Statistical summary of Tests in 2005

A total of 48 Tests were played between ten Test playing nations in the calendar year 2005, out of which 36 produced result. And yes, there was also a farce in the name of Super 'Test' between Australia and an ICC World XI, which was accorded the official status by the ICC -- clearly because of commercial reasons.

This 'Test' has been included in this statistical analysis, though yours truly strongly believes that such hotch-potch games must never be considered at par with real Test match cricket.

India ended the year with 5 wins and one loss out of 8 games, which gave them a winning percentage of 62.50 -- the highest for any team in the year. Australia, though, ended with most wins in the year, but they also played most number of games.

Performance of each team

Team	Mts	Won	Lost	Drawn	Winning%	Toss
India	8	5	1	2	62.50	6
Australia	15	9	2	4	60.00	6
South Africa	11	5	2	4	45.45	3
Pakistan	9	4	3	2	44.44	5
Sri Lanka	9	4	3	2	44.44	2
New Zealand	7	3	2	2	42.86	4
England	13	5	4	4	38.46	8
Bangladesh	6	1	4	1	16.66	1
West Indies	11	1	8	2	9.09	9
Zimbabwe	8	0	7	1	0.00	5
ICC World XI	1	0	1	0	0.00	0
TOTAL	49	37	37	12	75.51	49

Highest Team Totals [500 or more]

Total	Overs	For	Vs	Venue
747	235.2	WI	SA	St. John's
636-8d	156.2	Pak	Eng	Lahore
588-6d	163	SA	WI	St. John's
570-8d	140	Aus	NZ	Wellington
570	167.5	Pak	Ind	Bangalore
568	133.3	Aus	Pak	Sydney
561	159.1	NZ	SL	Napier
554	151.3	Ind	Zim	Bulawayo (QSC)
548-9	177.5	SA	WI	Bridgetown
543-5	152.1	WI	SA	Georgetown
528-3	112	Eng	Ban	Lord's
528-8	146.4	Aus	SA	Perth
522-9	146	NZ	SL	Wellington
516	147.4	Ind	Pak	Mohali

Lowest Team Totals [150 or less]

Total	Overs	For	Vs	Venue
54	31.2	Zim	SA	Cape Town
59	29.4	Zim	NZ	Harare
86	27.4	Ban	SL	Colombo (RPS)
99	49.5	Zim	NZ	Harare
104	39.5	Ban	Eng	Chester-le-Street
108	38.2	Ban	Eng	Lord's
113	60	WI	SL	Colombo (SSC)
129	49	WI	Aus	Brisbane
131	50	NZ	Aus	Christchurch
137	41.2	WI	SL	Kandy
143	52.5	WI	Pak	Kingston
144	43.4	Pak	WI	Bridgetown
144	50	Wrd XI	Aus	Sydney
148	58.1	WI	SL	Kandy
149	68.3	WI	Aus	Hobart
149	59.3	Zim	SA	Centurion
150	46.1	SL	WI	Kandy

Individual 100s
[Aus - 21, Ban - 1, Eng - 14, Ind - 8, NZ - 7, Pak - 14, SA - 15, SL - 5, WI - 14, Zim - 1]

