Kaif, Zaheer take top honours
Mohammad Kaif and Zaheer Khan took the top honours in the individual batting and bowling performances in the just-concluded NatWest Tri-Series, which India won on Saturday.
Kaif, who was the hero of India's victory over England in the final at Lord's, had the highest batting average of 87, while Zaheer was the top wicket-taker with 14 scalps.
Yuvraj Singh, who also had a fine tournament, aggregating 254 runs from seven innings, finished with a batting average of 50.80. He took five wickets, conceding 106 runs, for an average of 21.20.
For England, Alec Stewart and Marcus Trescothick were the top batsmen while Andrew Flintoff and Ronnie Irani did well among the bowlers.
Sri Lanka were the third team in the tournament.
A look at the players' performance in the tournament.
NatWest Series, 2002 - Averages
Batting & Fielding- India |
|
M |
I |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
0 |
BF |
SR |
Ct |
AB Agarkar |
5 |
3 |
2 |
14 |
7* |
14.00 |
- |
- |
1 |
20 |
70.00 |
- |
RS Dravid |
6 |
6 |
1 |
245 |
82 |
49.00 |
- |
3 |
- |
352 |
69.60 |
6 |
SC Ganguly |
7 |
7 |
0 |
149 |
60 |
21.29 |
- |
1 |
1 |
201 |
74.13 |
1 |
Harbhajan Singh |
3 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
15 |
7.50 |
- |
- |
1 |
13 |
115.39 |
- |
M Kaif |
7 |
5 |
3 |
174 |
87* |
87.00 |
- |
1 |
- |
186 |
93.55 |
4 |
A Kumble |
6 |
2 |
1 |
21 |
21* |
21.00 |
- |
- |
1 |
21 |
100.00 |
- |
VVS Laxman |
1 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
14 |
14.00 |
- |
- |
- |
21 |
66.67 |
- |
D Mongia |
6 |
6 |
0 |
123 |
48 |
20.50 |
- |
- |
- |
206 |
59.71 |
3 |
A Nehra |
6 |
2 |
0 |
27 |
24 |
13.50 |
- |
- |
- |
25 |
108.00 |
5 |
A Ratra |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2.00 |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
33.33 |
- |
V Sehwag |
7 |
7 |
0 |
229 |
71 |
32.71 |
- |
1 |
1 |
235 |
97.45 |
3 |
SR Tendulkar |
7 |
7 |
1 |
337 |
113 |
56.17 |
2 |
- |
- |
362 |
93.09 |
- |
T Yohannan |
|
1 |
1 |
5 |
5* |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
100.00 |
- |
Yuvraj Singh |
7 |
7 |
2 |
254 |
69 |
50.80 |
- |
2 |
- |
283 |
89.75 |
2 |
Zaheer Khan |
7 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
4* |
3.00 |
- |
- |
1 |
15 |
40.00 |
1 |
Bowling - India |
|
M |
OV |
B |
Md |
R |
W |
Ave |
Best |
5 |
4 |
SR |
ER |
AB Agarkar |
5 |
30 |
183 |
3 |
162 |
6 |
27.00 |
3/44 |
- |
- |
30.50 |
5.31 |
Harbhajan Singh |
3 |
30 |
180 |
0 |
149 |
4 |
37.25 |
4/46 |
- |
1 |
45.00 |
4.97 |
A Kumble |
6 |
47 |
282 |
0 |
218 |
5 |
43.60 |
2/36 |
- |
- |
56.40 |
4.64 |
D Mongia |
6 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
- |
0/8 |
- |
- |
- |
8.00 |
A Nehra |
6 |
48 |
288 |
2 |
200 |
5 |
40.00 |
2/28 |
- |
- |
57.60 |
4.17 |
V Sehwag |
7 |
7 |
42 |
0 |
47 |
0 |
- |
0/2 |
- |
- |
- |
6.71 |
SR Tendulkar |
7 |
6 |
