.00	1

Bowling - India
	M	OV	B	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5	4	SR	ER
AB Agarkar	5	30	183	3	162	6	27.00	3/44	-	-	30.50	5.31
Harbhajan Singh	3	30	180	0	149	4	37.25	4/46	-	1	45.00	4.97
A Kumble	6	47	282	0	218	5	43.60	2/36	-	-	56.40	4.64
D Mongia	6	1	6	0	8	0	-	0/8	-	-	-	8.00
A Nehra	6	48	288	2	200	5	40.00	2/28	-	-	57.60	4.17
V Sehwag	7	7	42	0	47	0	-	0/2	-	-	-	6.71
SR Tendulkar	7	6	36	0	27	0	-	0/9	-	-	-	4.50
T Yohannan	1	5	30	0	39	0	-	0/39	-	-	-	7.80
Yuvraj Singh	7	18	108	0	106	5	21.20	3/39	-	-	21.60	5.89
Zaheer Khan	7	58	351	2	330	14	23.57	3/48	-	-	25.07	5.64

Batting & Fielding - England
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	BF	SR	Ct
PD Collingwood	7	6	2	95	38	23.75	-	-	-	95	100.00	2
A Flintoff	7	6	1	190	51	38.00	-	2	-	147	129.25	3
AF Giles	4	1	1	2	2*	-	-	-	-	2	100.00	-
D Gough	5	3	2	10	7*	10.00	-	-	1	11	90.91	1
MJ Hoggard	4	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
N Hussain	7	7	1	244	115	40.67	1	1	1	325	75.08	3
RC Irani	7	6	1	169	53	33.80	-	1	-	224	75.45	2
RJ Kirtley	4	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
NV Knight	7	7	1	142	31	23.67	-	-	1	192	73.96	2
JN Snape	1	1	1	15	15*	-	-	-	-	27	55.56	1
AJ Stewart	7	5	2	157	83	52.33	-	1	1	193	81.35	6
GP Thorpe	3	3	0	45	18	15.00	-	-	-	59	76.27	2
ME Trescothick	7	7	0	362	109	51.71	1	2	-	336	107.74	2
AJ Tudor	3	2	1	9	6	9.00	-	-	-	11	81.82	1
MP Vaughan	4	3	0	47	30	15.67	-	-	-	37	127.03	-

Bowling - England
	M	OV	B	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5	4	SR	ER
PD Collingwood	7	25	150	0	196	5	39.20	2/31	-	-	30.00	7.84
A Flintoff	7	51	313	0	276	9	30.67	3/49	-	-	34.78	5.29
AF Giles	4	30	180	1	157	5	31.40	3/39	-	-	36.00	5.23
D Gough	5	41	246	1	230	6	38.33	3/45	-	-	41.00	5.61
MJ Hoggard	4	27	167	0	189	3	63.00	1/25	-	-	55.67	6.79
RC Irani	7	60	360	2	252	8	31.50	5/26	1	-	45.00	4.20
RJ Kirtley	4	36	216	1	211	3	70.33	2/40	-	-	72.00	5.86
JN Snape	1	10	60	2	34	1	34.00	1/34	-	-	60.00	3.40
AJ Tudor	3	21	127	1	136	4	34.00	2/30	-	-	31.75	6.43
MP Vaughan	4	6	36	1	22	4	5.50	4/22	-	1	9.00	3.67

Batting & Fielding - Sri Lanka
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	BF	SR	Ct
RP Arnold	6	6	1	79	29	15.80	-	-	-	120	65.83	-
MS Atapattu	6	6	0	209	53	34.83	-	2	-	307	68.08	2
UDU Chandana	6	6	0	69	30	11.50	-	-	-	91	75.82	4
CRD Fernando	5	3	2	10	5*	10.00	-	-	-	31	32.26	-
TCB Fernando	1	1	1	4	4*	-	-	-	-	6	66.67	-
DA Gunawardene	2	2	0	27	20	13.50	-	-	-	50	54.00	1
ST Jayasuriya	6	6	0	210	112	35.00	1	-	-	205	102.44	2
DPM Jayawardene	6	6	0	204	62	34.00	-	1	-	328	62.20	3
RS Kaluwitharana	4	4	0	82	52	20.50	-	1	-	110	74.55	2
MN Nawaz	2	2	1	26	15*	26.00	-	-	-	48	54.17	-
TT Samaraweera	3	3	0	21	15	7.00	-	-	-	41	51.22	-
KC Sangakkara	4	4	1	159	70	53.00	-	2	-	155	102.58	1
LPC Silva	2	2	0	39	30	19.50	-	-	-	58	67.24	1
WPUJ Vaas	6	6	2	70	26*	17.50	-	-	1	85	82.35	3
GP Wickramasinghe	2	2	1	5	3*	5.00	-	-	-	7	71.43	-
DNT Zoysa	5	4	0	21	9	5.25	-	-	1	23	91.30	1

