Statistical highlights of international cricket in year 2022

New Zealand and Pakistan series marked the conclusion of international cricket in calendar year 2022 with a draw. A total of 735 games were played between 88 different countries in which 712 games were result oriented and 23 games ended in no result. Eighth edition of T20 World Cup was the major event of the 2022 and Buttler-led England emerged victorious for the second time in the history of the tournament. Century droughts of many top class cricketers in the form of Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Steven Smith, David Warner and Kane Williamson ended successfully.

The Leaders:

Babar Azam (2598) scored the most runs in the year 2022 followed by Litton Das (1921) and Shreyas Iyer (1609). In the bowling department, Alzarri Joseph (70) leads the chart, followed by Sandeep Lamichane (66) and Tim Southee(65) in the rest spots.

Stats and numbers created in 2022

2001 - England became the first team to play 2000 international matches

1020 – India became the first Team to Play 1000 ODIs

215 - Pakistan became the first team to play 200 T20Is

735 - Most matches were played in calendar year (2022)

46 - Most Wins by a team in calendar year. India have won 46 games in 2022 surpassing Australia’s nineteen year old record of 38 matches won in one year.

88 - Most number of teams played in a calendar year (2022). The previous best was in the year 2019 and 2021 with 71 teams playing in the calendar year.

531 - Most number of T20Is recorded in a calendar year. The year 2022 recorded as many as 531 T20Is which is the maximum number of matches in a year and previous best was 333 in 2021

4 -Maximum matches lost for Pakistan in home Tests in a calendar year (2022)

Most home Test losses for Pakistan in Calendar year (Considering Pakistan as home and not UAE)

4 - 2022
3 - 1959
3 - 2000
3 - 2004

2598 - Babar Azam became the third captain overall and first Pakistan captain to cross 2500 runs in a calendar year across formats

Captains to smash more than 2500 runs in a calendar year

2833 - Ricky Ponting (2005)

2818 - Virat Kohli (2017)

2735 - Virat Kohli (2018)

2598 - Babar Azam (2022)

72 - Virat Kohli surpasses Ricky Ponting and went second in the list of most international centuries

Most International centuries across formats

100 - Sachin Tendulkar
72 - Virat Kohli
71 - Ricky Ponting

2 – David Warner became the second Australian after Ricky Ponting to smash century in 100^th Test. He became the second player after Joe Root to smash a double century in 100^th Test. He also became the second player after Gorden Greenidge to smash centuries in both  100^th Test and 100^th ODI

1 - David Warner became the only player to smash a century in 100^th ODI and double Century in 100^th Test.

5 - Kane Williamson registered his fifth double hundred in Test against Pakistan and became the first New Zealand batter to score five double hundreds