36 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
- |
0/9 |
- |
- |
- |
4.50 |
T Yohannan |
1 |
5 |
30 |
0 |
39 |
0 |
- |
0/39 |
- |
- |
- |
7.80 |
Yuvraj Singh |
7 |
18 |
108 |
0 |
106 |
5 |
21.20 |
3/39 |
- |
- |
21.60 |
5.89 |
Zaheer Khan |
7 |
58 |
351 |
2 |
330 |
14 |
23.57 |
3/48 |
- |
- |
25.07 |
5.64 |
Batting & Fielding - England |
|
M |
I |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
0 |
BF |
SR |
Ct |
PD Collingwood |
7 |
6 |
2 |
95 |
38 |
23.75 |
- |
- |
- |
95 |
100.00 |
2 |
A Flintoff |
7 |
6 |
1 |
190 |
51 |
38.00 |
- |
2 |
- |
147 |
129.25 |
3 |
AF Giles |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2* |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
100.00 |
- |
D Gough |
5 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
7* |
10.00 |
- |
- |
1 |
11 |
90.91 |
1 |
MJ Hoggard |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
N Hussain |
7 |
7 |
1 |
244 |
115 |
40.67 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
325 |
75.08 |
3 |
RC Irani |
7 |
6 |
1 |
169 |
53 |
33.80 |
- |
1 |
- |
224 |
75.45 |
2 |
RJ Kirtley |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
NV Knight |
7 |
7 |
1 |
142 |
31 |
23.67 |
- |
- |
1 |
192 |
73.96 |
2 |
JN Snape |
1 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
15* |
- |
- |
- |
- |
27 |
55.56 |
1 |
AJ Stewart |
7 |
5 |
2 |
157 |
83 |
52.33 |
- |
1 |
1 |
193 |
81.35 |
6 |
GP Thorpe |
3 |
3 |
0 |
45 |
18 |
15.00 |
- |
- |
- |
59 |
76.27 |
2 |
ME Trescothick |
7 |
7 |
0 |
362 |
109 |
51.71 |
1 |
2 |
- |
336 |
107.74 |
2 |
AJ Tudor |
3 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
9.00 |
- |
- |
- |
11 |
81.82 |
1 |
MP Vaughan |
4 |
3 |
0 |
47 |
30 |
15.67 |
- |
- |
- |
37 |
127.03 |
- |
Bowling - England |
|
M |
OV |
B |
Md |
R |
W |
Ave |
Best |
5 |
4 |
SR |
ER |
PD Collingwood |
7 |
25 |
150 |
0 |
196 |
5 |
39.20 |
2/31 |
- |
- |
30.00 |
7.84 |
A Flintoff |
7 |
51 |
313 |
0 |
276 |
9 |
30.67 |
3/49 |
- |
- |
34.78 |
5.29 |
AF Giles |
4 |
30 |
180 |
1 |
157 |
5 |
31.40 |
3/39 |
- |
- |
36.00 |
5.23 |
D Gough |
5 |
41 |
246 |
1 |
230 |
6 |
38.33 |
3/45 |
- |
- |
41.00 |
5.61 |
MJ Hoggard |
4 |
27 |
167 |
0 |
189 |
3 |
63.00 |
1/25 |
- |
- |
55.67 |
6.79 |
RC Irani |
7 |
60 |
360 |
2 |
252 |
8 |
31.50 |
5/26 |
1 |
- |
45.00 |
4.20 |
RJ Kirtley |
4 |
36 |
216 |
1 |
211 |
3 |
70.33 |
2/40 |
- |
- |
72.00 |
5.86 |
JN Snape |
1 |
10 |
60 |
2 |
34 |
1 |
34.00 |
1/34 |
- |
- |
60.00 |
3.40 |
AJ Tudor |
3 |
21 |
127 |
1 |
136 |
4 |
34.00 |
2/30 |
- |
- |
31.75 |
6.43 |
MP Vaughan |
4 |
6 |
36 |
1 |
22 |
4 |
5.50 |
4/22 |
- |
1 |
9.00 |
3.67 |
Batting & Fielding - Sri Lanka |
|
M |
I |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
0 |
BF |
SR |
Ct |
RP Arnold |
6 |
6 |
1 |
79 |
29 |
15.80 |
- |
- |
- |
120 |
65.83 |
- |
MS Atapattu |
6 |
6 |
0 |
209 |
53 |
34.83 |
- |
2 |
- |
307 |
