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The best of the nineties

Mohandas Menon

Limited over internationals

Country	Overall					Home					Away
	P	W	L	NR	T	P	W	L	NR	T	P	W	L	NR	T
Aus	225	140	81	1	3	101	65	34	1	1	124	75	47	-	2
Ban	32	3	29	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	23	3	20	-	-
Eng	135	60	70	4	1	41	25	15	1	-	94	35	55	3	1
Ind	257	122	120	12	3	82	52	28	1	1	175	70	92	11	2
Ken	33	7	25	1	-	12	2	10	-	-	21	5	15	1	-
Net	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-
NZ	191	73	105	9	4	85	41	39	3	2	106	32	66	6	2
Pak	261	146	105	4	6	49	32	16	-	1	212	114	89	4	5
Sco	5	-	5	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	3	-	3	-	-
SA	177	110	61	5	1	65	45	19	1	-	112	65	42	4	1
SL	217	98	107	10	2	54	35	14	5	-	163	63	93	5	2
UAE	7	1	6	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	5	1	4	-	-
WI	195	96	89	6	4	52	31	17	2	2	143	65	72	4	2
Zim	126	35	83	4	4	32	9	20	1	2	94	26	63	3	2
Total	933	891	891	28	14	586	337	225	15	9	1280	554	666	41	19

Total Matches played in 1970s: 82
Total Matches played in 1980s: 516

TOP INDIVIDUAL SCORES

Player	Runs	BF	R/100B	For	Opp	date	venue
Saeed Anwar	194	146	132.88	Pak	Ind	21/05/1997	Chennai (MAC)
G Kirsten	188*	159	118.24	SA	UAE	16/02/1996	Rawalpindi
SR Tendulkar	186*	150	124.00	Ind	NZ	8/11/1999	Hyderabad (Ind)
SC Ganguly	183	158	115.82	Ind	SL	26/05/1999	Taunton
DJ Callaghan	169*	143	118.18	SA	NZ	11/12/1994	Centurion
BC Lara	169	129	131.01	WI	SL	16/10/1995	Sharjah
RA Smith	167*	163	102.45	Eng	Aus	21/05/1993	Birmingham
AC Hudson	161	132	121.97	SA	Net	5/03/1996	Rawalpindi
AC Gilchrist	154	129	119.38	Aus	SL	7/02/1999	Melbourne
SC Ganguly	153*	150	102.00	Ind	NZ	11/11/1999	Gwalior
M Azharuddin	153*	149	102.68	Ind	Zim	9/04/1998	Cuttack
RS Dravid	153	153	100.00	Ind	NZ	8/11/1999	Hyderabad (Ind)
BC Lara	153	143	106.99	WI	Pak	5/11/1993	Sharjah
ST Jayasuriya	151*	121	124.79	SL	Ind	17/05/1997	Mumbai (WS)
S Chanderpaul	150	136	110.29	WI	SA	24/01/1999	East London

Note: In all 315 hundreds have been scored during 1990s
Total Hundreds played in 1970s: 24 (Highest: 171* by GM Turner - NZ v EA at Birmingham,7-6-1975)
Total Hundreds played in 1980s: 134 (Highest: 189* by IVA Richards - WI v Eng at Manchester, 31-5-1984)

LEADING RUN SCORERS

Player	Runs	For	M	Inn	NO	Ave	HS	100	50	0
SR Tendulkar	8571	Ind	228	221	22	43.07	186*	24	44	11
M Azharuddin	6858	Ind	225	209	37	39.87	153*	5	50	6
ME Waugh	6839	Aus	191	187	15	39.76	130	13	44	11
Saeed Anwar	6664	Pak	180	178	14	40.63	194	17	33	11
Inzamam-ul-Haq	6475	Pak	200	189	25	39.48	137*	6	47	8
PA de Silva	6443	SL	196	191	19	37.46	145	11	41	11
BC Lara	6166	WI	162	159	15	42.82	169	13	38	8
A Ranatunga	5579	SL	189	178	34	38.74	131*	4	37	13
ST Jayasuriya	5083	SL	195	187	8	28.40	151*	7	33	14
AD Jadeja	5044	Ind	185	168	33	37.36	119	6	28	9
Ijaz Ahmed	5016	Pak	172	160	23	36.61	139*	9	28	10
WJ Cronje	4997	SA	172	160	28	37.86	112	2	34	8
SC Ganguly	4705	Ind	126	121	10	42.39	183	9	29	5
Aamer Sohail	4704	Pak	153	152	5	32.00	134	5	31	10
SR Waugh	4521	Aus	196	177	29	30.55	120*	2	28	10
Salim Malik	4367	Pak	178	159	26	32.83	102	1	31	12
RS Mahanama	4175	SL	171	157	21	30.70	119*	4	28	12
G Kirsten	4044	SA	112	112	11	40.04	188*	8	23	7

