Test statistical highlights 2019: Australia lead aggregates, India lead averages

India are currently at the top of the ICC Test Championship, and their numbers for 2019 show why. They had made Australia follow-on in their first Test of the year, at Sydney, before rain intervened. They have won all 7 of their Tests since then.

Of the other team, Australia, Afghanistan, and New Zealand are the only sides with win-loss ratio exceeding 1.

Team	M	W	L	T	D	W/L
India	8	7	0	0	1	–
Australia	12	8	2	0	2	4.000
Afghanistan	3	2	1	0	0	2.000
New Zealand	8	4	3	0	1	1.333
West Indies	6	3	3	0	0	1.000
Sri Lanka	8	3	4	0	1	0.750
England	12	4	6	0	2	0.667
South Africa	8	3	5	0	0	0.600
Pakistan	6	1	4	0	1	0.250
Ireland	2	0	2	0	0	0.000
Bangladesh	5	0	5	0	0	0.000

During this summer’s Ashes, Marnus Labuschagne had replaced Steven Smith as the first concussion substitute in history. Labuschagne became the only batsman to breach the 1,000-run mark in Test cricket this year, while Smith finished second on the runs chart.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	100s
Marnus Labuschagne	Australia	1,104	64.94	3
Steven Smith	Australia	965	74.23	3
Joe Root	England	851	37.00	2
Rory Burns	England	824	35.82	2
Ben Stokes	England	821	45.61	2
Mayank Agarwal	India	754	68.54	3
Travis Head	Australia	742	49.46	2
David Warner	Australia	725	48.33	2
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	713	47.53	2
Joe Denly	England	651	31.00	0

The batting averages chart features as many as six Indians in the top ten as well as three others from the subcontinent.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	100s
Abid Ali	Pakistan	321	160.50	2
Rohit Sharma	India	556	92.67	3
Steven Smith	Australia	965	74.23	3
Rishabh Pant	India	217	72.33	1
Ajinkya Rahane	India	642	71.33	2
Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	278	69.50	1
Mayank Agarwal	India	754	68.54	3
Babar Azam	Pakistan	616	68.44	3
Hanuma Vihari	India	341	68.20	1
Virat Kohli	India	612	68.00	2

Six cricketers have scored three hundreds this year, the most: Mayank Agarwal, Babar Azam, Tom Latham, Rohit Sharma, Labuschagne, and Smith.

David Warner’s 335 not out is the highest score of the year. Virat Kohli is the only other batsman to cross 250.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Date
David Warner	335*	Australia	Pakistan	29/11
Virat Kohli	254*	India	South Africa	10/10
Mayank Agarwal	243	India	Bangladesh	14/11
Joe Root	226	England	New Zealand	29/11
Mayank Agarwal	215	India	South Africa	2/10

Pat Cummins’ 59 wickets – the most this year – helped him rise swiftly to the top of the ICC rankings. Four others have breached the 40-wicket mark.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	5WIs
Pat Cummins	Australia	59	20.13	2
Nathan Lyon	Australia	45	33.26	2
Neil Wagner	New Zealand	43	17.81	4
Stuart Broad	England	43	25.11	1
Mitchell Starc	Australia	42	20.71	4
Josh Hazlewood	Australia	33	23.09	1
Mohammed Shami	India	33	16.67	1
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	33	27.39	0
Tim Southee	New Zealand	33	29.03	1
Jofra Archer	England	30	27.40	3

The top five names in the bowling averages chart includes four Indians – all of them fast bowlers.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	5WIs
Jasprit Bumrah	India	14	13.14	2
Umesh Yadav	India	23	13.65	1
Ishant Sharma	India	25	15.56	2
Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	21	15.76	3
Mohammed Shami	India	33	16.67	1
Jason Holder	West Indies	20	17.25	1
Neil Wagner	New Zealand	43	17.81	4
Kemar Roach	West Indies	27	18.07	1
Pat Cummins	Australia	59	20.13	2
Mitchell Starc	Australia	42	20.71	4

Mitchell Starc and Neil Wagner have taken 4 five-wicket hauls each this year, while Jofra Archer and Rashid Khan had 3 each. The best two figures, however, belong to the West Indians, Roston Chase and Rahkeem Cornwall.

Players	Spells	Teams	Against	Date
Roston Chase	8/60	West Indies	England	23/1
Rahkeem Cornwall	7/75	West Indies	Afghanistan	27/11
R Ashwin	7/145	India	South Africa	2/10
Chris Woakes	6/17	England	Ireland	24/7
Pat Cummins	6/23	Australia	Sri Lanka	24/1

Rashid, Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Cornwall are the only ones to take ten-wicket hauls this year. Neil Wagner also sneaks in to the top five.

Players	Spells	Teams	Against	Date
Rashid Khan	11/104	West Indies	England	23/1
Pat Cummins	10/62	West Indies	Afghanistan	27/11
Mitchell Starc	10/100	India	South Africa	2/10
Rahkeem Cornwall	10/121	England	Ireland	24/7
Neil Wagner	9/73	Australia	Sri Lanka	24/1

Jasprit Bumrah has taken the only Test hat-trick this year – the third in Indian history.

Players	Victims	Teams	Against	Date
Jasprit Bumrah	Darren Bravo Shamarh Brooks Roston Chase	India	West Indies	30/8