Highest individual innings

Score	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue
317	630	483	37	3	CH Gayle	WI	SA	St. John's
267	690	504	32	1	Younis Khan	Pak	Ind	Bangalore
226	405	298	22	0	BC Lara	WI	Aus	Adelaide
224	534	348	25	4	L Vincent	NZ	SL	Wellington
223	602	373	26	2	Mohammad Yousuf	Pak	Eng	Lahore
213	455	297	34	2	WW Hinds	WI	SA	Georgetown
207	491	332	30	0	RT Ponting	Aus	Pak	Sydney
203*	541	370	23	0	S Chanderpaul	WI	SA	Georgetown
203*	469	332	22	0	BJ Hodge	Aus	SA	Perth
201	325	262	28	2	V Sehwag	Ind	Pak	Bangalore
196	430	286	25	0	BC Lara	WI	SA	Port-of-Spain
194	367	259	23	0	ME Trescothick	Eng	Ban	Lord's
193	467	305	20	2	ME Trescothick	Eng	Pak	Multan
184	361	264	25	0	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	Ind	Bangalore
180	367	248	24	4	ME Trescothick	Eng	SA	Johannesburg
178	551	352	15	1	AB de Villiers	SA	WI	Bridgetown
176	344	224	21	1	BC Lara	WI	SA	Bridgetown
173	352	244	19	2	V Sehwag	Ind	Pak	Mohali
168	215	179	19	1	TM Dilshan	SL	Ban	Colombo (PSS)
166	281	215	20	1	MP Vaughan	Eng	Aus	Old Trafford
165	348	287	24	0	DR Martyn	Aus	NZ	Wellington
162*	233	168	25	1	IR Bell	Eng	Ban	Chester-le-Street
162	219	146	22	5	AC Gilchrist	Aus	NZ	Wellington
161	484	307	25	0	HH Gibbs	SA	Eng	Johannesburg
160	323	250	22	2	HJH Marshall	NZ	SL	Napier
158	285	187	15	7	KP Pietersen	Eng	Aus	The Oval
157*	411	284	24	0	KC Sangakkara	SL	WI	Kandy
156	391	275	16	1	RT Ponting	Aus	Eng	Old Trafford
154	326	242	14	0	Kamran Akmal	Pak	Eng	Lahore
153*	358	254	10	2	S Chanderpaul	WI	Pak	Bridgetown
153	340	292	19	2	T Taibu	Zim	Ban	Dhaka
153	298	233	20	2	BC Lara	WI	Pak	Kingston
151	192	148	21	2	ME Trescothick	Eng	Ban	Chester-le-Street

Leading run-scorers

Runs	Batsman	For	Mts	Inns	NO	Hs	Ave	100s	50s	0s
1544	RT Ponting	Aus	15	28	5	207	67.13	6	6	1
1380	ML Hayden	Aus	15	29	3	138	53.08	5	4	2
1323	ME Trescothick	Eng	13	24	0	194	55.13	4	4	3
1110	BC Lara	WI*	9	17	0	226	65.29	5	0	1
1011	JH Kallis	SA*	11	18	4	149	72.21	4	4	2
1008	AB de Villiers	SA	11	19	0	178	53.05	3	5	0
1000	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak*	8	15	3	184	83.33	4	6	1
990	GC Smith	SA*	12	21	2	148	52.11	4	3	1
964	S Chanderpaul	WI	11	20	3	203*	56.71	3	3	1
899	Younis Khan	Pak	8	16	1	267	59.93	3	1	2
872	JL Langer	Aus	12	23	3	105	43.60	1	5	1
836	AC Gilchrist	Aus	15	22	2	162	41.80	3	2	1
789	AJ Strauss	Eng	12	22	0	147	35.86	3	1	3
785	V Sehwag	Ind*	8	14	1	201	60.38	2	2	1
765	MP Vaughan	Eng	12	22	2	166	38.25	2	4	2
711	IR Bell	Eng	10	18	2	162*	44.44	2	5	3
709	A Flintoff	Eng*	14	24	1	102	30.83	1	5	2
678	TM Dilshan	SL	9	14	2	168	56.50	1	4	1
674	KP Pietersen	Eng	8	16	1	158	44.93	2	3	1
640	R Dravid	Ind*	8	12	0	135	53.33	2	4	1
636	HH Gibbs	SA	11	17	1	161	39.75	1	2	0
617	Mohammad Yousuf	Pak	7	12	0	223	51.42	2	2	0
607	T Taibu	Zim	8	16	2	153	43.36	1	5	2
595	MEK Hussey	Aus	5	10	3	137	85.00	3	1	0
568	DPM Jayawardene	SL	9	14	1	141	43.69	1	5	1
550	Kamran Akmal	Pak	9	16	0	154	34.38	2	0	1
541	L Vincent	NZ	7	11	0	224	49.18	1	3	1
535	TT Samaraweera	SL	9	14	1	138	41.15	1	4	2
534	CH Gayle	WI	7	13	0	317	41.08	1	2	1
510	Shahid Afridi	Pak	6	12	0	122	42.50	1	3	2
508	VVS Laxman	Ind	8	12	1	140	46.18	2	3	1

Best scoring rate
[Min.Qualification : 200 or more runs]

