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Friday, August 29, 2008

Ajantha Mendis tops the wicket takers list for 2008

by Hilal

Ajantha Mendis is now the leading wicket taker for 2008. In 13 matches Mendis has amassed a haul of 33 Wickets at a mind boggling average of 10.81 and a strike rate of 18 - Mendis strikes once every 18 deliveries!

Most wickets

2008 - One-Day Internationals

PlayerMatOversMdnsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR
BAW Mendis (SL)1399.312357336/1310.813.5818.0
NW Bracken (Aus)16*124.48505295/4717.414.0525.7
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)17130.213608274/4022.514.6628.9
Shahid Afridi (Pak)16153.12713273/1926.404.6534.0
Sohail Tanvir (Pak)16134.49658255/4826.324.8832.3
M Muralitharan (SL)17159.03709245/3129.544.4539.7
SCJ Broad (Eng)14114.014500235/2321.734.3829.7
B Lee (Aus)13115.48560235/2724.344.8430.1
I Sharma (India)16128.14657224/3829.865.1234.9
Abdur Razzak (Ban)19*156.42768223/2034.904.9042.7
P Kumar (India)14122.312592214/3128.194.8335.0
IK Pathan (India)19145.23845214/4140.235.8141.5


Mendis has dismissed Yuvraj Singh 4 times of which he bowled him 3 times. The following list outlines Mendis' 33 scalps in more detail.

Most ODI wickets in a calendar year is 69 wickets in 36 matches held by Saqlain Mustaq in the 1997 season.

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Australia v Bangladesh at Darwin, 1st ODI, Aug 30, 2008
England v South Africa at The Oval, 3rd ODI, Aug 29, 2008 [ODI # 2757]
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), 5th ODI, Aug 29, 2008 [ODI # 2756]


Stats courtesy StatsGuru

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! Someone stop this guy!

Anonymous said...

Kulasekara is at no 3!!

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