Review of Aus-Pak Test series: Dec 2019: 2

Hope that you have seen part 1: https://abn397.wordpress.com/2019/12/03/review-of-aus-pak-test-series-dec-2019-1/

Continuing our study of individual performances:

Bowling:

Most wickets (20 and above):

Warne and McGrath lead here by a large margin. Warne (6) and Lillee (5) have the most 5ers, while Warne is the only one with two 10ers. Starc (34) and Lyon (33) have the most wickets among current players.

Best innings bowling (including all instances of 7wi):

Nothing from recent years.

Best match bowling (including all instances of 10wm):

Only one recent instances, Mohammad Abbas’s 10-95 in Abu Dhabi in 2018. Fazal Mahmood’s record goes back to the earliest days of Tests between these teams.

Bowling averages (Min 2000 balls bowled, all instances):

Includes only Lyon and Yasir Shah from current players, and they are at the bottom of this list.

Warne and McGrath have the best average, Tauseef and Qasim the best economy, and Warne and MGrath again the best strike rate.

Fielding:

Most dismissals (15 and above):

Old-timers RW Marsh and Wasim Bari lead here. Paine, Sarfaraz and Steve Smith represent current players. Bari has the most stumpings and ME Waugh the most catches by non-keepers, closely followed by Border and Greg Chappell.

Most innings dismissals (5 and above):

Most match dismissals (7 and above):

Haddin leads here, with only Paine from recent times.

Best dismissal rate (Minimum 20 innings and 0.500):

RW Marsh and Wasim Bari lead here. No one from recent years. The best by non-keepers is by MA Taylor.

All-round performance (see criteria below):

Only Imran and Akram meet these criteria.

All-round match performance (50+ and 5+wi):

Only Akram and Hauritz, with no one from recent times.