Topping runs and wickets tallies in a series

Travis Basevi

20-Aug-2008

Highest run scorer in a series the most times
Highest percentage being the leading run scorer in a series
Highest wicket-taker in a series the most times
Highest percentage being the leading wicket taker in a series

Highest runscorer in a series the most times (qualification: at least two Tests in series, bilateral series only)
Player	Span	Mat	Series	Top Runs	%	High	Mat: 2	3	4	5	6
BC Lara (WI)	1990-2006	131	36	9	25.00	798	3	1	3	1	1
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2008	150	49	9	18.37	493	3	5	1	0	0
SM Gavaskar (India)	1971-1987	125	31	8	25.81	774	0	2	1	1	4
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1976-1993	124	38	8	21.05	594	1	7	0	0	0
RT Ponting (Aus)	1995-2008	119	39	8	20.51	706	0	6	1	1	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2008	123	43	8	18.60	712	3	3	1	1	0
KF Barrington (Eng)	1955-1968	82	22	7	31.82	594	0	3	0	4	0
DG Bradman (Aus)	1928-1948	52	11	6	54.55	974	0	0	0	6	0
L Hutton (Eng)	1937-1955	79	21	6	28.57	677	0	1	2	3	0
GS Chappell (Aus)	1970-1984	87	22	6	27.27	702	0	4	0	0	2
GA Gooch (Eng)	1975-1995	118	29	6	20.69	752	0	2	1	2	1
MA Atherton (Eng)	1989-2001	115	30	6	20.00	553	1	2	0	3	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-2004	101	32	6	18.75	462	2	3	0	1	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2008	98	37	6	16.22	510	1	5	0	0	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2008	111	43	6	13.95	376	4	2	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	110	48	6	12.50	571	4	2	0	0	0
KP Pietersen (Eng)	2005-2008	43	12	5	41.67	490	0	2	2	1	0
PBH May (Eng)	1951-1961	66	17	5	29.41	582	1	0	0	4	0
WR Hammond (Eng)	1927-1947	85	21	5	23.81	905	1	1	0	3	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	22	5	22.73	824	0	0	0	5	0
V Sehwag (India)	2001-2008	60	22	5	22.73	544	1	4	0	0	0
MA Taylor (Aus)	1989-1999	104	27	5	18.52	839	0	4	0	0	1
DI Gower (Eng)	1978-1992	117	28	5	17.86	732	0	2	1	0	2
ML Hayden (Aus)	1994-2008	94	30	5	16.67	549	2	3	0	0	0
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	1998-2007	79	31	5	16.13	665	1	3	1	0	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2008	76	31	5	16.13	428	4	1	0	0	0
R Dravid (India)	1996-2008	125	42	5	11.90	619	3	1	1	0	0

Highest percentage being the leading run scorer in a series (qualification: Min of five series)
Player	Span	Mat	Series	Top Runs	%	High	Mat: 2	3	4	5	6
DG Bradman (Aus)	1928-1948	52	11	6	54.55	974	0	0	0	6	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1979-1986	19	7	3	42.86	333	0	3	0	0	0
KP Pietersen (Eng)	2005-2008	43	12	5	41.67	490	0	2	2	1	0
Hon.FS Jackson (Eng)	1893-1905	20	5	2	40.00	492	0	0	0	2	0
HL Collins (Aus)	1920-1926	19	5	2	40.00	557	0	1	0	1	0
GA Headley (WI)	1930-1954	22	8	3	37.50	703	0	1	2	0	0
KF Barrington (Eng)	1955-1968	82	22	7	31.82	594	0	3	0	4	0
PBH May (Eng)	1951-1961	66	17	5	29.41	582	1	0	0	4	0
L Hutton (Eng)	1937-1955	79	21	6	28.57	677	0	1	2	3	0
H Sutcliffe (Eng)	1924-1935	54	14	4	28.57	734	0	1	0	3	0
W Barnes (Eng)	1880-1890	21	7	2	28.57	369	0	1	0	1	0
A Shrewsbury (Eng)	1881-1893	23	7	2	28.57	301	0	2	0	0	0
JJ Lyons (Aus)	1887-1897	14	7	2	28.57	287	1	1	0	0	0
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	31	7	2	28.57	732	0	0	0	2	0
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	30	7	2	28.57	603	0	1	0	1	0
GS Chappell (Aus)	1970-1984	87	22	6	27.27	702	0	4	0	0	2
ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1958	48	11	3	27.27	779	0	0	1	2	0
Taufeeq Umar (Pak)	2001-2006	25	11	3	27.27	313	3	0	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (India)	1971-1987	125	31	8	25.81	774	0	2	1	1	4
BC Lara (WI)	1990-2006	131	36	9	25.00	798	3	1	3	1	1
JB Hobbs (Eng)	1908-1930	67	16	4	25.00	662	0	2	0	2	0
WR Hammond (Eng)	1927-1947	85	21	5	23.81	905	1	1	0	3	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	22	5	22.73	824	0	0	0	5	0
V Sehwag (India)	2001-2008	60	22	5	22.73	544	1	4	0	0	0
RN Harvey (Aus)	1948-1963	79	18	4	22.22	834	0	1	0	3	0
DJ McGlew (SA)	1951-1962	34	9	2	22.22	476	1	0	0	1	0
AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1995	39	14	3	21.43	513	0	3	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1976-1993	124	38	8	21.05	594	1	7	0	0	0
DL Amiss (Eng)	1966-1977	50	19	4	21.05	663	0	2	0	2	0
GA Gooch (Eng)	1975-1995	118	29	6	20.69	752	0	2	1	2	1
RT Ponting (Aus)	1995-2008	119	39	8	20.51	706	0	6	1	1	0

