Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 2006 Performances & Rankings

Explore 2006 cricket statistics including top run scorers, wicket takers, best batting and bowling performances. Year-wise player & team rankings.

Total Matches

All time

246

Test

ODI

191

T20I

Total Runs

All time

141055

Test

64131

ODI

74336

T20I

2588

Total Wickets

All time

3600

Test

914

ODI

2564

T20I

122

Total Sixes

All time

24260

Test

6300

ODI

16640

T20I

1320

Total Fours

All time

257470

Test

118270

ODI

134220

T20I

4980

Total Fifties

All time

571

Test

208

ODI

356

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

690

Test

260

ODI

412

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Kumar SANGAKKARA 2609
Mohammad YOUSUF PAK		2435
Mahela JAYAWARDENE SL		2179
Ricky PONTING AUS		2164
Rahul DRAVID IND		2014
Kevin PIETERSEN ENG		1972
Chris GAYLE WI		1917
Younis KHAN PAK		1794
Michael HUSSEY AUS		1749
Upul THARANGA SL		1728

Most Runs (Test)
Mohammad YOUSUF 1788
Kevin PIETERSEN ENG		1343
Ricky PONTING AUS		1333
Kumar SANGAKKARA SL		1242
Younis KHAN PAK		1179
Paul COLLINGWOOD ENG		1121
Rahul DRAVID IND		1095
Andrew STRAUSS ENG		1031
Alastair COOK ENG		1013
Mahela JAYAWARDENE SL		983

Most Runs (ODI)
Kumar SANGAKKARA 1333
Chris GAYLE WI		1217
Mahela JAYAWARDENE SL		1185
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		1153
Upul THARANGA SL		1062
Shahriar NAFEES BAN		1033
Ramnaresh SARWAN WI		963
Shiv CHANDERPAUL WI		948
Rahul DRAVID IND		919
Yuvraj SINGH IND		849

Most Runs (T20I)
Graeme SMITH 127
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG	125
Damien MARTYN AUS	113
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL	92
Brendon MCCULLUM NZ	71
Nathan ASTLE NZ	64
Herschelle GIBBS SA	63
Stephen FLEMING NZ	61
Andrew SYMONDS AUS	54
Mohammad HAFEEZ PAK	46

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Mohammad YOUSUF 3862
Rahul DRAVID IND		3846
Kumar SANGAKKARA SL		3817
Paul COLLINGWOOD ENG		3271
Mahela JAYAWARDENE SL		3186
Ricky PONTING AUS		3115
Younis KHAN PAK		2882
Andrew STRAUSS ENG		2861
Kevin PIETERSEN ENG		2766
Michael HUSSEY AUS		2683

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Mohammad YOUSUF 2854
Rahul DRAVID IND		2591
Paul COLLINGWOOD ENG		2569
Alastair COOK ENG		2290
Ricky PONTING AUS		2193
Kumar SANGAKKARA SL		2104
Ashwell PRINCE SA		2091
Andrew STRAUSS ENG		2064
Kevin PIETERSEN ENG		2057
Younis KHAN PAK		2007

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Kumar SANGAKKARA 1682
Shahriar NAFEES BAN		1468
Chris GAYLE WI		1452
Upul THARANGA SL		1349
Ramnaresh SARWAN WI		1278
Rahul DRAVID IND		1255
Shiv CHANDERPAUL WI		1254
Simon KATICH AUS		1215
Brendan TAYLOR ZIM		1099

Most Balls Faced (T20I)
Graeme SMITH 105
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG	94
Damien MARTYN AUS	65
Brendon MCCULLUM NZ	60
Nathan ASTLE NZ	57
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL	53
Stephen FLEMING NZ	47
Dinesh MONGIA IND	45
Herschelle GIBBS SA	43
Mohammad HAFEEZ PAK	40

Highest Score (All time)
Mahela JAYAWARDENE 374
Kumar SANGAKKARA SL	287
Stephen FLEMING NZ	262
Virender SEHWAG IND	254
Brian LARA WI	216
Wasim JAFFER IND	212
Paul COLLINGWOOD ENG	206
Mohammad YOUSUF PAK	202
Jason GILLESPIE AUS	201
Younis KHAN PAK	199

