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

124455

Test

65724

ODI

58731

Total Wickets

All time

3346

Test

1310

ODI

2036

Total Sixes

All time

18340

Test

5820

ODI

12520

Total Fours

All time

219660

Test

118020

ODI

101640

Total Fifties

All time

463

Test

199

ODI

264

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

597

Test

253

ODI

344

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Ricky PONTING 2657
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		2349
Brian LARA WI		2232
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		1870
Herschelle GIBBS SA		1849
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		1812
Graeme SMITH SA		1798
Michael VAUGHAN ENG		1545
Mohammad YOUSUF PAK		1527
Yasir HAMEED PAK		1487

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
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		1098
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		1037
Chris GAYLE WI		981
Yasir HAMEED PAK		898
Brian LARA WI		888
Damien MARTYN AUS		878
Virender SEHWAG IND		871

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
Yasir HAMEED PAK		2284

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
Yasir HAMEED PAK		1303
Chris GAYLE WI		1257
Marvan ATAPATTU SL		1186
Michael BEVAN AUS		1180
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		1083
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		1078

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
Andrew HALL SA		104.86

Most sixes (All time)
Andrew FLINTOFF 40
Brian LARA WI	37
Ricky PONTING AUS	34
Matthew HAYDEN AUS	33
Adam GILCHRIST AUS	29
Sourav GANGULY IND	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
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		15
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
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		10
Brian LARA WI		9
Chris GAYLE WI		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
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		8
Yasir HAMEED PAK		7
Chris GAYLE WI		6

Most 100s (All time)
Ricky PONTING 11
Brian LARA WI		8
Herschelle GIBBS SA		5
Matthew HAYDEN AUS		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
Jacques KALLIS SA		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		94
Brett LEE AUS		84
Shaun POLLOCK SA		72
Andy BICHEL AUS		70
James ANDERSON ENG		67
Shoaib AKHTAR PAK		63
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		59
Chaminda VAAS SL		57

Most Wickets (Test)
Makhaya NTINI 59
Stuart MACGILL AUS		57
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		48
Shaun POLLOCK SA		45
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
Paul ADAMS SA		7/3
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		7/3
Corey COLLYMORE WI		7/8
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		7/10
Andy CADDICK ENG		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		7/8
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)
Ray PRICE 32
Brad HOGG AUS		25
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		21
Daniel VETTORI NZ		19
Stuart MACGILL AUS		17
Chris GAYLE WI		14
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		13

Most Dots (Test)
Ray PRICE 22
Ashley GILES ENG		17
Omari BANKS WI		12
Makhaya NTINI SA		10
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		8
Daniel VETTORI NZ		7

Most Dots (ODI)
Brad HOGG 17
Khaled MAHMUD BAN		14
Chris GAYLE WI		13
Daniel VETTORI NZ		12
Jacob ORAM NZ		11
James ANDERSON ENG		10

Javagal SRINATH IND		19.00
John DAVISON CAN		18.70
Martin VAN JAARSVELD SA		18.00
Shoaib AKHTAR PAK		17.90
Daan VAN BUNGE NED		17.00
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		16.81
Wasim AKRAM PAK		16.75
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
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		17.69
Richard JOHNSON ENG		17.19
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		2.30
Steve WAUGH AUS		2.42
Enamul HAQUE BAN		2.45
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		2.55
Shaun POLLOCK SA		2.64
Lakshmipathy BALAJI IND		2.73
Yasir CHOWDHURY BAN		2.75

Best Economy (Test)
Yuvraj SINGH 1.00
Hashan TILLAKARATNE SL		1.00
Mohammad HAFEEZ PAK		1.79
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		1.81
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		1621
Ashley GILES ENG		1580
Andy BLIGNAUT ZIM		1550

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 206
Shaun POLLOCK SA		173
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		135
Makhaya NTINI SA		122
Brett LEE AUS		107
Andrew FLINTOFF ENG		93
Chaminda VAAS SL		90
Ashley GILES ENG		87
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		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)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 4
Shoaib AKHTAR PAK		3
James ANDERSON ENG		2

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

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

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Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 182
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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1503

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1312

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1156

1003

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958

889

876

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1154

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1037

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898

888

878

871

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2541

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1960

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1413

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277

274

257

233

228

222

219

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277

274

257

233

228

222

219

209