Seervi Stats Centre: Cricketers by numbers

Here’s the collection of stats from our reliable statistician Bharat Seervi on the current Indian versus Zimbabwe series and much more.

-The fourth ODI between India and Zimbabwe has been postponed by a day, on account of Elections in Zimbabwe. The match is now scheduled on 1 August instead of 31 July.

- Most ODI runs by Indians without a 100 in career: 1544 – Irfan Pathan, 1272 – Nayan Mongia, 1269 – Agit Agarkar, 1253 – Dinesh KARTHIK, 1184 – Ravindra JADEJA, 1166 – Harbhajan Singh.

- 50+ scores by Indian batsmen in their 100th ODI: 97 – Sourav Ganguly, 78 – Sunil Gavaskar, 59 – Kapil Dev.

- Single digits by Indian batsmen in their 100th ODI: 0 – Virender Sehwag , 1-Mohammad Kaif/Rohit Sharma, 7 – Sachin Tendulkar, 8 – Yuvraj Singh, 9 – Rahul Dravid.

- Rohit Sharma is the 31st Indian to play 100 or more ODIs in career.

- Most ODI runs in wins as Pakistan captain: 1924 – Imran Khan, 1663 – Inzamam-ul-Haq, 1006 – Misbah-ul-Haq, 941 – Haved Miandad, 725 – Wasim Akram, 712 – Shoaib Malik, 518 – Saleem Malik.

- Most Man of the Match awards in Tests: 23 – Jacques Kallis, 19 – Mutthiah Muralitharan, 17 – Wasim Akram/Shane Warne, 16 Ricky Ponting, 15 – Kumar Sangakkara, 14 – CurtlyAmbrose/Sachin Tendulkar/Steve Waugh.

- Most sixes in ODIs in 2013:17 – Misbah-ul-Haq, 16 – Shahid Afridi/Johnston Charles/Brendon McCullum, 13 – Darren Sammy, 12 – MS Dhoni/Eoin Morgan, 11 – Chris Gayle, 10 – Ravindra Jadeja.

- Best batting average in successful chases in ODIs (Minimum 1000 Runs): 100.09 – MS Dhoni, 86.25 – Michael Bevan, 85.93 – MISBAH-ul-Haq, 83.43 – Michael Clarke, 77.10 – Virat Kohli, 70.57 – Shane Watson.

- Most ODI 50s in career without a 100: 29 – Misbah-ul-haq, 25 – Andrew Jones, 21 – Graham Thorpe, 17 – Kim Hughes, 16 – Michael Vaughan/Mudassar Nazar, 15 – Angelo Matthews.

- Most runs without an ODI 100: 3819 – Msibah-ul-Haq, 3717 – Wasim Akram, 3266 – Moin Khan, 2943 – Heath Streak, 2880 – Elton CHIGUMBURA, 2784 – Andrew Jones, 2705 – Guy Whittall.

*stats are updated till 25th July, 2013