Tests in 2022-Fielding records.

First we see who took the most dismissals in the year (15 or more):

Led by newcomer K Verreynne of SA with 39, followed by Foakes (38) and Carey (37). Foakes and Carey have the most catches as keepers (37). RR Pant has the most stumpings (6). The most catches by fielders are 22 by Crawley and 21 by Root.

Now for the most dismissals in an innings (4 or more):

Carey leads with 6 dismissals, followed by Verreynne and Billings (5). Many others have 4 dismissals. Blundell appears to have the most stumpings (2). 3 players have 4 catches as fielders.

Most dismissals in a match (6 or more):

Led by Carey with 9, followed by several with 7. The most stumpings are 3 by Nurul Hasan and Blundell. The most catches by a fielder are 6 by Latham and Crawley

Highest dismissal rates (Minimum 20 innings, 0.600):

Again headed by Carey, followed by OJ Pope with a combination of dismissals as a keeper and fielder. The best rate by a pure fielder was 0.857 by SPD Smith followed by Crawley and Root.

Tests in 2022-Batting records

Continuing our study of Test performances in the year gone by.

Most runs-500 or more:

Babar Azam leads with 1184, while Root, Khawaja and Bairstow also crossed 1000. For India, only RR Pant appears here with 680.

Also note:

Most 100s: 6 by Bairstow, 5 by Root

Most 50+s: 11 by Babar Azam, 9 by Usman Khawaja

Most 4s: 132 by Z Crawley, 128 by Bairstow

Most 6s: 26 by Stokes, 21 by Pant

Highest innings (150 or more):

A good year for double centuries, led by Latham’s 252 at the beginning of the year.Williamson and Warner scored doubles in their last Tests of the year. Only one from India, Jadeja’s 175*.

Best batting averages (Minimum 20 innings, all instances):

Only 7 instances here which meet the cutoff of 20 innings. Khawaja’s average of 67.50 is much higher than the second-placed Root with 45.75.

Best strike rates (Minimum 1000 balls faced, 40.00 and above):

Headed by Bairstow, Stokes and Root, who may be called the main proponents of Bazball.

No one from India here.

However, JJ Bumrah made the Test record for the most runs in an over (35 off England’s SCJ Broad) at Birmingham. The previous record was 28.