68.08 |
2 |
UDU Chandana |
6 |
6 |
0 |
69 |
30 |
11.50 |
- |
- |
- |
91 |
75.82 |
4 |
CRD Fernando |
5 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
5* |
10.00 |
- |
- |
- |
31 |
32.26 |
- |
TCB Fernando |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4* |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
66.67 |
- |
DA Gunawardene |
2 |
2 |
0 |
27 |
20 |
13.50 |
- |
- |
- |
50 |
54.00 |
1 |
ST Jayasuriya |
6 |
6 |
0 |
210 |
112 |
35.00 |
1 |
- |
- |
205 |
102.44 |
2 |
DPM Jayawardene |
6 |
6 |
0 |
204 |
62 |
34.00 |
- |
1 |
- |
328 |
62.20 |
3 |
RS Kaluwitharana |
4 |
4 |
0 |
82 |
52 |
20.50 |
- |
1 |
- |
110 |
74.55 |
2 |
MN Nawaz |
2 |
2 |
1 |
26 |
15* |
26.00 |
- |
- |
- |
48 |
54.17 |
- |
TT Samaraweera |
3 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
15 |
7.00 |
- |
- |
- |
41 |
51.22 |
- |
KC Sangakkara |
4 |
4 |
1 |
159 |
70 |
53.00 |
- |
2 |
- |
155 |
102.58 |
1 |
LPC Silva |
2 |
2 |
0 |
39 |
30 |
19.50 |
- |
- |
- |
58 |
67.24 |
1 |
WPUJ Vaas |
6 |
6 |
2 |
70 |
26* |
17.50 |
- |
- |
1 |
85 |
82.35 |
3 |
GP Wickramasinghe |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3* |
5.00 |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
71.43 |
- |
DNT Zoysa |
5 |
4 |
0 |
21 |
9 |
5.25 |
- |
- |
1 |
23 |
91.30 |
1 |
Bowling - Sri Lanka |
|
M |
OV |
B |
Md |
R |
W |
Ave |
Best |
5 |
4 |
SR |
ER |
RP Arnold |
6 |
16 |
98 |
0 |
109 |
2 |
54.50 |
1/41 |
- |
- |
49.00 |
6.67 |
UDU Chandana |
6 |
48 |
293 |
2 |
230 |
3 |
76.67 |
1/25 |
- |
- |
97.67 |
4.71 |
CRD Fernando |
5 |
44 |
264 |
1 |
214 |
10 |
21.40 |
2/22 |
- |
- |
26.40 |
4.86 |
TCB Fernando |
1 |
3 |
18 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
- |
0/11 |
- |
- |
- |
3.67 |
ST Jayasuriya |
6 |
30 |
180 |
0 |
156 |
4 |
39.00 |
3/38 |
- |
- |
45.00 |
5.20 |
DPM Jayawardene |
6 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
- |
0/16 |
- |
- |
- |
8.00 |
TT Samaraweera |
3 |
28 |
168 |
2 |
101 |
3 |
33.67 |
2/39 |
- |
- |
56.00 |
3.61 |
WPUJ Vaas |
6 |
51 |
306 |
2 |
254 |
9 |
28.22 |
2/26 |
- |
- |
34.00 |
4.98 |
GP Wickramasinghe |
2 |
10 |
60 |
0 |
57 |
1 |
57.00 |
1/47 |
- |
- |
60.00 |
5.70 |
DNT Zoysa |
5 |
39 |
236 |
0 |
254 |
5 |
50.80 |
2/42 |
- |
- |
47.20 |
6.46 |
TOP PERFORMERS
RUNS (QUALIFICATION: 200 RUNS) |
|
Team |
M |
I |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
0 |
BF |
SR |
Ct |
ME Trescothick |
Eng |
7 |
7 |
0 |
362 |
109 |
51.71 |
1 |
2 |
- |
336 |
107.74 |
2 |
SR Tendulkar |
Ind |
7 |
7 |
1 |
337 |
113 |
56.17 |
2 |
- |
- |
362 |
93.09 |
- |
Yuvraj Singh |
Ind |
7 |
7 |
2 |
254 |
69 |
50.80 |
- |
2 |
- |
283 |
89.75 |
2 |
RS Dravid |
Ind |
6 |
6 |
1 |
245 |
82 |
49.00 |
- |
3 |
- |
352 |
69.60 |
6 |
N Hussain |
Eng |
7 |
7 |
1 |
244 |
115 |
40.67 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
325 |
75.08 |
3 |
V Sehwag |
Ind |
7 |
7 |
