Continuing with our study of individual performances. Now for bowling.
Most wickets (20 or more):
Jadeja and Shami have the most wickets among current players. Cummins has the most among current Australian players.
Best innings bowling (includes all instances of 5wi):
The first two places are occupied by now-forgotten players. There is nothing from this series, although YS Chahal took 6-42 early in 2019. Cummins also had a fiver in 2019.
Best bowling averages (Min 1000 balls, all instances):
Brett Lee has a much better average than the second-placed Johnson. However Jadeja at 17th place has the best average among current players.
Kapil and McDermott have the best economy rates, and Lee and Agarkar (!) the best strike rates.
Now for fielding:
Most dismissals (15 or more):
Gilchrist and Dhoni are far ahead of the others, including Tendulkar who has the most catches by a non-keeper. Dhoni has the most stumpings. Kohli and Maxwell are the only current players here.
Most innings dismissals (4 or more):
Gilchrist and Dhoni again. Clarke is the only non-keeper with 4 catches.
Best dismissal rate (Min 20 innings, 0.500):
Gilchrist and Dhoni lead, with Maxwell having the best average for a non-keeper.
All-round performance (overall)-see criteria in table):
The first two (or three) would not generally be considered leading all-rounders, although they have done well in these contests.
All-round match performances (30 runs and 3 wickets):
The best performance here would be by Tendulkar, followed by Kapil and Watson (5 Nov 2009).
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