Bowling - Sri Lanka
	M	OV	B	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5	4	SR	ER
RP Arnold	6	16	98	0	109	2	54.50	1/41	-	-	49.00	6.67
UDU Chandana	6	48	293	2	230	3	76.67	1/25	-	-	97.67	4.71
CRD Fernando	5	44	264	1	214	10	21.40	2/22	-	-	26.40	4.86
TCB Fernando	1	3	18	0	11	0	-	0/11	-	-	-	3.67
ST Jayasuriya	6	30	180	0	156	4	39.00	3/38	-	-	45.00	5.20
DPM Jayawardene	6	2	12	0	16	0	-	0/16	-	-	-	8.00
TT Samaraweera	3	28	168	2	101	3	33.67	2/39	-	-	56.00	3.61
WPUJ Vaas	6	51	306	2	254	9	28.22	2/26	-	-	34.00	4.98
GP Wickramasinghe	2	10	60	0	57	1	57.00	1/47	-	-	60.00	5.70
DNT Zoysa	5	39	236	0	254	5	50.80	2/42	-	-	47.20	6.46

TOP PERFORMERS

RUNS (QUALIFICATION: 200 RUNS)
	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	BF	SR	Ct
ME Trescothick	Eng	7	7	0	362	109	51.71	1	2	-	336	107.74	2
SR Tendulkar	Ind	7	7	1	337	113	56.17	2	-	-	362	93.09	-
Yuvraj Singh	Ind	7	7	2	254	69	50.80	-	2	-	283	89.75	2
RS Dravid	Ind	6	6	1	245	82	49.00	-	3	-	352	69.60	6
N Hussain	Eng	7	7	1	244	115	40.67	1	1	1	325	75.08	3
V Sehwag	Ind	7	7	0	229	71	32.71	-	1	1	235	97.45	3
ST Jayasuriya	SL	6	6	0	210	112	35.00	1	-	-	205	102.44	2
MS Atapattu	SL	6	6	0	209	53	34.83	-	2	-	307	68.08	2
DPM Jayawardene	SL	6	6	0	204	62	34.00	-	1	-	328	62.20	3

WICKETS (QUALIFICATION: 5 WICKETS
	Team	M	OV	B	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5	4	SR	ER
Zaheer Khan	Ind	7	58	351	2	330	14	23.57	3/48	-	-	25.07	5.64
CRD Fernando	SL	5	44	264	1	214	10	21.40	2/22	-	-	26.40	4.86
A Flintoff	Eng	7	51	313	0	276	9	30.67	3/49	-	-	34.78	5.29
WPUJ Vaas	SL	6	51	306	2	254	9	28.22	2/26	-	-	34.00	4.98
RC Irani	Eng	7	60	360	2	252	8	31.50	5/26	1	-	45.00	4.20
AB Agarkar	Ind	5	30	183	3	162	6	27.00	3/44	-	-	30.50	5.31
D Gough	Eng	5	41	246	1	230	6	38.33	3/45	-	-	41.00	5.61
PD Collingwood	Eng	7	25	150	0	196	5	39.20	2/31	-	-	30.00	7.84
AF Giles	Eng	4	30	180	1	157	5	31.40	3/39	-	-	36.00	5.23
A Kumble	Ind	6	47	282	0	218	5	43.60	2/36	-	-	56.40	4.64
A Nehra	Ind	6	48	288	2	200	5	40.00	2/28	-	-	57.60	4.17
Yuvraj Singh	Ind	7	18	108	0	106	5	21.20	3/39	-	-	21.60	5.89
DNT Zoysa	SL	5	39	236	0	254	5	50.80	2/42	-	-	47.20	6.46

HIGHEST COMBINED TOTALS IN ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS (Qualification: 650 runs)
Total	1st inn	Score	2nd inn	Score	Date	Venue
664	SL	349-9	Pak	315	2-4-1996	Singapore
662	WI	333-7	SL	329	16-10-1995	Sharjah
660	Pak	371-9	SL	289	4-10-1996	Nairobi (Gym)
656	SA	326-3	Aus	330-7	6-4-2002	Port Elizabet
655	NZ	349-9	Ind	306	5-11-1999	Rajkot
652	SL	398-5	Ken	254-7	6-3-1996	Kandy
651	Eng	325-5	Ind	326-8	13-7-2002	Lord's
650	Aus	349-6	NZ	301-9	26-2-2000	Christchurch

HIGHEST LOSING FIRST INNINGS SCORES (Qualification: Chasing more than 300 runs)
Score	For	Vs	Score	Date	Venue
326-3	SA	Aus	330-7	6/04/2002	Port Elizabeth
325-5	Eng	Ind	326-8	13/07/2002	Lord's
315-8	Pak	Aus	316-4	10/11/1998	Lahore (Gd.)
314-5	Pak	Ind	316-7	18/01/1998	Dhaka
312-4	Zim	SL	313-7	23/02/1992	New Plymouth
304-9	Pak	Eng	306-5	24/10/2000	Karachi (NS)
302-3	Eng	SL	303-9	23/01/1999	Adelaide
301-3	SA	Ind	302-7	9/03/2000	Cochin

For a team that has been castigated as being poor chasers it is interesting to note that India figure thrice in the above list of chasing big totals and winning.