0 |
229 |
71 |
32.71 |
- |
1 |
1 |
235 |
97.45 |
3 |
ST Jayasuriya |
SL |
6 |
6 |
0 |
210 |
112 |
35.00 |
1 |
- |
- |
205 |
102.44 |
2 |
MS Atapattu |
SL |
6 |
6 |
0 |
209 |
53 |
34.83 |
- |
2 |
- |
307 |
68.08 |
2 |
DPM Jayawardene |
SL |
6 |
6 |
0 |
204 |
62 |
34.00 |
- |
1 |
- |
328 |
62.20 |
3 |
WICKETS (QUALIFICATION: 5 WICKETS |
|
Team |
M |
OV |
B |
Md |
R |
W |
Ave |
Best |
5 |
4 |
SR |
ER |
Zaheer Khan |
Ind |
7 |
58 |
351 |
2 |
330 |
14 |
23.57 |
3/48 |
- |
- |
25.07 |
5.64 |
CRD Fernando |
SL |
5 |
44 |
264 |
1 |
214 |
10 |
21.40 |
2/22 |
- |
- |
26.40 |
4.86 |
A Flintoff |
Eng |
7 |
51 |
313 |
0 |
276 |
9 |
30.67 |
3/49 |
- |
- |
34.78 |
5.29 |
WPUJ Vaas |
SL |
6 |
51 |
306 |
2 |
254 |
9 |
28.22 |
2/26 |
- |
- |
34.00 |
4.98 |
RC Irani |
Eng |
7 |
60 |
360 |
2 |
252 |
8 |
31.50 |
5/26 |
1 |
- |
45.00 |
4.20 |
AB Agarkar |
Ind |
5 |
30 |
183 |
3 |
162 |
6 |
27.00 |
3/44 |
- |
- |
30.50 |
5.31 |
D Gough |
Eng |
5 |
41 |
246 |
1 |
230 |
6 |
38.33 |
3/45 |
- |
- |
41.00 |
5.61 |
PD Collingwood |
Eng |
7 |
25 |
150 |
0 |
196 |
5 |
39.20 |
2/31 |
- |
- |
30.00 |
7.84 |
AF Giles |
Eng |
4 |
30 |
180 |
1 |
157 |
5 |
31.40 |
3/39 |
- |
- |
36.00 |
5.23 |
A Kumble |
Ind |
6 |
47 |
282 |
0 |
218 |
5 |
43.60 |
2/36 |
- |
- |
56.40 |
4.64 |
A Nehra |
Ind |
6 |
48 |
288 |
2 |
200 |
5 |
40.00 |
2/28 |
- |
- |
57.60 |
4.17 |
Yuvraj Singh |
Ind |
7 |
18 |
108 |
0 |
106 |
5 |
21.20 |
3/39 |
- |
- |
21.60 |
5.89 |
DNT Zoysa |
SL |
5 |
39 |
236 |
0 |
254 |
5 |
50.80 |
2/42 |
- |
- |
47.20 |
6.46 |
HIGHEST COMBINED TOTALS IN ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS (Qualification: 650 runs) |
Total |
1st inn |
Score |
2nd inn |
Score |
Date |
Venue |
664 |
SL |
349-9 |
Pak |
315 |
2-4-1996 |
Singapore |
662 |
WI |
333-7 |
SL |
329 |
16-10-1995 |
Sharjah |
660 |
Pak |
371-9 |
SL |
289 |
4-10-1996 |
Nairobi (Gym) |
656 |
SA |
326-3 |
Aus |
330-7 |
6-4-2002 |
Port Elizabet |
655 |
NZ |
349-9 |
Ind |
306 |
5-11-1999 |
Rajkot |
652 |
SL |
398-5 |
Ken |
254-7 |
6-3-1996 |
Kandy |
651 |
Eng |
325-5 |
Ind |
326-8 |
13-7-2002 |
Lord's |
650 |
Aus |
349-6 |
NZ |
301-9 |
26-2-2000 |
Christchurch |
HIGHEST LOSING FIRST INNINGS SCORES (Qualification: Chasing more than 300 runs) |
Score |
For |
Vs |
Score |
Date |
Venue |
326-3 |
SA |
Aus |
330-7 |
6/04/2002 |
Port Elizabeth |
325-5 |
Eng |
Ind |
326-8 |
13/07/2002 |
Lord's |
315-8 |
Pak |
Aus |
316-4 |
10/11/1998 |
Lahore (Gd.) |
314-5 |
Pak |
Ind |
316-7 |
18/01/1998 |
Dhaka |
312-4 |
Zim |
SL |
313-7 |
23/02/1992 |
New Plymouth |
304-9 |
Pak |
Eng |
306-5 |
24/10/2000 |
Karachi (NS) |
302-3 |
Eng |
SL |
303-9 |
23/01/1999 |
Adelaide |
301-3 |
SA |
Ind |
302-7 |
9/03/2000 |
Cochin |
For a team that has been castigated as being poor chasers it is interesting to note that India figure thrice in the above list of chasing big totals and winning.