Highest Score (Test)
Mahela JAYAWARDENE 374
Kumar SANGAKKARA SL	287
Stephen FLEMING NZ	262
Virender SEHWAG IND	254
Brian LARA WI	216
Wasim JAFFER IND	212
Paul COLLINGWOOD ENG	206
Mohammad YOUSUF PAK	202
Jason GILLESPIE AUS	201
Younis KHAN PAK	199

Highest Score (ODI)
Herschelle GIBBS 175
Fraser WATTS SCO	171
Fraser WATTS SCO	171
Ricky PONTING AUS	164
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL	157
Andrew SYMONDS AUS	151
Mark BOUCHER SA	147
Sachin TENDULKAR IND	141
Lionel CANN BER	139
Steve MASSIAH USA	136
Chris GAYLE WI	133

Highest Score (T20I)
Damien MARTYN 96
Graeme SMITH SA		89
Marcus TRESCOTHICK ENG		72
Herschelle GIBBS SA		56
Andrew SYMONDS AUS		54
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		51
Mohammad HAFEEZ PAK		46
Brett LEE AUS		43
Lou VINCENT NZ		42
Brad HOGG AUS		41

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Jignesh DESAI 200.00
Albie MORKEL SA		150.00
Lionel CANN BER		143.30
Nadif CHOWDHURY BAN		142.86
Stefan KELLY BER		140.00
Nazmus SADAT BAN		133.33
Johan VAN DER WATH SA		131.87
Darron REEKERS NED		127.34

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Vikram SINGH 127.78
Shahid AFRIDI GER		113.58
Stuart MACGILL AUS		111.54
Jeetan PATEL NZ		87.10
Virender SEHWAG IND		84.96
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		82.70
Shoaib AKHTAR PAK		80.70
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		78.59
Shaun POLLOCK SA		75.34
Dave MOHAMMED WI		73.02

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Roger TELEMACHUS 205.00
Glen CHAPPLE ENG		200.00
Jon LEWIS ENG		150.00
Lionel CANN BER		143.30
Stefan KELLY BER		140.00
Johan VAN DER WATH SA		134.92
Darron REEKERS NED		127.34
Paul HOFFMANN SCO		125.81
Paul HOFFMANN SCO		125.81
George O'BRIEN BER		125.00

Best Strike Rate (T20I)
Shahid AFRIDI 280.00
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		260.00
Abdul RAZZAQ PAK		242.86
Denesh RAMDIN WI		225.00
Andrew SYMONDS AUS		207.69
Brett LEE AUS		204.76
Dwayne SMITH WI		200.00
Simon KATICH AUS		177.27
Damien MARTYN AUS		173.85
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		173.58

Most sixes (All time)
Chris GAYLE 37
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		36
MS DHONI IND		32
Aftab AHMED BAN		29
Andrew SYMONDS AUS		28
Brian LARA WI		24
Ricky PONTING AUS		23
Kevin PIETERSEN ENG		22

Most sixes (Test)
Shahid AFRIDI 16
Kevin PIETERSEN ENG		15
Chris GAYLE WI		13
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		12
Paul COLLINGWOOD ENG		11
Brian LARA WI		10

Most sixes (ODI)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 28
Aftab AHMED BAN		27
Chris GAYLE WI		24
MS DHONI IND		20
Lionel CANN BER		18
Abdul RAZZAQ PAK		17

Most sixes (T20I)
Damien MARTYN 5
Herschelle GIBBS SA		4
Albie MORKEL SA		3
Sean WILLIAMS ZIM		2

Best Averages (All time)
Michael HUSSEY 1749 / 25

Best Averages (Test)
Phil JAQUES 66 / 1

Best Averages (ODI)
Ross TAYLOR 189 / 3

Best Averages (T20I)
Sean WILLIAMS 38 / 1

Most 50s (All time)
Kumar SANGAKKARA 16
Rahul DRAVID IND		15
Shiv CHANDERPAUL WI		13
Kevin PIETERSEN ENG		11
Mark BOUCHER SA		10

Most 50s (Test)
Michael HUSSEY 7
Chris GAYLE WI		6
Andrew FLINTOFF ENG		5
Ian BELL ENG		4

Most 50s (ODI)
Kumar SANGAKKARA 12
Aftab AHMED BAN		8
Michael CLARKE AUS		7
Damien MARTYN AUS		6

