Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 2003 Performances & Rankings

Explore 2003 cricket statistics including top run scorers, wicket takers, best batting and bowling performances. Year-wise player & team rankings.

Total Matches

All time

196

Test

ODI

152

T20I

Total Runs

All time

154225

Test

65724

ODI

58731

Total Wickets

All time

4716

Test

1310

ODI

2036

Total Sixes

All time

915

Test

291

ODI

624

Total Fours

All time

10969

Test

5897

ODI

5072

Total Fifties

All time

468

Test

204

ODI

264

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

145

Test

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Ricky PONTING 2657
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		2349
Brian LARA WI		2232
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		1870
Herschelle GIBBS SA		1849
Graeme SMITH SA		1798
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		1648
Michael VAUGHAN ENG		1545
Mohammad YOUSUF PAK		1527
Rahul DRAVID IND		1426

Most Runs (Test)
Ricky PONTING 1503
Brian LARA WI		1344
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		1312
Graeme SMITH SA		1198
Herschelle GIBBS SA		1156
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		1003
Mark BUTCHER ENG		979
Michael VAUGHAN ENG		958
Gary KIRSTEN SA		889
Steve WAUGH AUS		876

Most Runs (ODI)
Mohammad YOUSUF 1168
Ricky PONTING AUS		1154
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		1141
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		1037
Chris GAYLE WI		981
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		934
Brian LARA WI		888
Damien MARTYN AUS		878
Virender SEHWAG IND		871
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		867

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Ricky PONTING 3907
Brian LARA WI		3185
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		3050
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		2877
Michael VAUGHAN ENG		2808
Herschelle GIBBS SA		2631
Graeme SMITH SA		2541
Rahul DRAVID IND		2529
Stephen FLEMING NZ		2335
Jacques KALLIS SA		2259

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Ricky PONTING 2494
Brian LARA WI		2129
Mark BUTCHER ENG		2095
Michael VAUGHAN ENG		1960
Herschelle GIBBS SA		1834
Gary KIRSTEN SA		1825
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		1799
Graeme SMITH SA		1762
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		1734
Nasser HUSSAIN ENG		1707

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Mohammad YOUSUF 1477
Ricky PONTING AUS		1413
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		1316
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		1306
Chris GAYLE WI		1257
Marvan ATAPATTU SL		1186
Michael BEVAN AUS		1180
Yasir HAMEED PAK		1149
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		1078
Damien MARTYN AUS		1067

Highest Score (All time)
Matthew HAYDEN 380
Graeme SMITH SA	277
Stephen FLEMING NZ	274
Ricky PONTING AUS	257
Rahul DRAVID IND	233
Herschelle GIBBS SA	228
Jacques RUDOLPH SA	222
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG	219
Brian LARA WI	209
Virender SEHWAG IND	195

Highest Score (Test)
Matthew HAYDEN 380
Graeme SMITH SA	277
Stephen FLEMING NZ	274
Ricky PONTING AUS	257
Rahul DRAVID IND	233
Herschelle GIBBS SA	228
Jacques RUDOLPH SA	222
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG	219
Brian LARA WI	209
Virender SEHWAG IND	195

Highest Score (ODI)
Craig WISHART 172
Chris GAYLE WI		153
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		152
Herschelle GIBBS SA		143
Scott STYRIS NZ		141
Ricky PONTING AUS		140
Klaas-Jan VAN NOORTWIJK NED		134
Virender SEHWAG IND		130

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Matthew WALKER 166.67
Jimmy KAMANDE KEN		150.00
Nathan HAURITZ AUS		122.22
John DAVISON CAN		118.95
Lance KLUSENER SA		118.18
Andre ADAMS NZ		113.27
Ricardo POWELL WI		112.27
Wasim AKRAM PAK		102.90
Salman BUTT PAK		102.08
Jan-Berrie BURGER NAM		100.51

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Nicky BOJE 116.67
Salman BUTT PAK		102.08
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		93.21
Andrew HALL SA		80.10
Andy BICHEL AUS		76.64
Mashrafe MORTAZA BAN		75.86
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		75.66
Brett LEE AUS		73.44
Virender SEHWAG IND		73.21
Andrew FLINTOFF ENG		70.75

