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The best of the nineties

Mohandas Menon

Limited over internationals

 Country  Overall  Home  Away
   P  W  L  NR  T  P  W  L  NR  T  P  W  L  NR  T
 Aus  225  140  81  1  3  101  65  34  1  1  124  75  47  -  2
 Ban  32  3  29  -  -  9  -  9  -  -  23  3  20  -  -
 Eng  135  60  70  4  1  41  25  15  1  -  94  35  55  3  1
 Ind  257  122  120  12  3  82  52  28  1  1  175  70  92  11  2
 Ken  33  7  25  1  -  12  2  10  -  -  21  5  15  1  -
 Net  5  -  5  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  5  -  5  -  -
 NZ  191  73  105  9  4  85  41  39  3  2  106  32  66  6  2
 Pak  261  146  105  4  6  49  32  16  -  1  212  114  89  4  5
 Sco  5  -  5  -  -  2  -  2  -  -  3  -  3  -  -
 SA  177  110  61  5  1  65  45  19  1  -  112  65  42  4  1
 SL  217  98  107  10  2  54  35  14  5  -  163  63  93  5  2
 UAE  7  1  6  -  -  2  -  2  -  -  5  1  4  -  -
 WI  195  96  89  6  4  52  31  17  2  2  143  65  72  4  2
 Zim  126  35  83  4  4  32  9  20  1  2  94  26  63  3  2
 Total  933  891  891  28  14  586  337  225  15  9  1280  554  666  41  19

Total Matches played in 1970s: 82
Total Matches played in 1980s: 516

TOP INDIVIDUAL SCORES

Player Runs BF R/100B For Opp date venue
Saeed Anwar 194 146 132.88 Pak Ind 21/05/1997 Chennai (MAC)
G Kirsten 188* 159 118.24 SA UAE 16/02/1996 Rawalpindi
SR Tendulkar 186* 150 124.00 Ind NZ 8/11/1999 Hyderabad (Ind)
SC Ganguly 183 158 115.82 Ind SL 26/05/1999 Taunton
DJ Callaghan 169* 143 118.18 SA NZ 11/12/1994 Centurion
BC Lara 169 129 131.01 WI SL 16/10/1995 Sharjah
RA Smith 167* 163 102.45 Eng Aus 21/05/1993 Birmingham
AC Hudson 161 132 121.97 SA Net 5/03/1996 Rawalpindi
AC Gilchrist 154 129 119.38 Aus SL 7/02/1999 Melbourne
SC Ganguly 153* 150 102.00 Ind NZ 11/11/1999 Gwalior
M Azharuddin 153* 149 102.68 Ind Zim 9/04/1998 Cuttack
RS Dravid 153 153 100.00 Ind NZ 8/11/1999 Hyderabad (Ind)
BC Lara 153 143 106.99 WI Pak 5/11/1993 Sharjah
ST Jayasuriya 151* 121 124.79 SL Ind 17/05/1997 Mumbai (WS)
S Chanderpaul 150 136 110.29 WI SA 24/01/1999 East London

Note: In all 315 hundreds have been scored during 1990s
Total Hundreds played in 1970s: 24 (Highest: 171* by GM Turner - NZ v EA at Birmingham,7-6-1975)
Total Hundreds played in 1980s: 134 (Highest: 189* by IVA Richards - WI v Eng at Manchester, 31-5-1984)