Most 50s (T20I)
Marcus TRESCOTHICK 2
Andrew SYMONDS AUS		1

Most 100s (All time)
Mohammad YOUSUF 9
Upul THARANGA SL		6
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		5
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		4

Most 100s (Test)
Mohammad YOUSUF 9
Ricky PONTING AUS		7
Alastair COOK ENG		4
Mahela JAYAWARDENE SL		3

Most 100s (ODI)
Upul THARANGA 5
Chris GAYLE WI		4
Shahriar NAFEES BAN		3
Boeta DIPPENAAR SA		2

Most Not Outs (All time)
Chaminda VAAS 11
Brett LEE AUS		10
Makhaya NTINI SA		9

Most Not Outs (Test)
Monty PANESAR 9
Corey COLLYMORE WI		7
Danish KANERIA PAK		6
Makhaya NTINI SA		5
Chris MARTIN NZ		4

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Michael HUSSEY 8
Dilhara FERNANDO SL		7
Blessing MAHWIRE ZIM		6

Most Not Outs (T20I)
Ruchira PERERA 2
Andre ADAMS NZ		1

Most Wickets (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 128
Makhaya NTINI SA		86
Brett LEE AUS		81
Jerome TAYLOR WI		69
Sreesanth IND		61
Lasith MALINGA SL		60
Anil KUMBLE IND		59
Stuart CLARK AUS		58
Mashrafe MORTAZA BAN		53

Most Wickets (Test)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 90
Makhaya NTINI SA		58
Anil KUMBLE IND		57
Matthew HOGGARD ENG		51
Shane WARNE AUS		49
Stuart CLARK AUS		42
Danish KANERIA PAK		40
Brett LEE AUS		37
Umar GUL PAK		36

Most Wickets (ODI)
Mashrafe MORTAZA 49
Nathan BRACKEN AUS		46
Abdur RAZZAK BAN		45
Brett LEE AUS		44
Jerome TAYLOR WI		39
Chaminda VAAS SL		36
Irfan PATHAN IND		35
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		34

Most Wickets (T20I)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 5
Paul COLLINGWOOD ENG		4
Prosper UTSEYA ZIM		3

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 8/14
Stuart MACGILL AUS		8/30
Daniel VETTORI NZ		7/7
Matthew HOGGARD ENG		7/13
Anil KUMBLE IND		6/2
Farveez MAHAROOF SL		6/5
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		6/6
Steve HARMISON ENG		6/10
Mohammad ASIF PAK		6/10
Makhaya NTINI SA		6/13

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 8/29
Stuart MACGILL AUS		8/30
Daniel VETTORI NZ		7/7
Matthew HOGGARD ENG		7/13
Anil KUMBLE IND		6/2
Steve HARMISON ENG		6/10
Makhaya NTINI SA		6/13
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		6/15
Shane WARNE AUS		6/25
Mohammad ASIF PAK		6/27

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Farveez MAHAROOF 6/11
Makhaya NTINI SA		6/13
Mashrafe MORTAZA BAN		6/14
Sreesanth IND		6/25
Chaminda VAAS SL		5/4
Dwayne LEVEROCK BER		5/4
Dwayne SMITH WI		5/6
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		5/10
Nathan BRACKEN AUS		5/11
Abdur RAZZAK BAN		5/12

Best Bowling Fig (T20I)
Paul COLLINGWOOD 4/19
Abdur RAZZAK BAN		3/17
James FRANKLIN NZ		3/19
Dilhara FERNANDO SL		3/19
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		3/21
Andrew HALL SA		3/22
Prosper UTSEYA ZIM		3/25
Abdul RAZZAQ PAK		3/30
Dwayne SMITH WI		2/9
Nathan BRACKEN AUS		2/9

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Nicky BOJE 4/221
Danish KANERIA PAK		5/181
Anil KUMBLE IND		6/178
Harbhajan SINGH IND		5/176
Shane WARNE AUS		6/167
Makhaya NTINI SA		6/162
Dave MOHAMMED WI		3/162
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		8/158
Daniel VETTORI NZ		7/147
Monty PANESAR ENG		5/145