Highest wicket-taker in a series the most times (qualification: at least two Tests in series, bilateral series only)
Player	Span	Mat	Series	Top Wkts	%	High	Mat: 2	3	4	5	6
M Muralitharan (SL)	1992-2008	123	51	26	50.98	30	14	12	0	0	0
A Kumble (India)	1990-2008	130	44	20	45.45	27	4	11	4	1	0
RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	86	31	16	51.61	33	1	14	1	0	0
SK Warne (Aus)	1992-2007	145	44	15	34.09	40	1	12	0	1	1
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2008	91	35	9	25.71	29	3	3	2	1	0
GD McGrath (Aus)	1993-2007	124	39	9	23.08	36	0	4	1	3	1
Waqar Younis (Pak)	1989-2003	87	34	8	23.53	29	2	5	0	1	0
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	72	24	7	29.17	33	0	3	1	3	0
Imran Khan (Pak)	1971-1992	88	28	7	25.00	40	0	5	0	1	1
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	132	35	7	20.00	34	3	0	2	2	0
Wasim Akram (Pak)	1985-2002	104	38	7	18.42	25	1	5	1	0	0
FS Trueman (Eng)	1952-1965	67	19	6	31.58	34	0	1	1	4	0
DK Lillee (Aus)	1971-1984	70	20	6	30.00	39	1	3	1	1	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1991	81	21	6	28.57	35	0	0	2	3	1
B Lee (Aus)	1999-2008	68	22	6	27.27	24	1	4	1	0	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	98	25	6	24.00	33	1	0	0	4	1
HH Streak (Zim)	1993-2005	65	29	6	20.69	22	4	2	0	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	40	6	15.00	29	3	2	0	1	0
R Benaud (Aus)	1952-1964	63	15	5	33.33	31	0	2	0	3	0
SCG MacGill (Aus)	1998-2008	44	18	5	27.78	27	2	1	1	1	0
Abdul Qadir (Pak)	1977-1990	67	23	5	21.74	30	0	5	0	0	0
IT Botham (Eng)	1977-1992	102	27	5	18.52	34	0	3	1	0	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2008	107	44	5	11.36	26	2	3	0	0	0
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1960	37	8	4	50.00	37	1	0	0	3	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1977-1982	27	8	4	50.00	33	0	1	2	1	0
CV Grimmett (Aus)	1925-1936	37	9	4	44.44	44	0	0	0	4	0
J Briggs (Eng)	1884-1899	33	11	4	36.36	21	1	3	0	0	0
AK Davidson (Aus)	1953-1963	44	11	4	36.36	33	0	0	0	4	0
AV Bedser (Eng)	1946-1955	51	15	4	26.67	39	0	1	0	3	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1983	47	15	4	26.67	32	1	0	0	3	0
J Garner (WI)	1977-1987	58	15	4	26.67	31	0	0	0	4	0
BS Chandrasekhar (India)	1964-1979	58	18	4	22.22	35	0	2	1	1	0
AR Caddick (Eng)	1993-2003	62	18	4	22.22	24	1	1	1	1	0
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2008	43	18	4	22.22	18	2	2	0	0	0
Danish Kaneria (Pak)	2000-2007	51	20	4	20.00	19	3	1	0	0	0
MJ Hoggard (Eng)	2000-2008	67	24	4	16.67	26	1	1	1	1	0
DL Underwood (Eng)	1966-1982	86	27	4	14.81	29	1	2	0	1	0
RGD Willis (Eng)	1971-1984	90	27	4	14.81	29	0	3	0	1	0
Harbhajan Singh (India)	1998-2008	69	29	4	13.79	32	1	3	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev (India)	1978-1994	131	32	4	12.50	32	0	1	0	0	3