LEADING RUN SCORERS

Player Runs For M Inn NO Ave HS 100 50 0
SR Tendulkar 8571 Ind 228 221 22 43.07 186* 24 44 11
M Azharuddin 6858 Ind 225 209 37 39.87 153* 5 50 6
ME Waugh 6839 Aus 191 187 15 39.76 130 13 44 11
Saeed Anwar 6664 Pak 180 178 14 40.63 194 17 33 11
Inzamam-ul-Haq 6475 Pak 200 189 25 39.48 137* 6 47 8
PA de Silva 6443 SL 196 191 19 37.46 145 11 41 11
BC Lara 6166 WI 162 159 15 42.82 169 13 38 8
A Ranatunga 5579 SL 189 178 34 38.74 131* 4 37 13
ST Jayasuriya 5083 SL 195 187 8 28.40 151* 7 33 14
AD Jadeja 5044 Ind 185 168 33 37.36 119 6 28 9
Ijaz Ahmed 5016 Pak 172 160 23 36.61 139* 9 28 10
WJ Cronje 4997 SA 172 160 28 37.86 112 2 34 8
SC Ganguly 4705 Ind 126 121 10 42.39 183 9 29 5
Aamer Sohail 4704 Pak 153 152 5 32.00 134 5 31 10
SR Waugh 4521 Aus 196 177 29 30.55 120* 2 28 10
Salim Malik 4367Pak 178 159 26 32.83 102 1 31 12
RS Mahanama 4175 SL 171 157 21 30.70 119* 4 28 12
G Kirsten 4044 SA 112 112 11 40.04 188* 8 23 7

Most runs scored in 1970s: GS Chappell (Aus) - 919 runs (avg 54.06) in 22 matches.
Most runs scored in 1980s: DL Haynes (WI) - 5892 runs (avg 43.32) in 159 matches.

BEST BOWLING IN A MATCH

Player Wkts R For Opp Date Venue
Aaqib Javed 7 37 Pak Ind 25/10/1991 Sharjah
A Kumble 6 12 Ind WI 27/11/1993 Calcutta
Azhar Mahmood 6 18 Pak WI 19/10/1999 Sharjah
BC Strang 6 20 Zim Ban 14/10/1997 Nairobi (Aga)
AA Donald 6 23 SA Ken 3/10/1996 Nairobi (Gym)
Waqar Younis 6 26 Pak SL 29/04/1990 Sharjah
ST Jayasuriya 6 29 SL Eng 20/03/1993 Moratuwa
Waqar Younis 6 30 Pak NZ 13/03/1994 Auckland
SM Pollock 6 35 SA WI 24/01/1999 East London
Waqar Younis 6 44 Pak NZ 13/11/1996 Sharjah
L Klusener 6 49 SA SL 6/11/1997 Lahore
AH Gray 6 50 WI Aus 9/03/1991 Port-of-Spain

Note: Five or more wickets in a match have been achieved on 101 occasions in the 1990s.
Five or more wickets in a match in 1970s: on 10 occasions (Best: 6-14 by GJ Gilmour - Aus v Eng at Leeds, 18-6-1975.
Five or more wickets in a match in 1980s: on 46 occasions (Best: 7-51 by WW Davis - WI v Aus at Leeds, 11-6-1983)

LEADING WICKET-TAKERS

Bowler Wkts For M B RAve Best SR RPO 5
Wasim Akram 279 Pak 195 10226 6530 23.41 5/15 36.65 3.83 3
Waqar Younis 275 Pak 163 8249 6346 23.08 6/26 30.00 4.62 9
A Kumble 244 Ind 184 9876 6860 28.11 6/12 40.48 4.17 2
J Srinath 237 Ind 176 9199 6692 28.24 5/23 38.81 4.37 3
SK Warne 212 Aus 133 7372 5147 24.28 5/33 34.77 4.19 1
Saqlain Mushtaq 210 Pak 111 5795 4078 19.42 5/29 27.60 4.22 5
AA Donald 206 SA 121 6438 4327 21.00 6/23 31.25 4.03 2
M Muralidharan 177 SL 129 6984 4860 27.46 5/23 39.46 4.18 2
ST Jayasuriya 174 SL 195 7336 5946 34.17 6/29 42.16 4.86 3
BKV Prasad 163 Ind 134 6716 5163 31.67 5/27 41.20 4.61 1
CEL Ambrose 160 WI 135 7128 4138 25.86 5/32 44.55 3.48 2
Aaqib Javed 158 Pak 140 6865 4927 31.18 7/37 43.45 4.31 4
WPUJC Vaas 153 SL 126 6112 4349 28.42 4/20 39.95 4.27 0

Most wickets in 1970s: CM Old (Eng) - 41 wickets (avg 20.71) in 27 matches.
Most wickets in 1980s: Kapil Dev (Ind) - 168 wickets (avg 26.24) in 143 matches

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