Rajneesh Gupta comes up with interesting trivia from the year gone by. Read on...
Mohammad Hafeez won 10 man-of-the-match awards across all three formats in 2011 -- most for any player.
Sangakkara has an aggregate of 2,000 runs
Kumar Sangakkara is the only batsman to aggregate 2,000 international runs in 2011 -- 2,267 in 42 matches at an average of 49.28.
Sammy, Bravo hit maximum sixes
Two West Indies players -- Darren Sammy and Darren Bravo - - shared the record of hitting most sixes in Test cricket in 2011 -- 13 each.
Sixes elude Alastair Cook
England's Alastair Cook hit 97 fours but no six in Test matches in 2011.
Dravid, Sangakkara amass 1,000 runs in Tests
India's Rahul Dravid (1145) and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (1034) remained the only batsmen to aggregate 1,000 runs in Test cricket in 2011.
Ajmal bags 50 Test wickets
Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal remained the only bowler to capture 50 Test wickets in 2011.
Kohli tops the ODI runs chart
India's Virat Kohli was the top-scorer in ODIs with 1,381 runs in 34 matches.
Tharanga, Kohli hit maximum tons in ODIs
India's Virat Kohli and Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga scored most centuries (4 each) in ODIs in 2011.
Islam records most ducks
Bangladesh's Shafiul Islam recorded 6 ducks in 12 ODI innings in 2011--most by any batsman.
Watson hits maximum sixes
Australia's Shane Watson hit 42 sixes in ODIs in 2011--most by any batsman. He was followed by West Indies' Kieron Pollard (30) and Lendl Simmons (24).
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