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Nicky BOJE 4/221
Danish KANERIA PAK		5/181
Anil KUMBLE IND		6/178
Harbhajan SINGH IND		5/176
Shane WARNE AUS		6/167
Makhaya NTINI SA		6/162
Dave MOHAMMED WI		3/162
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		8/158
Daniel VETTORI NZ		7/147
Monty PANESAR ENG		5/145

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Mick LEWIS 2/113
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		4/99
Steve HARMISON ENG		3/97
Peter BORREN NED		3/94
Billy STELLING NED		2/91
Roger TELEMACHUS SA		3/87
Stuart CLARK AUS		2/87
Esteban NINO ARG		1/83
Johan VAN DER WATH SA		2/82
Darron REEKERS NED		3/82

Worst Bowling Fig (T20I)
Ruchira PERERA 0/49
Makhaya NTINI SA		0/44
Nathan BRACKEN AUS		2/44
Johan BOTHA SA		1/43
Monde ZONDEKI SA		1/41
Gary BRENT ZIM		2/40
Roger TELEMACHUS SA		1/40
Johan VAN DER WATH SA		1/40
Andrew HALL SA		3/38
Brad HOGG AUS		0/38

Most Dots (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 40
Harbhajan SINGH IND		36
Danish KANERIA PAK		29
Anil KUMBLE IND		25
Monty PANESAR ENG		21
Chris GAYLE WI		20
Irfan PATHAN IND		18
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		17
Dilhara FERNANDO SL		16

Most Dots (Test)
Danish KANERIA 28
Harbhajan SINGH IND		25
Anil KUMBLE IND		24
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		22
Monty PANESAR ENG		21
Makhaya NTINI SA		14
Nicky BOJE SA		13
Shane WARNE AUS		11
Enamul HAQUE JNR BAN		9

Most Dots (ODI)
Prosper UTSEYA 16
Chris GAYLE WI		15
Mashrafe MORTAZA BAN		14
Tawanda MUPARIWA ZIM		13
Stuart CLARK AUS		12

Most Dots (T20I)
Robin PETERSON 4
Brad HOGG AUS		3
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		2

Hiren VARAIYA KEN		13.50
Shaun UDAL ENG		13.40
Mark COSGROVE AUS		13.00
Boyd RANKIN ENG		11.50
Dave LANGFORD-SMITH IRE		11.33
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		11.25
Ashwell PRINCE SA		9.00
Andre BOTHA IRE		7.67
Chamara SILVA SL		4.00

Makhaya NTINI SA		21.60
Daren GANGA WI		20.00
Kyle MILLS NZ		18.64
Mohammad ASIF PAK		18.23
Stuart CLARK AUS		17.76
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		16.90
Shaun UDAL ENG		13.40
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		11.25
Ashwell PRINCE SA		9.00

Andrew WHITE IRE		15.50
Abdur REHMAN PAK		15.33
Kyle MILLS NZ		15.25
Ronald EBANKS CIS		15.00
Hiren VARAIYA KEN		13.50
Mark COSGROVE AUS		13.00
Boyd RANKIN ENG		11.50
Dave LANGFORD-SMITH IRE		11.33
Andre BOTHA IRE		7.67

Prosper UTSEYA ZIM		8.33
Dwayne BRAVO WI		8.00
Zaheer KHAN IND		7.50
Abdur RAZZAK BAN		5.67
Ajit AGARKAR IND		5.00
Dwayne SMITH WI		4.50
Chamara SILVA SL		4.00
Keith DABENGWA ZIM		1.00

Best Economy (All time)
Younis KHAN 1.71
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		2.09
Ashwell PRINCE SA		2.25
Andre BOTHA IRE		2.30
Mark COSGROVE AUS		2.60
Shaun UDAL ENG		2.66
Corey COLLYMORE WI		2.72
Monty PANESAR ENG		2.82
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		2.82
Jacob ORAM NZ		2.97

Best Economy (Test)
Younis KHAN 1.25
Nathan ASTLE NZ		2.02
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		2.09
Ashwell PRINCE SA		2.25
Corey COLLYMORE WI		2.35
Rawl LEWIS WI		2.41
Jacob ORAM NZ		2.43
Stuart CLARK AUS		2.44
Chris GAYLE WI		2.48
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		2.51