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Matthew WALKER 166.67
Jimmy KAMANDE KEN		150.00
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		140.00
Nathan HAURITZ AUS		122.22
John DAVISON CAN		118.95
Lance KLUSENER SA		118.18
Andre ADAMS NZ		113.27
Andy BLIGNAUT ZIM		112.30
Ricardo POWELL WI		112.27
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		106.74

Most sixes (All time)
Andrew FLINTOFF 40
Brian LARA WI		37
Ricky PONTING AUS		34
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		33
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		26
Wavell HINDS WI		25
Virender SEHWAG IND		24
Herschelle GIBBS SA		23
Abdul RAZZAQ PAK		17

Most sixes (Test)
Matthew HAYDEN 20
Andrew FLINTOFF ENG		19
Brian LARA WI		16
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		14
Herschelle GIBBS SA		11
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		9
Virender SEHWAG IND		8
Wavell HINDS WI		7
Vasbert DRAKES WI		6

Most sixes (ODI)
Ricky PONTING 27
Brian LARA WI		21
Wavell HINDS WI		18
Abdul RAZZAQ PAK		16
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		13

Best Averages (All time)
Darren LEHMANN 1137 / 18

Best Averages (Test)
Brian LARA 1344 / 18

Best Averages (ODI)
Neil MCKENZIE 260 / 4

Most 50s (All time)
Mohammad YOUSUF 15
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		12
Damien MARTYN AUS		10
Brian LARA WI		9
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		8

Most 50s (Test)
Habibul BASHAR 7
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		6
Brian LARA WI		5
Mohammad YOUSUF PAK		4

Most 50s (ODI)
Mohammad YOUSUF 11
Damien MARTYN AUS		8
Yasir HAMEED PAK		7
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		6

Most 100s (All time)
Ricky PONTING 11
Brian LARA WI		8
Herschelle GIBBS SA		5
Sourav GANGULY IND		4

Most 100s (Test)
Ricky PONTING 6
Brian LARA WI		5
Herschelle GIBBS SA		4
Justin LANGER AUS		3

Most 100s (ODI)
Ricky PONTING 5
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		3
Virender SEHWAG IND		2

Most Not Outs (All time)
James ANDERSON 13
Heath STREAK ZIM		11
Makhaya NTINI SA		10
Ricky PONTING AUS		9
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		8

Most Not Outs (Test)
James ANDERSON 10
Makhaya NTINI SA		7
Shaun POLLOCK SA		6
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		5
Heath STREAK ZIM		4

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Mohammad SAMI 9
Michael BEVAN AUS		8
Heath STREAK ZIM		7
Ricky PONTING AUS		6

Most Wickets (All time)
Makhaya NTINI 104
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL	89
Brett LEE AUS	84
Shaun POLLOCK SA	72
Andy BICHEL AUS	70
James ANDERSON ENG	67
Shoaib AKHTAR PAK	63
Jason GILLESPIE AUS	59
Stuart MACGILL AUS	57
Chaminda VAAS SL	56

Most Wickets (Test)
Makhaya NTINI 59
Stuart MACGILL AUS		57
Shaun POLLOCK SA		45
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		43
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		41
Brett LEE AUS		38
Shabbir AHMED PAK		33
Andy BICHEL AUS		32
Steve HARMISON ENG		31

Most Wickets (ODI)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 46
Makhaya NTINI SA		45
James ANDERSON ENG		41
Mohammad SAMI PAK		40
Zaheer KHAN IND		38
Chaminda VAAS SL		34
Brad HOGG AUS		33

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Andy BICHEL 7/0
Jermaine LAWSON WI		7/2
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		7/3
Paul ADAMS SA		7/3
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		7/10
Andy CADDICK ENG		7/19
Corey COLLYMORE WI		7/19
Ashish NEHRA IND		6/0
Shaun POLLOCK SA		6/6
Shane BOND NZ		6/7

