Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Most Number of Man of the Match awards in Test Cricket

In test matches, Jacques Kallis - the South African allrounder, has won the most man of the match awards. Muthiah Muralitharan, the bowler who holds record of most wickets, comes second while Pakistani legend Wasim Akram and Aussie spin wizard Shane Warne follow as joint third.
 Here's a list of cricketers with more than a dozen man of the match awards in tests :-

23 = Jacques Kallis of South Africa, 166 tests.
19 = Muthiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, 133 tests.
17 = Shane Warne of Australia, 145 tests.
17 = Wasim Akram of Pakistan, 104 tests.
16 = Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka, 126 tests.
16 = Ricky Ponting of Australia, 168 tests.
14 = Sachin Tendulkar of India, 200 tests.
14 = Curtley Ambrose of West Indies, 98 tests.
14 = Steve Waugh of Australia, 168 tests.
13 = Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka, 148 tests.
12 = Graeme Smith of South Africa, 117 tests.
12 = Ian Botham of England, 102 tests.
12 = Brian Lara of West Indies, 131 tests.

No comments:

Post a Comment