Best Economy (ODI)
Andre BOTHA 2.30
Mark COSGROVE AUS		2.60
Michael YARDY ENG		2.94
Shaun POLLOCK SA		2.98
Sewnarine CHATTERGOON WI		3.00
Abdur REHMAN PAK		3.07
Hiren VARAIYA KEN		3.16
Jon LEWIS ENG		3.23
Mluleki NKALA ZIM		3.25
Sunil DHANIRAM CAN		3.31

Best Economy (T20I)
Keith DABENGWA 1.00
Dwayne SMITH WI		2.81
Zaheer KHAN IND		3.75
Chamara SILVA SL		4.00
Mark GILLESPIE NZ		4.19
Abdur RAZZAK BAN		4.25
Ajit AGARKAR IND		4.35
Tillakaratne DILSHAN SL		4.91
Charl LANGEVELDT SA		5.00
Malinga BANDARA SL		5.00

Troy TAYLOR CIS		20.87
Andre BOTHA IRE		20.00
Ronald EBANKS CIS		18.84
Boyd RANKIN ENG		18.00
Dave LANGFORD-SMITH IRE		16.00
Andrew WHITE IRE		15.90
Chamara SILVA SL		6.00

Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		39.09
Stuart MACGILL AUS		37.65
Kyle MILLS NZ		37.24
Makhaya NTINI SA		37.04
Mohammad ASIF PAK		35.02
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		32.25
Shaun UDAL ENG		30.24
Daren GANGA WI		24.00

Chris MARTIN NZ		20.00
Ronald EBANKS CIS		18.84
Mohammad ASHRAFUL BAN		18.30
Delyone BORDEN BER		18.00
Dave LANGFORD-SMITH IRE		16.00
Andrew WHITE IRE		15.90

Prosper UTSEYA ZIM		8.00
Dwayne BRAVO WI		7.20
Ajit AGARKAR IND		6.90
Chamara SILVA SL		6.00

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 2687
Brett LEE AUS		2308
Anil KUMBLE IND		2009
Harbhajan SINGH IND		1886
Makhaya NTINI SA		1849
Irfan PATHAN IND		1812
Jerome TAYLOR WI		1789
Lasith MALINGA SL		1744
Steve HARMISON ENG		1708
Sreesanth IND		1688

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Anil KUMBLE 1910
Danish KANERIA PAK		1643
Matthew HOGGARD ENG		1560
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		1521
Shane WARNE AUS		1480
Monty PANESAR ENG		1326
Steve HARMISON ENG		1256
Umar GUL PAK		1254
Makhaya NTINI SA		1253
Brett LEE AUS		1198

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 1139
Brett LEE AUS		1095
Chaminda VAAS SL		1081
Prosper UTSEYA ZIM		1022
Mashrafe MORTAZA BAN		1003
Chris GAYLE WI		970
Jerome TAYLOR WI		956
Ian BRADSHAW WI		927
Dilhara FERNANDO SL		905
Ajit AGARKAR IND		894

Most Runs Conceed (T20I)
Dilhara FERNANDO 77
Roger TELEMACHUS SA		68
James FRANKLIN NZ		63
Andrew HALL SA		60
Johan VAN DER WATH SA		58
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		53

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 147
Anil KUMBLE IND		131
Matthew HOGGARD ENG		117
Monty PANESAR ENG		112
Shaun POLLOCK SA		99
Corey COLLYMORE WI		95
Stuart CLARK AUS		86
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		82

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 137
Anil KUMBLE IND		130
Matthew HOGGARD ENG		117
Monty PANESAR ENG		112
Danish KANERIA PAK		86
Corey COLLYMORE WI		85
Stuart CLARK AUS		81
Shane WARNE AUS		78
Steve HARMISON ENG		71

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Shaun POLLOCK 32
Mashrafe MORTAZA BAN		26
Chaminda VAAS SL		23
Dwayne LEVEROCK BER		21
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		20
Nathan BRACKEN AUS		19
Syed RASEL BAN		18

Most Maiden Overs (T20I)
Abdur RAZZAK 1
Scott STYRIS NZ		0

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 9
Makhaya NTINI SA		7
Monty PANESAR ENG		3
Dale STEYN SA		2

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 9
Makhaya NTINI SA		5
Monty PANESAR ENG		3
Umar GUL PAK		2

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Makhaya NTINI 2
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		1

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