Most runs scored in 1970s: GS Chappell (Aus) - 919 runs (avg 54.06) in 22 matches.
Most runs scored in 1980s: DL Haynes (WI) - 5892 runs (avg 43.32) in 159 matches.

BEST BOWLING IN A MATCH

Player	Wkts	R	For	Opp	Date	Venue
Aaqib Javed	7	37	Pak	Ind	25/10/1991	Sharjah
A Kumble	6	12	Ind	WI	27/11/1993	Calcutta
Azhar Mahmood	6	18	Pak	WI	19/10/1999	Sharjah
BC Strang	6	20	Zim	Ban	14/10/1997	Nairobi (Aga)
AA Donald	6	23	SA	Ken	3/10/1996	Nairobi (Gym)
Waqar Younis	6	26	Pak	SL	29/04/1990	Sharjah
ST Jayasuriya	6	29	SL	Eng	20/03/1993	Moratuwa
Waqar Younis	6	30	Pak	NZ	13/03/1994	Auckland
SM Pollock	6	35	SA	WI	24/01/1999	East London
Waqar Younis	6	44	Pak	NZ	13/11/1996	Sharjah
L Klusener	6	49	SA	SL	6/11/1997	Lahore
AH Gray	6	50	WI	Aus	9/03/1991	Port-of-Spain

Note: Five or more wickets in a match have been achieved on 101 occasions in the 1990s.
Five or more wickets in a match in 1970s: on 10 occasions (Best: 6-14 by GJ Gilmour - Aus v Eng at Leeds, 18-6-1975.
Five or more wickets in a match in 1980s: on 46 occasions (Best: 7-51 by WW Davis - WI v Aus at Leeds, 11-6-1983)

LEADING WICKET-TAKERS

Bowler	Wkts	For	M	B	R	Ave	Best	SR	RPO	5
Wasim Akram	279	Pak	195	10226	6530	23.41	5/15	36.65	3.83	3
Waqar Younis	275	Pak	163	8249	6346	23.08	6/26	30.00	4.62	9
A Kumble	244	Ind	184	9876	6860	28.11	6/12	40.48	4.17	2
J Srinath	237	Ind	176	9199	6692	28.24	5/23	38.81	4.37	3
SK Warne	212	Aus	133	7372	5147	24.28	5/33	34.77	4.19	1
Saqlain Mushtaq	210	Pak	111	5795	4078	19.42	5/29	27.60	4.22	5
AA Donald	206	SA	121	6438	4327	21.00	6/23	31.25	4.03	2
M Muralidharan	177	SL	129	6984	4860	27.46	5/23	39.46	4.18	2
ST Jayasuriya	174	SL	195	7336	5946	34.17	6/29	42.16	4.86	3
BKV Prasad	163	Ind	134	6716	5163	31.67	5/27	41.20	4.61	1
CEL Ambrose	160	WI	135	7128	4138	25.86	5/32	44.55	3.48	2
Aaqib Javed	158	Pak	140	6865	4927	31.18	7/37	43.45	4.31	4
WPUJC Vaas	153	SL	126	6112	4349	28.42	4/20	39.95	4.27	0

Most wickets in 1970s: CM Old (Eng) - 41 wickets (avg 20.71) in 27 matches.
Most wickets in 1980s: Kapil Dev (Ind) - 168 wickets (avg 26.24) in 143 matches