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The best of the best
Wisden CricInfo staff - December 31, 2001
| Top twenty batting performances |
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name |
score |
match |
rating |
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| 1 |
VVS Laxman |
281 |
Ind v Aus, Calcutta |
234.8 |
| 2 |
MA Butcher |
173* |
Eng v Aus, Headingley |
201.0 |
| 3 |
R Dravid |
180 |
Ind v Aus, Calcutta |
185.5 |
| 4 |
GP Thorpe |
113* |
Eng v SL, Colombo (SSC) |
182.6 |
| 5 |
RD Jacobs |
113* |
WI v SA, Barbados |
166.4 |
| 6 |
MS Atapattu |
201* |
SL v Eng, Galle |
164.6 |
| 7 |
A Flower |
199* |
Zim v SA, Harare |
164.3 |
| 8 |
HH Gibbs |
196 |
SA v Ind, Port Elizabeth |
161.2 |
| 9 |
A Flower |
142 |
Zim v SA, Harare |
161.0 |
| 10 |
G Kirsten |
220 |
SA v Zim, Harare |
158.8 |
| 11 |
NJ Astle |
156* |
NZ v Aus, Perth |
158.7 |
| 12 |
MR Ramprakash |
133 |
Eng v Aus, The Oval |
158.4 |
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| 13 |
BC Lara |
221 |
WI v SL, Colombo (SSC) |
157.4 |
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| 14 |
JH Kallis |
99 |
SA v Aus, Melbourne |
156.9 |
| 15 |
SC Ganguly |
98* |
Ind v SL, Kandy |
156.1 |
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| 16 |
AC Gilchrist |
152 |
Aus v Eng, Edgbaston |
156.0 |
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ML Hayden |
131 |
Aus v SA, Adelaide |
155.4 |
| 17= |
DR Martyn |
124* |
Aus v SA, Adelaide |
152.4 |
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| 19 |
Yousuf Youhana |
203 |
Pak v NZ, Christchurch |
151.5 |
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| 20 |
HP Tillekeratne |
204* |
SL v WI, Colombo (SSC) |
150.6 |
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| Top twenty bowling performances |
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name |
figures |
match |
rating |
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| 1 |
Harbhajan Singh |
8-84 |
Ind v Aus, Chennai |
222.0 |
| 2 |
M Muralitharan |
8-87 |
SL v Ind, Colombo (SSC) |
202.0 |
| 3 |
Harbhajan Singh |
7-123 |
Ind v Aus, Calcutta |
195.4 |
| 4 |
Harbhajan Singh |
6-73 |
Ind v Aus, Calcutta |
191.1 |
| 5 |
Harbhajan Singh |
7-133 |
Ind v Aus, Chennai |
188.7 |
| 6 |
SM Pollock |
6-55 |
SA v Ind, Bloemfontein |
185.4 |
| 7 |
WPUJC Vaas |
7-71 |
SL v WI, Colombo (SSC) |
183.3 |
| 8 |
SK Warne |
7-165 |
Aus v Eng, The Oval |
181.4 |
| 9 |
WPUJC Vaas |
7-120 |
SL v WI, Colombo (SSC) |
177.2 |
| 10 |
SCG MacGill |
7-104 |
Aus v WI, Sydney |
172.5 |
| 11 |
CL Cairns |
7-53 |
NZ v Ban, Hamilton |
170.4 |
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| 12 |
SK Warne |
6-33 |
Aus v Eng, Trent Bridge |
168.7 |
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| 13 |
DL Vettori |
6-87 |
NZ v Aus, Perth |
167.8 |
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| 14 |
SM Pollock |
6-30 |
SA v SL, Cape Town |
166.6 |
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| 15 |
DL Vettori |
5-138 |
NZ v Aus, Hobart |
163.5 |
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| 16 |
GD McGrath |
5-43 |
Aus v Eng, The Oval |
163.3 |
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| 17 |
M Muralitharan |
5-44 |
SL v WI, Galle |
163.2 |
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| 18 |
Z Khan |
4-76 |
Ind v SL, Kandy |
163.1 |
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| 19 |
Mohammad Sami |
5-36 |
Pak v NZ, Auckland |
162.6 |
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| 20 |
AM Blignaut |
5-74 |
Zim v Ind, Harare |
160.6 |
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