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Jermaine LAWSON 7/2
Paul ADAMS SA		7/3
Corey COLLYMORE WI		7/19
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		7/23
Andy CADDICK ENG		7/94
Shaun POLLOCK SA		6/6
Ian BUTLER NZ		6/12
Simon KATICH AUS		6/16
Jacques KALLIS SA		6/20
Ajit AGARKAR IND		6/25

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Andy BICHEL 7/0
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		7/10
Ashish NEHRA IND		6/0
Shane BOND NZ		6/7
Chaminda VAAS SL		6/11
Fidel EDWARDS WI		6/22
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		5/3
Vasbert DRAKES WI		5/6
Chris GAYLE WI		5/10
Mohammad SAMI PAK		5/10

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Saqlain MUSHTAQ 3/237
Omari BANKS WI		3/204
Ray PRICE ZIM		6/199
Ashley GILES ENG		5/190
Anil KUMBLE IND		6/181
Adam SANFORD WI		3/170
Harbhajan SINGH IND		3/149
Stuart MACGILL AUS		5/149
Sean ERVINE ZIM		4/146
Makhaya NTINI SA		5/145

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Saqlain MUSHTAQ 3/237
Omari BANKS WI		3/204
Ray PRICE ZIM		6/199
Ashley GILES ENG		5/190
Anil KUMBLE IND		6/181
Adam SANFORD WI		3/170
Harbhajan SINGH IND		2/149
Stuart MACGILL AUS		5/149
Sean ERVINE ZIM		4/146
Makhaya NTINI SA		5/145

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Rudi VAN VUUREN 5/92
Javagal SRINATH IND		4/87
Ashish NEHRA IND		6/80
Charl WILLOUGHBY SA		0/77
Danish KANERIA PAK		3/76
Brad HOGG AUS		3/75
Bjorn KOTZE NAM		2/75
Sean ERVINE ZIM		2/75
Michael MASON NZ		1/74
Shane BOND NZ		6/73

Most Dots (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 2997
Shaun POLLOCK SA		2904
Makhaya NTINI SA		2868
Brett LEE AUS		2508
Stuart MACGILL AUS		2423
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		2351
Andy BICHEL AUS		2215
Ashley GILES ENG		2154
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		1977
Andrew FLINTOFF ENG		1963

Most Dots (Test)
Stuart MACGILL 2423
Makhaya NTINI SA		2170
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		2164
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		1932
Ashley GILES ENG		1839
Brett LEE AUS		1768
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		1487
Andy BICHEL AUS		1457
Vasbert DRAKES WI		1343

Most Dots (ODI)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 833
Brad HOGG AUS		792
Chaminda VAAS SL		788
James ANDERSON ENG		766
Andy BICHEL AUS		758
Zaheer KHAN IND		753
Daryl TUFFEY NZ		749
Brett LEE AUS		740
Shaun POLLOCK SA		734
Shoaib MALIK PAK		731

John DAVISON CAN		18.70
Martin VAN JAARSVELD SA		18.00
Shoaib AKHTAR PAK		17.90
Daan VAN BUNGE NED		17.00
Wasim AKRAM PAK		16.75
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		16.20
Saeed ANWAR PAK		15.00
Nuwan KULASEKARA SL		9.50

Shaun POLLOCK SA		20.98
Martin SAGGERS ENG		20.67
Dilhara FERNANDO SL		20.50
Simon KATICH AUS		20.09
Richard JOHNSON ENG		17.19
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		16.53
Rikki CLARKE ENG		15.00
Anthony MCGRATH ENG		14.00
Shoaib AKHTAR PAK		12.37

Wasim AKRAM PAK		16.75
James KIRTLEY ENG		16.50
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		15.89
Saeed ANWAR PAK		15.00
Nathan BRACKEN AUS		13.83
Fidel EDWARDS WI		10.25
Nuwan KULASEKARA SL		9.50
Jermaine LAWSON WI		8.00
Dinusha FERNANDO SL		6.50

Best Economy (All time)
Hashan TILLAKARATNE 1.00
Nuwan KULASEKARA SL		2.11
Craig MCMILLAN NZ		2.12
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		2.26
Steve WAUGH AUS		2.42
Enamul HAQUE BAN		2.45
Thilan SAMARAWEERA SL		2.50
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		2.55
Shaun POLLOCK SA		2.64
Lakshmipathy BALAJI IND		2.73

