Cricket Highlights 2009 - - Banglades: The Most Successful Test Team of 2009

New Delhi, Jan 1 - - Bangladesh was the most successful test cricket team in 2009, followed by Australia and India.



Bangladesh played 3 test matches last year, winning two and losing one and had a winning percentage of 66.66.

Australia played 13 tests, won 7, lost 3 and drew 3 for a winning percentage of 53.84.

India had 3 wins from 6 tests, suffered no loss and drew the other three. Their winning percentage was 50.00.

The other statistical highlights of test matches during the year are as follows:

Tests - Results Summary in 2009

Country P W L T Drawn Winning %

Bangladesh 3 2 1 - - 66.66

Australia 13 7 3 - 3 53.84

India 6 3 - - 3 50.00

Sri Lanka 11 5 2 - 4 45.45

England 14 5 2 - 7 35.71

South Africa 6 1 4 - 1 16.66

New Zealand 8 1 4 - 3 12.50

Pakistan 9 1 4 - 4 11.11

West Indies 12 1 6 - 5 8.33

Biggest wins:

Runs For Opponents Venue Month

Innings & 144 runs India Sri Lanka Kanpur November

Innings & 98 runs England South Africa Durban December

Innings & 83 runs England West Indies Chester-le-St. May

Innings & 80 runs Aus. England Leeds August

Highest Innings Totals

765/6d Pakistan Sri Lanka Karachi February

760/7d Sri Lanka India Ahmedabad November

749/9d West Indies England Bridgetown February

726/9d India Sri Lanka Mumbai (BS) December

674/6d Australia England Cardiff July

Lowest Innings Totals

51 England West Indies Kingston February

90 Pakistan Sri Lanka Colombo PSS July

99 New Zealand Pakistan Wellington December

102 England Australia Leeds August

117 Pakistan Sri Lanka Galle July

Highest match aggregate

1628-17 West Indies vs.England Bridgetown February

1598-21 India vs.Sri Lanka Ahmedabad November

The Leading run-getters

Batsman For M I N.O.Runs HS Ave. 100 50 S.R.

Thilan Samaraweera SL 11 20 3 1234 231 72.58 4 4 58.34

Mahela Jayawardene SL 11 20 1 1194 275 62.84 3 3 52.18

Andrew Strauss Eng. 14 24 2 1172 169 53.27 4 4 54.13

Simon Katich Aus. 13 23 - 1111 122 48.30 2 8 50.91

Tillakaratne Dilshan SL 11 18 1 1097 162 64.52 6 1 82.66

Kumar Sangakkara SL 11 20 1 1083 137 57.00 4 5 54.72

Michael Clarke Aus. 13 23 4 1042 138 54.84 3 5 55.60

The leading bowlers

Bowler For M Overs Runs Wkts. Ave. 5WI S.R. E.R.

Mitchell Johnson Aus.13 502.5 1728 63 27.42 2 47.8 3.43

Graeme Swann Eng.12 518.0 1508 54 27.92 4 57.5 2.91

Stuart Broad Eng.14 421.3 1333 47 28.36 3 53.8 3.16

Peter Siddle Aus.12 432.0 1320 45 29.33 2 57.6 3.05

James Anderson Eng.13 440.5 1355 40 33.87 2 66.1 3.07

Ben Hilfenhaus Aus. 9 328.5 1040 34 30.58 - 58.0 3.16

Rangana Herath SL 7 368.0 1150 34 33.82 4 64.9 3.12