SR	Batsman	For	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Balls	Hs	Ave	100s	50s	0s
111.11	Shahid Afridi	Pak	6	12	0	510	459	122	42.50	1	3	2
84.87	AC Gilchrist	Aus	15	22	2	836	985	162	41.80	3	2	1
82.47	DL Vettori	NZ*	6	9	3	381	462	127	63.50	1	1	1
78.42	V Sehwag	Ind*	8	14	1	785	1001	201	60.38	2	2	1
76.54	AM Blignaut	Zim	4	8	1	248	324	84*	35.43	0	3	1
72.36	BB McCullum	NZ	7	10	0	322	445	111	32.20	1	1	2
71.89	Habibul Bashar	Ban	6	12	0	376	523	94	31.33	0	4	0

Most sixes in the year

6s	Batsman	For	Mts	Inns
22	AC Gilchrist	Aus	15	22
19	KP Pietersen	Eng	8	16
19	Shahid Afridi	Pak	6	12
18	A Flintoff	Eng*	14	24
12	JH Kallis	SA*	11	18
11	AM Blignaut	Zim	4	8
11	RT Ponting	Aus	15	28
11	ME Trescothick	Eng	13	24

Most fours in the year

4s	Batsman	For	Mts	Inns
180	ME Trescothick	Eng	13	24
178	RT Ponting	Aus	15	28
174	ML Hayden	Aus	15	29
133	BC Lara	WI*	9	17
130	GC Smith	SA*	12	21
129	AB de Villiers	SA	11	19
118	JL Langer	Aus	12	23
115	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak*	8	15
114	V Sehwag	Ind*	8	14
110	Younis Khan	Pak	8	16
107	MP Vaughan	Eng	12	22
102	JH Kallis	SA*	11	18
100	AC Gilchrist	Aus	15	22
100	AJ Strauss	Eng	12	22

Most boundary shots in the year

4+6	4s	6s	Batsman	For	Mts	Inns
191	180	11	ME Trescothick	Eng	13	24
189	178	11	RT Ponting	Aus	15	28
180	174	6	ML Hayden	Aus	15	29
142	133	9	BC Lara	WI*	9	17
134	130	4	GC Smith	SA*	12	21
133	129	4	AB de Villiers	SA	11	19
122	100	22	AC Gilchrist	Aus	15	22
121	118	3	JL Langer	Aus	12	23
120	115	5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak*	8	15
120	114	6	V Sehwag	Ind*	8	14
114	102	12	JH Kallis	SA*	11	18
111	110	1	Younis Khan	Pak	8	16
110	92	18	A Flintoff	Eng*	14	24
109	107	2	MP Vaughan	Eng	12	22
104	100	4	AJ Strauss	Eng	12	22
101	99	2	HH Gibbs	SA	11	17

Highest percentage of runs in boundary shots
[Min.Qualification : 200 or more runs]

%	Batsman	For	Mts	Inns	Runs	4s+6s	Boundary runs
70.20	Shahid Afridi	Pak	6	12	510	80	358
68.81	Aftab Ahmed	Ban	6	12	218	37	150
67.14	A Flintoff	Eng*	14	24	709	110	476
64.15	HH Gibbs	SA	11	17	636	101	408
63.88	Asim Kamal	Pak	7	12	407	64	260
63.64	AC Gilchrist	Aus	15	22	836	122	532
63.06	BRM Taylor	Zim	8	16	333	52	210
62.99	DL Vettori	NZ*	6	9	381	59	240
62.68	V Sehwag	Ind*	8	14	785	120	492
62.10	AM Blignaut	Zim	4	8	248	33	154
61.64	H Masakadza	Zim	8	16	438	66	270
61.50	SP Fleming	NZ	7	11	387	58	238
61.49	BB McCullum	NZ	7	10	322	48	198
60.79	N Boje	SA	10	11	329	49	200
60.24	VVS Laxman	Ind	8	12	508	76	306

Highest partnership for each wicket

Wkt	Runs	Players		For	Vs	Venue
1st	245	AB de Villiers	GC Smith	SA	WI	St. John's
2nd	331	CH Gayle	RR Sarwan	WI	SA	St. John's
3rd	324	Younis Khan	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	Ind	Bangalore
4th	284	WW Hinds	S Chanderpaul	WI	SA	Georgetown
5th	280	TT Samaraweera	TM Dilshan	SL	Ban	Colombo (PSS)
6th	269	Mohammad Yousuf	Kamran Akmal	Pak	Eng	Lahore
7th	212	SM Katich	AC Gilchrist	Aus	NZ	Christchurch
8th	109	KP Pietersen	AF Giles	Eng	Aus	The Oval
9th	93	MEK Hussey	SCG MacGill	Aus	WI	Adelaide
10th	107	MEK Hussey	GD McGrath	Aus	SA	Melbourne