Best Economy (Test)
Yuvraj SINGH 1.00
Hashan TILLAKARATNE SL		1.00
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		1.70
Mohammad HAFEEZ PAK		1.79
Rikki CLARKE ENG		2.07
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		2.08
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		2.12
Craig MCMILLAN NZ		2.13
Darren LEHMANN AUS		2.17
Shaun POLLOCK SA		2.23

Best Economy (ODI)
Dinusha FERNANDO 1.86
Craig MCMILLAN NZ		2.00
Jermaine LAWSON WI		2.00
Nuwan KULASEKARA SL		2.11
Aasif KARIM KEN		2.97
Shiv CHANDERPAUL WI		3.00
Sarandeep SINGH IND		3.30
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		3.30
Andrew FLINTOFF ENG		3.36
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		3.36

John DAVISON CAN		25.20
Austin CODRINGTON CAN		25.00
Tim DE LEEDE NED		24.82
Saeed ANWAR PAK		24.00
Wasim AKRAM PAK		23.65
Andre ADAMS NZ		23.04
Adeel RAJA NED		22.50
Ashish PATEL CAN		20.00
Daan VAN BUNGE NED		14.40

Martin SAGGERS ENG		38.20
Jermaine LAWSON WI		37.89
Mark BUTCHER ENG		36.60
Simon KATICH AUS		36.27
Dilhara FERNANDO SL		36.00
Richard JOHNSON ENG		34.16
Shoaib AKHTAR PAK		28.82
Andy CADDICK ENG		27.00
Anthony MCGRATH ENG		25.50

Wasim AKRAM PAK		23.65
Nathan BRACKEN AUS		23.53
Andre ADAMS NZ		23.04
Adeel RAJA NED		22.50
Dinusha FERNANDO SL		21.00
Ashish PATEL CAN		20.00
Daan VAN BUNGE NED		14.40
Fidel EDWARDS WI		11.63

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Makhaya NTINI 2382
Brett LEE AUS		2258
Andy BICHEL AUS		2054
James ANDERSON ENG		1830
Stuart MACGILL AUS		1687
Shaun POLLOCK SA		1640
Mervyn DILLON WI		1597
Ashley GILES ENG		1580
Andy BLIGNAUT ZIM		1550
Vasbert DRAKES WI		1536

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Stuart MACGILL 1687
Makhaya NTINI SA		1566
Brett LEE AUS		1332
Ashley GILES ENG		1220
Andy BICHEL AUS		1064
Vasbert DRAKES WI		974
Shaun POLLOCK SA		944
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		923
Ray PRICE ZIM		916
James ANDERSON ENG		906

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Brad HOGG 1027
Andy BICHEL AUS		990
Brett LEE AUS		926
James ANDERSON ENG		924
Andy BLIGNAUT ZIM		893
Shoaib MALIK PAK		878
Abdul RAZZAQ PAK		866
Zaheer KHAN IND		857
Makhaya NTINI SA		816
Jacob ORAM NZ		814

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 196
Shaun POLLOCK SA		173
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		135
Makhaya NTINI SA		122
Brett LEE AUS		107
Andrew FLINTOFF ENG		93
Ashley GILES ENG		87
Chaminda VAAS SL		85

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Shaun POLLOCK 35
Chaminda VAAS SL		31
Andrew FLINTOFF ENG		29
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		25
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		24
Brett LEE AUS		23
Daryl TUFFEY NZ		22
Jacob ORAM NZ		20
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		17

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Makhaya NTINI 4
Shoaib AKHTAR PAK		3
James ANDERSON ENG		2

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Makhaya NTINI 4
Shoaib AKHTAR PAK		3
Richard JOHNSON ENG		2

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Vasbert DRAKES 2
Brad WILLIAMS AUS		1

Series updates of 2003

South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series

24 Apr-01 May 2003

2-0 (2)
South Africa

New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series

25 Apr-03 May 2003

0-0 (2)
drawn

The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies)

