Ravichandran Ashwin

Important events on September 17

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To begin with, Mallika Sherawat will sing:

Which was inspired by this:

 

Meanwhile, here are some other things which happened on September 17:

1908: The first ever fatal plane crash, though Orville Wright survived

1939: The USSR invades Poland, after Germany had occupied most of it

1940: Hitler decides to postpone the invasion of Britain

1948: The Nizam of Hyderabad decides to join the Indian Union

1954: “Lord of the Flies” is published

1978: The Camp David accords are signed

1983: Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America

2011: The “Occupy Wall Street” movement starts

Some people born on September 17:

1859: Billy the Kid

1879: Periyar EV Ramaswamy

1915: MF Hussain

1930: Lalgudi Jayaraman

1950: Narendra Modi

1986: R Ashwin (cricketer)

 

 

 

Test all-round performances of 2016

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This refers to all Tests in the calendar year 2016.

Overall all-round performance (see criteria below):

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Ashwin deservedly leads this list, followed closely by Stokes.

All-round performance in matches (at least one fifty and one five-for):

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The list of 6 instances includes 2 by Ashwin and 2 by Jadeja. Chase made a match-saving century and took a fiver in his 2nd Test. Dilruwan Perera and Jadeja performed the less common double of a fifty and 10 wickets in a match. Jadeja was the only one of the 20-odd of these players (who took 50/10wm) to take more than 2 catches.

Over to 2017.

Test bowling performances of 2016

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This applies to all Tests during the calendar year 2016.

Most wickets taken (20 and above):

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Ashwin is far ahead of the runner-up Herath. Ashwin also has the most fivers (8) followed by Herath (5). Ashwin yet again has the most tenners (3) followed by Herath and Yasir Shah with 2 apiece.

Best bowling (innings): All instances of 6 or more wickets.

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Bishoo has the best innings figures for the year but his side lost that Test. Interestingly, RA Jadeja has the best innings figures for India.

Best bowling (match): All instances of 8 or more wickets

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Ashwin’s and Herath’s names keep recurring here.

Bowling averages: (Minimum 1500 balls):

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Herath tops this list followed by the less heralded Wagner and then Starc.

Jadeja has the  best economy rate of 2.27, followed by Anderson (2.46) and Herath (2.61)

The best strike rate is by Rabada (36.6) followed by Starc (39.0) and Herath (43.4)

Though Ashwin took the most wickets, he did not score very well on these parameters.

To be continued.