Highest percentage being the leading wicket taker in a series (qualification: Min of five series)
Player	Span	Mat	Series	Top Wkts	%	High	Mat: 2	3	4	5	6
GE Palmer (Aus)	1880-1886	17	5	3	60.00	24	0	2	1	0	0
RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	86	31	16	51.61	33	1	14	1	0	0
M Muralitharan (SL)	1992-2008	123	51	26	50.98	30	14	12	0	0	0
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1960	37	8	4	50.00	37	1	0	0	3	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1977-1982	27	8	4	50.00	33	0	1	2	1	0
A Kumble (India)	1990-2008	130	44	20	45.45	27	4	11	4	1	0
CV Grimmett (Aus)	1925-1936	37	9	4	44.44	44	0	0	0	4	0
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	28	7	3	42.86	25	0	2	0	1	0
K Higgs (Eng)	1965-1968	15	7	3	42.86	24	0	2	0	1	0
WJ Whitty (Aus)	1909-1912	20	5	2	40.00	37	0	1	0	1	0
AA Mailey (Aus)	1920-1926	21	5	2	40.00	36	0	0	0	2	0
SF Barnes (Eng)	1901-1914	33	8	3	37.50	49	0	1	0	2	0
J Briggs (Eng)	1884-1899	33	11	4	36.36	21	1	3	0	0	0
AK Davidson (Aus)	1953-1963	44	11	4	36.36	33	0	0	0	4	0
SK Warne (Aus)	1992-2007	145	44	15	34.09	40	1	12	0	1	1
R Benaud (Aus)	1952-1964	63	15	5	33.33	31	0	2	0	3	0
SE Bond (NZ)	2001-2007	17	9	3	33.33	13	2	1	0	0	0
WJ O'Reilly (Aus)	1932-1946	27	6	2	33.33	28	0	0	1	1	0
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1998	18	6	2	33.33	20	0	2	0	0	0
Mohammad Asif (Pak)	2005-2007	11	6	2	33.33	19	1	1	0	0	0
SR Clark (Aus)	2006-2008	18	6	2	33.33	26	0	1	0	1	0
FS Trueman (Eng)	1952-1965	67	19	6	31.58	34	0	1	1	4	0
DK Lillee (Aus)	1971-1984	70	20	6	30.00	39	1	3	1	1	0
BA Reid (Aus)	1985-1992	27	10	3	30.00	27	0	1	0	2	0
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	72	24	7	29.17	33	0	3	1	3	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1991	81	21	6	28.57	35	0	0	2	3	1
R Peel (Eng)	1884-1896	20	7	2	28.57	27	0	1	0	1	0
E Jones (Aus)	1894-1902	19	7	2	28.57	26	0	0	0	2	0
C Blythe (Eng)	1901-1910	19	7	2	28.57	26	0	1	0	1	0
SCG MacGill (Aus)	1998-2008	44	18	5	27.78	27	2	1	1	1	0
B Lee (Aus)	1999-2008	68	22	6	27.27	24	1	4	1	0	0
MH Mankad (India)	1946-1959	44	11	3	27.27	34	0	0	0	3	0
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1962	36	11	3	27.27	33	0	0	1	2	0
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2008	25	11	3	27.27	20	2	1	0	0	0
AV Bedser (Eng)	1946-1955	51	15	4	26.67	39	0	1	0	3	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1983	47	15	4	26.67	32	1	0	0	3	0
J Garner (WI)	1977-1987	58	15	4	26.67	31	0	0	0	4	0
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2008	91	35	9	25.71	29	3	3	2	1	0

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1886: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), 3rd Test, Aug 8-11, 2008
• ODI # 2743: Scotland v England at Edinburgh, Only ODI, Aug 18, 2008
• T20I # 68: Ireland v Netherlands at Belfast, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier final, Aug 5, 2008