Partnerships of 200 runs or more

Runs	Wkt	Players		For	Vs	Venue
331	2nd	CH Gayle	RR Sarwan	WI	SA	St. John's
324	3rd	Younis Khan	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	Ind	Bangalore
284	4th	WW Hinds	S Chanderpaul	WI	SA	Georgetown
280	5th	TT Samaraweera	TM Dilshan	SL	Ban	Colombo (PSS)
269	6th	Mohammad Yousuf	Kamran Akmal	Pak	Eng	Lahore
267	5th	JH Kallis	AG Prince	SA	WI	St. John's
256	6th	DR Martyn	AC Gilchrist	Aus	NZ	Wellington
255	2nd	ME Trescothick	MP Vaughan	Eng	Ban	Lord's
245	1st	AB de Villiers	GC Smith	SA	WI	St. John's
231	1st	ML Hayden	MEK Hussey	Aus	WI	Hobart
227	3rd	AB de Villiers	JH Kallis	SA	Eng	Centurion
217	1st	GC Smith	AB de Villiers	SA	Zim	Cape Town
212	7th	SM Katich	AC Gilchrist	Aus	NZ	Christchurch
211	3rd	Younis Khan	Mohammad Yousuf	Pak	Ind	Kolkata

5 wickets in an innings
[Aus - 13, Ban - 5, Eng - 8, Ind - 9, NZ - 4, Pak - 5, SA - 7, SL - 8, WI- 5, Zim - 3]

Best innings bowling

Figures	Bowler	For	Vs	Venue	Balls
8-46	M Muralitharan	SL	WI	Kandy	98
7-37	M Ntini	SA	WI	Port-of-Spain	119
7-59	IK Pathan	Ind	Zim	Harare	92
7-61	MJ Hoggard	Eng	SA	Johannesburg	111
7-62	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	SL	Ahmedabad	134
7-63	A Kumble	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	228
7-78	CD Collymore	WI	Pak	Kingston	165
7-95	Enamul Haque jnr	Ban	Zim	Dhaka	210
7-100	M Muralitharan	SL	Ind	Delhi	232
7-188	Danish Kaneria	Pak	Aus	Sydney	297

Best match figures

Figures	Bowler	For	Vs	Venue	Balls
13-132	M Ntini	SA	WI	Port-of-Spain	287
12-126	IK Pathan	Ind	Zim	Harare	206
12-200	Enamul Haque jnr	Ban	Zim	Dhaka	432
12-205	MJ Hoggard	Eng	SA	Johannesburg	315
12-246	SK Warne	Aus	Eng	The Oval	456
11-134	CD Collymore	WI	Pak	Kingston	266
10-83	M Muralitharan	SL	WI	Kandy	153
10-88	A Nel	SA	WI	Bridgetown	226
10-99	SE Bond	NZ	Zim	Bulawayo (QSC)	186
10-141	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	SL	Ahmedabad	320
10-157	A Kumble	Ind	SL	Delhi	384
10-161	A Kumble	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	451
10-162	SK Warne	Aus	Eng	Edgbaston	291

Hat-trick : Nil

Leading wicket-takers

Wkts	Bowler	For	Mts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Best	5WI	10WM	Ave	SR	RpO
96	SK Warne	Aus	15	4336	141	2114	6-46	6	2	22.02	45.17	2.93
68	A Flintoff	Eng*	14	3194	89	1660	5-78	1	0	24.41	46.97	3.12
62	GD McGrath	Aus	13	3144	152	1352	6-115	3	0	21.81	50.71	2.58
58	MJ Hoggard	Eng	13	2453	61	1514	7-61	3	1	26.10	42.29	3.70
52	M Muralitharan	SL*	8	2049	69	963	8-46	4	1	18.52	39.40	2.82
49	B Lee	Aus	11	2496	73	1586	5-30	2	0	32.37	50.94	3.81
49	Danish Kaneria	Pak	9	2863	88	1568	7-188	4	0	32.00	58.43	3.29
47	M Ntini	SA	10	2269	78	1168	7-37	3	1	24.85	48.28	3.09
46	SJ Harmison	Eng*	14	2839	69	1604	5-38	2	0	34.87	61.72	3.39
41	A Kumble	Ind	8	2478	99	1203	7-63	3	2	29.34	60.44	2.91
36	A Nel	SA	7	1714	66	746	6-32	2	1	20.72	47.61	2.61
34	IK Pathan	Ind	8	1477	49	829	7-59	3	1	24.38	43.44	3.37
32	WPUJC Vaas	SL	8	1456	69	628	6-22	2	0	19.63	45.50	2.59
31	SP Jones	Eng	8	1194	36	691	6-53	2	0	22.29	38.52	3.47
30	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	7	1676	57	830	7-62	2	1	27.67	55.87	2.97
27	JEC Franklin	NZ	7	1180	34	766	6-119	1	0	28.37	43.70	3.89
27	DB Powell	WI	11	2203	62	1298	5-25	1	0	48.07	81.59	3.54
26	SCG MacGill	Aus	5	1009	33	510	5-43	2	0	19.62	38.81	3.03
26	LS Malinga	SL	7	1288	31	812	5-80	1	0	31.23	49.54	3.78