10 Apr-09 May 2003

3-1 (4)
Australia

Zimbabwe in England Test Series

22 May-05 Jun 2003

2-0 (2)
England

Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series

20 Jun-27 Jun 2003

1-0 (2)
West Indies

Bangladesh in Australia Test Series

18 Jul-25 Jul 2003

2-0 (2)
Australia

Bangladesh in Pakistan Test Series

20 Aug-03 Sep 2003

3-0 (3)
Pakistan

South Africa in England Test Series

24 Jul-04 Sep 2003

2-2 (5)
drawn

New Zealand in India Test Series

08 Oct-16 Oct 2003

0-0 (2)
drawn

Southern Cross Trophy (Zimbabwe in Australia)

09 Oct-17 Oct 2003

2-0 (2)
Australia

South Africa in Pakistan Test Series

17 Oct-24 Oct 2003

1-0 (2)
Pakistan

England in Bangladesh Test Series

21 Oct-29 Oct 2003

2-0 (2)
England

Clive Lloyd Trophy (West Indies in Zimbabwe)

04 Nov-12 Nov 2003

1-0 (2)
West Indies

England in Sri Lanka Test Series

02 Dec-18 Dec 2003

1-0 (3)
Sri Lanka

Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series

19 Dec-26 Dec 2003

1-0 (2)
Pakistan

Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia)

04 Dec-02 Jan 2004

1-1 (4)
drawn

Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies in South Africa)

12 Dec-16 Jan 2004

3-0 (4)
South Africa

ICC World Cup (in Kenya/South Africa/Zimbabwe)

09 Feb-23 Mar 2003

-
Australia

Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup (Kenya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe in United Arab Emirates)

03 Apr-10 Apr 2003

-
Pakistan

TVS Cup (Bangladesh) (Bangladesh, India, South Africa in Bangladesh)

11 Apr-21 Apr 2003

-
shared

Bank Alfalah Cup (New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)

10 May-23 May 2003

-
New Zealand

Australia in West Indies ODI Series

17 May-01 Jun 2003

4-3 (7)
Australia

Sri Lanka in West Indies ODI Series

07 Jun-11 Jun 2003

2-1 (3)
Sri Lanka

NatWest Challenge (Pakistan in England)

17 Jun-22 Jun 2003

2-1 (3)
England

NatWest Series (England, South Africa, Zimbabwe in England)

26 Jun-12 Jul 2003

-
England

Bangladesh in Australia ODI Series

02 Aug-06 Aug 2003

3-0 (3)
Australia

Bangladesh in Pakistan ODI Series

09 Sep-21 Sep 2003

5-0 (5)
Pakistan

South Africa in Pakistan ODI Series

03 Oct-12 Oct 2003

3-2 (5)
South Africa

England in Bangladesh ODI Series

07 Nov-12 Nov 2003

3-0 (3)
England

TVS Cup (India) (Australia, India, New Zealand in India)

23 Oct-18 Nov 2003

-
Australia

England in Sri Lanka ODI Series

18 Nov-23 Nov 2003

1-0 (3)
Sri Lanka

West Indies in Zimbabwe ODI Series

22 Nov-30 Nov 2003

3-2 (5)
West Indies

New Zealand in Pakistan ODI Series

29 Nov-07 Dec 2003

5-0 (5)
Pakistan

Pakistan in England ODI Series

20 Jun-27 Jun 2003

4-1 (5)
England

Twenty20 Cup

13 Jun-19 Jul 2003

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Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 172
Shaun POLLOCK SA		138
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		118
Stuart MACGILL AUS		107
Makhaya NTINI SA		106
Brett LEE AUS		84
Ashley GILES ENG		82
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		77
Danish KANERIA PAK		73
Shabbir AHMED PAK		70

Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 2003 Performances & Rankings

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1870

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1648

1545

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1426

1503

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1198

1156

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958

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876

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981

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878

871

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2541

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2494

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2095

1960

1834

1825

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1734

1707

1477

1413

1316

1306

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1186

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1078

1067

380

277

274

257

233

228

222

219

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380

277

274

257

233

228

222

219

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