Cricket Records & 2010 ODI Stats

Shakib Al Hasan from Bangladesh took the most ODI wickets in 2010 with 42 scalps, emerging as the year's leading wicket-taker across international cricket. Ryan Harris, Stuart Broad, and Ashish Nehra all had lower totals that year. Shakib's all-around performance made him the top ODI bowler.

Hashim Amla from South Africa scored the most ODI runs in 2010, accumulating over 1,200 runs at an impressive average. He was the year's leading run-scorer in international cricket. Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and TM Dilshan all scored fewer runs in 2010. Amla's consistent batting made him the top ODI run-scorer.

Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott holds record for highest ODI partnership in 2010. They scored 250 runs against Bangladesh.

Umar Gul of Pakistan had the best bowling figures in ODIs in 2010, taking 6 for 42 against New Zealand. This performance stood out as the exceptional bowling effort of the year.

Ryan Harris of Australia picked up the most five-wicket hauls in ODIs during 2010. He achieved this feat multiple times throughout the year, establishing himself as the leading wicket-taking bowler.

South Africa beat Zimbabwe by the largest margin by runs in 2010. South Africa scored a massive total and bowled out Zimbabwe for a very low score, creating the biggest victory margin.

Brad Haddin of Australia made the most dismissals as wicketkeeper in ODIs during 2010. He had the highest number of catches and stumpings combined among all wicketkeepers that year.

Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh played the most ODI matches in 2010. As Bangladesh's all-rounder captain, he participated in the highest number of games throughout the year.

India scored the highest ODI total in 2010. India posted a massive score in one of their matches that year, setting the benchmark for the highest team total.

India scored the lowest ODI total in 2010. In a surprising batting collapse, India was bowled out for a very low score, which was the minimum by any team that year.

Jacques Kallis is the only South African player to have scored centuries in each innings of a Test match twice. This rare feat demonstrates his exceptional consistency and class as a batsman.

Ravi Shastri was Shane Warne's first Test wicket. This happened during Warne's debut Test match against India in 1992, where he dismissed Shastri to claim his first wicket.

The slowest Test double hundred was scored in 558 balls. This record belongs to a batsman who took an extremely long time to reach 200 runs, prioritizing defense over scoring rate.

Bradman needed just 4 runs in his final innings to finish with a Test batting average of exactly 100. Instead, he was dismissed for 0 (a duck), ending his career with an average of 99.94 - arguably cricket's most famous near-miss. A double or triple hundred would have been celebrated, but a duck was the shocking 'surprise' he gave cricket fans.

Sunil Gavaskar was the first batsman to reach 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Allan Border of Australia achieved this milestone second, accomplishing the feat in 1992-93. Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, and Don Bradman all reached this mark either before Gavaskar or significantly later than Border.

The order of batsmen to reach 10,000 ODI runs is: Sachin Tendulkar (first), Brian Lara (second), Rahul Dravid (third), Ricky Ponting (fourth), and Sourav Ganguly (fifth). Ganguly achieved this milestone in 2007. Jayasuriya and Inzamam reached this mark later than fifth position.