Lyon and Rabada both have 47 wickets, with Rabada having a better average.
The most 5wi are 4 by P Jayasuriya and 3 by Lyon. The former made his debut this year.
4 players have taken 10 wm once.
Best innings bowling (including all 6wi or better):
The best performance was MJ Henry’s 7-23. followed by two t-fors by KA Maharaj against Bangldesh. SN Thakur’s 7-for against SA is the best for India. Also note two 6-fors by P Jayasuriya against Australia at Galle on his debut, and Abrar Ahmed’s 7-for against England on his debut.
Best match bowling (Including all 9wm or better):
Led by P Jayasuriya’a 12-177 against Australia on debut, and Abrar Ahmed’s 11-234 also on debut. RA Jadeja’s 9-for is the ebst for India.
Best bowling averages (Minimum 2000 balls bowled, all instances):
Only three players have bowled enough. NM Lyon has the best bowling average as well as the best economy rate and strike rate.
Steyn has the most fivers (6), followed by CS Martin and M Ntini with 4 each.
Steyn is the only one with two tenners.
Best innings bowling (including all 6wi and better):
In this series we have MJ Henry taking 7-23 in the first Test as a record for NZ v SA, surpassing JR Reid’s 6-60 at Dunedin in 1964.
Best match bowling (including all 9wm and better):
Here Henry has 9-55, which is NZ’s second best match bowling performance against SA. CS Martin’s 11-180 figured in NZ’s first home victory against SA in 2004.
Best bowling averages (Minimum 2000 balls bowled, all instances):
Headed by Steyn and Tayfield. No current players here. Also note Vettori’s poor performance.
Steyn and Tayfield have the best averages.
Tayfield and Reid have the best economy rates.
Steyn and CS Martin have the best strike rates.
Now for
Fielding:
Most dismissals (12 and above):
Headed by Waite and Boucher, who are far ahead of the others. Boucher has 49 catches to Waite’s 47, although Waite has the most dismissals.
No current players here. GC Smith (18) has the most catches by a fielder.
Most innings dismissals (5 and above):
de Kock appears twice, while several other keepers have 4 dismissals in an innings. No fielder has more than 3 catches in an innings.
Most match dismissals (6 and above):
Several keepers have made 7 dismissals in a match. The best by a current player is 6 by Blundell. GC Smith took 5 catches as a fielder.
Best dismissal rate (Minimum 20 innings and 0.40):
Waite heads this list by a large margin, followed by Boucher. GC Smith has the best rate for a fielder.
All-round performances:
Overall (see criteria in table):
With these criteria, JR Reid has the best overall performance, far ahead of Vettori.
Match (fifty and five-for):
Only two instances, and MJ Henry’s performance is the best here. His fifty came at No 11.
abn397 