Most dismissals in an innings

Dismissals	Keeper	For	Vs	Venue
6 (all ct)	MV Boucher	SA	Zim	Centurion
6 (all ct)	GO Jones	Eng	Ban	Chester-le-Street
5 (all ct)	Kamran Akmal	Pak	WI	Kingston
5 (4 ct + 1 st)	Kamran Akmal	Pak	WI	Bridgetown
5 (4 ct + 1 st)	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Eng	Trent Bridge
5 (4 ct + 1 st)	KC Sangakkara	SL	Ban	Colombo (PSS)

Most dismissals in a match

Dismissals	Keeper	For	Vs	Venue
9 (all ct)	GO Jones	Eng	Ban	Chester-le-Street
9 (all ct)	Kamran Akmal	Pak	WI	Kingston
8 (all ct)	MV Boucher	SA	Zim	Centurion
7 (6 ct + 1 st)	Kamran Akmal	Pak	WI	Bridgetown
7 (all ct)	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Eng	Edgbaston
7 (5 ct + 2 st)	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Wld	Sydney
7 (all ct)	AC Gilchrist	Aus	WI	Hobart

Leading wicket-keepers

Dismissals	Keeper	For	Mts
55 (50 ct + 5 st)	AC Gilchrist	Aus	15
51 (50 ct + 1 st)	GO Jones	Eng	13
44 (43 ct + 1 st)	MV Boucher	SA*	11
41 (33 ct + 8 st)	Kamran Akmal	Pak	9
21 (17 ct + 4 st)	KC Sangakkara	SL	9
20 (18 ct + 2 st)	BB McCullum	NZ	7
17 (16 ct + 1 st)	CO Browne	WI	6
17 (all ct)	T Taibu	Zim	8
16 (15 ct + 1 st)	Khaled Mashud	Ban	6
14 (12 ct + 2 st)	KKD Karthik	Ind	5
13 (all ct)	D Ramdin	WI	5

Most catches in an innings

Ct	Player	For	Vs	Venue
4	DPM Jayawardene	SL	WI	Kandy
4	SP Fleming	NZ	Zim	Harare

There were 13 more instances of a fielder holding three catches in an innings

Most catches in a match

Ct	Player	For	Vs	Venue
5	M Kaif	Ind	SL	Ahmedabad

There were 10 more instances of a fielder holding four catches in a match

Captains

Captain	For	Mts	Won	Lost	Drawn	Winning%	Toss
RT Ponting	Aus	15	9	2	4	60.00	6
MP Vaughan	Eng	12	5	3	4	41.66	8
GC Smith	SA#	12	5	3	4	45.45	3
S Chanderpaul	WI	11	1	8	2	9.09	9
MS Atapattu	SL	9	4	3	2	44.44	2
T Taibu	Zim	8	0	7	1	0.00	5
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	7	4	1	2	57.14	4
SP Fleming	NZ	7	3	2	2	42.86	4
Habibul Bashar	Ban	6	1	4	1	16.66	1
SC Ganguly	Ind	5	3	1	1	60.00	3
R Dravid	Ind	2	1	0	1	50.00	2
Mohammad Yousuf	Pak	1	0	1	0	0.00	1
V Sehwag	Ind	1	1	0	0	100.00	1
ME Trescothick	Eng	1	0	1	0	0.00	0
Younis Khan	Pak	1	0	1	0	0.00	0

Note : GC Smith's tally includes one match for ICC World XI against Australia